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Voters did not give pro-nuclear mandat Vancouver and district trade unionists have proles- lested the proposed acquisition of nuclear arms for Canadian forces at home. or in NATO forces overseas. , Vancouver Labor Council will join in a post card protest io Prime Minister •'•*.:.::''':''^ The Speech from the Throne indicated that the Pearson government intends to press forward wjiih the plan to accept nuclear warheads for Bomarc missile bases in Canada. The April federal elec tion that gave the Liberals a minority government did not endorse a" pro-nuclear role for Canada, Labor delegates declared. ' In the popular vore, ine Liberal party, which campaigned for Canada to accept its nuclear commitments — commitments that have been danied by the former Torjgovernment— received only 41% of ihe vote; Other studies'of tha April voting show thai as high as 60 per cent of ihe MP's elected either campaigned against nuclear weapons or did not speak in favor of a pro-nucl In view of ords — which voiced public opposition nuclear arms for Canada— the prime minister should abandon bis stand and negotiate a non-nuclear role for Canadian farces In Wes iern defence. Labor We need more like these OWNED BY THE VANCOUVER M -mBOUR COUNCIL NO. 739 -J VANC6lMR,TC, ^y77?63~ Established 1924 COUNCIL STUDIES PROTESTS Students job plan provides no pay Protests against the department of education's on-the- job training program for students will be studied'by a joint labor committee. Retail Food and Drug Clerks Union has protested that students would receive no pay while working under the pro-' posed plan. Said . clerks secreary William Wells, "For any person to work without wages is Contrary to the principles--jof trade unionism and. contrary to our democratic way of life in Canada." ^Eariteif protests said the program would merely, pro^ vide a supply of cheap labor to employers. Vancouver Labour Council secretary Paddy Neale and B.C. Federation of Labour secretary Pat O'Neal. will' study the ramifications of the proposal and report later. The department of education's plan would place students in industries and businesses for training Under actual working cpnditions on the basis of one day a week for a training period of about six weeks-' - But they will receive no ■pay for this on-the-job training, ' And it_js feared students could replace regular workers on.some types of jobs if an employer -wanted to use different students each da.y. Wells said a type of training has been in effect in the retail industry for many years. "Our union has recognized the value of student • help end has entered into contracts with retail merchants throughout the province to encourage on-the-job training programs." But, he said, trainees have been - included in collective agreements and students/haVe the pfotection of contlfact provisions on working conditions, wages and fringe benefits. "We have welcomed over 1,500 school students who have become strong union members and who have actively taken part in the affairs of the union." See also pg- 4 ** And why wasn't this said BEFORE the election? This news report appeared in some Canadian dailies on April 19: TWO'HOUSING PROJECTS recently completed in Voncouver provide low-rant accommodation for citizens who war* displaced in th. slum clearance program. Upper picture shows part of the federal- provinicial-city housing development at McLean Park; centre, the inner courtyard and some of the smaller units at McLean Park, and bottom, a view of the huge Skeena development at Skeena and Loug- heed Highway. There b a great need for this type of housing on the Lower Mainland, to dear out older rundown sections, to provide decent accommodation for many citizens, and to provide work far tradesmen and ease unemployment in the building trades. The combined effort of the three levels of government should continue to work for other similar projects. this issue A powerful—and dangerous —anti-labor campaign hat been uncovered in the U.S. See story on Pago 6. / -;l "..••w-wss^ra?*^^^ ;««!•»" Can the Liberals find those 800,000 jobs? (Special) OTTAWA — The star boarder in the house of free enterprise — unemployment — is waiting for Prime Minister Pearson and his minority Liberal government. The government finds itself with an election pro mise of quick action on the job problem. That cam paigning, heard across the country, said the Liberals would get things moving so quickly that their breeze would curl- your hair. There are more than 500,000 people out of work waiting for Pearson's hair curling gusto and all Can y ada hopes if will be a permanent wave. But what are Mike Pearson's chances of getting things done? He is faced with the need to create 800,000 jobs in the next four years. And so far, the Liberals have shown no more equipment than a proposed National Development Board — and this will be limited by campaign commitments to big business. In the next four years 450, 000 of the nation's war babies will be entering the labor market and thfit added to the 500,000 Canadians already experiencing long bouts of unemployment makes up the big job * task. * AH of this comes at a time when the Unemploy- m e n t Insurance Fund, which 10 years' ago approached the $1 billion mark, is nearly flat broke. Pearson's Liberals are as firmly on record-as wasj.,, "the