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' '■"! 10c ; DICIMHR. mt OWOH *-'_?*'?*-_?_ "••.o-t. .*•.' ' "_3_ r* . p* _»>o- __**.__ •frSJI • 30* . .. «_ I"** SB» ..Q,gB.._——_ _•_"»__■■-_:'. 3S«-_ 3a Ir". THEY (AND WE) WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS One of the most important meetings in Canadian labour history was held in Vancouver Nov. 7 to Nov. 9. This was the first meeting of the Canadian Labour Congress Commission o n union structure and organization. The CLC Commission is hearing representations and briefs from labour groups across the nation. The latest sessions were held in Regina on Dec. 5 and 6 and in Winnipeg Dec. 7 to Dec. 9. The purpose of the commission is to find ways and means of meeting the increasingly powerful aggregations of corporate business power on one hand, and on the other, to end internecine jurisdictional struggles within the labour movement- Shown above at the first meeting of the Commission in Vancouver are (left to right): G. Rancourt, General Secretary, Quebec Federation of Labour; L. Sefton, Vice - President, CLC, and Director, District 6, United Steelworkers of America; F. W. Dowling, Vice-President and Director, District 10, United Packinghouse, Food and Allied Workers; Donald MacDonald, Secretary-Treasurer of the CLC and Commission Chairman; William Lady man, General Vice- President, CLC and Vice- President, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers; Robert Smeal, Vice- President, CLC and Business Manager, Canadian Air Line Flight Attendants Association. Meeting with the Commis- tion are: E. T. Staley, President, B.C. Federation of Labour, and (extreme right) Ray Haynes, newly-appointed Secretary - Treasurer of the B.C. Federation of Labour. The B.C. brief began with criticism of the CLC organization itself and proceeded to wider possibilities of large-scale union mergers "in the long term." One of the most revolutionary changes suggested by the B.C. Federation of Labour was an attack on the com-' munications problem by establishing a labour paper. Peterborough county jail doors thudded shut on a Monday late in October behind 25 potential martyrs in the Canadian labour movement's struggle against unjustified use of injunctions in labour - management disputes. All married men with families, they were convicted last June 27 by Mr. justice G. A. Gale of contempt of court for their part in demonstrations outside the strikebound Tilco Plastics Ltd. plant where about 35 women and girls went on strike last Dec. 14. (See inside story on the plea for clemency for four imprisoned B.C. labour leaders.—Ed.). The men surrendered themselves to jail governor John Weyer behind the grey i stone walls of the jail. There they were to await the outcome of their appeals against their convictions which opened in Toronto* about the same time as jail staffers had completed booking the 25 union members. More than 200 other union members turned out at ~t_Hr a_nr_r a show l>f "solidarity. With resolute step they marched briinVlj. K_>_,_>.* _. Piper and a drummer away from the city's Labour Centre and up the long hill in front of the county building. Most of the men had bid tearful goodbyes to wives and children at their homes, out there were emotional scenes outside the Labour JAILED UNIONISTS WISH TILCO, LENKURT. COURTS A MERRY CHRISTMAS Centre and again outside the jailhouse door. Light-hearted banter barely hid the quiet determination of these unionists whose lot it was to be chosen from government films taken at the strike scene those cold February mornings early this year. Out of an estimated 700 unionists who acted in defence of the principles on which they believe free collective bargaining is based. As the men formed up on the street, one of the convicted demonstrators could be seen with his arms on the shoulders of his two public school-aged sons. "Be good boys and don't ■"give your mother any foiftli. while Tm away," he was overheard telling them earnestly. The boys nodded manfully. Wives and mothers of about a dozen of the demonstrators were on hand when the men answered the roll call by Douglas Lloyd, labour council treasurer (and treasurer of the local injunction fund). The men carried no luggage, which suggested to some onlookers that they expected only a brief stay behind bars. Actually, they had been told by the jail governor not to bring any personal effects, or any reading material. However, Wednesday was visiting day, and the men's wives said they planned to take along shaving equipment and other "necessities" of life. Ontario labour and political leaders were on hand to give the demonstrators moral support, and to march with them. David Archer, president of the Ontario Federatipn^f Labour, one of ithe marchers, was interviewed by the press. Mr. Archer again stressed labour's stand in the contempt convictions, saying "the whole thing is a travesty of justice." Had the injunction demonstrations (including others outside Peterborough) and the rallies achieved anything? Mr. Archer said that two points had been achieved: a review of labour-management relations after the conciliation stage by retired justice Ivan Rand, and the granting by the courts of no further ex parte injunctions since February. Mr. Archer said it would not be out of the way to estimate the final cost of the anti-injunction fight in Ontario at $50,000. If the 25 men serve their full sentences, their lost wages and Incidentals would be ptud by the QFL, which has footed the bill to date. Pa_rt_of .this has been through donations from un ions across the. pravince.. Eamon Park, national president of the New Democratic Party, the OFL's political arm, was also a marcher. He said no other event had "charged up" the labour movement to the same extent as the injunction problem. He pointed to a little publicized aspect of the injunction controversy; the "discriminatory practice" of the attorney - general's department in enforcing the law. Mr. Park said that Ontario Attorney General Wishart would not dare enforce the injunction laws in such centres as Sudbury, Sault Ste. Marie, Windsor or Oshawa, where there were "dominant industries and dominant unions." "It would be too hot a potato (for Mr. Wishart) to handle," he added. Other labour-leaders who marched with the demonstrators included George Watson, Canadian director of the Textile Workers Union of America, the union on strike against Tilco, and Dan Dean, representative of the late International Association of Machinists. The Rev. Jack Adam, rector of St. George's Anglican Church in Peterborough, marched in the parade to the jail. He said the Tilco strike was a righteous one, and that the demonstrators were justified. The demonstrators have., not lost their self-respect, nor the support of the com munity at large. This has been indicated piany timea since their trial. Two of them, William Mulders and George Ruth- , erford have declared they will seek seats on city council this December, and their jail sentences are not expected to prove detrimental to their success at the polls. . 2 CONTEST DECEMBER, 1966 DOCTORS CAN'T COMPARE THEMSELVES WITH LABOUR HAROLD FOSTER The September issue asks: "Have Doctors Scored a Point Against Labor?" The answer, of course, is No. The most obvious reason that comes to mind is that labour and the medical profession are not analogous. i Doctors are engaged in a di- 'rect endeavour to save lives, while labour, generally speaking, is not. Labour and its actions can have an effect on human life, of course, but work stoppages are not a matter of life and death. A work stoppage of doctors can be. When labour has been involved in a strike in a sensitive area it has always made provision for adequate pro: tection to society, so that lives would not be lost. Firemen and police have gone so far as to give up the right to strike while still part of organized labour, and there are many other examples of this expression of responsibility. The doctors supplied a skeleton crew when they withdrew their services in Saskatchewan. However, society is fast approaching the time when skeleton crews will not be good enough. Lives could actually have been lost in Saskatchewan when the doctors downed tools, and because of this danger, society must exercise some sort of control in order that lives may not be lost in future. Labour hears cries every day for compulsory arbitration, but there is no doubt that whatever government is in power, compulsory arbitration will be used more and more in future. But, for the doctors, the simple fact is that the day of compulsory arbitration is already here. No group in society can expect to have absolute freedom, and that applies to both labour and doctors. But a comparison of the two groups will show that what is morally justified for one is not necessarily good morality for the other. Since labour was first organized, it has had- the THE WINNERS! After months of sifting TLS judges reduced entries to three'winners in the contest asking for the best reply to the question, "Have doctors scored a point against labour?" The question was put with the reprinting (Sept., TLS) of an editorial from The Ontario Medical Review. Third prize ($10) went to Mr. Philip Ro- tynski, 239 Third Ave., SE, Calgary, Alta. Considerable difficulty was experienced in judging first and second prizes. Both finalists were equal in strength of argument. Finally the judges were forced to consider brevity and style as decisive. On this basis first prize ($25) went to Mr. Harold Foster, 3208 Sixteenth St., Vernon, B.C. Second prize ($15) was awarded to W. Wood, 1518 Haultain St., Victoria, B.C. First and second prize entries are published on this page. Congratuations to all three winners. weight of the establishment against it. At one time it was illegal to organize and a working man could be thrown into jail for voicing his opinion. The working man, through labour unions, collective bargaining and the use of the strike weapon, has been struggling to get enough to feed, clothe and educate his family. Doctors in this country have no such worry. They receive more than twice the pay of even the best-paid workers. Their financial position is secure. The. argument between the medical profession in Saskatchewan and the government was not whether doctors should receive more money or less, but was s'mo- ly a question of who should pay the bills—society as a ^^mmmmmm^^^mmm^mmmmmmm-m—^^——^^^mm^m-^^^^^^^^—m- whole or the individual patient. There was no question of the doctors' welfare or income being tHr^atened. , -.