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FRONT PAGE NEWS GRAIN CRISIS VAN<X)UVia*_âCrucial talks in the grain work- ers* negotiations with the elevator companies are Ira-hug nowhere. Ed Sims, Canadian director of the union, said today that despite several meetings called by lite Federal Department of Labour, "very little progress The union accepted the conciliation board's report which recotnmended 15c per year for a two-year The five elevator companies rejected the award. Four hundred and fifty workers are involved. The main stumbling block to settlement is a damage suit started last year by the Alberta Wheat Pool against the union following an alleged walk-out which the. union says was precipitated when the company refused to meet to discuss grievances which had been accumulating for some time. The po*_e_-b_lity of a strike by die grain handlers in support of tiie conciliation board award has received some attention on Parliament HilL An Ottawa spokesman said late in May tiie companies have -"dug in" and have adopted an attitude that is "stiff and unbending". "They have laid down tough conditioine. as a prerequisite to serious bar- It is reported the cmnpanirg are demanding a no- strike clause to give iron-clad pratection-against any further walkouts. The elevator companies also say tfm nancrMhrtian boayd report is "too conclusion. STEEL HGHT VANCOUVER â The United Steelworkers of America (Local 6523) in Merritt, B.C., has applied for a Conciliation Officer to assist in the bargaining of their first agreement with Craigmont Mines Ltd. The Steelworkers replaced Mine-Mill as bargaining agent April 15, 1964, after successfully winning two representation votes by a majority of four to one. The workers at Craigmont Mines are fighting for wages and working conditions which are presently among the lowest and wont in heavy industry in the pco-vinca. The present Mine-Mill contract provides for pay of a dollar an hour for boys under 18, $L80 an hour for hbourers, and trade rates ranging from $158 to $2.42 an hour. The- underground miner is presently receiving $2.15 Ira hour. The existing rates became effective two yein ago and the Mine-Mill agreement provides for no -----KS-P-B8SGS -jftftr t-bst tunc. Monty Alton of the Steelworkers Union said: "The con_pany*s attitude in negotiations is complete indifference to tiie workers' just demands.** CAMPUS-LABOUR A B.C. labour leader has been appointed to the Board of Governors of Notre Dame University in Nelson. Appointment of E. P. O'Neal, secretary of the B.C. Federation, was recently approved by federation officers, KT. Staley, Federation president, announced as The Labour Statesman went to press. * Staley said he welcomed tiie appointment of O'Neal to tiie Board of Governors as well as the aamiiiliiinii of Jack Munroe, president, Nelson and District Labour Council and IWA staff, representative, to r}be university's Advisory Coinmittee. out that Notre Dame is the only university in B.C. which has recognised labour's importance and the contribution it can make to education. augurs well for relations between the university and mgauued labour in B.C.,*' Staley said. (See Jade Moore in Letters, Page 4). THE NASTIEST RACKET -^"â¢ax-Tf ' â¢Â» _b -" '--'â ._-_fc_5-_--_r e'_-v; .- â¢a.-..- * N..Y Exploitation is a word which springs readily to mind*'in any con_ddt-i*ation of private hospitals in B.Câ exploitation of patients, exploitation of workers. Some 1.800 women are employed by B.C.'s private hospitals. They now work for as little as 85 cents an hour in conditions where labour statutes are virtually ignored. Patients, often helpless and alone, are -breed to play charges which would obtain accommodation in a deluxe hotel Six hundred dollars a month is not uncommon while tiie standard is about $300 to $450 a month. These hospitals are not obligated to accept welfare cases but in most cases they wiU. The reason is simple: Social Service pay up to $205 a month a patient Such patients often live in tiie most appalling' conditions. In one instance these patients live out the There are more private hospitals pier capita in B.C. than there is in tiie rest of Canada. Ihe number of beds rose almost 109 per cent between 1953 and 1963. <_er of their lives late last year tiie Private Hospital Employees Union has been fighting these flagrant abuses of patients and workers. It began with a flood of requests torn employees for organ-ration. Edith CaveD Private Hospital was first organized in Vancouver â- with immediate results: tite first four union members were fired! Charge of unfair labour practices were filed. The Department of Labour ordered reinstatement and reimbursement of lost wages. ... â â - \nTbe Department also certified a new Local (980) as bargaining authority. . Organization and negotiation; continued throughout industry with manage- replying with a stub- cdliation hoard whjch recommended most of tiie union demands in a majority report May 31. The board recommended: increases of $25 a month for graduate nurses, from $265 Â°*to $290 a month; wage increases for other workers of 15 cents an hour, bringing -the starting wage to a dollar an hour and then to $1.25 an hour over 12 months. Paid holidays and sick leave as well as a 50-50 faring of medical coverage costs were also recommended. The union seems io doubt ' m*s 1 With so much coming and so little going out it is not hard to understand why private hospitals is a nooan industry in B.C. The desperation of tiie aged ensures that beds are 99 per cent filled. born "no concessions." Though increasing in number and affluence private hospital operators claim they cannot allutd union requests. In no way are union re- apparentty shared by a con- the rt^rommeiwlation'*', Intius case it wiU probably be necessary for employees to exercise their economic strength. The union maintains, meanwhile, that private hos-. pitals should come under BCHIS. It is unjust that workers should pay taxes through productive, yearn only 'â¢Jj-O Note denied proper chronic care in old age. The immoral profits now being made from elder citizens caused Bill Black, president of the Hospital Employees Union, to declare "This is the nastiest racket" Hardly anyone could dis- 2 BACKGROUlVD OUR UNIONS COMPARED __4___M___i 1 1 :- "â â â 1 _â â ' _..._ â ' ;â â v ( dive Lytic,, former research director for the B.C. Federation of Labour, recently returned Jf r-o" mT the U.K. where He visited under a Nuffield Foundation scholarship. The following .are . excerpts froth his report to*: the Foundation). Many British workers express surprise at the apparent willingness with which most Canadian workers accept leadership from national officers. The fact that the principle officers of many major British unions are elected for life or for long terms of office rather than having Jib face, elections every year or two would appear to have both beneficial and detrimental v effects. In some cases, leadership becomes lax and out of touch with the membership. In other cases, however, leaders who do not have to face frequent election contests have been able to make decisions which have proven sound in the long run in spite of hiving been initially'' unpopular.. Such decisions are almost impossible for ah official facing election in the near future. *: Certainly, there can be little doubt that in many important problem areas such as that of making necessary structural changes and that of modernizing techniques, British tirade union leaden- are much more progressive than most of their active rank and file leaders at the local level. This becomes particularly evident in meeting and discussing current problems of the trade union movement with local officers and shop stewards, most of whom express suspicion at some of the proposed changes and structural reforms within the trade union movement ' One Of the fhost encouraging signs amongst the trade union movement is -die willingness at the leadership level at least to be self- critical. It is indeed a healthy sign that so many people in the tirade union movement are refusing to take the attitude that everything is being done right and there is no need for change in structure and methods. It is noticeable, however, that the same self-critical attitude and willingness to consider change is generally absent at the local level. Partly as a result of the en- . vironment of class consciousness in industrial areas, partly as a result of regional Identities, there is a militant conservatism- at the local level Most local officials seem to jealously guard their traditional methods of bargaining and their traditional in dustrial relationships. They are resentful of efforts by the TUC and their own national leadership to encourage change and the adoption of new techniques. One of the greatest strengths of the British trade union movement appears to be the'result of the long tradition . of avoiding legal involvements. Having generally resisted the temptation to turn to governments for protection and assistance in industrial relations, British trade unions have benefitted from the freedom which has resulted. While the absence of legal provisions, governing tiie requirements for obtaining recognition, means that the British trade unions often have a struggle to force employers to negotiate, even when the union-has a majority of employees in membership, it also means that tiie union with the hard core of employees, but less than an obtain recognition many or most of the other employees' wi 11 become members. This also means that an employer has less to gain by discharging a lew employees during an organization drive in a hid to reduce the union's position below the arbitrary 50% mark. In addition, because of the non- legal status of the collective agreement, the British union is free to take strike action at any time during the life of the agreement to deal with abuses by the employers. This, of course, leads to quite frequent unofficial strikes and causes some real problems for the national leadership of the unions. In spite of this disadvantage, however, the freedom to take strike action places unions in a much stronger position to deal with unjust or arbitrary acts. Certainly, in comparison to British trade unions, Canadian unions are aback- led by legal requirements at every turn. * - Another significant feature of British iminnlsm is the general method of collecting dues by tiie steward or some other officer .of the union. The check-off system is not wide-spread. While this has its disadvantages from tiie financial ooint of view, it appears to hscvt very pronounced advantages, hi particular, it ensures that there is regular personal contact with the representative of the union and it avoids die tendency of the non-active member to look upon the union as Petrus is a South African boy. He is so poor he hasn't even a family name. Just Petrus. But Petrus had a dream. He is a shepherd boy and the thing he wanted mote than anything else in tiie world to own a car â even just to drive a car. But it was an impossible dream, Then one day Petrus found some wire and he be- gan to make his dream come true. By bending the wire into hoops, axels, steering col- steering wheel â and even.a gear shift â Petrus made his dream come true. As true as it ever will be. . Now Petrus pushes his' -"wire car" around the dusty paths near where he lives. And he is probably just as proud as a North American with his new model Caddy. Republished from Stem, Hamburg-' - merely another deduction from his paycheque. For this reason, many British unionists express grave reservations about the long-term value of the check-off system.' Because of its tradition of political action and the resultant involvement of trade union leaders in Labour governments, the trade un- ' ion movement is highly sensitive to the importance of political decisions and government policies. Already, through the TUC, tiie trade union movement is involved in the plannim* of the economy as represented in the National Economic De- velooment Council. There is no doubt that increased governmental activity in this field will result in a greater involvement of the unions. ââ- -*- As a result, leaders of the trade union movement are becoming increasingly aware of the need for more expert advice from specialists. It now seems possible that in tiie near future the British trade union move- r" 'â -"'â .__ â ment wiU lead the way in the employment of trained personnel. In summation, it may be said that the British trade union movement is an un wieldy and rather ponder- . ous structure, hampered jn many instances, by traditionalism and by tiie. conservative ' attitudes of rank and file trade unionists. BEER, BEER NEW WESTMINSTERâA new agreement has just been reached by Local 835 of the Beverage Dispensers and Culinary Workers on behalf of some 700 employees in 42 hotels in New Westminster, Burnaby, Richmond and the Lower Fraser Valley. Waiters and Bartenders wiU receive a 40-cent package over three years, starting with 15 cents retroactive to January 1st of this year; 10 cents January 1,-1966 and 15 cents January 1, 1967. Service employees such as waitresses, chambermaids and bellhops wiU receive 12 cents retroactive to January 1st, 8 cents and paid Statutory Holidays January 1, 1966 and 12 cents January 1, 1967, making tiie , equivalent of a 38-cent package. In. a -major job reclassification, waitresses In specialty rooms (five music, dancing, food and ,-feniorX_-WiB sow receive the same wages as t male counterparts in cocktail lounges. * Regarding working conditions, a new clause covers a problem peculiar to title industry. Waiters will now be compensated for wearing apparel damaged while enforcing house rules. A new provision now guarantees leave of absence and time off for employees engaged in Union activities. , . *â¢ â -â " i_â Jtt. -..'