Diefenbaker Conservatives as a party of so-called . free enterprise. They con- ' t i n u a lly pooh - pooh the. Know your union labels Bar Union welcomes liquor rule Beverage Dispensers Union has welcomed the new LiquoMJontrol Board restriction on liquor companies in handling drinks at banquets and parties. Union business agent Jack Galloway said his union had' campaigned - for years to have the practice stopped because many times non-union beverage dispensers working at lower-than-uriion ■pay rates were used by liquor company representatives. * ■ Liquor companies previously had been able to supply the drinks and bartenders for parties and banquets but the new government edict bans this practice. All liquor must now be purchased through a government liquor store. BOOQOOOO New Democratic Party's plea for more economic planning and just where and when and how they propose to" find the 8000,- 000 jobs — short of using mirrors — is the number one question. S;sperate attempts are g made by Canadian educators to keep teenagers in school and to go on to higher education. This would ijtend to stem the tide of youngsters moving into the labor market but there's one big .j_te__: universities can't be expanded IMem_.io__l jam I «f Theatric.! M_e_ and Mo.lnx Plrt-re Optra-ore af I Unit*. Stain mm Council urges end to PWA monopoly runs Jubilee camp holds meeting . Children's Jubilee Summer Camp . Association semi-annual- meeting will be held at Orlomah Beach on Sunday, May 26. Jack Henderson will represent Vancouver Labour Council. Pacific Western Airlines has used its monopoly position for the purpose of strike breaking. Vancouver Labour Council delegates said this month. A resolution has urged the Canadian Labour Congress to make federal representations to' have PWA's monopoly position reviewed by the Air Transport .Board- It asks the transport board to. allow applications from other, air- .lines to put the PWA runs on a competitive basis. m ■ ' The resolution pointed out that PWA,- a private company, is now protected from competition by government regulation and that the protection was granted in the public interest. Attendants and the traffic employees at PWA, the resolution said, the company has used its ■monopoly position for the purpose o| breaking the unions. This fan hardly be construed as acting in the public interest. CLARKE'S FLOWERS FRESHER . . . LOVLIEK . . . FOR ALL OCCASIONS 100% UNION SHOP 3418 Cambie Street. Vancouver 9, B.C. TRinity 4-9416 *■** But in the strike of Flight Bookbinders strike now in sixth month Bookbinders are holding strong in their strike, at Mitchell Press. The strikers have been picketing the plant for five months. The company,refused to settle a contract renewal on the basis recommended and accepted by other plants in the city. MARK HAMILTON U. W. (BILL) HAMILTON Hamilton Mortuary Ltd. FUNERAL ADMINISTRATORS FA 5-3311 Fraser St. at 38th Ave. Vancouver 15. B.C. BUFTON'S FLOWER SHOP i _, FLOWERS FOR ALL OCCASIONS "We Telegraph Flowers Anywhere in the World" ALpine 3-7161 1675 Commercial Drive Vancouver, B.C. W.J. Heads Boot Factory Ltd. Makers of the "HEADS SHOE" for Loggers, . Miners, Cruisers, Surveyors, etc. Our Shoes are Hand-Made — You'll be Satisfied 21 East Hastings Street Vancouver 4, B.C. 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Organized labor has been urging for years that the government make a real atjempt to survey this field but the Tories did no more •than toy with the idea. One of the first things a kid learns in school is that, the other kids get more allowance. J Lien's Shell Service Broadway 8c Arbutus GAS — OIL — TIRES BATTERIES ACCESSORIES LUBRICATION & REPAIRS Union Shop RE 3-4712 FOR RENT Downtown OFFICE SPACE In sunny upstairs location. Consists of a waiting room, large main office, and'two private offices, stationery closet, and large cupboard. Heating and janitorial services included. Handy, parking. Rental halls, available in building, mfr .APPLY TO Dunsmuir Auditorium 111 Dunsmuir Street MUtual 1,7381 J WINDOW CLEANING TR 4-6337 Commercra,^'.residential A Complete Cleaning Service ECHO WINDOW CLEANER 109 W. 15th , Engineer rule changes criticized Proposed revision of the provincial regulations on sta- • , Unary engineers has been crit-' icised by Vancouver and District Labour Council. Council secretary C. P '- Neale told Public WorksJUin- ister . Chant that proposed /■-^"changes would create "extremely hazardous conditions." Neale said that the revision would permit inadequately trained personnel to operate high-pressure plants and that low-pressure boilers in schools, hospitals and public buildings would be allowed to operate unattended for periods up to eight hours. A newly-proposed, annual fee of $2 also was criticized. Noale. said that stationary engineers who have been certificated for life will lose their livelihood if they Jail, to pay the government fee. "This is nothing more than a right-to-work-law," he said. Jobless council opens new NW. Burnaby branch A Burnaby-New Westminster branch of the Unemployed Council has been set up. 9 Meetings are being held at the hall of Local 502 Longshoremen at 71 Tenth Street in New Westminster and af ~ ■"— the Oil Workers union office, 5550 East Hastings, Burnaby Publicity chairman James Hutton said that with total . ■',. * unemployed in B.C. now about 100,000 the tasks