«m__any_- -ift^wt^-i^ww As people whose very ex- must use the means at their Doctors long ago won their istence depends on the em- command — collective bar- battle for survival. Now ployers for whom they work, gaining and the strike if ne- they should be concerned labour men are still battling cessary — in the fight for only with the survival of for their own survival, and survival. people. W. WOOD The editorial seeks to equate the doctors' strike in Saskatchewan in 1962 with a Labour fight in Oshawa, in protest of a Court injunction. It claims that statements made in 1962 against the doctors are now applicable to the Oshawa situation and what the doctors did is consistent with Labour attitudes. It quotes statements by- Claud Jodoin, Donald McDonald and William Dodge. It sounds plausible at first, but . . . The editorial c o n t ai n s some mis-statements, which although often challenged and corrected can still be found in writings in attempts to condone the doctors' actions. The Medicare Act did not make the doctors into "employees of the State". It dealt with the method of" paying the doctors on a fee- for-service basis at rates agreed |o by the doctors Gol-^ lege'and "_^ Incidentally, one does wonder at tike do-toi^iears of being "employees of the -State" when one considers the number of doctors serving in the Army, Navy and Air Force, also the numer-, ous Municipal and Govt. Medical Health Officers, all BY ANY OTHER NAME A STRIKE IS STILL A STRIKE - EVEN MD'S of whom are paid out of public funds. Nothing degrading in that, is there? The editorial claims that the doctors did not go on strike. One can understand their dislike of that word applying to them. However, by closing their offices, going away on a very opportune holiday and not being available, all amounted to a "withdrawal of service" so it all amounts to the same thing-as-astrike, Despite the "emergency services" supplied in a "face- saving" move, suffering and "_we _rtwT_r ttearth. *_"_fr"_^_ur by absence of treatment! All tiie same, all praise to those doctors on "emergency service" and others who followed the noblest traditions of the Medical Arts and profession. The editorial states that "there is no "question* .that the law passed in Sask. was . unjust. The medical profession succeeded in having it rescinded." On the contrary, there was wide approval of the Act. Even the editorial admits "it seemed incredible at the time, and still does, that so few citizens and groups outside Sask. raised a voice of protest". That which was, and is, incredible to the doctors is very plain to the majority of people. The Medicare Act mefthe big problem of meet- ing the mounting cost of medical treatment in a way better than other existing , _VY__y.i_i-L,Ji£alt_---...-nsux___u__... True, there was opposition in Sask., much fostered by the Liberal .Party and other political opponents of the CCF Govt, as a political move. Now the Liberals are in office they are very glad to have Medicare which formerly they strenuously opposed. Any action now to abolish the scheme would be political suicide for them. It too, would be very interesting to know how many doctors have changed their opinion. The Medicare Act was not rescinded but was amended following Lord Taylor's negotiation to allow doctors to practice outside the Act. ■ Had the College officers co-operated with the government prior to the enactment it is almost -certain differences could have been adjusted and all the trouble averted. Instead, the College .peSuffed t.hj_..go_ernment.. and did every thing possible to obstruct nroeress. Premier Lloyd had great difficulty in presenting-the government's case at-a meeting made unruly by the bad manners of the doctors present who gave every indication that they regarded themselves as above the law. For many months the Sask government, in preparing the Medicare Act, did all it could to get the co-operation of the College and its officers, but to no avail. It was recognized that the Medicare Act was a new departure in social serviqe and like any other thing breaking new ground could be open for improvement. But the College stood aloof from participation. Compare that situation with what happened at Oshawa. The Court issues an ex parte injunction. Was La- .bour allowed any say prior to it? And once issued, how the odds against Labour are made heavier. If the Medical profession, because of its strike in Sask. regards itself as a guardian of freedom, why has it been^ so quiet, not only before" 1962 but on later occasions, when workers have been forced to take strike action. The words of Claud Jo- doi»r Donald-McDonald and William Dodge still stand. If and when the doctors have a grievance against proposed legislation let them make it known and co-operate with the government concerned before enactment and thus learn the lesson and improve on their conduct in Saskatchewan during 1961-2. j ■ ■ *■"'■( -W ■__■ 3 OVERSEAS DECEMBER, 1966 LONG, LONG PROBE OF UNIONS AND EMPLOYERS' ORGANIZATIONS BERNARD DIX The Royal Commission examining Britain's trade unions and employers' associations (see George Har- ran's Page One story on another commission) has already done a year's work on its problems, but it will be a long time yet before it produces its report. A recent statement referred to the volume of evidence received and the difficulty and importance of the questions before the Commission. The wide terms of reference handed down to the Commission when the Government established it last*" year rule out any speedy completion of the work. Careful to avoid any imputation that the Commission's function was in any way anti-union, the Government deliberately gave it scope to make a wide - ranging inquiry into every aspect of trade, union and employer practices. The Commission is required to consider relations between the two sides of industry, the roles of trade unions and employers' organizations in promoting the interests of their members and in accelerating the economic and social advance of the nation, and the laws affecting the activities of worker and employer organizations. The problems embraced by the terms of reference, in the Commission's words, proved "both complex and numerous." The end product was a Jong document which covered every aspect of the subject in the form of a concise questionnaire which is likely to be a valuable guide line for many years to come in any discussion on industrial relations. Copies of this were sent to some 600 trade unions and 1,400 employers' organizations together with an invitation to them to submit evidence. Similar invitations were sent to Government departments, nationalized industries, private firms, voluntary organizations and individuals known to have a specialized knowledge of industrial relations. As is usual a public invitation was also issued to any person or organization to submit evidence. The Commission has received some 250 memoranda, and expects the final tally to be about 360. It has commented on those received so far: "Some of these are very long, and all are important." On the basis of these written memoranda, the Commission has invited organizations and individuals to give oral evidence, at weekly public sittings, to provide supplementary information on evidence which appears to require elucidation or expansion. Those who have appeared before the Commission so far include trade unionists such as Mr. Harry Nicholas, the acting general secretary of the lV-.-million member Transport and General Workers' Union; industrial representatives such as Lord Robens, chairman of the Nation Coal Board; and academics such as Professor B. C. Roberts, who holds the Chair of Industrial Relations at the University of London. Newspaper reports of these public sessions attract considerable interest among active trade unionists and others concerned in industrial relations providing, as they do, an almost continual commentary on union-management affairs. Not all of the Commission's work consists of collecting and examining evidence from interested parties; it initiates also its own research projects. At the moment these cover the organization and procedure of shop stewards; the non- recognition by some employers of certain white-collar unions; negotiating procedures and the settlement of union - management differences; and the pattern of industrial discipline in unionized and non - unionized firms. Members of the Commission conducting on-the-spot examinations have visited industrial concerns to watch joint committees of union and management represen tatives at work; tiiey have attended meetings of joint industrial councils where leaders of industry and trade unions conduct the top level negotiations which have country-wide application; and they have sat in on meetings where the final stages of disputes procedure were operated in the engi- neering industry. ~ More of these personal visits are to be made, and later this year members of the Commission hope to go to the Federal Republic of Germany and Sweden to study certain features of industrial relations of those countries. For many members of the Commission all of this work is undoubtedly a well informed introduction to the business of industrial relations. Some, such as the general secretary of the Trades Union Congress, Mr. George Woodcock, and Sir George Pollock, Director of the then British Employers' Confederation 1964-65, have been deeply involved in industrial relations for many years. Others, such as Mr. Eric Wigham, the Industrial Correspondent of "The Times," and Professor Hugh Clegg who holds the Chair of Industrial Relations at the University of Warwick, have an extensive knowledge of industrial relations from their own involvement. But other members, who include the headmistress of a girls' school, a banker, a solicitor and an economist, are operating in territory which — for the most part — is new to them. It is this compound of expertise and intelligent but non-specialist interest which invariably forms the basis of Royal- Commissions set up by the Government in Britain to examine matters of topical concern. The findings of this Commission, like those of all others, will caury no weight in law and any recommendations it may make for governmental action will require the examination and approval of Parliament. But this is only one aspect of the Commission's work. Another — and of no less importance —, is the value that derives from an objective examination of a subject which frequently generates much ill - informed and emotional public comment and the demand it makes on interested parties — in this case the unions and employers' associations — to make an assessment of themselves and to present this in already defined terms. Thus, if nothing else is produced after the Commission has finally completed its task, at least the public will have some hard and up-to- date facts on the complex business of industrial relations in a rapidly changing industrial society. LET THEM EAT GRASS (HEY! IT'S NOT BAD) DR. WALTER THEIMER MUNICH, D.K.