.*- 3 MODERN TRENDS ,<. ' SOUTHERN EDITION' ii'sri'r; STEEL LABOR HE VOICE OE THE _ SII E D ST E E LW 0 R 1. IR S OF AMERICA e&L=2_Â£Â£iS& -_-.. _,i_ â â i.hm -m- / Local 1-80 S Bulletin DUNCAN, KC. RB-UATT, IMS yjQ mT%. -**-**, ** â*â¢â â â¢â *****jl *W How Long Oh Lord? Mfcllifca* kf tha lataraaHaaal laaa._baraa.aa'. aai Btarahaaaaa-aa'a I M.a._k_* â¢9 e___B^-a__it-g---Ji--jcM-*-- .PUIP WORKEkS iKrtRN PULP and Paper _Â»_ ^J JUSTICE - (Time Magazine could hardly be called the working man's friend. The magazine, however, has taken a look at ike labour publishing /ie_d ond drawn some Time-hOnoured conclusions _ which concern union men and women and all subscribers to The Labour Statesman). â Gone are the days when9 the U.S. labor press typically billed The Class Struggle as "an irrepressible conflict between the toilers and the parasites." Today's labor press has climbed off the barricades, calmed down -sand grown up. In shifting from diatribe to dialogue, it has locked out such epithets as scab, fink and goon; it treats the bosses almost as respectfully as the workers. Amateur polemicists have been been mostly replaced with professional journalists; the trend is from bombastic pamphlets to smoothly written, fact-filled newspapers that reflect a labor movement no longer on the defensive. U.S. unions now put. out more than 1,000 publications, ranging from slick magazines to mimeographed monthlies, which reach. 20 million readers as fringe benefits bought with union dues. The better papers â Machinist, die Hat Worker, Electrical Union World, tiie autoworkers* UAW Solidarity, the ladies' garment workers' Justice, the clothing workers' Advance'â carry Jengthy analyses of legislation before Congress and think pieces on such topics as automation and narcotics. They are. almost all unabashedly Democratic in their politics, and they tend to embark simultaneously on the same liberal campaigns: to abolish right-to- work laws, for instance, or to ban lie detector tests from employment proce- dure. But the labor press no longer paints, issues entirely in black and white, says Gordon Cole,'editor of the Machinist (circ 868,000) who once worked for the Wall Street Journal. "Now they present a lot more grey. OUTSIDE VIEW OF LABOUR PRESS In fact, people don't believe you, if your articles aren't grey." Union papers now try to appeal to the whole family by running* "ladies' sections.'* They carry regular columns on cooking, dressmaking, hobbies, social security and travel; the papers of affluent unions run notices for charter flights abroad. As for consumer advice, few commercial papers carry shrewder columnists /thaii Sidney Margolius, j whose syndicated pieces tell / union members how to spend their union wages. "My wife reads the paper from cover to cover," says a Manhattan machinist. ".She's ... mote, of a regular reader than Iain." -'-â¢' Few of the papers carry ads, ant* the International . -Labor Press Association keeps a close watch on those that doâparticularly those that may succumb to an old labor press racket of shaking down businessmen for hefty contributions in the form of phony ads. As one safeguard, the LLP.A. demands, that ads be confined to goods and services within reach of tiie papers' readers. Over die last decade the LLP-A. has expelled 16 -papers far improper advertising:, a jewelers' union paper, far example, which ran ads far yachts and steamship boilers. It has also effectively ended another racket in which a bogus labor editor solicits ads from businessmen too scared to protest, then pockets the cash. Some readers complain that the labor papers are still too pro-labor. "Everything is 100% progress," says one union member. "They never talk about losing a fight" While the papers print their share of bad World hews, they run scarcely any bad union news. A union victory in a National Labor Relations Board election rates banner headlines; news of a defeat is buried in the back pages. Union members, to be sure, no longer get the old. V; SDLIDPRIT* The Hot Air in Tire Advertising 0 * urn â I â¢%Â» .... .; I MMI On the other hand, union members now read their papers for much the same reasons that other people read the commercial press: for information and for entertainment "In the '20s and 30s," recalls a Manhattan ladies' garment worker, "there were just two classes of society. It's a different world today, and Justice is also different. We're all better for the change." SCHOOLS AND AUTOMATION spark from their Once fiery papers, nor do they read them as fervently as they did in tiie past. "It was never a problem: to dramatize a picket line,** explains Justice Editor Leon Stein, "but how do you dramatize a tax cut?r; OTTAWA (CPA) .-. Ac. cording to Labor Minister Allan MacEachen, the number of youngsters entering Canadian schools and the labor market between 1961 and 1971 will be higher by 1,500,000 than during the previous decade. This sharp rise in job- seekers and the spread of automation, about whose effects little is known in Canada, would aggravate the ef- Â»******- -.*-_ fects of recession. Hence the government's concern about developing a suitable manpower program. Training facilities at secondary schools, technological institutes and adult training centres are being expanded, MacEachen says 600 new schools or important additions to old ones have been built in the past four years, the number of student places increased by 240,000. MacEachen says one third of the Canadian labor force has a grade eight education or less. To overcome their difficulties, he says, "they must have a real chance to improve skills and knowledge and to get new skills." The department's jnan- power planners will try to oyercome the problems of 'heavy unemployment at a time when there is a shortage of skilled workers. Last year 60,000 unemp 1 oy e d were trained in federal-provincial programs to fit them for better jobs. .1 ^^-< 4 EDITORIAL BARRY MATHER OTTAWA â Everybody is for democracy.. just as we are all against drug addiction. But if democracy doesn't work it won't last At Ottawa tiie old parliamentary system is as out of date as the "buggy lamp. ^Living amid revolutionized industries parliament still plods as it did in Laurier's day. The NDP, notably Stanley Knowles, MP., has all along taken a leading part in pressing modernization of House procedures. Now the government has brought in six proposed changes. * Personally I'm all for them. Here are the reforms how under consideration: â¢ To limit time for debate on any item of business â either by agreement between Parties or a House vote. (Good. This would save days.) â¢ To lengthen the sitting hours by scrapping meal-. time adjournments, (worth trying)! â¢ To cut down to about 35 days the time we in the Opposition have for probing government spending or raising grievances. (Quite acceptable if greater ..use made of House committees for similar purposes.) â¢ To reduce tiie question period to 30'minutes a day. (Drastic, but much time is wasted here.) â¢ Curb on Question of Privileges. (Sensible idea. We get questions of privileges, 99'/ of which are ruled out . . but after time-wasting arguments.) â¢ Speaker's ruling should be final. (This would- be more acceptable if Speaker was not a politican like the rest of us but was a permanent appointee.) Td also: (a) reduce to say 20 minutes the length of MP.'s speeches... and (b) provide that a vote be taken; in place of just talk, on Members' Bills. Parliament needs to make better use of the public's time. Otherwise the public will turn to- some less democratic though more efficient way of getting things done. We are 13 years removed from the census forming the basis of our present constituency setup.. We may be only 13 . months away from die long awaited redistribution. Whatever one thinks of the proposed boundary changes it seems to me that a new election based on the old system would be illogical. MEANY RIGHT BEHIND LBJ'S SHOCK TROOPS jHow wrong he j_ abundantly clear by the retreat of even the Pentagon from the original position that the revolt in the poverty-ridden Dominican Republic was another "communist plot" But it was enough to get US. troops into the country and Meany was right behind them in spirit. Yet we should not be too surprised at this man's attitudes. For a long time he has been recognised as .tending usually somewhat to the right of American Manufacturers' Association. For example, Mr. Meany warmly approved the threat to close all US. ports from Maine to Mexico if UJS. surplus grain were shipped to communist countries. This threat came from the kingpin of t h e notorious International Longshoremen's Association, an affiliate of the AF of L-CIO and in approving of it Meany was for to tiie right of many US. business men. .But what makes this latest tactic most disturbing was that he used the name of the Intel-national Confederation of Free Trade Unions in order to give a semblance of international labour ap- What Mr. Meany has done in a single stroke is to faring the ICFTUs slogan "peace, Bread and Freedom" into serious disrepute. But no less important, it has revealed Meany*s total bankrupcy of the ideals of .labour, ideals normally associated with anyone holding the responsible position as leader and spokesman for labour- Thus Mr. Meany has hopelessly compromised labour and himself by bis support of the US. intervention. More .recently, Meany has intruded into Canadian labour affairs: He has castigated the Canadian Labour Congress for daring to issue charters to Canadian workers, charging this constituted establishment of "company There is something bordering on the. obscene to hear a labour leader applaud tiie use of shock troops to suppress an oppressed. minority in a foreign country, 'n^ (. But that is precisely what George Meany, shining head of tbe AF of L-CIO has recently done. Specifically, Mr. Meany has come out four-square behind U.S. President Johnson's dispatch of paratroops and marines to tiie Dominican Republic There were apparently no questions in his mind, no reservations as to tbe rights' and wrongs of the situation. Rights and wrongs were simply reduced to specious questions of Rights and Lefts. So Mr. Meany supported the U.S. intervention in the Dominican Republic on the dubiously familiar grounds that this was another blow "for freedom" struck fay Ihe State Department and the Pentagon. -this maneuver has been firmly rejected fay many Canadian union&As contribu- tors to the ICFTU they have voiced their resentment and point out that tiie ICFTU has fought hard to improve the lot of -workers Under totalitarian regimes around the world. . Indeed. ICFTU concern extends to totalitarian regimes such as existed in tiie Dominican Republic which US. troops, with Mr. Meany's approval, seem determined to prop up. LETTERS Sir: . Enclosed a copy of a letter I sent to R. W. Robinson, Three Universities' Capital Fund Drive: Dear Sir: . â I now find it necessary to advise you that I withdraw my personal support of the Three Universities' Capital Fund Drive. Please discontinue the use of my name as a supporter of the campaign. At the time I announced my personal support of the Fund .Drive, despite objections of many of my colleagues. I did so because I recognized the tremendous need in this province for advanced education. I accepted the assurances of the Three Universities' Capital Fund officials and university presidents that conjectures about tuition fee increases for students were based on mere rumour and were not to be accepted as substantiated. Now that the fees have been increased, notwith standing assurances to the contrary, it is clearly apparent that this decision will prohibit working men from sending their sons and daughters to University. I cannot continue to recommend, even on a personal basis, that working men and women should dig into their pockets to help build institutions from which many of their sons and daughters will be barred because of tiiis financial bar- Past intrusions into Canadian labour matters evidently has taught him nothing. His arrogance during * the SIU affair, the chaos which the AFL-CIO precipitated at Crofton Pulp Mill still rankles with many Canadian imionists. The severe problems he has created for several international unions in Canada indicates that Meany looks on Canada in much the same way as he does tiie Domini-' can Republic. Perhaps labour can not expect anything less of a man who once publicly boasted that he "never walked a picket line." We cannot afford such a compromise. Meany's continued leadership of the AF of L-CIO is a serious liability. . _, His resignation at this point would be the most important contribution he could make to North American labour. ZM in Canada and indeed in North America. Wishing you every success in the future. E. Winch, MP. Ottawa ner. Yours very truly, J. A MOORE, THE IWA Ne.L BOUR .STATESMAN Sir: A challenge to members and supporters or the New Democratic Party . . . Our treasurer estimates mat about $52,000 is needed to operate our provincial office efficiently. It would enable the Party to give full service to tiie membership. We need 5,000 supporters -i to become sustaining members '..'.â Do you want .an effective.-. 18. British Columbia. Canada. Jointly and the Vancouver and District Labour 4 The Labour Sutcsman is pdbHshwt monthly at SIT Eaat . Ihe B.C. 1 Council. The man la authorized as Second Class Kail. Foal Office and tor payment at postage in cash. Unsolicited 12 issues. 18c per of Ottawa. must be SUB for WILLIAM MCCARTHY â Managing Editi GEOFF. SPENCER. BETTY SPENCER â Advertising Sir: â ; I am most happy at receiving a Copy of The Labour Statesman . . . You can most certainly be proud of the format It is without doubt one of tiie finest publications of its kind party, pledged to serve the wo*rke_s?~ Is such a party worth $1 a month to you? Then join the NDP as a sustaining member. Work for the party which works for you. West * 1 . -' .- -_Â« _j 'l >â !'! X. 5 NTERTAINMENT â I A MOST TASTELESS PERFORMANCE" WILLIAM McCarthy --The most tasteless performance during the past television season was given by that bovine herd of women who lumbered into Parliament to petition against CBC programming. The women betrayed an unblushing preoccupation with sex, at least sex on television. It must have seemed to many that the group showed a shockingly TV PLUGS DK BONN â Deputies of Chancellor Erhard's Christian Democratic Party have introduced a draft Bill to Padliament which would ban advertising on West Germany's public-owned radio and television networks. The battle for the television screen is being waged not between the central government and territorial powers, but between broadcasting corporationsâwhich have formed a "working board" and produce the TV programmeâand newspaper > publishers. Ibis has, of course, pushed tbe question of revenue from commercial television ' into the foreground. Newspaper publishers accuse public radio and television networks of murderous competition in advertising business. They assert that this situation can be remedied only forbidding the board from broadcasting commercials and by turning Second Television into a private company and putting it at the disposal of a representative group of newspaper publishers for a price of 200 million marks. (About 18 million sterling, 50 million dollars). The radio and television men warn of a sinister blow at press freedom and free-: dom of expression, while publishers champion the. cause of financially Weak local newspapers, although they have least to fear from commercial television, which could not hope to deprive them of their focal advertising trade. Neither can it be honestly said that national and provincial papers are threatened. SOBER DRUNKS "No laws, however stringent, can make the idle industrious, the thriftless provident, or the drunken sob- er. âSamuel Smiles k e e n appreciation of the subject ff so, a great deal of harm may have been done to thousands of public careers, careers based in large measure on regular attacks on the CBC. For who will now dare criticize the CBC? Will even the indefatigable John Diefenbaker risk attack if it means identification with a rump-sprung troupe out for dirt? The women* who may have endangered the potation of our best-loved CBC critics are members of a. thing called the Declaration* By Canadian Women. . They went to Ottawa trundling shopping carts which contained their petition to Prime Minister Pearson. . They claimed to have tiie signatures of 76,000 women who are outraged fay such CBC television shows as This Hour Has Seven Days, Quest, and Festival. Assaulted feminine hilities could be only if Mr. Pearson "The domination of a minority who misuse the CBC to spread propaganda for perversion, pornography, free . love, blasphemy, dope, vio- . fence and crime." * To many the language is as revealing as a Rorschach test And therein lies tiie danger to staunch old CBC critics. f&, Not only that henceforth all critics of tiie CBC might he lumped together with these heavily - corested matrons, but also that all may now be dismissed as victims of some classic Freudian frustrations. Many would comment frankly on the CBC, though inevitably this incurs the wrath of a petulant Corporation. But few will risk having their comments construed as a reflection of some bizarre psychological quirk. Thus the great harm of the ladies* petition is not the moral hypocrisy it represents but the fact that it might shame more responsible critics into silence. Worse -yet, with tilings the way they are these days, in the CBC, there's an even chance that the ladies could have their way With the Corporation. That would be real dirty â a dirty shame. CHERI LOOKS AT NHL HOCKEY -f-^ Ifs time we took a long hard look, at our National Sport, in particular tiie National Hockey League. This handle has to be the most misleading in the country. It covers the activities of a handful of players operating in six eastern cities, four of them in the UJS-A. What holds the NJELL. down to tins tiny bop of teams? How can perennial losers like Boston keep packing them in? It's simple â Money! The cats at die top of the tree are so fat, they din buy anything. They have the power of' life and death over players, officials, minor leagues, franchises, the works. They even have yes-men preaching their gospel on network TV. These- characters are so arrogant, they'll try and blackmail a city the size of Vancouver. ."Put up a multi-million dollar arena, and well see whether we might consider including you in a Western loop of the N.H-L.", they said., - ff we did, and they did, how often do you think the working man would be able to afford to buy tickets? Alright! So they've got a lucrative business, which they wrongly "call sport It combines brilliance and skill, and is fine TV entertainment. Unfortunately, however, hockey is truly international and many European countries play a foghly-s-killed game. Their rules call for less crude violence than we have come to tolerate, which puts our ''National" teams at a serious disadvantage,' when they play in international competition. ' * . K the NHL. is really dedicated to the best interests of hockey, why doesn't it firsticlean up its playing rules, and -then give some genuine practical and financial help to men like Father Bauer? It doesn't matter if we are beaten in the World Championships. But it matters very much if we don't try to said tiie best possible squad. After all, we did pioneer the sport, didn't we? . Pierre Cheri ef the Strip Kathy Kee ls the "Cas- South Africa, boss recently in the Richard "Ihe Spy Who In Out of the Cold." from Stern, Hamburg i J r WINNER OF 3 MAMMY AWARDS râUa ^^^9mmm^mmW t*M 8-lSII 40 FULLY' MODERN UNITS -â¢ HEATED SWIMMIMfi Pnhl â¢ 4-STAR RATING -- AAA â¢T.V. - TELEPHONES * . â¢ BACHELOR & FULLY CONTAINED UNITS Ten Minutes from Vancouver CHy Centre YUkon 8-3181 1748 Copilono (Vi Bit. N. Marine Dr., N.V.) !â¢*â¢*â¢* Be FULLY The Times has come alive. The best sports pages in Wesietn Canada, the best team of columnists in' Canada, a women's section that realizes women are intelligent, a hard-hitting impartial ecfrtorial page, a team of news-gathering specialists who give you more than the top of the news. You're fully ilirformed on everything âincluding la- WHEN YOU m Time s For regular home delivery ;-'' ':. * ' fTflk I " V r Â».: -if. H (â .â ^1 i ,'?Â«^ 1 '-' t 1 1 â¢__..â J ___â 6 CONVENTION Amid the usual noise and confusion of a political rally, the 300 delegates to the 4th Annual Convention of the New Democratic Party of '. British Columbia made a valiant attempt to hammer out a new democratic socialist statement of policy but time ran out. - This comprehensive statement, some 33 pages in length, consideration of which was intended as the major task of 'the Convention, set out a detailed program of social development suited to the particular needs of B.C.'s economy and her people: However, other urgent matters, as well as the traditional "keynote" speeches, constantly intervened a n d the task was only half completed at the end of the Victoria Day weekend:. v. Unfortunately, tiie portions not considered included tbe Labour section. This not only provided for a new Labour Relations Act, overhaul of Workmen's Compensation and the extension of collective bargaining but' also' set up a Labour Market Policy to counteract the growing threat of automation and mass unemployment. A Labour Market Board would be set up to undertake: "(a) forecasting changes in employment and the demand and supply of labour; "(b) vocational training and retraining to provide the right number and type of workers to meet the needs of industry and to provide alternatives for those whose skills have been made obsolete by automation and tech- : ' nological change; "(c) vocational guidance for people entering the la- hour force; "(d) assistance in transferring unemployed or underemployed workers to new Jobs; .. " (e) designing and administering a program to provide employment for seasonal workers in the offseason." â¢'..-:â . â¢ -. â â .-.â - ' These and all other unfinished oolicy matters Were referred to the Provincial Council for final consideration during the winter so that tiie B.C. New Democrat twill have a sound, modern policy to place before the public. In the executive elections, despite newspaper predic- ons of party rifts from groups of the r|e*ti ' centre, trade union s seemed pleased results of balloting. Former Saanich MJL-A., â¢ink' Snowsell, a Kelowna School teacher, was I President; Grace Me- iiuca, First Vice-President; ..rant McNeil, Second Vicer Ires-dent; and Alex Mac- onald, Third Vice - Presi- ent. Vulliamy was re- Treasurer of the Trade Union officials were elected to the 10- man executive: Ray Haynes, International Representative. RWDSU^ Jack* Hoist, 2nd Vice - President. Regional Council, IWA:**and Pat O'Neal. Secretsiry-Treasurer, B.C. Federation of. Labour. . The other members are Tom Berger, Anthony Gar- grave, Margaret Hobbs. Cliff Michael, Geoff Mitchell. David Stupich and Walter Young. . .1 . Ihe National Council appointees are Hilda Kristian- sen and Jack McKenzie. Provincial Leader Robert Strachan was re-elected by. acclamation. j Some of the highlights of the Convention included a motion for a mass march of the delegates on' the US. Consulate which was soon defeated; the reiection of appeals against the expulsion of the "League For Socialist Action'' suoporters despite the Discipline Committee's recommendation that some of them be reinstated and. a condemnation of China's nuclear testing.. - At the outset of the Convention,' an emergency reso-. lution was passed protesting the recent university fee increases and strongly-worded criticisms were aimed at U.S. aggression in Vietnam and - the' Dominican Republic. Tommy Douglas' keynote speech dealt squarely with tbe latter subject and Robert Cliche, Leader of the Quebec NDP outlined the NDP's future role in French Canada's national and social revolution in a speech which is reported elsewhere on this page. The problems lacing society in the face of automation and technological advance are, in the opinion of the Policy Committee, so great -that they -were dealt with not only under tiie Labour heading of the Policy Statement but also in a section entitled A New Dimension in Government following immediately after the ' preamble: "1. Present prosperity .is , .no guarantee of future security when the speed and diversity of technological change confound traditional patterns of thought '< ,"l"',*"':' . "2. The individual is no longer able to meet the demands such rapid change makes upon him without adequate direction, re-training and adjustment." - Government must provide the leadership to help j pie to find their rightful place in the new age. A Provincial Bureau on Automation and Technology will be established to provide information and assist other government departments in formulating solutions in their particular area. A. CONVENTION HEARS LEADER ROBERT . CLICHE ;*:..â¢â¢ :'-â ;.?- _oA .â¢ -':â¢â "â¢.'â .:â / - .": â r*i -*}' A'joi 'â :â â -:â ..