—The research of Professor Schlu- bach, a German biochemist, on the extraction of human food from grass is beginning to attract world - wide interest. Much -hasr been said about the need for tapping new sources of human nutrition. This might be one way. Professor Schlubach lives at Starnberg near Munich and works at the Max-Planck- Laboratory of Biochemistry, whjch is directed by the famojis scientist, Professor. Butenandt. Various inquiries from Canada and other countries have recently reached Professor Schlubach. Government departments and industrial corporations are interested in the perspectives of the new method. This piece of research, which has taken more than a decade, is now more or less completed. Professor Schlubach is still dealing with some special problems of the biochemistry of grass sugars, but his main interest is now in the practical application of his discovery to the task of feeding the rapidly growing population of the world. Mean-while the Max Planck Laboratory of Plant Breeding at Cologne has established a new department devoted to breeding grass varieties with a high content of carbohydrates in accordance with Professor Schlu- baeh.s findings; -Aft-German Max P L a n-c k Laboratories are leading scientific institutions, and it is significant that one of them has now accepted his particular work. Obviously the ideas of" Professor Schlubach are recognized as important, and steps are being taken to ensure their materialization., We read that people in India eat grass because of the famine. This is a tragic reminder to us to look for a more efficient utilization of ** this ubiquitious food reserve. The sugar content of beet root and cane has been trebled by the systematical breeding of better varieties. This should equally be possible -with jp-ass. For the agricult_»-_r application of Schlubach's new ways in grass utilization the breeding of high-grade varieties as now started _t Cologne is the obvious prerequisite. Unfortunately the breeding of new plant varieties takes many years, and pioneers of the new method must make shift with grasses as grown _n meadows or occurring as wild plants. —Meadow grass is now—util-- ized only indirectly by passing it through the animal stomach. Two - thirds and more of its caloric content are lost this way. High-grade grass varieties ~~6f the new type should permit farmers to make better and more direct use of part of the grass carbohydrates, and to use the rest for in creasing livestock yields. Since two - thirds of the world's farming area are grassland, to say . nothing about the immense areas of wild grass, the importance of the problem is easily seen. The carbohydrate content of grass, whether wild or cultivated, varies within very wide limits with the soil, the method of cultivation, and other factors. It may be but three per cent of the dry residue in one case, and as much as 33 per cent in another. The dry residue in its turn is usually of the order of 15 to 20 per cent of the total mass of young grass. The rest is water. Professor Schlubach grew special grass for extracting a sugar-like nutrient at Ham- -burgr Av-hero he was for many years director of the - State Department of Chemistry and established his international reputation as a sugar chemist. A few years ago he retired and moved to the town of Starnberg in Southern Bavaria to grow his grass on his own model farm. He found that the yields were lower on Bavaria's moorland than they had been in Hamburg. But the German professor thinks that wild grass varieties, such as those .of ryegrass (lolium) or the African Kikuyu grass (penise- tum), are in many cases quite suitable for extracting food even in their present natural state. -This should apply especially to chronic famine areas. Grass is after all very cheap. It is.to be had for the reaping. While the -seeds are the important thing in cereals, they are not of any food interest in grass. It is the plant as a whole which supplies the sugar: the shoot, the stalk, the leaves. Now the sugar of the grass-plant is rather different from what we usually call sugar.^Cane~~ or beetroot sugar is known to the chemist as saccharose. ..Very- little-_. it is found in- a grass-plant. The monosaccharides also, that is, the simple sugars like glucose and fructose, are only weakly represented. Grass carbohydrates are main 1-y polyfructosanes, a curious class of compounds (Continued on Page Six) 4 DECEMBER, 1966 EDITORIAL FRANK PAYNE _ The goofy season has arrived. No, it's not Christmas I'm refering to but the civic elections which are slated for December in many Canadian cities, towns, villages and districts. The attitude of the average civic voter reminds me of a line from a song from G i g i. Remember? "It's a bore. It's a bore." And it is, It really is. The reason for the4ra- ditional boredom and apathy among voters in civic elections seems to have a simple explanation, namely the lack of _^y real choice. Regardless of the city, be it Halifax or Victoria, the overwhelming majority of candidates represent the same interests, hold the same attitudes, even look alike. The civic politician has become a caricature of himself in his own lifetime. Small wonder-that) the average citizen has difficulty taking civic politics seriously. It would be funny if it wasn't so serious. Civic government, even relatively small municipalities, is big business. Really big. The average city in Canada may have a budget of $23 million annually. That's ALL.our money. But who are the people who have their sticky fingers on the purse strings. You know the answer — realtors, downtown business and board of trade representatives. ■Year after year its the same old group if not the same old faces. Remember Edmonton? I think the only way this big business-promoter grip can be pried loose from our civic treasuries is for political parties to fight municipal elections on party lines. It may not make much of a change in the makeup of various councils but -at least those -who are elected would have to show their true colors. might just be thai a shake-up of the entrenched political machines could start on. the civic levelr Here's where the.NDP is falling down right across Canada. WHERE. OH. WHERE ARE THOSE ANTI-LABOUR PUNDITS NOW? Strangely silent. Yes, at this Christmas time it is Silent Night for all those frothing anti-labour newspaper and radio todies. Why are they so quiet? The answer is simple—management and business has been maneuvered into showing true colors. Here we have some 200 waterfront foremen on strike for some sort of collective protefction. Here we-h'ave management (B.C. Maritime Employers' Association) refusing to even sit down to discuss the issue. Here we have management refusing to allow longshoremen to work, in other words locking them out, for an alleged slow down. And here we have Labour Minister Nicholson coming up with a formula to settle the dispute which is slowly strangling the national economy. The employers refuse to accept it! Not the foremen. They accepted it. But the self-righteous employers refused. And not a word said about this in the editorials and hott open and pipe lines. Nor has anything but the most hurried and passing reference made to the words of Mr. Justice G. F. T. Gregory in refusing to grant an injunction to force the employers to bring the longshoremen back to work. Said Mr. Justice Gregory: "I hope that the publio, if my remarks are quoted, will remember that trade union members are not always the bad people in a labour dispute. . - "Very frequently — perhaps more often than not — a trade"unionr will Supply labour to carry on essential services while carrying on a lawful strike." This statement points out a classic example of the "engineer hoist with his own petard." In this case management. The irony of this situation cannot escape any thinking person. On the one hand we see the courts granting injunctions \yith remarkable ease against legal picketing. On the other hand there are all sorts of legal obstacles in granting an injunction which would force employers to put men back to work. It wasn't long ago that an injunction was granted to employers to force longshoremen to work on statutory holidays. There's something wrong somewhere. Nothing could be invented which showed up the stupidity of the law relating to injunctions in labour disputes. Nothing devised by labour could reveal the cupidity of many employers than the current waterfront crisis. This is a clear case of a group of employers ready, wilUng and maliciously able to paralyse the entire economy for some selfish motives that even other segments of management cannot understand. And that explains the silence of the usually loquacious pundits. In this case there is absolutely no question as to who is responsible for the continuing waterfront tie-up. __ The longshoremen want to get back to work and daily Macph.non, Toronto Star report on the job only to be turned away. The foremen have offered to unload perishable goods "without pay" if necessary and this was refused. Every attempt by the ILWU and the foremen has been thwarted by the employers as their rejection oi Mr. Nicholson's formula reveals. So the pundits must remain silent because to speak will en,tail criticism of management. And that must never, but never be done. Thus this Christmas waterfront crisis brings on Silent Night, Holy Night . . . silent on criticism of management and holier than thou. -___.__-_.____— LETTERS Sir: Recently B.C. Courts have dealt with three cases of contempt of court. It is interesting, and perhaps of some significance to compare the sentences: P. A. Gaglardi, B.C. Minister of Highways, convicted of contempt of court, fine, $1,000; ... Hankin and Struck Company, convicted of contempt of court and fined $1,000; Union Leaders Paddy Neale, Geoffrey Power, Tom Clarke, Art G'Keefer eonr victed of contempt of court —3 to 6 months jail sent- '. enc«.-_~-~—■■—~—■_-*---___. Lord Justice Scrotton once wrote in warning to his associate judges: "It is difficult sometimes to be sure that you have put .yourself into a thoroughly impartial position between two disputants, one of your own class and one not of your own class." Do the above sentences indicate that our judges were completely impartial in dealing with the Lenkurt cases of contempt? —Frank Snowsell, West Vancouver Sir: The Vancouver District Office of the Canada Pension Plan, which will serve residents of your area, is now located in permanent accommodation on the Main Floor of the Sun Tower Building, 100 West Pender Street, Vancouver 3, B.C. Our telephone number of 683-5322. This office has been established to assist members of ti__ public in becoming-fa— miliar with benefits to which they may be entitled, to assist persons completing applications, and to answer any inquiries regarding benefits under the Canada Pension Plan. In this latter connection, competent Field Officers are available to travel to your area, if requested to answer inquiries from individuals or to address groups of people about these benefits. It would be most appreciated if you could, through the medium of your publication, bring this to the attention of the residents of your area. ' —H. A. Munroe, — .—__ Vancouver THE ABOUR STATESMAN The Labour Statesman is published monthly at S17 East Broadway, Vancouver 10. British Columbia, Canada, jointly by the B.C. Federation of Labour and the Vancouver and District Labour Council. The Labour Statesman is authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department. Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash. Unsolicited manuscripts must be accompanied by a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Subscription $1.20 for 12 issues, 10c per individual issue. > ■ WILLIAM MCCARTHY — "Managing Editor C. and B. SPENCER — Advertising Representatives Sir: Forwarding you a postal note in the amount of $1.20 as payment for one year subscription of TLS. I have received a couple of complimentary copies and find TLS informative and interesting. I also find it a reliable source of union activities. Your classified section has already assisted me in locating the address of Mr. Joseph Maddon whose address I had been seeking. —Al. Packard, Lethbridge, Alta. Sir: There is concern among many citizens for the growing number o_. .am_ie$ of moderate means who are unable to find suitable ac- commoda_io_r™™""*~""*~~" Some of the families with whom we deal through' this agency, of diverse racial backgrounds, are so affected. When they cannot obtain adequate housing their difficulties multiply and adjustment to their new environment is slowed down and (Continued on Page 11) 5 BOOK REVIEW DECEMBER, .9__ mm mum .