-**.. (Robert Cliche is leader of the New Democratic Party. in Quebec. The following is part of his address to ike NDP-BC Convention held at the Hotel Vancouver May 22, 23,24.) Formerly many English- Canadians thought that our nationalism was a. product of our backwardness, that we were nationalistic because we were an isolated society, partly cut off from tbe great movements of North American society, from its intellectual and political currents, resisting these developments where we could not totally avoid them, as we tried to resist urbanisation. It is true that that nationalism, traditional nationalism, loos a product of that society. But our national consciousness is a dimension of our existence as a group. It will not disappear as long as we are there, a community of people, of French > language, afloat in a sea of English speakers ... These injustices must, be righted. But this is not enough. If French Canada is to develop to its full potentiality, it must be possible for our people to undertake this development in their own language. ** - r- This means not only the French Canadians, it means the making over of ' our economy in Quebec so that it reflects not the language of -the few owners, many of whom are now hot even Canadians, but rather tiie language of the majority of our people. It is absurd mat a French copywriter should draft advertising-' copy which is a simple translattion of lines drafted on Madison Avenue. AU -this is. -worse than absurd. It is in tiie long run fetal for our culture. '" You can see, therefore, Why tbe facts, today's facts, reflect themselves in a national consciousness, a consciousness of the great backwardness of our society in many respects, of our need for development, coupled with a determination that this development will be our own, will allow, us at the end a fuller self-expression, and not cramp us in a still narrower cultural ghetto; that it will contribute to that flowering of our collective culture without which -the fives of millions of our peo*. pie will remain stunted and incomplete. . And in taking up this task, we are not looking backward over our shoul- - ders: it is not just to be true to our fathers that we do this, but to be true to ourselves and to our children. Nor do we undertake this in a spirit of resentment and hostility; we know that we shall never do our best for Others until we are really ourselves. But there is a second revolution â or perhaps I should speak here of revolt. This is much less reported, talked about, commented on by the press and the mass -_JXCâ¬t_U-L ' ** For it is the revolt of the Weak( of all those who have not shared in that unparalleled prosperity that we are told we enjoy, of all those for whom the affluent society is merely a promise, or worse still, a mockery ... Quebec is a province of heavy unemployment, much * -,..,. higher than the national Quebec is also a of grinding rural poverty. And this I know not from reading statistics.. I come from Beauce county, one of the old agricultural counties of our province. I have seen what rural poverty can mean . . . But it is not ihe Revolution in Quebec. This other one is just as important; it may in the long run be even more important - This mood of revolt is not a passing fed. If may have taken bizarre forms up to now, for instance it led to the election of 26 Social Credit candidates pledged to a programme almost none of -them could understand. But, then, I have nothing to explain to you on this score; you have your own 'creditistes'. But the sentiments which sent that delegation to Ottawa will not wither away. We may not be much worse off than, say, the people.of Appalachia in the United States. But these people are half convinced of the American myth, that if they're poor ifs their fault Our people have never believed in this. : "*-" â â - They know who to call to account They know that it is the traditional political elite, the leaders of die old parties who have led them where they are. And they are determined to demand a reckoning of them. That is why in voting Caouette, -they were not all that wildly off. They identified their enemies correctly, which is half the battle. Now they only have to identity their friends, to find the vehicle which can- cany their demands to. fruition. And this they are doing, and we can see it in the dramatic upsurge of the New DemocraticParty in our province. -' â¢ â¢-,:â â â â ' -.. â â¢ â 'â¢ >.-....â STRIKE REPORTS _. BATTLE OF WRITS _j_ f. .â___. - VANCOUVER: .A strike by sixteen members of Local 535 of the Retail, Wholesale and Department* Store Union, employed at Western Agencies, is now entering its seventh nionth with the latest efforts of the Department of Labour to bring the parties together havingjiow failed. Â£Z* The Comoany represented by W. Meade of the law firm of Campney & Owen advised the .Union and the conciliation officer that they had made their final offer and did-not intend to discuss anything further at this time. Mr. Meade insisted that the conciliation officer conduct a Government vote under Section 55 with respect to their offer. The offer is the same one which had been rejected unanimously by the strikers. The Union pointed out to the conciliation officer that it was worse than tiie Company's offer made prior to the strike commencement last November 26th. â¢ In fert, the Union showed that in some respects the so- called offer would provide conditions worse than those in effect prior to the union certification. Local 535 had been certified on September 1, 1964, and had attempted to tiate an agreement to contracts held by y refused report of officer and supervised. 535 with other operations. '-â This the l to dp. Following tiie the conciliation a Government strike vote, the Union made one further attempt to work out a compromise settlement but upon receiving a negative reoly from the Company were forced to take strike action. The Vancouver operation is being picketed daily with the Company attempting to circumvent the strike by supplying some of the Van- . ^-i..>_. ...ii,-,!!.--.-.-..!-. _)â !â -. i ii.,! ,mm . .ii || i . ii i h. i | mt& m ii i mt___m^m. eouver customers through its -branches in Victoria, Prince George and Penticton. Trade Unionists are asked that when they need repairs to their television and electronic equipment, they insist that all parts etc come from a fair employer. Two new names have been added to the list of union leaders who are being sued for libel in connection with a pamphlet dealing with tiie Mitchell IJress strike. Ihe two new names are Broadway Printers Ltd. who print The Labour Statesman as well as other similar publications, and William McCarthy, the managing editor of most recent court action was launched by Alec Bryson of Burnaby. His action also involves: William Dunsmuir, Bookbinders Union (Local 105); C. P. (Paddy) Neale, Vancouver and District Labour Council; E. P. O'Neal, B.C. Federation of Labour. Bryson is an employee of Mitchell Press. He alleges he was libeled in a pamphlet distributed April 3rd. A fdmilar suit was filed several weeks ago by Wd- liam L a mo nt, production manager at Mitchell Press. Neither William McCarthy nor Broadway Printers were named in this suit . (- __q another development Howard Mitchell,..owner of Mitchell Press Ltd., has written to Ihe Canadian Postal Employees Association regarding the possibility of Mitchell mail being declared "hot" Mitchell said: "If any firm exercising its legal right to. continue in business were to be' denied tiie service of the mail unless it capitulated to union demands, through the procedure of your union declaring that firm's mad to be "hot," the result would be to elevate union leadership to unthinkable dictatorial power: NO STRIKE Hopes of Hhe Vancouver Times for a strike at Pacific Press were dashed when Typographical workers (Local 226) recently approved a three-year contract Agreement came suddenly after the printers had voted overwliplmiiigly in favor of strike action against Pacific Press which publishes both The Sun and The Province. Printers' pjesidml, Len Guy, said: "The final settlement embodies most of -the recommendations in the minority report filed by Pat O'Neal, secretary of the B.C. Federation of Labour.'' The union won a major gain with a new provision which gives each printer 1-t - days paid sick leave a year. "The contract is retroactive to Nov. 1,1964, and provides new regulation covering computers, overtime, job retraining, severance and relocation pay and improvements in statutory holidays- and annual COMPULSORY ARBITRATION? TORONTO (CPA) â Trade union spokesmen continue to condemn compulsory arbitration as a solution for labor-management contract disputes. ._. But it is being looked on with increasing favour by government â and perhaps just as significant for organized labor, groups outside union ranks are seeking new forms of collective bargaining incorporating compulsory arbitration as tiie final stage in tiie negotiation pro- These are groupsâtechnical and professional â which should be the source of- recruits for the union movement in a technological â **__ ' * -%*s adopted by die Ontario Legislature in 1962 invoking compulsory arbitration of -the dispute between the Ontario Hydro Employees Union and the Ontario.Hydro- Slectric Power Commission. The next round of Hydro contract folks produced an agreement through regular bargaining processes. Even before tiie Conservative government introduced its hospital arbitration legislation, tiie 30,000-mem- ber Registered Nurses Association of Ontario had submitted, its proposal for a lact The _at-__A'examiii|i pie of tiie trend is Ontario's Hospital Arbitration Act which bars strikes and lockouts in the province's hospitals and substitutes compulsory arbitration if7 normal conciliation procedures foil to produce a settlement This measure directly affects the Building Service. Employees International Union, tiie International Union of Operating Engineers, tiie Canadian Union of Operating Engineers and the Canadian Union of Public Employees. All of diem have enrolled non - professional hospital employees and CUPE has a. number of nurses on its rolls as well. TKe hospital act is blanket legislation. There are no exceptions to its application. This is in contrast to the emergency type of bill Ihe RNAO suggested a three-page bargaining procedure with final arbitration of disputes as tiie last step. The right to strike would be surrendered. The power to invoke arbitration is left in the hands of the health minister, but tbe proposed legislation clearly envisages this procedure as tiie solution in tiie event of deadlock. Meanwhile, seven professional engineers'groups have launched a separate campaign to obtain a distinct labor act governing professional personnel. Thar plan far an Ontario Professional Negotiations Act would rule out strikes and provide far the right to refer differences to binding arbitration. Ihe engineers also forsee each- member signing an individual contract outlining acceptance of the group agreement and adding specific points applicable to tiie individual. Their original group of seven lias been strengthened' Do You Buy Medical Coverage at Cost You can by joining C.U. fir C. Coverage for both Groups and Individuals No profits - No commissions For Information Contact: C.l & C, Health Services Society -an.21,96_-atf_feoaaw*ay - Vancouver 10, B.C 879-5711 by two others, tiie Ontario Civil. Service Professional Engineers and the Committee for the Advancement of Professional Nurses, a reform-minded wing of tbe .registered nurses' association which takes issue with tiie RNAO*s approach to bargaining legislation The 34,000-member Ontario Civil Service Association has already worked out a revised form of mrffmtmg with the provincial government which has compulsory arbitration as a central feature. The new Civil Service Arbitration Board recently ' handed down its first award under this system. The federal government is legislation which give more than 100,000 federal civil servants a similar type of bargaining pato is being worked out consultation with three civil service organisations 1"Â»*'a"i. far bargaining purposes. In each case, landing arbitration is a key element in tiie negotiation process â a trend which the trade union movement cannot afford to ignore. PARIS BOOTS HancMrlade for Â» HUNTERS, . LOGGERS, CONSTRUCTION MEN, MINERS, SAFETY BOOTS Available from your focal retailer, or from PIERRE PARIS S. SONS 8 LOCAL NEWS _â KITIMAT â The power of concerted labour action in municipal politics was shown last month when die Kitimat Chamber of Commerce withdrew its request for a special municipal grant. The Kitimat-Terrace and District Labour Council has opposed the nature and condition of these grants to the Kitimat Chamber of. Commerce since 1960. The Council felt that it too was entitled to a municipal grant if public welfare and community good were the standards to be applied, i Ihe Kitimat-Terrace and District Labour Council submitted a brief in 1960-61 to the Municipal Council expressing these views. It described in detail tiie nature of the activities of the labour council in the promotion of welfare and the community. This extensive brief listed the 14 local unions engaged in this work. The brief asked the Municipal Council to approve a grant to tbe Labour Council equal to the amount then being sought by tiie Chamber of Commerce. Labour's request turned down- Two main reasons given for the First was th i could not be made to two organizations doing the same â¢. work. Ihis reason ignored the fact that the Chamber noncfiitrales on tourism far the benefit of businesses which form the Chamber. Second reason given was that Council could not make grants to organizations with strong political leanings, Both these reasons were firmly and immediately rebutted by members of the Labour Council who attended the Council meetings, Monty Alton, Roy Sim- monds, John Schibli, and' V. P. Peppar. The following year a second labour representative was elected to Municipal Council The grant to the Chamber was slightly reduced. Each time tiie Chamber's Eint came up for discussion bour Council members spoke strongly against it Last year three new members were elected to Municipal Council, one of whom was an independent housewife. 1 This year, the Chamber came to Council asking for a grant of $6,000 â an increase of $1,000 over previous requests. Again the request was -based on tourism and business promotion. . Council rejected the business promotion factor on the grounds that since it was not a land holder it could not grant monies to the Chamber exclusively to pro- "-Chis can reach into the entire- economy of the Val ine Labour Council was prepared for the next meeting. It argued that only one member of the Municipal Council was familiar with the Labour Council earlier brief requesting a grant for itself It argued during a lengthy debate that other Council members should be given time to study tiie Labour Council's proposals. Again the Chamber's request was tabled to the next meeting. A petition was then circulated asking home owners to say whether they favored abolishing the Chamber's grant all together or having it substantially reduced. This apparently made the handwritting on tiie wall plain .to the Chamber. It held a special meeting and then advised Municipal Council that it was withdrawing its request for a grant. that non-union companies have among the worst safety records. Mr. McGee deplored tiie great gulf between labour and management in B.C. "In Europe, especially in Sweden, labour and management have learned to cooperate to then*- mutual advantage," he said. Ihe Labour Council here has -written to the Canadian Labour Congress because it learned that tiie International Confederation of Free ' Trade Union bad supported die U.S. position in the Dominican Republic. "We wish to disassociate ourselves f rom any state- . ments which might indicate that labour is supporting the US. position,''' the council declared. I*? âVictor I of the sly - elected housewife and one of the Council members from labour (the other being Absent because of illness) the Chamber's request was tabled to the next CE HTlpERT â Mayor Peter Lester chided labour leaders in tins area for not being more aware of issues and activities at city hall Mayor Lester was speaking May 13 to the Prince Rupert Labour CounriL He said that city council had recently cut the city business tax by $20,000 without a word being heard from tiie Labour Council.,- However, he said, city council had received a brief from the local Chamber of Commerce before the tax cut was made. Mayor Lester said it is essential for the Labour Council, which represents 75 per cent of the citizens of Prince Rupert, to keep in close contact with city affairs and make its views known to city council k - In another report to the Labour Council, M K. McGee, Workmen's Compensation Board Safety Inspector, said that immigrant workers in northern B.C. are often forced to risk great hazards on their jobs. "They don't realize the, dangers or are too scared to do anything about them," Mr. McGee said. He added -_-__-BBMaB________________aBB____________a_aa m KAMLOOPS â Growth is everywhere evident this Interior city. ample, is suffering from growing pains- Increased attendance has* ""forced -the council to move into larger quarters. *:' . . Meetings are now held in the Library Museum building on die third Thursday of each month. Rapid growth in tiie city was brought home to union members from another quarter when all hospital em-, ployees were handed a -printed statement on the construction of the new hospital addition. â¢ The statement advised the hospital employees mat tiie new addition to Royal Inland Hospital should be completed by October. However, some areas of the new wmg will be occupied as early ss next month. A highlight of labour activities here during May was the 24th annual Western Canada Union Meeting, B of LF&E and the Ladies Society... Some 285 representatives of the union came from - across Canada and the US. Hosts for this meeting were Lodges 258 (CPR Firemen), 930 (CNR Firemen) and Cumcloups Lodge (Ladies). Mount Pleasant Cbapel Ltd. Frank opinions were expressed during the educational seminar on tiie Canadian Labour Code. A. R Gibbons declared that the union .must use its economic strength. "Not as one Utile group of F-remen," he said, "but as one of a larger group of workers. % "You showed your strength last October during tiie run-throughs. At that time there were two very surprised men. "One was myself, the other was Donald Gordon. Frankly,. I didn't think you had the guts. But you have proved yourselves,1" he said. Main speaker at the dos ing banquet was Currie, speaking on behalf of tiie Fruit and Vegetable workers, reported that "in the area foam Sum- merland south, there will be an almost complete loss in stone fruits and pears are expected to be near a 100 per cent Joss. He said: "as yet if s too early to assess what will banc-en in die north and nobody is sure as tor how well -the apples may recover. "Ifs a sure tiling, however, that very few of our people will be working fair verv long this season.** Mr. Currie reported on co-operation between union and management to preserve seniority in tiie plants oyer long periods of lay-offs. He said every effort will president, J. Graham _Nu_-DS_PBuL _Â«. During tiie festivities, L. O. Morgan, president of tiie Kamloops Labour Council celebrated his 19th wedding anniversary. national be made to find work far KH-OWNAâChief topic of AJBrrtpâ¢* at the regular. May meeting of tiie Kelowna, Pentictan, Vernon and District Labour Council was tiie problem of the dis- asterous winter - kill va*ji^g tiie fruit industry. The meeting was held May2. Several delegates expressed concern over what was called "a community -*a***â j **** Q___3__U5IC_r the people affected. At the time he spoke Mr. Currie said tiie emplogrmenf office in Penticton had "openings for 84 waitresses and chambermaids. We are urging our people to take these jobs." * The expected reduction in fruit production has fait . other areas of labour. Rolph Craigie, of the Steelworkers in Oliver, said that produc- ''â tion of orchard machinery has come to "a virtual standstill." He reported, however, tint there had been no layoffs. " T- Production of boxes and crates hits been drastically curtailed because of winter' losses, according to Ron Mc- LeOan, IWA, of Kelowna. âh. & KINDLINESS UNDERSTANDING . UtOY ATTENDANT DEPENDABILITY KINGSWAY at ELEVENTH AVENUE Â® PHONE: TRinity 6-2161 '72 99 omeos THE MOST COMFORTABLE WORK SUP-ON SINCE SHAKESPEARE! / 9 DIFFERENT STYLES. From Bedroom Romeos to Work Ron-cos with NaeCork Solas and Oil-Tan Uppers. NO OTHER -"-OMEO HAS; lEC*aE*S FOOT^OOTHING FIT AA Ihe imen hi Jtix_u_tTYmfl_oW^_vrhgm J. LECKIE CO. 220 Cambie Street V< 3, B.C. _â __â ____-_-_-< '...v_- -r^-^-~ ->. 9 -'SSfe. LOCAL NEWS LABOUR SPARKS PROJECT VICTORIA â-Centennial Victoria Square, to be completed this year, is last beriming the pride and ioy of the citizens of the Greater Victoria area. Conceived in 1962 as a five-year â nroiect to commemorate tiie 100th anniver- sarv of the City of Victoria, it has transformed a fast deteriorating area into one of the showplaces of the The Square, which nasses an area of four city blocks- wiU serve a nurpose both beautiful and functional Included within its boundaries are the City Hall and new legislative wing, tiie McPherson Playhouse and -Theatre Restaurant, Senior . Citizens' Activity Centre, and a shopping arcade and car-nark building. . j- All of these surround a central souare. with the fo- <**al point being a Centennial Ff*^^iti___m^_fe surrounding municipalities of Saanich, Oak Bay and E-muimalt The entire area has been terraced and landscaped with flower' gardens and mature trees used to excellent advantage. The impact of tills project on the surrounding downtown area is already evident. A number of orivately owned buildings have been repainted, a block of commercial stores and offices has been substantially renovated and the major, reconstruction of an adjoining hotel with a new entrance hieing Onto the Square is under ' way. This has had the effect of transforming this potentially distressed area into an active commercial and cultural centre. The interest of organized labour in this city has been particularly intense, not only due to the fact of the employment opportunities created, but also because tiie chairman of the Centennial Square Committee's Alderman A. W. HA]T Toone is serving his third two-year term as an alderman of tiie city while st tiie same time serving his ninth year as Secreta_ry-TVeasurer of the Victoria Labour Council. ,- His efforts in actively carrying out his many civic duties and also acting as the very efficient secretary of the Labour Council in its multiple facets have won commendation from both municipal and labour representatives. Brother John Nicol of tiie Retail Clerics Union, Local J 280, noted that all too often in arbitration cases tiie union loses out. He was pleased to report that in a case recently carried forward in Courtenay where two of their members had been released last December, tiie Board brought in an unanimous decision in favour of the union and both girls were reinstated. The office of First Vice- President of Victoria Labour Council recently became vacant when the incumbent, Charles Peck of the LB. of KW. was no longer eligible to act as a delegate due to his retirement from tiie trade. After over 30 years as a delegate to -the Council, Charlie was extended a hearty vote of thanks at his final meeting. T^ In the ensuing election Harry Anderson of the OB. of R.T. (Local 324) succeeded Brother Peck in tiie office. Brother Robert Noble of the Machinists Union (Local 3) succeeded Brother Anderson as Chairman of -the Unemployment Committee of tiie Council VANCOUVER â The serious concern of tiie United Pack_Loghouse Workers (Local 283)i over the car insurance rates in B.C. was expressed in a resolution recently passed here. The rejMhiticm- sent to Premier Bennett, May 10, noted that automobile insurance companies in B.C. have raised rates and- changed regulations" without due regard for tiie motoring public.'' It said mat because car insurance is compulsory, insurance cranpanies have an" assured business. Attention was drawn to tire successful low cost provincial insurance scheme of Saskatchewan. The resolution urged the provincial government to adopt a low cost car insurance plan in B.C. "in order to alleviate' the hardship borne by tiie motoring public." <s not published of displayed by the I by the Government of British I '^r^r c* J a 1 -viyj *:__H STATE OF T^HE UNIONS HMaai -â¢â â II WHAT LABOUR SHORTAGE? ii LT. STALEY 'if There has been a demand for inert aped immigration to Canada following eonqrlaints to the federal "government of a lack of larty voaoe constant -Complaints of -the lack of skilled workers in the pirov|pe& ; A_tide from any qatH-tions of the facts of ihe so-called sdhortage, it is wise to keep in mmd tint employers have a vested interest to- maintaining a surplus of labour. and Britain is booming. As a result'aU -these countries have leas than one and one- half pei rent of their work force unemployed. Thus, tiie chances, if any -shortage should develop in -the future, of recruiting wtn-kets f rem these areas are going to be extremely margmaL Employers will simoly be reaping tiie effects of their own .chort - sighted * approach to this important matter. - But what is true of the construction industry is true also of our entire industrial comples. At present, in all training schools in B.C, a country-wide program of apprenticeship and technical training has been under way for some time. " ""â Sydney Technical College, one of the dozen or more in that city, has 30,000 students enrolled. In comparison, Vancouver and Burnaby Vocational Institutes have a combined .enrolment of slightly more than 1,500. Unions cannot provide â nor should they be expected ; to provide â skilled tradesmen at tbe drop of a hat What is required is for the provincial government to undertake a massive program of. ._...... â . _.-. metrpomt a long line of paton offices of But -there is some difference of opinion whether there is in fact a shortage of workers in B.C. There is, moreover, substantial evidence that many construction workers are presently unemployed and that all told more than 30,000 people in B.C. are looking for jobs. Employers in B.C. have tremtionally robed on Brit-, ain and Europe to train and supply .skilled craftsmen to meet flier needs. They have never seriously subscribed to any enlightened appren- in technical from hair- stu- moximately -three and one half percent of the total labour force which averaged 830,000 in 1964. Per- pravince, m .consultation with the craft i unions, to embark on an eh- ! listened and progressive . apprenticeship program. - -"haps is the fact that the total number of apprentices in training numbered only 3,709 in all trades â a afim 0.6 percent of the total. And in 1964, only 456 or 0.07 percent completed their training prro- This is a di_-graceful record When compared to what is happening in other __n Australia, for example, which -enjoys a comparable economy in terms of present and potential_ development 45,069 people. But in 1964, tikis huge industry had only 1Â£94 apprentices in traininjL a mere three and oiie-half percent But worse still, of this meager number only 169 cornpleted their apprentice- sfaip terms. Thus, leas than one half of one percent quaB- fiad as crafnanen under the pie- is to- Of lute in the world day the of Europe WILLIAMS LAKEâThe C*-_viboo Labour Council has not yet begun operations in tide Initial org_ml.ition work, r, is moving ahead this -Council is in the 'future. W Vancouver - Merritt *T0B SREDY REfJAWJC SERVICE'' 1661 Drive MU. 5-6262 FREE! <^_ Unoniployou a cfcuHiod Your in Canada can run in THE LABOUR STATESMAN FREE OF CHARGE for cfassftiod spaco is all tho naod that you art. looking lor work. The Labour Statesman -â â-â- VANCOUVBt 10, 6.C We urif mile sp year od far yes. ".â - n â â â ,.... . â â - -â SPECIAL REPORT r-iVi-.wifcw-i.ij^'i ,-mr>ii ii ia* â ay/. .'â ,1-rntiirV' â â â â â â If-.-ij **""*â va_.-3*i%. EARLY! VOTE OREN! DENIS COUPLAND â¢ ."