-■■ _\. _ ■-**.•*. r IF JET CRASHES. FORGET IT PAL •»«l '**!t*^ v':>**4i-*__^i?5!_' :_K-_____-_i As one who does a lot of Hying (passenger), mostly by jet, I found Fred Mc- lement's book both comforting and disturbing. His It Doesn't Matter Where You Sit is comforting^ (cold comfort^ that is) because it confirms what I've always felt about jet travel. It is disturbing for the same reason. The simple thesis of this book, which might be compared with Ralph Nader's expose of the auto industry, Unsafe At Any Speed, is that if a jet crashes you die. Period. On a recent trip to Toronto I was laiKing to a jet pilot aa we -crossed trie Roc-tiea. I remarked that Iliad made the trip so often that I had picked out alternate landing sites "if anything should go wrong." "Such as what?" asked the pilot. I said such as a power failure. He just grinned. "Forget it," he said, making a straight - down motion with his hand. "Just like a stone!" Anyone who does any flying or is likely to, and that must include just about. everybody, should read this book (McClelland and Stewart — $2.50). The author, formerly aviation reporter for The Toronto Star, has some solid recommendations for air safety and he backs up his arguments with startling documentation. . I am less enthusiastic about Pierre Berton's latest pot-boiler from the same publishers called The Cool Crazy Committed World of the Sixties. Perhaps this is LABOUR ON AIR Labour has taken to the air waves in British Colum- -4-*ia.— —_______«_-_™.™____--_.„ The B.C. Federation of Labour has arranged for regular broadcasts on labour issues over station CKWX. The program, broadcast at 10:20 p.m. every Sunday, is called Labour Forum. CKWX is located at 1130 on the radio dial. just envy batfrnse of Mr. Berton's unttagging ability to get junto print and make money. However, Esquire did something similar to this and in my opinion did it better at half the price and this may have colored my judgment. However, Berton hits the bookstands with such regularity I'm beginning to think his grasp has exceeded his reach. Even so Berton fans will probably get a charge out of this latest effort. Christmas is perhaps not the best time to recommend A Church Without God by orie of Canada's most controversial churchmen,' Ernest Harrison.—but as they say, what the hell, here goes. Ihis is another McClelland and Stewart book ($2.50) and puts more coals on that raging fire-and- brimstone controversy over whether or not God is dead. This is the sort of book that would make an excellent Christmas gift for those high - flying fundamentalist preacher - politicians Phil Gaglardi and Alberta's Pre-_ mier Manning. One can only imagine the trauma which would result if either of these worthy souls could or would digest Mr. Harrison's attacks on old church concepts, the miseuse of the Jtsibie and the quaintness of the parish system. No chance, however, that either of them will read this book, much less buy it. Tnat's no reason why more intelligent and open-minded people shouldn't. W.M.M.- CANADA PAVILION: The Katmavik (Eskimo word for "meeting place"), a huge inverted pyramid, will be the focal point of the Canada pavilion at the 1967 World Exhibition. The Canadian exhibit, to be built on 21 acres of the largely man-made He Notre- Dame, will be the largest pavilion, national or private. The Canadian government commenced construction on June 18, 1965. RED PUCK HANDLERS VANCOUVER — International hockey comes here Dec. 18 when the Russian Selects meet the Canadian Nationals in the Exhibition Park Forum. This will be ihe first time a Russian hockey team has appeared in the Greater Vancouver area. It is believed that former Toronto Maple Leaf star Carl Brewer will be playing for the Canadian National team. The game has been rescheduled from the previously announced date of Dec. 18. NEW MAGAZINE NO MIRACLE Canada's most controversial magazine was conceived normally. It is now a healthy, growing fetus. Birth and an easy delivery expected soon. Listen for the first shrill cry as it is slapped on the bottom. Then watch this baby grow. On newsstands soon. UNITED STATES: A geodesic structure in a three- .<ii.u-.ei* sphere 275 feet in diameter and more than 200 feet high, the U.S. pavilion at the 1967 World Exhibition in Montreal will ..be built of steel, plastic and aluminum. Apart from the geodesic dome, the exhibit area will feature an outdoor arena and a children's playground. HORST BUCHHOLZ . . .CATHERINE SPAAK . . . MISS BETTE DAVIS, in The Empty Canvas Season's Greetings from Syd Freedman and Staff $m> Grany'll. & Smith. *MU. 3-1511 ADULT ENTERTAINMENT ONLY ST. REGIS HOTEL TACK ROOM GRILL On the Lower Main Open 8 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday _ Coffee Shop and Dining Room 602 Dunsmuir Street MU. 1-1135 Modern, Luxurious, CENTRALLY-located 100 Roams — Rooms with bath from $6.00 One Block East of Granyille — See Map 6 GENERAL DECEMBER, 1966 PITY POOR LITTLE OLD TEAMSTERS RAY HAYNES A move to switch unions by 320 members of the Teamsters has brought great cries of anquish and villifica- tion fron^ Teamsters head, Ed Lawson. Mr. Lawson's remarks came following an application for certification made by the International Brewery Workers Union for a dissatisfied Teamster group at Sun-Rype Products in Kelowna and Oliver. Mr. Lawson charged that his union was going to declare full- scale war on the Brewery Workers. In a press release, Mr. Lawson stated that some mythical and no* raiding agreement the Teamsters had with the CLC was now off. The fact is, of course, that there never has been a no raiding agreement between the CLC and the Teamsters and, if there was, Mr. Lawson has never lived up to it in any case. Under his leadership the Teamsters Union has continually attempted to raid uniqns within the CLC, usually without success. Mr. Law- son's frenzied statements only make it look as though (Continued from Page Three) studied by Professor Schlubach. Polyfructosanes resemble starch from grain or potatoes. Professor Schlubach mad- bread containing 80 per cent of wheat flour and 20 per cent of grass polyfructosanes The bread proved to be wholesome and of good taste. its a case of whose ox is getting gored. There is no real intrigue as to what happened in the Okanagan. The Sun-Rype group, like a number of other groups, who have decertified the Teamsters, had become dissatisfied with the type of representation and service they have received from the Teamsters. The length to which the Teamsters Union intends to go in blocking the wishes of the Sun-Rype employees is unbelievable. On Nov. 23 Mr. Lawson spoke to the Kelowna Chamber of Commerce luncheon to accuse the Brewery Workers of * irresponsibility stating that the Sun-Rype workers should stay in the Teamsters as.the Brewery Workers did not have any interest in the welfare of the community. In another move, the Teamsters signed a "quickie" agreement with the company even though the present agreement had another year to run. A few members (approximately 40 out of 320) still sympathetic to the Teamsters voted approval of the 'sweetheart" contract. Nevertheless, Mr. Lawson continues to cry out against this dirty business which he calls raiding. Mr. Lawson's tears about being raided are ironic when you remember that his Teamsters were expelled from the CLC a number of years ago for raiding. Again, it was the same - Mr. Lawson who stopped a ^jaav'e by the Canadian membership earlier this year to re-affiliate with the CLC. In this latest outburst by Mr. Lawson, methinks he protests too loud. HARRON BROS. LIMITED ,- FUNERAL DIRECTORS "British Columbia's Finest Funeral Service" CHAPEL OF CHIMES 55 E. 10th Ave. TR. 6-8877 Vancouver ROYAL OAK CHAPEL 5152 KingswayNBurnaby HE. 1-5577 40 FULLY MODERN UNITS -_____£_. SSWMMING POOL • 4-STAR RATING - AAA • T.V. - TELEPHONES • BACHELOR & FULLY CONTAINED UNITS Ten Minutes from Vancouver City Centre YUkon 8-3181 1748 C_pilc.no (-. Blk. N. Marine Dr., N.V.) CLEMENCY PLEAS BEING 'CONSIDERED1 The Justice Department is considering clemency for four Union leaders now serving sentences of three to six months for contempt of pourt. The imprisoned union leaders are: Charles Patrick Neale and Thomas Clarke (six months); Arthur O'Keefe (four months) and Jeffrey James Power (three months). -. Earlier the sentences were appealed and the appeal was rejected Nov. 22. Many people considered the sentences unduly harsh and in rejecting the appeals the judges were ignorant of or failed to take into account the dynamics of union-management disputes. The Vancouver and District La_)our Council, of which Mr. Neale is the secretary, and the B.C. Federation of Labour immediately appealed to the federal cabinet for clemency for the four. In their request the Federation's legal counsel set out a number of reasons for urging the granting of clemency. In brief they were: 1. The four jailed unionists weer only doing what the B.C. Labour movement has always done and that was to support other trade unionists against an unfair employer. They were not seeking sordid gain for themselves. 2. The four men were, married, had no criminal records, held respected offices within their own organizations and were well thought of in their communities. 3. The sentences were excessive, especially in comparison to a similar case in Peterborough at Tilco Plastics and as compared to a number of other contempt cases in British Columbia. 4. The decision by Attorney General Bonner to proceed by invoking the inherent jurisdiction of the Supreme Court in charging the four men precludes them from receiving time off for good behaviour and the right to apply for a pardon. The charges arose out of demonstrations at the Lenkurt Electric Co. (a subsidiary of the B.C. Telephone Co.) after two ex parte injunctions had been issued. Then men were sentenced Sept. 30. ~ \ If the cabinet does not act on the clemency plea the earliest any of the men will be released will be dec. 30. The six - month sentences will not be served until March 30, 1967. 