-;â :" - In tiie last Vancouver Municipal Elections, Mrs. Martha L. Mock voted or was entitled to vote 13 times. Add to this tiie fact that she is not even a resident of Vancouver and it sounds like a clear case for Vancouver's police department However, it's all perfectly legal and in tiie best interests of Vancouver's business community. Eedf* of "tiie companies listed on tiie building directory represents one of Mrs. Mock's votes. Although most Vancouver citizens are not aware of it, every corporation which owns real property in the municipality or is a -There are close to 1,500 eorpotations: registered in tins maimer in Vancouver and their votes are cast through agents such as Mrs. Mock. The registering of corporations as electors is a dangerous and unjustifiable practice. It is a practice that our MLA's should strive to see abolished at the next legislative session. Some 1.500 votes can have great wgnifirarice in a muni-. cipal election as many defeated candidates for mayor and alderman can testify. And what justification is there for it? . It is merely a throw-back to tiie time when only the propertied classes were en- titled U&tl-W** The Labour Movement and others fought long and hard for universal suffrage â one man, one vote â and thought they had achieved it â -' ;, .-/:â - #â ** -Z 'â -. However, it is - evident mat in BC/municipalities that goal his not yet been won. The.number of corporation agent votes may seem insignificant when compared to a total voter registration of 240,000 in the City of Vancouver.. However, it must be remembered that these com* and their dividual votes as wed) are more likely than the general population to exercise their vote; their livelihood and expenses of ten depending directly on municipal administrative decisions.' As a matter of fact m the 1964 election, only 39.8% of those registered voted, some 96439. But behind aU these figures lies a principle. The administration of any government â¢â civic, provincial or federal -^should not be carried out for the benefit of economic enterprises but for its citizens as individual human beings. If this is true, then there can be no rationale put forth to enfranchise any economic enterprise, be it an international corporation or a local real estate firm. â Only individuals should be entitled to elect representatives to look after the welfare of society as a whole. This undemocratic practice of allowing cranpan.es to .register as voters is further compounded by allowing one person to act as agent for more than one company. Mrs. Mock is by no means Vancouver's only multiple This dangerous practice could be ended even without any legislative changes. . The landlord-tenant relationships in these cases are so obviously artificial creations that unless the -city's electoral eligibility policy is re-examined, other firms might be tempted to create a proliferation of subsidiary firms expressly for the purpose of influencing municipal elections. It is up to the provincial legislature and our MLA's to abolish the practice of franchising companies as an infringement of tiie hard- won right of universal human sui-Drage. Until the legislation is passed, the municipality should look closely at its present company registration policy. â¢ ' e_<__ are half dozen of Vancouver's most privileged voters: Mr. Evans Wasson â 11 â¢ -votes.-'* :; ^-y â - Mr. Stanley Wright â 10 votes. Mr. D. M Brown â 8 votes. Mr. G. L. Draeseke â 8 votes. Mr. G. E. Frostrup â 7 votes. Mr. William L. Sauderâ 7 votes. Even His Worship Mayor Ratine is entitled to vote four times in his own election. Furthermore, without adequate legal safeguards in the Vancouver City Charter, multiple company voting leads to even greater abuses of our democratic .system. Mrs. Mode's case will serve as an excellent il- histration. lbs. Mock is Executive Secretary of Atlas Investments Ltd. and associated with aU the other companies for whom she acts as agent The companies - are not They are merely branches of one large financial operation tied firmly together by interlocking directorates, and common ownership. As can be seen, they are all in one building (owned by Keystone Investments Ltd.) and, all but one are in! Despite this, every one of them is deemed entitled to one vote. Presumably each one lists a certain amount on their books as rent paid to the parent company and uses this as their basis of their claim that the landlord-tenant relati >â"Â«â ' â¢***-*'â - . â ACME NOVELTY (B c. ) LTD, 42 8 v*. 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OurMusic Division, Sele0 Musk (^..distributes ""' '''ternXMi is, Marksman Shumeboards and Games of Amusement to dealers throughout. Western Canada. Your Registration Card it valid at all Acme Novelty Wholesale warehouses. Owing to regulations this card must be officially certified by the Company. YOUR CARD 15 NON- TRANSFERABLE, and must be. signed by authorized user in spam provided. MEMBERS PLEASE NOTE: The Spring and Summer Catalogue has just bean issoad. If try chance you didnt gat yours, pleas* let us know, w**H mail you Â» copy by return. -vlEMBETS APPLICATION CARD To apply for Membership with tha Wholesale , - Distributors <><>â¢$ RÂ«Ofrtratkm No. ^mnmyemjm .and Importersâ ACME NOVELTY - _ Name Ofl-Jc* Un only â¢ VANCOUVER â .28 WEST 8th AVE, PHONE B7*-Z3m7 ___: : . "" ' " P-rte" " ' ' ' ' "' Address. StrMt or P.O. Box Numbar .Phone- City or Town- Firm or Organization to which you belong- â; -?-â¢ .Postal Zone : Signature. r._-- -a; GENERAL . â â -- r THIS DOCTOR LIKES MEDICARE I- )\nÂ«*â¢*â¢' y\n' *r {Dr. Ray Parkinson is a psychiatrist practicing in Vancouver. He is president of the B.C. Medical Association's Section of Psychiatry and the B.C. Division of the Canadian Psychiatric Association. Dr. Parkinson is one of a growing number of doctors who support Medicare. Here he tells why. He is the New Democratic Party candidate for Vancouver-Burrard). 4Tm all right Jack." That's the attitude of many B.C. workers to medicare. But the worker right And neither is Ji The fact is that B.C. workers haven't got adequate medical coverage no matter what planxthey subscribe to: \nJust whit aortFof cover age do we get from these horse-and-buggy plans? Why is it that tiie polls show that 90 per cent or Canadians are in favor of REAL national medicare? At tins time there are 10 million Canadians without any form of insurance for health service and many of those with coverage receive only part benefits. British Columbians have more coverage than most Canadians because of the high level of union organization which has brought medical insurance coverage. to employees through such plans as M.S.A. ind C.U. AC. But these workers have a false sense of security inasmuch as the plans under which they are covered actually offer only doctors' services in the main and in fact, have limited benefits. These plans mil to.cover many areas of health adequately. Psychiatric benefits are minimal, optical care is not given,. ana coverage is for treatment only and never for prevention of disease. In some service contracts of the â¢** medical insurance plans . there is a one year clause which permits the plan to cut off coverage of any illness which is protracted beyond a year in length. This small print, though seldom enforced now, i_ a danger if financial difficul-. ties during a recession cause the plans to retrench. None of tiie plans in B.C. even- attempt to cover dental care or the cost of prescription drugs, which is a major part of the health bill of all workers. It is not uncommon for the cost of the drug prescribed to be more than that of the doctor's service.. A wanting to promote changes in the present plans so that all those insured will pay part Of the bill at the time of service by the doctor. The Hall Commission Report recommends that the Federal government promote a national medicare plan which would be operated provincially by commissions representative of the whole public and outside any bureaucratic domination by health departments. - It recommends no change in the present practice of obtaining care from one's physician, other than in the method by which the bill is paid. It has stated clearly that there is no need for part payment- by -the patient, as this has- been shown-, in studies as 'unnecessary to control abuse of any plan started. The report clearly shows that it is impractical to extend the present voluntary plans but instead we must have a plan to which all belong and from which all benefit It shows that medicare is for more efficient and more economic -than having the hundreds of plans now present throughout Canada, some of which are profiteering on sickness. The Hall Report shows the way to having a single plan which has less paper work, is more economic, and has no small print limitations. It will mean that physicians can return to tiie practice of medicine and avoid the extremes of being either businessmen or charity givers. The Hall Report has recommended that in addition to a plan covering all physician services without exclusion, that, there must be COLUMBIA DODGE LTD "Chrysler Corner in New Westminster for More Than 25 Years" 3 BIG LOCATIONS .â 2 USED CAR LOCATIONS â 231 12th Street - 10th and Columbia New Westminster LA. 2-5775 T benefits of dental and optical care to all children. It shows that drugs must be included in such a plan to make sure that proper treatment is obtained by all. Ambulance services must be better organized and available as a benefit of the plan. To make better use of hospital beds,, the plan has recommended that home careL.be given by nurses, physiotherapists and "Others to patients who can complete their treatment at home rather than in a hospital bed. A As a result of this plan, there would be many other benefits, such as artificial limbs, and other aids for which so many people have to turn to charity at the present time. In the many recommendations, it is worth noting that they have advised subsidies for education in health. This' would mean that bright students from ordinary families would, for die first time, be able to enter medical schools. The Commission has shown that research has lagged badby in Canada to the extent that the amount of money given by the American government for research projects in Canada has been larger than that provided by our own Provincial governments. It shows that on a per capita basis we have been spending only 10% of what Americans do on health research. The report is a clear indictment of our present educational and research set-up. To obtain, the changes they recommend requires a national medicare plan to bring in the total planning which is essential to success... We have recently seen in British Columbia an attempt further threat to the insured worker is the attitude of or- ganized medicine which has been recently expressed as to foist on the public a plan called "medicare" by the Provincial government This plan merely subsidizes to a very limited extent those at the lowest level of income. The person with no taxable -income, such as some old age nensioners, would be rewarded for their survival of a means test by having half their premium paid to a voluntary insurance plan. It might be asked how a pensioner on $75 a month can pay out part of this towards an insurance premium and then still be expected to pay for his drugs and other necessary health measures. The lowest paid workers with families might be subsidized to the extent.of one- quarter of an insurance premium. It is clear that such a scheme is a delusion., as it will not solve any real problems and merely attempt to allay some of the demand for medicare. The Hall Report has shown that we can provide all the imorovements in per- , so-nal health services, medical facilities, research and training for a very small amount Their economists have shown that an increase in our current so en ding of health by only $20.00 per year per capita would replace our present patchwork of service with a comprehensive scheme which would bring proper health to all Canadians. \nBeffs Shell Service Broadway & Arbutus GAS â OIL â TIRES BATTERIES -â - ACCESSORIES LUBRICATION & REPAIRS Union Shop RE. 3-4712 ST. REGIS HOTEL TACK ROOM GRILL On the Lower Main Open 8 am. to 8:30 p_m. Monday through Saturday Shop and Dining Room 602 Dunsmuir Street MU. 1-1135 - ; ,<â -A\nModern, Luxurious, CENTRALLY-located 100 Rooms â Rooms with bath from $6.00 One Block East of Granville â See Map - fifi 13 GENERAL _,.. *'./.. *****<+ '.^-^ ..*f ** r --V, r< i.i.i. _'.. WHO WILL. WONT GET PENSION C. P. NEALE Ihe B.C. Federation of Labour has recently made available an up - to - date analysis oj the CANADA PENSION PLAN as finalized in the House of Commons. Because of the. many changes which have occurred during the last year â and tiie number of times ' the legislation has been withdrawn and redrafted â I would . like to touch on some of the highlights of this analysis of the Plan, its benefits, and its shortcomings. The existing Old Age Security Pension continues at the present figure of $75 per month â"-in spite of the efforts of New Democratic MP.'s to have this increased immediately to $100.. The age at which the Old Age Pension can be obtained will gradually be lowered from the present age 70 to age 69 in 1966. -Age 68 in 1967, age 67 in 1968, age 66 in 1969, and age 65 in 1970. The reasons for this gradual increase are very vague âand. the Government's opposition to New Democratic efforts to have the age lowered immediately to 65 and 606 â for widows and single women â is hard to understand. The new provision to increase the existing Old Age Pension in line.with increases in the cost of living, imposes a maximum increase of 2%. This means that the pension will increase by 75 cents a month if the cost of living rises 1% â and will increase by $1.50 a month if the cost of living rises by 2% or more. No reasons have been given for limiting the in-, crease to 2% â however, again the Government opposed N.D.P. efforts to remove the 2% maximum imposed on the cost of living increases. â - The New Democratic members also proposed that the Pension be increased in line with increases in Canada's productivity. However, this proposal was also rejected. Turning to the new Contributory pension, we must recognize .first that there are many groups of people who wdl not benefit from it at all, including:' "Those already on pension. Those retiring between now and 1967. . Those who are permanently unemployed. Migratory workers in farming, fishing, logging, lumbering, trapping, or hunting who spend less â¢ than 25~ days with the I same employer. Members of tiie armed forces and R.C.M.P. Women employed by their husbands. .** Men employed by then- wives. The Plan will operate as follows: Contributions will start January 1, 1966, with the first payments out of the fund due in 1967. To be eligible you must contribute 1.8% of your wages, with your employer contributing "- an equal amount If self-employed, you can be covered by contributing both employee and employ- . er shares â or a total of 3.6% of your earnings. Contributions are based on earnings between $600 and $5,000 per year. This $5,000 limitation has been attacked consistently by the trade union movement and by the New Democratic Party â-â¢ both groups pointing out that the removal of the $5,000 limitation would make possible either a higher over-all rate of pensionâ or a lower rate of contribution. In order to avoid antagonizing business and professional people in the higher income brackets, however, the Government has refused to remove this limitation. .The pension received is based on earnings. If you retire in 1967 you will receive a pension equal to 21% of your 1966 earnings. In other words, if you earn $400 per month â or $4,800 per year in 1966, and retire in 1967, you will receive a pension of $10. per (month â in addition, of course, to the regular Old Age Pension. ': If you-don't retire until 1968, you will receive 5% of your average annual earnings for 1966 and 1967. Again, if you averaged $400 per month in 1966 and 1967, you' would receive $20 per month upon retirement in 1968. This rate of pension wiU -continue to increase 2*V_t% per year until 1976, when, the full pension rate of 25% of your average annual earnings during tiie last 10 years will come into effect. In other words, if you are working now, and continue to work for the next 10 or more years averaging, let us say, $400 per month during that time, you would be eligible for a pension of $100 per month, plus the regular Old Age Pension. The Canadian Labour Congress, and the New Democratic Party Members of Parliament have both, taken the position that these amounts need to be increased, and that delaying of the full 25% rate for 10 years is unnecessary â and means that many Canadians will continue to be forced to live on inadequate incomes during their retirement years. The new Plan also has some disability and death benefits, and survivors' benefits. The disability pension provides $25 plus 75% of the retirement pension to which you are entitled until you reach 65.- At age 65 you will receive,your full retirement pension. There is to be an additional allowance of $25 per month for each of the first four dependent children. A small death benefit is payable if you have contributed for at least two years, or for one-third of the years in which you could have contributed to the pension fund. It will equal six times the monthly retirement pension to which you are entitled, up to a maximum of $500. Widows of contributors, or of pensioners who have contributed for at least two years, are entitled to a pension as follows: * A widow between 45 and 65, with no dependents, would receive $34.38 per month if Her husband's wages averaged $100 per month. $43.75 per month if her husband's wage averaged $200 per month. . $53.12 per month if her husband's wage averaged, $300 per month. Up to $64.06 per month maximum based on a husband's annual income of $5,000 or more. Vulliamy fir Browned CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS Phone RE. 8-3233 2205 Fir Street Vancouver, B.C. HA*RON BROS. LIMITED FUNERAL DIRECTORS "BritUh Columbia's Finest Funeral Service" CHAPEL OF CHIMES 55 E. 10th Ave. ' TF ROYAL OAK CHAPEL 5152 Kingsway, Burnaby HE. 1-557** If the Widow has dependents, tiie amounts are increased by $25 per month for each of the first four children, -with smaller increases after that ~" There is no doubt that the new pension plan is better than nothing, and as such is welcomed by the trade union movement. As I have pointed out, it has many inadequacies which could have been remedied, but which the Government lias J refused to do anything about. We would hope that future governments will act quickly to take care of these shortcomings âuntil we achieve a security system such that none of our senior citizens; none of us who are still working; none of our children, -will have to fear retirement years, or live a hand-to-mouth existence in retirement.- Then, and only, then, /will we have used our great resources to provide the kind of life which our people deserve â in retirement, as well as in their active years. HOW CAN TOP QUALITY EYEGLASSES .â¢â¢â¢*< Bring your optical prescription to us and save! Vision Glasses **â¢ Bifocals Sin Contact Lenses 9.95 12.95 .11J9 _-.49.5t emergency Prescription Service Available LTD. OfllCAL DEFT. 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PStrickB urns had so many customeis at his sale Oat he endangered the sanctity of tiÂ»Â« brand-name merchandise in the vaults, and the Board of Broadcast Gov-' ernore had to step in to pro- tect tiie industry by rr^f- hng tim license of radio station CJOR. - The most serious and the most vahd chjirge made at-ffuif 1dm hy other members of what now bears tiie fatuous name of tiie /com-. munkations industry is that he is irreaponsUe. That he. has been guilty of mass slan- . der against people who had no recourse at law against him. Mr. Burns did try to discus domestic politics, foreign affairs and social prob lems witii passion and punch. The impact of his voice led 10,000 persons to come to tiie Queen Hizabeth Theatre to hear him tell why CJOR fired him, rather than defend what he was saying to the Board of Broadcast Gover- The majority of those who stood in fine waiting for him ttpt night looked like per- petual losers â the square pegs who can't make a go of it and who feel me govern- the medical and legal and the rest of the establishment are against them. They Were tired of hearing the same old pop on fire radio, glancing at it in newspapers and staring at it in the wooly West world'of the "â '<' â *-*â¢' idiot box. These people cheer Mr. Burns when he says our society is crooked and corrupt and their own experience confirms his theories. . The trouble is they are only theories. Mr. Burns made very little attempt to do the leg-work, some baring and repetitive, that is necessary to make allegations stand up. One major reason why newspapers, magarines as well as radio and television don t do more investigative reporting is that it is very expensive. Reporters are not paid enough to just meet their tabs at the neighborhood bat any more. The old- fashioned expose, backed up with facts, dates, and documents, may cost an editor several thousand dollars and tim editorial budgets of. all medias just won't cover a justices that they are in a perfect position to know about Their pious hand- wringing about his mass slander is just a red herring. Now, this charge against Burns of mass libel is a mystifying one. The laws of libel specifically ignore mass libel ynd, **Tfl1ldaT fan*totnn fiy__Jl_-i_t Because if mass libel were .unlawful or actionable no one would be able to criticise any group. AM criticism, for example, of the Ku. Klax Han, would be actionable in kw_; Thus, there is nothing intrinsically wrong in Burns Or anyone else damning entire groups if they have a mind to. We call this freedom of speech- One of tiie fascinating aspects of the Burns regime at CJOR was the reaction of tiie advertisers to his rant- MOST UNLIKELY UNION MEMBER and station owners choose to let their people set or read material from a "wire iwrvice which can be bought at bargain â¢**_*- TEL AVIV, Israel â The. man who holds union card number 792935 is an unlikely union member but no less dedicated to unionism for all that He is an .Archbishop. Specifically, he is His Grace Georges Hakim, Greek Catholic Archbishop of Acre. Haifa, Nazareth and He is the first archbishop f to become a union member and is spiritual head of the KOM Greek Catholic community in Israel. . I His Grace might not he iirogniii M immediately as a one of -the of timusands of nembere in Israel, than would be no mb- the fact that he is an He to an te_po_iag figure, . m acanet rones, â on his breast â¢ Bishop's ring. The Archbishop an- 1 hb intention to join at s ceremony Church ota On this occasion he urged his flock to follow bis example and enroll in the La- /bour Federation. (Hista- fdrut). . His step into unionism" Was a logical continuation of die Catholic Church's new approach to labour organization, a move begun most notably by the late Fope JohnXXm. The Church took this step in order once again to permeate the consciousness of labour; to emphasize not only Hs -materialistic but its â¢ptritual side as well^ said union number 782935. ft Mr..Burns was certainly irresponsible in voicing charges he could not prove but they are equally irresponsible in saying almost nothing about ttV social in- Critics of the press have often blamed editorial cowardice on editors' fears of advertisers; tiie Burns experiment illustrated what press lords like Hearst and Beaverbrook always knewâ that advertisers want to be where the action is, because that's how the public finds out about their products. * They may complain about hurt feeHngÂ» over ah opinion they dislike, hut making money can compensate far. bruised egos in most cases. It was always possible far competing radio stations to take away Mr. Burns' spon- sors by presenting tough, informed iisiiHient backed up with professional editorial research, How much easier and cheaper it was to put on a. Presbyterian face, talk about irresponsibility, and set idea men to work trying to think up puzzle contests fantastic enough to drive Vietnam or Selma right out of the minds of every bous- wife within fifty miles.' Now that he is gone, their task is not so hard. But tiie Burns regime at CJOR showed that it is possible to interest the great unwashed, to use his description of his audience, in public affairs. How pitiful it is that he was tiie representative of the press that was most successful in capturing their attention. No doubt freedom of the press does include the privilege of locking up its power to infuriate certain areas of society for an honorable purpose. It is so much easier for an editor to think of his readers as people like him; dean, dignified, respectably educated â and scared. How the 18th century pamphleteers Who were his ancestors Would smile at his unctuousness! How they would jeer at his belief that authority is almost always right' How they would laugh out loud at his pretensions! â â "-Â»- Z:^\n"If fittk labor, little are PRINTERS since 1911 115 EAST Wi AVENUE VANCOUVER 10, BJC. Telephone US*101 W0RKB00TS by DAYTON The No. 209 For MEN on DAYTON SHOE MFG. CO. (B.C) LTD. 2240-50 East Hastings Street VANCOUVBt 6, B.C. 15 THE LA RJSTAiTES :,.V jqF"^-i3^*--CÂ»Â»-l'Tl^*-aiMM=ft ^juJi.Uf._^^,i)^.;-t.7^.'J.i>1i.*irij'. . -.. Adtes^ '- -;'-' 'â â¢ * . i*3%- f-fr* 2500 Ministers, Priesh and Rabbis Say: MR. PMSIDENT: /// the Name of Cod, STOP IT! We are aware of the awesome responsibilities you carry; we can imagine the difficulties of making important decisions in the face cSf conflicting advice from many sources; nor dp we doubt your devotion to this nation or to the great goal of peace among all nations. Yet r in offering our concerns over American involvement in Vietnam we must be as blunt as honesty requires us to be. Mr. President, every one of us is deeply, .personally dismayed by the role the United States is playing in Vietnam. It is not a light thing for an American to say that he is dismayed by his country's actions. We do not say it lightly, but soberly and in deep* distress. Our government's actions in Vietnam have been and continue to be unworthy either of the high standards of our common religious faith, or of the lofty aspirations on which this country was founded. .--'-' ;> - * â¢ ,-Â« . * * * * Now the United States has begun the process of extending the war beyond the borders of South Vietnam, with all the attendant dangers of precipitating a far greater conflict, perhaps even on a global and nuclear scale. y -Â«. â *â * Mr. President, we plead with you to reverse this course. Let us admit our mistakes and Work for ah immediate cease-fire. Let us call a conference of all nations involved, including China, not alone to conclude peace but to launch at once a major and Cooperative effort to heal and rebuild that wounded land. Let us declare our intention to withdraw our troops, calling on othe^-states to do the same, thereby allowing the Vietnamese the right o fself-determination.. We cannot dictate "their course, and we mayVell regret it, but the risk is to be preferred over the certainty that the moral bankruptcy of our present policy is setting the stage for tbe ultimate victory of totalitarian forces, and even of thermo-nuclear war. . __BP ':.' m.iZZ ' mens Emergency Committee .. off the Fellowship of Reconciliation' BISHOP JOHN^WESUS* ^ID^tClSC DR! BUxIt B. HOFFMAN '''â %& Washington Area, Methodist Church Chaplain toJewifrStu4^, Colm*_bki University .... -j, _â¢ -*,. _â â â _ :â â -A'-'N-.i, , DR. DANA McLEAN CSR^ELEY President, Unitarian VnwersaHst Association DR EDWIN T. DAHLBERG Former President National Council of Churches DR Biblical American k9f4Â£Mj&g| *_â â â¢. S_%_ji_ifc_ â m â :. â â J, CSADBORir^ ', Former Chatr-mas Service Committee RIGA Council on Civil Rightf K * -.