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LTD. 2249-50 East Hastings Street VANCOUVER 6, B.C. i_ WAGE PARITY UNWISE OTTAWA (CPA)—Canadian workers should not expect general wage parity with their American cousins overnight, the Economic Council of Canada said in its third annual review but major improvements in Canadian productivity will increase the instances of parity. The 276-page report on prices, productivity and employment, which was tabled in Parliament, also contained some sharp warnings for the Administration: *'j • Jobs will be needed for 750,000 new entrants to the labour force by 1970 if unemployment is to be kept to a minimum; • The government should take the lead in planning its own building program to even out swings in the volatile construction industry; • An acute housing shortage in urban areas is looming and the situation needs close attention; • The government should introduce policies aimed at improving mobility, skill and adaptability of manpower; • A better attempt should be made at bringing public service pay scales into line with private business. The review, conducted under the chairmanship of Dr. John J. Deutsch, also had a word to say about what it termed unusually large settlements recently accorded St. Lawrence Seaway workers and Quebec longshoremen. Normally, the document noted, bargaining in Canada is not characterized by strong, national pattern-setting trends. "But large, highly publicized settlements to which governments are parties inevitably have somewhat more impact on the climate of collective bargaining across the country." The Council's report further found that the economy is falling slightly short of its main goals of continuous growth, rising employment and stable prices. But, it warned, no attempt should be made to establish an incomes policy similar to U.S. guidelines on wages and prices. Use of the major economic weapons of monetary and fiscal policies are still the best way of combatting inflation, it stated. The much discussed question of parity in incomes paid for similar kinds of work in similar industries in Canada and the U.S., said the review, must involve an account of: (1) The large present gaps in average income per head and the average productivity per workers between the two countries; and (2) The "very considerable and sometimes very persistent" disparties in incomes and per-worker productivity both within Canada and the U.S. Although there will be a limited number of cases of wage parity, or even higher wages at some points in Canada, the report declared: "The important thing to realize is that, for the Canadian economy as a whole, income parity with the United States cannot possibly be achieved through collective bargaining alone. "But if the (productivity) gap can gradually be narrowed, the number of situations in which parity could become a reality will increase." ■ SEASON'S GREETINGS" Borrow if you must for Xmas this year— buf sove you should for next I tor simple-interest loans and a choice of savings plans, SEE . . . CITY SAVINGS 3295 WEST BROADWAY 96 EAST BROADWAY 5606 VICTORIA DRIVE 2626 EAST HASTINGS 736-7451 879-6241 327-8301 255-4381 Tue«. to Thuri.: 9:00-5:00 Friday: 9:00-6:00 Saturday: 9:00-1:00 Closed all day Monday "Where people ere more imporl.nl then money" INNOCENT UNTIL PROVED GUILTY A Royal Commission is presently sitting to investigate all aspects of the recent alleged bugging of the breakaway Pulp & Paper Workers convention at the Ritz Hotel in Vancouver. The Commission was set up by Premier Bennett after a private detective alleged that he had been hired by E. P. O'Neal to "bug" the convention. At press time Commissioner R. A. Sargent was still hearing evidence. The International Pulp & Sulphite Union, of which Mr. O'Neal is Western Regional Organizer, is also conducting an investigation into the charges and is represented by legal counsel at the hearing. In addition, the Vancouver Labour Council has called upon its executive to conduct its own investigation while the Federation has gone on record on a number of occasions in strong opposition to the use of eavesdropping equipment and wiretapping devices. The B.C. Federation of Labour has instructed its Secretary-Treasurer to hold a watching brief on the Commission and to ensure that a Federation representative is present at all sittings. HEARING LOWERS PRICES CHRIS BIGLU (CPA Parliamentary Correspondent) With Parliament at last becoming conscious of the hard-pressed consumer, things are beginning to happen. It's still a trickle, not a flood, but one has to begin somewhere. The Special Senate-House of Commons committee investigating high foodra"nd other prices has arranged to keep track of retail prices during the pre-Christmas buying season. It will be interesting to see how prices fluctuate between, say, November and January. Meanwhile, the Dominion Bureau of Statistics has provided an account of where your take-home dollar goes. You — if you're a fairly typical Canadian — spend the most on shelter: 32 cents. Food comes next, at 27 cents. (That's almost 60 per cent for those two necessities alone). Clothing costs you H cents, transportation 12, health and personal care 7 (that includes, we suppose, haircuts and razor blades as well as dentist bills), tobacco and alcohol 6, and recreation and reading, a nickel. Perhaps because of the noise about high prices, food costs dropped 1.5 points on the cost of living index in October, but the entire October index was up a fifth of a point over September, from 144.8 to 145.3. The October figure was 4.3 per cent higher than it was a year before, so if you didn't get at least five per cent more takehome pay over the past year, you're not even managing to keep up. With food down, what went up? Clothing, for one thing — 2.2 per cent. Health and personal care cost 1.4 per cent more; recreation and reading went up two- fifths of a point, and housing —the big item—increased by seven-tenths of a point. Housing is due for yet another upturn, because the NHA interest rate on first mortgages has been boosted again, from 6% to 7.4 per cent. Just fifteen years ago, you could get a first mortgage under the NHA plan for only 5 per cent. What does that 143.5 figure really mean? It indicates that what would have cost you $100 in 1949 now costs you $143.50. If you were working in 1949, and can remember your takehome pay, see if it has gone up by forty-three and one-half per cent, to see whether you're ahead of the game or not. Vulliamy Lr Browned CHARTERED ACCDTJNTAffTS Phone RE. 8-3233 2205 Fir Street Vancouver, B.C. PARIS BOOTS UNION MADE Hand-Made for HUNTERS, LOGGERS, CONSTRUCTION MEN, MINERS, == SAFETY SOOTS Available from your local retailer, or from PIERRE PARIS & SONS 51 West Hastings Street Vancouver 3, B.C. 'amily Teamwork in Craftsmanship since 1907 £ ' I _ "At Christmas play f & make good cheer, For Christmas comes | but once a year . . Greeting* & $t*t Witty* tov tfje J^eto §ear .. i „__«__*. __-!_—.—-tf-W" from All of us at CU. & C. Health Services Society § Rm. 21, 96 East Broadway - Vancouver 10, B.C. Telephone: 879-5711 ._._n-*5.a-.>.»»&»i»*».»-~_»______-'«_^ " 8 LOCAL NEWS DECEMBER. 19C6 OUR CORRESPONDENTS WRITE VICTORIA The November meeting of the Victoria Labour Council opened on a sombre note. President Robert Barrie upon calling the meeting to order found cause to reflect on the sudden passing the previous day of Victoria's Mayor, Alf Toone. Mr. Barrie, visibly grieved, asked for the traditional minute of silence. Mayor Toone had been intimately connected with the labour scene before his elevation to chief magistrate of the city. For nine years he held the post of secretary - treasurer of Council, during which time he played a prominant part in labour affairs and had faithfully represented the local fraternity at many provincial and national conferences. He had been the driving force behind construction of the new labour headquarters in the city, which opened its doors in 1963. President Barrie was duly delegated to attend the funeral in the name of the Council. D e 1 e g a t es also voted $25 to the Canadian Heart Fund out of respect for his memory. Both organized labour and the greater Victoria community lost a good friend in the passing of Mr. /Toone, who had been genuinely dedicated to bettering the lot of his fellow-citizens. Diligence, integrity and a high sense of public responsibility were maxims that showed in his work. Mr. Toone had been from the Sheet Metal Trades union. He was employed at a local shipyard after the second world war and from that obscure station went on to raise himself to the rank of mayor, the highest honours of his community. —Larry Ryan VANCOUVER AND TORONTO Something is happening to civic politics in Canada. That something is the return of party politics in the civic arena. Not that party politics haven't always been in civic politics. But we have deluded ourselves, and allowed ourselves to be deluded, that the men and women we've REG WALKER . . . highly capable lawyer been sending to various municipal councils didn't have Liberal or Conservative aspirations. Now Toronto has elected its first NDP Mayor, William Dennison, who December 5 beat out the incumbent Philip Giyens. Mr. (now Mayor) Denni- son's election is the harbinger of more vigorous activity by the NDP in civic politics across the country. There is no chance of Canada's third largest city, Vancouver, electing an NDP mayor and thus upsetting the entrenched political machine of realtors, financiers and promoters of sundry types. Goine to Expo 67? Join a group—have more fun—be with friends—enjoy Savings through group travel. Limited seats available, so don't wait! (Individual passages also arranged, if pr« / Contact: 2643 E. Hastings St., Vancouver 6, B.C. 2*3-1221 But there is a good chance that the next Vancouver council will have four strong, eminently qualified and highly regarded citizens representing the NDP on the next council. They are: Norman Levi, Reg Walker, Jean Mohart and Franklin Wile^ Also running are some faces that have been seen around Vancouver council for years, such as Halford Wilson. But Alderman Wilson could be an asset to the NDP quartet if they are elected. Somebody, somewhere must be worried lest the four NDP are elected because an all too familiar maneuver is all too evident. That is the entry into the mayoralty race of a self- confessed "Marxist," 21- year-old Miss Jean Rands. Naturally she is seizing the coat-tails of the NDP candidates and attempting to give them her Marxist kiss- of-death by associating her views with theirs. For a young woman, however, one has to give her full marks for courage, although something less than that for her knowledge of civic issues. If her purpose was to embarrass the NDP she has succeeded admirably. The NDP has refused her membership and has coldly disassociated itself from her JEAN MOHART . . . hard driving NORMAN LEVI ... dynamic strong man candidacy. They want nothing to do with her . She has no chance of succeeding, except as a disrupting influence to NDP chances. What are those chances? By the time you read this the results will probably be known but at the time of writing several things are going strong for the NDP aldermanic candidates. There is the waterfront tie-up. There is the unnecessary housing crisis. There is the cheating of Vancouver by the B.C. government over school taxation and costs. There are revisions to the Municipal Act. All these have been ignored by previous councils or passed over in the pursuit of "other business"— private business such as profit-making apartment development, deals with the Socreds and downtown developers and so on. It doesn't take much imagination to see the value of a man like Franklin Wiles on (Continued on Page 10) FRANKLIN WILES . . planner with plans If you are interested in a simple, dignified yet inexpensive funeral THE MEMORIAL SOCIETY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (A non-profit, non-sectarian Society registered under the Societies Art) Has much to off er you Write for free leaflet outlining the co-operative benefits already enjoyed by over 11,000 members to: Box 917, Postal Station "A' Vancouver 1, B.C. ' _m ■_-- *-_-^ G EI E R AX DECEMBER, 1966 POSTIES GET REVIEW OTTAWA (CPA) — A royal commission report tabled in the House of Commons has called for a sweeping overhaul of working conditions in the Post Office Department and a new system aimed at improving staff relations. The report by Mr. Justice Andre Montpetit-of the Quebec Superior Court strengthens the hand of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers and the Letter Carriers Union of Canada in current negotiations with the federal government. The two groups, which represent more than 20,000 postal clerks and mail carriers, want pay boosts averaging 39 per cent and have warned they are prepared to strike before Christmas in support of their demands. The Montpetit commission, set up in the wake of a week- long walkout by 16,000 postal employees in the summer of 1965, urges creation of joint local employee-manage- [ HIGHEST PAID HAMILTON (CPA) — Union plumbers here have become the highest-paid craft in the country. After a four-week strike, the 700 Hamilton members of Local 67 International Association of Plumbers and Steamfitters signed a three- year contract guaranteeing them a rate of $5.05 an hour in 1968. Old plumbers' rate stood at $3.85 an hour. It is believed that the Hamilton local is the first to break the $5 an hour "barrier." I ment committees for regular review of working conditions with unresolved problems referred to the national employees' organizations. Judge Montpetit charged that many post office executives were living in the past and had only a vague notion of the importance of good staff relations. The report recommended a system of binding arbitration for grievances in place of the present haphazard procedure for dealing with complaints and called for abolition of temporary pay cuts as a disciplinary measure. The Montpetit inquiry was one of two commissions set up by the federal government as a result of the 1965 postal "walkout. The pay issue was dealt with by government-appointed commissioner Judge J. C. Anderson. His proposals for pay boosts of from $510 to $550 a year over a two-year span were adopted by the government. **' The Postal Workers Union, which represents inside office workers ranging from maintenance helpers to mail handlers and postal clerks, has called for increases running from $1 to $1.16 an hour. Their present annual pay ranges from $4,165 to $5,215 and they want a scale from $%245 to $7,295 a year. NABET WIN GIVES LIGHT TO CBC TORONTO (CPA)—More than 1,800 members of the National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians ratified a new contract with the CBC which gives them a 24.15 per cent pay boost in a 30-month span. The contract, which averted a country-wide strike by the CBC technicians, also imposed tighter restrictions on farming out of work by the corporation to outside f. personnel. The settlement came in a marathon bargaining session conducted by Bernard Wilson, assistant deputy minister of labor. A walkout by NABET members — cameramen, soundmen and other operators of electronic equipment — would have disrupted live radio and television broadcasting. In the settlement negotiated by a NABET team under Tim O'Sullivan, regional director, pay rates will be increased 9 per cent retroactive to Jan. 1 of this year, another 9 per cent next Jan. 1 and a further 4V_ per cent in October, 1967. The raises are cumulative, putting the total at more than 24 per cent. Previously, the NABET membership in 34 centres had rejected the majority report of a federal conciliation board recommending a non- cumulative increase of 22*__ per cent in three IVz per cent stepups. Ferdinand Daoust, union nominee on the board, had proposed a three-stage cumulative increase of slightly more than 31 per cent made up of three 9.5 per cent jumps. CBC technicians are in one of three categories. Most of those in the unit have rates ranging from $70 to- $120 a week. A second group runs from $65 to $95 weekly with the third on a merit scale ranging from $110 to $138. In the new contract, the CBC agrees it will not engage in contracting out when such action would result in loss of employment to members of the bargaining unit. Where outside facilities or personnel are used, notice will be given the union. If the union feels the contract is being violated, the normal grievance procedure may be waived and the case referred to binding arbitration immediately. The settlement also provides double time for all non- scheduled overtime rather than time and one half and employees are guaranteed that the CBC's bilingualism benefits will be no less than those to be provided to civil servants by the federal government *-"* FIRE FUMES FILES GENEVA (CPA)—Thousands of documents and files were destroyed in a fire which razed an annex of the International Labour Office in Geneva recently. The fire, considered one of the city's worst in many years, did an estimated $1 million dapiage to the building and equipment. Give a party this Christmas • BROADWAY _>RTT**rr*-__-r_r printers and lithographers ' sinei-Ml'^ '• 115 EAST 8th AVENUE VANCOUVER. 10, B.C. Telephone 876.2101 Labatt's Pilsener, aged and brewed naturally. This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board of the Government of British Columbia. ■****■■ 10 DECEMBER, 196&- LOCAL NEWS EDMONTON EDMONTON — The Alberta Federation of Labour has invited similar labour groups and civic and rural_ associations to join in a survey support for a federal Medicare Plan. The AFL wants the survey . because it "seriously questions" the present Alberta medical care plan. The plan, according to many observers, seems to have been designed by private insurance companies. But the federation is also concerned because of reports that certain provincial premiers are going to resist a national health plan on constitutional grounds. By enrolling the support of civic, rural, church and __. women's groups in Alberta, the federation will try to force the anti - Medicare Manning government to to bring in a health program similar to that recommended by the Hall Commission. WINNIPEG WINNIPEG — Continued vitality, interest and enthusiasm was evident at the 12th annual convention of the Manitoba Federation of Labour on Oct. 14, 15 and 16. More than 300 delegates were in attendance and they stuck closely to their desks from the beginning to the end of the convention, giving close study to the various reports that were presented and taking an active part in the discussions that arose from time to time. Alderman Grant McLeod, President of the Winnipeg and District Labor Council, opened up the convention and before passing on the gavel to R. J. Henderson, president of the Federation, he introduced speakers who extended greetings from the city of Winnipeg, the province of Manitoba, the Manitoba Farmers' Union and the Canadian Labor Congresss. Provincial Minister of Labor, Gbte-Baizley, bringing greetings from the provincial government, backed the right to strike as being essential if good labor relations and living conditions are to be maintained. "Free collective bargaining, with the right to strike, is essential to the growth and development of a strong and responsible la- ' or ^novement *"— — He also said that "a healthy and responsible labor move- _i-ment -is- ne+-«only"-the -best- way to establish equitable wages, and to develop fair labor standards, but also that a responsible labor movement has much to contribute to the preservation of those freedoms upon which our whole way of life is based." Although Canada is one of the most prosperous nations - . -~-—- • _. -y, " • ■ ■■ of the world, our wealth is poorly distributed. Constructive effort is needed oh the part of all concerned to assure better living standards in Manitoba. In his opening address, President R. J. (Bud) Henderson attacked the large Corporations that were contributing to inflation by tak+ ing to themselves slices of profit that were too big for the economy to stand. "These corporations have not only failed to share their prosperity with their employees, but have also deprived Canadian consumers of fair prices based on fair profits." Incensed by court injunctions being used in Ontario and B.C. to end, or prevent strike action, the federation, the delegates, passed a two- point resolution aimed at preventing the use of injunc- , tions in labor disputes. OUR CORRESPONDENTS WRITE (Continued from Page Eight) council. Mr. Wiles, 34, is a town planner with wide experience and positive plans. Reg Walker is a Jiighly capable lawyer and a member of the Marpole Chamber of Commerce of which he was once president. Hard- driving Jean Moha**t is a private secretary and among her many activities was the founder of-- the non-profit funeral service society, the Memorial Society. A real strong man is Norman Levi, 39, a social worker who has been active in both provincial and federal politics. He is one of the most forceful and dynamic men in the civic election sweepstakes. The election of any or all of these candidates will certainly give Vancouver a new look, a new direction and new lease on life. A lot oi people — NDP and non-NDP—are keeping their fingers crossed. '. William McCarthy. HALFORD WILSON ... old guard help JEAN RANDS successful disrupter y'C«'«'«-'--*«*«-<-.'C_.'t.lt*<-« r--c..<c-c-<-cictcti "My good wishes for your merry Christmases and your happy New Years, your long lives and your true prosperities. Worth twenty pound good if they are delivered as I send them. . . . Remember! Here's a final prescription added, 'to be taken for life'." —Charles Dickens. ___ii-M-__>ia_iatfc_i______1__^ ,-w--p-__w^«_-™ _^i«_iit_i_w______iiti__iK*«w«_*i____w___*_*_ ««**!«*«■«•€«*«««.*tC**t€l<-«-*■« Bakery & Confectionery Workers j Local 468 &>ta6onf& Greeting;* i-l--l-Ml-l>l_-ll--M-_^ _ V "SEASON'S GREETINGS" from the Building Service Employees Union (Local 224) ED DETINA, President JACK HENDERSON, Vice-President THOMAS B. HYDE, Business Representative VIC GAILBRAITH, Business Representative BEN A. R. MORLEY, Secretary and Business Manager Vancouver 3, B.C. Telephone 685-5251 « .•.*«««■«*_.*«_««-fc-e-.-.'St.* _*«•_!_!«!««««!.!«'««*■«■<.'«'«■€'««- * * - . '. _. Best Wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy and _ United New Year f v I _ _« X I I I _. from INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF PULP, SULPHITE AND PAPER MILL WORKERS -»_'l_-'._---k_-'i-K_*-'9_-'._.'._-'lM I Christmas Greetings to All from _. I v _. . BARBERS INTERNATIONAL JOURNEYMEN OF AMERICA LOCAL 120 1 ' t_\ Christmas Greetings * _. from the Officers and Members of k»»-R»»»a.aia._-aiS)»_HSt3ii.>t>i_K» s . f t 1 f I VANCOUVER TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION, LOCAL- 226 y 359 Homer Street ■ Z.*XX%**X_lXX_;_lX_.X*XXXX-X*<XX?.XXX_t>*-XXX-X-XXtttt*X_*-.\X *Z HI _E HE-KH. t__E_______k_l mtmt l__H_____t_____- V HI tCtff tfftCtff tCtC Ml K -CM_t_C-CM_tCH_KtCM_tCtf (CECtfftCM. tKije &ea*on'* (greeting* . . . to all Trade Unionists and their families and may tbe New Year carry us all forward to a United Trade Union Movement. 