--' â¢â > :. . HH/httmf ^23 <â.-y- } Due to the limitation, of space, only a percentage.of mi 17099 persons who have ct-riament {name* and aatfasssos on file) appear her*. Name* wars a > to'S crass-ssfctfan inaflMig to Protestant, Catholw out ef ton responding endorsed the letter and 'agreed They were still coming in at the rate of a hundred dr more a day when this NOTS: The forgoing advertisement urn _nthtisM But mice then a nets crisis has erupted on ihe world scene. This was brought In endorsing the sentiments expressed by the above clergymen and sharing their alirm over Vietnam, the B.C. Federation of Labour Vancouver and District Labour Council now also wish to indswlef1-- nâ'-'-â *â We feel certain that if this advertisement had appeared in have included the Dominican Republic *â â INSERTED BY THE BJC FEDERATION OF LABOUR AND THE VANCOUVER AND DISTRICT LABOUR COUNCIL. â â v':.^-t . ":" â ',"' ' '".'.. /.*â¢;â¢â¢ .. â¢"._ Jewish clergy. Eight !.' imi )i--f*t r-S*-. "â â¬*_? --*Â»_, - - the US.intervention in Dominican RepubUc. m wm than in Aprs the pleas of the clergymen and their followers â¢ ' ] *. ' '"'"â " r.' "" '""''â .â¢' ''"'/'fr:â -'"-'""".'V '"â SiSiB,. _*â¢"*--Â»' i THE LABOUR >'-, X ant ADVERTISING! AUVERTISING is away of life for âmvut.. yw_M. The Laliuur Maleâ man has a healthy respect Cor advertising and its advertisers. That is why special attention Is to Use display and f " to ensure mailnnim sified rates SI for six lines. BjC. UNION DIRECTORYl____B AMALGAMATED CLOTHING WORKERS OF AMERICA. Local ITS â Room S â 2475 Manitoba. Vancouver 10. John Zastre, Busi- ness Agent TR. MjM. MEAT COTTERS AMD B.W.. local SIS â 7 sentative Geo. Johnston. SB. Temple; TR. ______ AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION. Div. 101 'â" Business Agent. C. Stewart. Street Railway Bide.. 135 East 9th. TH. 4-M10. AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION. No. 134 â Bos. Agent. D. L. Bryce. Room S3, 774 Columbia. New Westminster. LA. 1-7330. AMBULANCE EMPLOYEES UNION. Local 873. CUPE â Secretary* Charles Redhead. 1503 Lon- *"' New Westminster. Phone CARPENTERS' UNION. No. on Agents: Lane Robson, âj...Anderson.. BiD Cameroo; Financial Secretary, Carl A. Erick- son. Labor Temple; TR. 44730 or TR. S-1S1S. CARPENTERS (New .Westminster) Local 1215 â Business Agents. Ray West and K. McDermid. office 73S Royal Ave.. New Westminster. CARPENTERS' UNION (Courtenay) No. un â President Irwin Guten- sofan; Secretary and Business Agent, Lome Paisley; Box SIS. Ooffiitenay. ; â¢ CEMENT MASONS. Local 91*. O.P. a CM. â 517 E. Broadway, TR. S4SS1; Business Agent. Frank PILE DRIVERS AND WOODEN BRIDGEMEN. Local MM â Busi- ; , ..'.._. Â» ness Agent, S. Allen. Room US, ^^ ~_Â± - jgg Tag jittatafaanaK M7 West Broadway. ~ii_. 4-7M7. _f^| JK --SZ-B^IClFP PLASTERERS* UNION. No. 779 â j _L.P1 if Jl-TlBsiir Secretary. J. V. Chambers. 517 East Broadway. TR. ______ PLUMBERS A PIPEFITTERS. Local 170 â Business Manager. IRONWORKERS' SHOPMEN'S. Local Union 71S â Business Agent. â *- "-main D. Parry. Room 210, ray. TR. 34515. 307 Broadway. IRONWORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION. Loeal 97 â President. J. D. Paterson. 319 SheUy Buildi-u*- 119 West Pender, Vancouver MU. CIVIC EMPLOYEES UNION. Local 407 â President T. W. Sikstrom. FA. 7-4688. DENTAL' TECHNICIANS â Local No. 1543âSecretary George Hygh. . '4007 Dunbar. DISTILLERY WORKERS. Local 69 â President Call Rowbotham. 90S S.E. Marine, New Westminster, LA. 3-2021; Fin. Sec. Treas.. R. ~ r. 1090 Sad St. New Westmin- - r. LA. 2-5011. - Kamloops, phone tary. Mrs. C. E. 1 ster* AUTOMOTIVE LODGE ,No.' 1857, I. A. of M. â Business Agents. Jack Chapman. Brian Trodden. *. 2.14 Main. TR. 6-41044. BAKERY AND CONFECTIONERY WORKERS. Local 468 â 337 W. Broadway. TR. Stats. â¢ BANK TION, Local 387. ees" International Ui Marsh W. mock, 7 Broadway. TR. 44515 B A R'B ERSâINTERNA' JOURNEYMEN OF No. 130 â 431 West TB. 6-0641; Secretary, BEVERAGE DISPENSERS' ION. No. 676 â President-B Agent. James Morrison; Secretary-Business Agent. D. H. Mac- "" * "Â» West Pender, MU. 3- BEVERAGE DISPENSERS (New Westminster) Local 835 â Business Afent, Jack Tomson. 001 Royal Ave.. New Westminster. LA. 3-7410. BREWERY WORKERS UNION. Local 300 â Secretary. Stan G. 7742 Elford. Burnaby 3. ... IRON -dlf BUILDERS, BLACKSMITHS. FORGERS AND HELPERS, Lodge 359 â Business Manager, Robert M. MafTntosh. 113 Shelly Building. 119 West Pender, Vancouver 3. MU. 3-7564. . BRICKLAYERS & MASONS INTERNATIONAL UNION. Local No. 1 D. C. Fraser. Room 308. Labor Temple, 307 W. Broadway, TR. 9-1331. Home phone 4343431. B.C. FEDERATION OF LABOUR âE. P. O'Neal. Secretary-Treasurer. Rm. 310, 51T E. Broadway, Vancouver-10. B.C. TR. 94568. BUILDING SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL. Local 344 â Business Agent and Secretary. Ben A. R. Morley. 359 Homer. Phone ELECTRICAL WORKERS' UNION. Local 213 â Business Manager. A. â O'Keeffe. Ill Dunsmuir Street. MU. 1-7381-3. ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS, Local 83âSec.. H. C. MarKfc-han, â 3755 Elmwood St., S. Burnaby, . HE. 4-7651. FIRE FIGHTERS (Burnaby) Local 333 â Secretary, H. Brown. 7910 Rosewood Ave., Burnaby 1, LA. FIRE FIGHTERS (Vancouver) Local 18 â President Gordon R. , Anderson. 1388 East 61st Ave.. FA. 7-3729; SecreUry. R. N. Middle- ton. 1496 East 54th. FA. 7-7441. FLOORLAYERS' UNION. U.B. of C J., Local No. 1541 â Room No. 109. Labor Temple. TR. 6-5920; / Business Agent, Bruce Robson. '.. 3338 E. 39th. .HE. 1-0702. i AND GLASS WORKERS. 11527 â Recording Secretary, . A. Allen. Room 4, 2475 Manitoba. 4-7535. . GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES' ASSOCIATION (B.C.) â E. P. O'COnnOr, Gen. Sec.. 3090 West 4th, __Â£*_*___. GRAIN WORKERS UNION, Local 333 â Recording Secretary. R. G. Millar. P.O. Box 194. North Van- ~ " R. W. Ferguson, ider. N. Burnaby, CY. 94193; Sec.-Treas., F. = St. Laurencex New Westminster. GREATER VANCOUVER WATER DISTRICT AND GREATER VANCOUVER SEWERAGE A DRAINAGE DISTRICT EMPLOYEES UNION â P.O. Box 4686. Station C. Vancouver 10. Secretary. Den- nh MutToney. HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES' UNION. No. 180 â Business Manager. W. M. Black, 335 W. Broadway, TR. wsa-. , HOTEL AND RESTAURANT EM- JEWELRY WORKERS' INTERNA- . TIONAL. Local 42. Office. 339 W. Pender, MU. 14831. President. Frank Popowich. 1980 Quinton Ave.. Coq-dtlam. WE. 94731. KAMLOOPS AND DISTRICT LABOUR COUNCIL â Box 563. 3734747. Secre- lÂ»Â«.fn~-f LABORERS CONSTRUCTION ' A GENERAL. Local 602 â Secre- tary. C. H. Savage, 3434 Fraser St, TR. 44333. ' LAUNDRY WORKERS, No. 292 â Business Agent, Mrs. Catherine Browne. Suite 1, 3M East Broad- way. TR. gjjtt. - LAUNDRY AND DRY CLEANING SALESMEN. Local 334 â J. A. Curry, Secretary-Treasurer, 2632 West Twelfth, RE. 84649. MACHINISTS INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION. Lodge 60S â Busi- "ves: R. G. Carr, R. Taylor. Rm. 17, 2414 Main. TR. 4-0513. TR. 6-7035. MARINE WORKERS A BOILERMAKERS' INDUSTRIAL UNION. . Local 1 â President, Jeff Power; Secretary, W. Stewart, 339 West Pender St-. MU- 14481. MOULDERS' UNION. Local 381 â Acting Business Agent. Ben McDowell. 1507 Fulton. West Vancou- ver; 114 Labor Temple. TB. 44839. MOTION PICTURE PROJECTIONISTS. Local 348 â President. A. E. McManus; Secretary. Frank M. Smith; Business Agent: D. A. Cooper. 1358 Seymour, MU. 4-7024. MUSICIANS- UNION. Local 145 â Hastings. MU. 4-1564. OFFICE EMPLOYEES' INTERNATIONAL UNION, Local 15âRoom 1. 337 West Broadway. TR. 44915. President. Jean Mohart; Secre- tary-Treasurer. Opal Skilling. OFFICE EMPLOYEES' INTERNATIONAL UNION. Local 378 â Business Manager, William Swan- son. 1114 H-a-nny. MU. 34134. OIL CHEMICAL S ATOMIC WORKERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION, Local 9401. President, F. G. Geddes, Fin. Carres. Secretary. T. T. Riley, 9510 E. Hastings. - CY. R. St Eloi; Asst agers, W. T. Weir and J. L. Fisher. 115 Labor Temple. TR. 8-1438. CANADIAN POSTAL EMPLOYEES' ASSOCIATION (Vancouver Branch) â W. Kay, General Secretary - Treasurer, Box 3411, Vancouver 3. Office. 93S Homer. MU. _______ PRINCE GEORGE * MSTRICT LABOR COUNCIL â 909 5th Ave.. Prince George, phone 191L3. ' PRINTING PRESSMEN, Local OS- Steward, K. A. Glinz. 9526-73rd Ave., Edmonton. Alberta. Phone GE. 9-1753. . PRINTING SPECIALTIES A PA- . PER PRODUCTS UNION, Local No. 598 â Secretary-Tteasurer. Bob Banninger, 3753 Horley Ave., Vancouver 16, B.C.. HE. 1-8443. PULP AND SULPHITE (Converters) UNION. Local 433.â Business Agent. 5608 Victoria Dr.. 331-4471. PULP, SULPHITE AND PAPER BOLL WORKERS. Local 312. Ocean Falls, B.C â Secretary, Drawer 199. Ocean Falls. B.C. PULP. SULPHITE AND PA HILL WORKERS â Internal Office. Suite 90S, 1099 West Broadway; S. G. Green, International Representative, RE. 6-7448. REFRIGERATION WORKERS UNION. Local 51* â Secretary. L. R. Wintle, 137 W. 40th Ave.. FA. 7-4409. FA. 14511. SCHOOL BOARD EMPLOYEES' FEDERAL UNION (Burnaby). Local 379 â Secretary, W. E. Apps. 490 Triumph St, Burnaby 3. _&___ SHEET METAL WORKERS. Local 380 Business Manager, Alex McGee. 397 Labor Temple, TR. UNITED GARMENT WORKERS'. Loial 190-Sr-cretary Annie Fart. 1435 E. jmt-t Ave-, Veatoamnx 15. _l_x__v=Â» IHTERWAr UNION. LÂ«^JJÂ°_i_â TR. 44T-B. VANCOUVER^A 1HSTRICT'<Â£Â£ BOUR COUNCIL â C. P. Neale. General Secretaiy^TTe_uH_rer, 3tt7 W. Broadway. Vancouver 19. B.C. tr. satn. ; wW-^^MraALLAiiin* .. w. 'k. ââ-. Uttve. A. AP^**01* T"sm Manitoba. TR. 4-7535. "T BCK3KSB*B*_B_________-____BHBBB*_B BOOKS ARENT KEPT BY BOOK- ies. But a lot of people read boohs and collect to--m.II jm have a book which shou_d_be brought to die attention of out Western Canada. __one of our classified ads. Six lines 91.Â» CARS CABS HAVE VERTISED in The man. Good reason to try the i treatment on our readers. H you have a used car bargain, any make, any model, any price, place an ad in our cla_arff_rd section. Someone you want to know reads The Labour Statesman. Six lines $1. H you have a car factory you may want to try something bigger. EMPLOYMENT WANTEDâ FREE CLASSIFIED ADS to men and women looking for work. H you are looking for a Jo* "The Labour Statesman wfll publish your classtftrd ad at no charge. This applies to _uen_and women throughout Western Canada. Write to Tho Labour Statesman __*_ fied Dent, giving fall detaflsof the HnTof work 'o^*^ neeo. SHINGLE WEAVERS' UNION, Local No. 3803 â Business Agent and Financial Secretary, Harold P. Re-fly. Room 119. 397 West Broadway. TR. 84744. SIGN AND PICTORIAL PAINTERS. Local 739 â Secretary, J. A. Middleton. 8319 Kitchener, N. Burnaby; Boom 4. MIS Manitoba. TR. THEATRE EMPLOYEES. Local B-72 â Secretary, Mrs. F. Foster. Ste. 1. 4S9S Main. TR. 94453. PAINTERS UNION. Local 138 â Business Agent. Jack W. Fradley. Asst. Business Agent, Tom Car- 2475 Mai son, Rouen 3, Manitoba. TR. BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL â Secretary. Harold Taft. 109 Labor Temple. TR. 9-1210. PLOYEES, Local 38 â Secretary, A. E. Morgan. Room 406. 402 W. Pender. MU. 44441. INTERNATIONAL LADIES' GARMENT WORKERS, Locals 276 and 287âBusiness Agent. Harry 119 W. Pender. MU. 44911 PAINT AND VARNISH WORKERS. Local 1599â Secretary, M. Niel- son. Room 4, 3475 Manitoba. PATTERNMAKERS' ASSOCIATION â. Secretary, John & Pratt, 1379 SOthJSt, West Vancouver, Phone i Agent D; CM-jUHS. Laburnum. AM. 14979. TILE SETTERS, Local No. 3 â Recording Secretary, D. P. Swan. Room 308, Labor Temple, 307 West Broadway. TR- 9-1331. TILE SETTERS HELPERS Local 78 â Room SOS. Labor Temple. SW West Broadway, TR. 9-1331. TUNNEL ft ROCK WORKERS. Local 168 â 337 W. Broadway. Secretary. H. Craft TB. 94-81. TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION. (Local 338 â Secretory. Robert Jefferies, 817 E. Broadway. TR. 44819. UNION LABEL TRADES COUNCIL â Secretary. Mrs. A. E. Hallock. day phone. TR. 44101; evenings. TR. 44749. MEN WANTEDI SKILLED WORKERS ARE in mand.in many industries creal _ seasonal shortages. The Labour Statesman is the quickest way to reach the labor force. More labor i and women read Tha Labour for can be _. atoSMIe-l advertisement. Stat *t- REFRIGERATORS1 REFRIGERATORS WILL BE IN DEMAND when the hot weather arrives. There's always a demand for all kinds of new and usedi furniture if you contact the right people. H you have some house- hold article you wish to sell why not do it flnough The. Labour Tbe rates are the ada (six lines SI). in Can- ZEPPELINSI THE MARKET FOB ZEPPELINS has, fallen off in the past half century. But other goods are moving- fast once the 'right people hear about the sale. If you have something to sell, yourself or a zeppelln, a rlsiilfted ad In The Labour Statesman Is a good n to start. Special low rates $1 T THE Lai Sr -_ BOUR -STATESMAN Just dip this coupon and fill it in . . . 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