1 Amalgamated Transit Union Division 101 -K.*r_-_____t_*_k__i_diMtMtM.^^ *x«««««*««««_««_«*te!«te'S'--« -•<-**«_««*.««•<««__*«*_•.-- SEASON'S GREETING TO ONE AND ALL from The United Packinghouse, Food and Allied Workers Joint Council ***»****»*><»»»»»»-"•-.-_■-. Z*KKK<£XXK%lZ^*tzlsisXlzii*KXX*KXZKK**<KKKKKXKXXKt*<t<t* "ITMerry Christmas from THE OFFICE & TECHNICAL EMPLOYEES UNION, LOCAL 15 I _* l UNION, LOCAL 15 * S *___*»_.»»»>.->._-_**»a*»**-.»_fcft»»_r._^^ {5_____-j»a-._>,_oi»i».._._«*»,_wi2i^^ I SEASON'S GREETINGS from *»_»i_»ft»»_&)_;„*ft:Mafta»»a_iftft^ l-fl T)—r-- :• 1 " t-——-^^ v-_.l^r.nii.^-J^_^wijM<_-_..4.vwr> -:-=en^Wa^^^n)-;w^^'^'°-^'''^ *!e's'.te's.'S'€«.'«_.'.«'€'e«'««i.«««*«««««««!.««te«««ie««tei_<(e THE COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON (not forgetting a Happy New Year!) from the DISTILLERY RECTIFYING & WINE WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF AMERICA x _. I . _? I I I | GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION (B.C.) * LOCAL 69 _ New Westminster « 11 L£ tXILR-S- (earn'd-> DECEMBER, 1966 (Continued from Page Four) often tends to become hazardous. We feel that city planners should acknowledge the needs of these families and consider ways and means of meeting the situation now, otherwise as our population grows we will be facing a dilemma. Indeed, the overall situation of family housing should be treated realistically when we consider that private homes are diminishing in favour of the "No Children" high-priced apartments. —-Hary Duker, Chairman, Vancouver Civic Unity Association Sir: Thanks for opening a way for selling of minor articles (through TLS classified section) that are so difficult to get results through daily newspapers'. Also wishing you the/very best for the fast approaching season and —Charles W. Elliott, Vancouver Sir: I am one of the printers involved in the lock-out by the Toronto publishers of July 9, 1964. The publishers withheld our holiday money and, paid us only the two per cent required by law. Some printers had taken their full holiday (four weeks) before July 9, so were fully paid. Others who had taken none received only the iwo per cent. It was appealed and the judge ruled-- in favor of the employer, even though all holidays were provided or arranged, for early in. the spring and in the case of the four week men were earned in the previous 18 years . . . The unions in B.C.^ire the most aggressive in the Dominion and I subscribed to the Typographical Bulletin in an effort to get our union to do something, but to no avail. ** Enclosed is $2.00 to pay me up to November 1967. I am working part time in Detroit, hence the letter is written from that city. —John H. Moon, Detroit Sir: On July 21,1965, the British Parliament legislated in favour of introducing a Post Office Giro Service. The newly appointed Directorate of Giro and Remittance Services published plans for this service, in July 1966. It is evident that when this service comes into operation in 1968 that it will have profound and f ar- reaching effects not only on the entire financial and economic structure of the United Kingdom, but also on British Commonwealth countries and their relations with the entire world. Even in the 40 or so countries with a national giro at present there is little public understanding of the overall effects of giro on the political, industrial, economic and social patterns, and there is a very restricted bibliography on this scientifically evolved monetary management system, despite its ability to optimise efficiency through employment of automated and computerised credit handling methods. Giro lays the foundations for national wealth and prosperity even in countries relying heavily on agricultural industries and is attractive especially to people in developing areas of the world as much as to highly sophisticated civilisations. —F. P. Thomson, Watford, Herts, England Sir- Would you kindly have room in your columns for ' this article, "A Fine Summer Day." . . . But let us consider a fine summer day in another part of the world a mother holds her child in her arms and dreams of a better life for him, perhaps some day to say "My son, you have made me proud to be your mother". The boy in his mother's arms is smaller ?than my youngest son, although they are the same IHt -OVER-MEN! Of THE PROVINCE OF BRITI5H COEUMBIA S_ ea&on '$ LjreetinaS Best Wishes for a Very Merry Christmas and a Bright and Prosperous New Year MTTrStTCOIUMCTA DEPARTMENT OF LABO W. H. SANDS Deputy Minister of Labour age. He has bright black and sparkling eyes that follow his mother's, and he is quick to smile and laugh out loud when she rumples his coal black hair. The little boy's skin is darker than my son's, and the first few word sounds he uses are different because he can only repeat the' words he hears. But most of all, he is a fine boy—a beautiful boy. Suddenly there is a sound of wind in the trees, growing into a thundering roar, the air is filled with napalm bursting into searing flames, petroleum jelly that sticks and burns to the bone. The small dark-skinned mother lies burned beyond recognition, after trying to cover the tiny boy with her own body, and the child, in death, the coal black hair burned away and sparkling eyes charred by the flames of a man-made hell. I ask you then, how can the American pilots answer their conscience, how do they sleep at night, and how can they ever ask forgiveness for such black and murderous deeds? The mother and child are only two of many, just a small dark-skinned woman and a beautiful boy; they are our guilt and may God forgive us for not raising our voices in protest and condemnation of such evil and cold-blooded deeds. —Allan D. McDougall, Vancouver . Cftrtsitmas. jPes&age This is a Season For Peace, Happiness and Goodwill Toward All Men. I We Pray the Christmas Peace in Viet Nam Will Continue, that Men Everywhere Will Remember the True Meaning of Christmas So that Strife_ Here and Abroad, Will be Replaced with Tranquility* And Christmas Happiness WiU Prevail Throughout the Year, L R. PETERSON Minister of Labour The B.C. Federation of Labour Vancouver and District Labour Council *■<&*• mm.-^mwmwMtfim ■*■ ■- 12 THE LABOUR STATESMAN DECEMBER, 1966 ALBERTA UNION DIRECTORY ALBERTA FEDERATION OF LA- bour, F. C. Bodie, Executive Secretary-Treasurer; Room 201, 10026 105th Street, Edmonton, Alberta. B.C. UNION DIRECTORY Hi AMALGAMATED CLOTHING --"-WORKERS OF AMERICA. Local 178 — Room S — 2475 Manitoba, Vancouver 10. John Zastre, Business Agent. TR. 9-3031. AMALGAMATED MEAT CUTTERS AND B.W., Local 212 — Representative Geo. Johnston, 203 Labor y Temple; TR. 6-5735. AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION, Div. 101 — Business Agent, C. Stewart, Street Railway Bldg., 125 East 8th. TR. 4-2010. AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION, N_. 134 — Bus. Agent. D. L. Bryce, Boom 22, 774 Columbia. __*__L_-_-_?-i!!__________-___^ AMBULANCE EMPLOYEES UNION, Local 873, CUPE — Secretary, Charles Redhead, 1502 London St., New Westminster. Phone 526-6008. AUTOMOTIVE LODGE No. 1857, I. A. of M. — Business Agents, Jack Chapman, Brian Troaden, Room 17, 2414 Majn./TR. M104-5. BAKERY AND CONFECTIONERY WORKERS, Local 46. — 337 W. Broadway, TR._jS-5205. BANK EMPLOYEES' ASSOCIATION. Local 387, Office Employees' International Union—President Marsh W. Bluck, FCBA. 337 West Broadway, TR. 4-3.1,, BARBERS— INTERNATIONAL JOURNEYMEN OF AiviEKi.A, No. 120 — 421 West Broadway. TR. 6-0641; Secretary, Allan toie- 1 man. BEVERAGE DISPENSERS' UNION, No. 676 — Presid-nt-Husiness Agent, James Morrison; Secretary - Treasurer - Business Agent, H. D. Courson, 44U West P.nuer, MU. 3-3923. BEVERAGE DISPENSERS (New Westminster) Local o35 — Business Agent, Jack Tomson, 601 Royal Ave., New Westminster. LA. 2-7410. BOILERMAKERS, IRON SHIP BUILDERS. BLACKSMITHS, FORGERS AND HELPjcKS. Lodge 359 — Business Manager, Robert t M. Macintosh, 113 Sneliy Builo.ng. , 119 West Pender. Vancouver 3. MU. 2-7564. BOOKBINDERS UNION Local 105— No. 8, 199 East 8th Ave.. Vancouver 10, B.C.: phone 872-1013; President, Frank S. Allen; Union Representative, William Dunsmuir. BREWERY AND SOFT DRINK WORKERS Local 300 — Business Agent, Joseph Madden. Room 1. 4857 Kingsway, Burnaby 1, B.C. _Phone_434-5155. * BRICKLAYERS & MASONS INTER^ NATIONAL UNION. Local No. 1 — Secretary. D. C. Fraser, Room 208, Labor Temple, 307 W. Broadway, TR. 9-1331. Home phone 434-3431. B.C. FEDERATION OF LABOUR — R. C. Haynes. Secretary-Treasurer, Rm. 210, 517 E. Broadway, Vancouver 10, B.C. TR. 9-3568. B.C. INTERIOR FRUIT & VEgS table Workers' Local 1572. Presi- dente: C. B. Hankins. Business Agent: Jim Currie, 212 Main St., Penticton, B.C. Phone_49Z-6013. B.C. PROJECTIONISTS. Local IS — President, A. E. McManus; Secretary, James Porter; Business Agent Hank Kabbln. Office, 1356 Seymour, Vancouver. MU. 4-7024. BUILDING SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL, Local 244 — Business Agent and Secretary, Ben A. R. Morley, 359 Homer. Pnone 685-5251. BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL — Secretary, D. C. Fraser, 1U» Labor Temple, TR. 9-1210. C.U.P.E. Local 707 (Kitimat Municipal Employees), P.O. Box 1170, Pnone 11*4, Kitimat, B.C. President, R. Grieve, Box 333 N.P.O., Kitimat, B.C. Phone 1043-L; Secretary-Treasurer; Victor F. Peppar, Box 5086, Kitimat, B.C. Phone 1154. CANADIAN BROTHERHOOD OF RAILWAY EMPLOYEES AND OTHER TRANSPORT WORKERS, Royal City Division 226 — Mr. L. —Pudtrey;-*eT-TainT Secretary, 454 E. 18th Ave., Vancouver; CARPENTERS (New Westminster) Local 1215 — Business Agents, • Ray West and Harold Hanson, office, 732 Royal Ave., -New West- minster. 521-0525. CARPENTERS (Vancouver) Local 452 — Business Agents, Larry Anderson, Lorne Robson, Bob Smith; Financial . Secretary. Carl Erickson; offlce, Rm. 103, 307 West Broadway, Vancouver. TR. 6-1212, TR. 4-2720. CEMENT. LIME & GYPSUM Local 400 — President, Roy Ogilvie, 837 West 15th Ave., Vancouver; Secretary, Dick Stewart, 5241 Ewart St., Burnaby 1, B.C. CLASSIFIED CEMENT MASONS' Local 919 — Business Agent, Frank Stevens, Rm. 202, 2520'Ontario St.. Vancouver 10, B.C.; phone 872-2221. CIVIC EMPLOYEES UNION. Local 407 - President T. W. Sikstrom. FA. 7-4688. DENTAL TECHNICIANS — Local No. 1543—Secretary George Hygh, 4007 Dunbar. DISTILLERY WORKERS, Local 69 —President. Roy Cairns. 734 - 10th St.. New Westminster, 521-7946: Recording Secretary, Harry Nev- ard, 118 Regina St., New Westminster, LA. 1-7672. ELECTRICAL WORKERS' UNION, Local 213 — Business Manager, A. OKeeffe, 111 Dunsmuir Street, MU. 1-7381-2. ' ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS, Lo- cal 82—Sec, H. C. MacKlchan, 3755 Elmwood St., S. Burnaby. HE. 4-7851. FIRE FIGHTERS (Burnaby) Local 323 — Secretary, H. Brown. 2011 Cliff Avenue, Burnaby 2, B.C. FIRE FIGHTERS (VANCOUVER) Local 18 — President Gordon R. Anderson. 1386 East 61st Ave., FA. 7-3729; Secretary. J. E. Bunyan, 7810 Thomhill Drive, 321-8443 FLOORLAYERS UNION, U_B. of C.J., Local No. 1541 — Room No. 109, Labor Temple, 876-2423: Business Agents, Bruce Robson, HE. 5-0702; William Kessel, 988-1822. GLAZIERS AND GLASS WORKERS, Local 1527 — Recording Secretary, A. Allen, Room 4, 2475 Manitoba, TR 4-7535. GOVE R N M E N T EMPLOYEES' ASSOCIATION (B.C.) — E. P. O'Connor Gen. Sec, 2090 West 4th, RE. 1-5361-62-63. GRAIN WORKERS UNION, Local 333 — Recording Secretary, D. J. Pnillips. 203-3890 Sunset St.. S. Burnaby; President, B. Chapman, 3033 Graveley, Vancouver; Sec- Treas.. H. Ramsey. 501 E. 13th St., North Vancouver. GREATER VANCOUVER WATER DISTRICT AND GREATER VANCOUVER SEWERAGE & DRAINAGE DISTRICT EMPLOYEES UNION — P.O. Box 4686, Station C, Vancouver 10. Secretary, Dennis Mulroney. HEAT AND FROST INSULATORS No. 118, Room 112. 307 West Broadway. Telephone 876-6814. __ HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES' UNION, No. 180 — Business Manager, W. M. Black. 335 W. Broadway, TR. 6-5822. HOTEL AND RESTAURANT EMPLOYEES, Local 28 — Secretary. A. E. Morgan, Room 406. 402 W. Pender. MU. 4-8441. INTERNATIONAL LADIES' GARMENT WORKERS, Locals 276 and 287—Business Agent, Harry Minuk, 119 W Pender. MU. 4-5514. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS, Lodge 456 — Union Centre, Quadra St., Victoria, B.C.; President, S. G. Gardner, phone- 656-2610; Recording Secretary, J. Bradley, 210 Dur- rance Rd., R.R. 7, Victoria; Business Agent, H. B. Wydert, 2371 Lansdowne Rd., Victoria; phone EV. 3-7736. INTERNATIONAL WOODWORKERS of America, Local 1-423. President William F. Schumaker. Financial Secretary-Business Agent: Samuel A. "BUT' Muir, 1139 Ellis Street. Kelowna, B.C. Phone 762-2801. INTERNATIONAL U N I O N OF OPERATING ENGINEERS, Local 115 — 5804 Fraser St..- Vancouver 15, B.C. Phone 327-6395. Bus.ness Manager, M. L. Parr. President. Jim Malange. Secretary. Fred — Randall. IR,?«1^"?ER?LII*rrERNA"0NAL UNION, Local .7 — President J D. Paterson, 319 Shelly Building 119 West Pender. Vancouver 3 _phone 681-8628. _^ ' IRONWORKERS' SHOPMEN'S, Local Union 712 — Business Agent, Benjamin D. Parry, Room 210. _ 307 W^Broadway,_TR^2-5515. 'W£Hl.Y WORKERS—INTERNA. TIONAL. Local 42. Office. 339 W Pender. MU. 1-5831. President. Roy Stark, 1144 E. 12th Avenue, Vancouver 12. _ KAMLOOPS AND dTsTtR IC T LABOUR COUNCIL — Box 562. Kamloops, phone 372-5747. Secretary, Mrs. C. E. Mclnnes. LABORERS CONSTRUCTION & GENERAL, Local 602 — Secretary, C. H. Savage, 3434 Fraser St., TR. 4-9233. LAUNDRY AND DRY CLEANING SALESMEN, Local 334 — J. A. Curry, Secretary-Treasurer, 2632 West Twelfth, RE. 8-9649. LAUNDRY WORKERS. No. 292 — Business Agent, Mrs. Catherine Browne, Suae 1, 224 East Broadway, TR. 6-4543. LETTER CARRIERS UNION OF CANADA Local 12 — Secretary- Treasurer. R. C. Hamilton, 104 - 532 Homer St., Vancouver 3, B.C.; phone 684-4823; President, Ray Andrus, phone 434-4905; Grievance Chairman, Ron Gomez, pnone 325- 6958. MACHINISTS INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Lodge 692 — Business Representatives: R. G. Carr R. Taylor, Rm. 17. 2414 Main. TR 4-0513. TR. 6-7035. MARINE WORKERS & BOILER- MAKERS' INDUSTRIAL UN.ON. Local 1 — President, Jeff Power; Secretary. W. Stewart. 339 West Pender St.. MU. 1-9481. MILLWRIGHTS' UNION,. Local' 2736 — Room 116, 307 W. Broadway, Vancouver 10. 876-3744. Business ^Representative. W. J. Herbert. MUSICIANS' UNION, Local MS — Business Manage.', Room 510, Dominion Bank Building, 207 West Hastings, MU. 4-1564. MOULDERS UNION Local 281 — Representative, C. Pitman, 3604 Oxford St., Vancouver 6, B.C.; _ phone 299-3608. OFFICE & TECHNICAL EMPLOYEES UNION. Local 15. Ste. 9, 246 East Broadway, 874-5201. Presi- _^"Bent, Jean Mohart; Secretary- Treasurer. Opal SkUling. OFFICE AND TECHNICAL EMPLOYEES UNION, Local 378 — Business Manager, William Swanson. 1116 Hornby. 683-6604. OIL CHEMICAL & ATOMIC WO-UO ERS INTERNATIONAL UNiON, Local 9-601. President, F. G. Geddes, Fin. Corres. Secretary, T. T. Riley. 5550 E. Hastings, CY. 8-3940. PAINT AND VARNISH WORKERS. Local 1550 — Secretary, Ed Dueck, Room 4. 2475 Manitoba. PAINTERS UNION. Local 138 — Business Agent. Jack W. Fradley, Asst. Business Agent, Tom Carson, Asst Business Agent, H. V. (Bill) Baldock, Room 3. 2475 Manitoba, TR. 6-6033. PATTERNMAKERS' ASSOCIATION — Secretary, John S. Pratt, 720 Anderson Cres., West Vancouver. Phone 922-6043. PILE DRIVERS AND WOODEN BRIDGEMEN, Local 2404 — Business Agent, S. Allen, Room 116, 307 West Broadway, TR. 4-7817. PLASTERERS' UNION. No. 779 — Secretary. J. V. Chambers. 517 East Broadway. TR. 2-2122. PLUMBERS ic PIPEFITTERS. Local 170 — Business Manager. J. R. St. Eloi; Asst. Business. Managers. W. T. Weir and E. Fay, 115 Labor Temple, TR. 9-1428. PLUMBERS AND PIPEFITTERS— Local 238: phone 563-3416; 1331 4th Ave., Prince George, B.C. H. T. Traxler, Business Agent. CANADIAN UNION OF POSTAL WORKERS (Vancouver Local) — O. N. Johnson, General Secretary- Treasurer. Box 2411, Vancouver 3. Offlce, 532 Homer St. 6858724. PRINCE GEORGE -. DISTRICT LABOR COUNCIL — 909 5th Ave., Prince George, phone 191L2. PRINTING PRESSMEN, Local 69— Sec-Treas.. W. H. Putz, Ste. 2, 8655 Laurel St., Vancouver 14, B.C. PRINTING SPECIALTIES 4 PA- PER PRODUCTS UNION, Local No. 598 — Secretary-Treasurer, Bob Banninger, 2753 Horley Ave Vancouver 16, B.C.. HE. 1-8443. PULP & PAPER WORKERS No. 4. Box 296, Prince Rupert — Secre- tary J. H. West. PULP SULPHITE Local 76. I.B.P.S. & P.M.W.. 5814 Ash St., Powell River, B.C.; Telephone 483-4130; President: C. M. Mouat, 5515 Maple St.. Powell River, Telephone 483-3306; Secretary: J. c Kane, 5511 Manson Ave., Powell River, Telephone 483-9132. PULP AND SULPHITE (Converters) UNION. Local 433 — Business ' Agent. 5608 Victoria Dr., 321-3471. PULP SULPHITE AND PAPER MILL WORKERS. Local 312. Ocean Falls. B.C. — Secretary Drawer 190. Ocean Falls. B.C. PULP. SULPHITE AND PAPER MILL WORKERS — International Offlce. Suite 202. 1089 West Broadway; S. G. Green. Vice-President. vay; RE. RE. 6-7448 851. _3*S___i "I used to be one of your scabs, so how about a little scratch?" REFRIGERATION WORKERS UNION, Local 516 — Secretary, L. R. Wintle, 137 W. 40th Ave., 321-3613 and 936-5353. RETAIL,, WHOLESALE _. DEPT STORE UNiON — Room 212 - 517 East Broadway, Vancouver. B.C Phone 879-2996. SCHOOL BOARD EMPLOYEES' FEDERAL UNiON (Burnaby), Local 379 — Secretary. W. E. Apps, 4865 Triumph St., Burnaby 2, B.C. SHEET METAL WORKERS, Local 280 — Business Manager, Alex McGee. 207 Labor Temple. TR. 4-8020. SHINGLE WEAVERS' UNION, Local No 2802 — Business Agent and Financial Secretary, B. A Robertson, Room 116, 307 West _Broadway, TR. 6-3744. SIGN AND PICTORIAL PAINTERS, Local 726 — Secretary, J. A. Middleton, 6464 Kitchener, N. Burnaby; Room 4, 2475 Manitoba, TR. 4-7535. THEATRE EMPLOYEES. Local B-72 — Secretary, Mrs. F. Foster, St-.. 1. 4508 Main, TR. 9-5453. Business Agent, Frank M. Smith, 4395 William St.. North Burnaby. B.C. CY. 8-2538. *_ TILE SETTERS. Local No. 3 — ' Recording Secretary, D. P. Ewan, Room 208, Labor Temple, 307 West Broadway, TR. 9-1331. TILE SETTERS No. 3. 423 WEST Broadway. Vancouver 10, B.C. Business Agent: T. B. Fleming. Phone 879-1331. TILE SETTERS HELPERS, Local 78 — Room 208, Labor Temple-,' 307 West Broadway, TR. 9-1331, TUNNEL & ROCK WORKERS. Local 168 — 337 W. Broadway, Secretary, H. Croft, TR. 9-3231. TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION. Local 226 — President, Len Guy; Secretary, Robert Jefferies, 517 E. Broadway, 876-6810. UNION LABEL TRADES COUNCIL — Secretary, Mrs. A. E. Hallock, dajr uliune, TSr^OS-rT;" eVeriings, TR. 4-3748. UNITED GARMENT WORKERS'. Local 190—Secretary, Annie Fast, 1435 E. 62nd Ave.. Vancouver 15. UNITED PACKINGHOUSE. FOOD AND ALLIED WORKERS. AFL- CIO. 785 Kingsway. Vancouver 10. B.C.. 874-9358. Field Representative. William Symington. Field Representative. James Smith. UPHOLSTERERS' INTERNA- TIONAL UNION, Local No. 1 — Business Agent, Karl Reich; offlce, 666 East Broadway, TR. 4-1727. VANCOUVER & DISTRICT LA- BOUR COUNCIL — _. P. Neale. General Secretary-Treasurer 307 W Broadway, Vancouver 10. B.C TR 9-2421. WOOD, WIRE & METAL LATHERS. Local 207 — President, A. Son- nenberg; Rec. Sec, D. Ricci; Financial Sec, W. R. Shields; Secretary and Business Representative, A, Allen, Room 4, 2475 Manitoba. TR. 4-7535. MANITOBA DIRECTORY ■_■ MANITOBA FEDERATION OF LABOUR — A. A. Franklin, president; J. James, secretary-treasurer. Office address, 102 Union Centre. 570 Portage Ave., Winnipeg, Manitoba. NOVA SCOTIA DIRECTORY NOVA SCOTIA FEDERATION OF Labour, Leo F. McKay, executive secretary; James K. Bell, secretary treasurer; John Lynk, president, New Glasgow. Office address: 530 Roy Building. Halifax. N.S, Phone 423-6050. _ ONTARIO DIRECTORY ______■ ONTARIO FEDERATION OF LABOUR — David Archer, president; Douglas Hamilton, secretary-treasurer. Office address: 33° Cecil St., Toronto 2-B, Ontario. SASK. UNION DIRECTORY SASKACHEWAN FEDERATION OF Labour. H. S. Elkln. Sxecutive Secretary, Room 4 and 5, 1601- 11th Ave., Phone 527-9471, 527-7883 Regina, Saskatchewan. ADVERTISING ___ YOU CAN'T SEEM TO ESCAPE advertslng. It's part and parcel of 20th century living. Some say It is a necessary evil. But good or bad if you have something to sell or want to buy something you have to advertise in some way. One of the best ways of reaching trade union people throughout western Canada is to place a classified ad in Tha Labour Statesman. Six lines for a dollar. ALCOHOLISM _■■___■___■____■ ALCOHOLISM IS AN ILLNESS which is increasing. It can threaten family happiness; place your job in jeopardy. But it can be treated. For Information and treatment in B.C. contact: The Alcoholism Foundation of B.C.; in Vancouver, 175 West Broadway; In Victoria, 1080 Meares; in Kamloops, 561 Seymour Ave. BUGGIES __■_______■_■___■____■ BABY BUGGIES OR THE HORSE- drawn variety can be sold if you reach the people who want to buy. One of the best contacts with trade unionists in western Canada is through The Labour Statesman. Try a classified ad for those unwanted goods. Rate: six lines for *1. CATS mmmmmmmmmmm MOST PEOPLE LIKE TO HAVE A pet around the house. Dogs, cats, rabbits, white mice, skunks, even lions are kept as pets. Do you want to buy a pet lion? Do you want to sell a skunk? A good method of "buying or selling pets is through the classified section of The Labour Statesman. Six lines $1. (Special rates for lion tamers.) the ad for you. EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES Education is the key to success. U.B.C.'s Department of University of Extension has revived its Study Discussion Program. Specially prepared materials for each program are studied and discussed in a positive group atmosphere. Sample courses: Economic Reasoning; Ways of Mankind; Ideas In Context; The Great Religions; The Vertical Mosaic; Exploration of the Universe. Contact — Discussion - Independent Study Program, Dept. University Extension, UBC, Vancouver 8, B.C. The Labour College of Canada begins its fifth term this summer in Montreal. Applications must.,be rft- celved before Jan. 31, 1967. Address correspondence to: The Registrar, 1009 Sherbrook St. W., Montreal, PQ. Interested in writing? U.B.C. Department of Extension is offering a Creative Writing Workshop conducted by Dr. Stanley Coqperman. Write to U.B.C. Extension Dept., Vancouver 8, B.C., or phone 228-2181, Local 20. FAMILY HELP ■___■____■_■_■ HELP IS AVAILABLE TO ASSIST families with family - focussed problems in the Greater Vancouver area. 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