facing the unemployed council are "monumental". He said the council advises and helps persons who have 'run into hardship. ^7*^ s<:£$ Whatever „ The News... It is important for everyone to know r" what's going on in the world. That is why so many people value the unexcelled news — gathering facilities of the Vancouver SUN for ALL the news from everywhere. SEE IT IN THE@ Phone MU 4-7141 'I For regular home delivery *"* ',1 ***-' 5_. s * GETTING set for the summer sunshine is this month's pick for Union Label Gal, Shirley Golden. Her reminder to you: brighter days are ahead if you follow-the practice of buying goods that are union made, patronizing services that are union staffed. irtenders win nine-cent boost Beverage Dispensers Union Local 676 has won a nine-cent hourly pay boost for bartenders in a new two-year agreement in the Greater Vancouver area. "BC." Beauty & Barber Supplies, Equipment Wahl, And-s and Otter Clippers and Dryers Stephan's Products Belmont Barber Chain PBODUCT8 OF MERIT ST MANUFACTUBERS OF REPUTATION BARBER asd BEAUTY CHAIRS, ETC. GoodQwM-ty Electric MU fuel 1-4033 MUtual 1-4524 734 RICHARDS Unemployment time loss reaches staggering total Figures tell a simple story: In March in Canada, there were 32 work stoppages involving 5,207 workers. Total time loss: 34,080 man days. i ' ""..".' In March in Canada, there were 549,000 persons unemployed, the total time loss: 10,980,000 man days. Meat union strikes/ first in 25 years Amalgamated Meat Cutler* Local 212 have launched the first strike in its 25 years in operation in B.C. Eight union members struck the Alberta Meat Company plant in Victoria after the company rejected the recommendation of a conciliation officer that the' standard agreement in the industry be signed. .*- * Major issue at stake are the portable pension v scheme established by the Meal Cutters in contracts with chain stores and independents this year and retroactive pay. DONATIONS—More donations to the Labor College of Canada this month from Government Employees with $10 each from Quesnel and Dewd- ney branches. Total donation of $235 now has been made from provincial government workers. Employees voted 8-4 in favor if striking before they Tiff the picket line on May 7. Union representative Norman Musgrave told VLC delegates that the employer had been driving scabs through the picket line in a company truck. Steel wages up to near the top industrial pay OTTAWA'.-- Primary steel wages are crowding earnings in thepetroleum industry for first place. S - The average pay in the primary iron and steel industry showed an increase of 77.6 per cent in the ten-year period between. 1951 and 1961. The average hourly rate was $2.54 in 1961. Petroleum •hourly average was $2.60. ITU broadens meetings The B.C. Typo Conference —provincial organization of ITU printing trades — will increase its number of meetings and hold smaller area conferences on alternate years. The . conference will hold two regular sessions — one in March, one in October — rotating between New Westminster, Nanaimo and Victor- — ia. In addition, one regular midsummer session- will be held on odd-numbered years alternating between the Okan- agan and Kamloops, and one junior conference will be held on even-numbered years. The later conferences will alternate between .locations in the Kootenays and Prince George. Ask UBCM to study retail move Union of B.C. ^Municipalities has been asked to study the move of a large oil company into the retail sales field. North Vancouver city council asked for the UBCM views following a request from Vancouver and District Labour Council for municipalities to use extreme caution ' in granting unlimited permission to service stations to compete with retail merchants. New Westminster city council has advised the labor council that it will hold to its present policy of dealing with each retail licence application on its own merits. Earlier, Vancouver city council said it had no basis for rejection of retail licences to service stations as long as regulations on retail sales hours are respected. VLC said that many service stations ars using sales of special retail items as "loss leaders" and this makes unfair competition with merchants in the same neighborhood. , In a. letter to all civic governments in Greater Vancouver, VLC siald: "We would respectfully suggest that extreme caution be used in granting unlimited permission to service stations •" to"compete with retail merchants presently in business." Replies have not yet been received from West Vancouver, Richmond, District of North Vancouver and Surrey. WATCH FOR THESE Outstanding Future Attractions Counterfeiters of Paris" "Four Days of Naples" "David and U$a" "8%" "7 Capital Sins" 1— MU 1-1511 •V Glenhaven Memorial --- CHAPELW*. Owned and Operated by a Trade Unionist FUNERALS AT PRICES TRADE UNIONISTS CAN AFFORD TO PAY! 1235 East Hastings St. , N Vancouver, B.C. AL 5-7811 :V^. • M.Jdt--. _rjg t>-«^ MOVING & STORAGE (B.C) LTD. CY 8-5511 Nights - HEmlock 1-8800 Vulliamy & Browne CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 2205 Fir St. Phone RE 8-3233 Vancouver, B.C. jriril in ^jrabric C<s f * PROFESSIONAL LAUNDERING * QUALITY DRYCLEANING -MUGS CLEANED & REPAIRED * DRAPES fr SLIP COVERS * invisible Mending * alterations & repairs * hats reblocked * furs cleaned, repaired fr STORED * FEATHER PILLOWS RENEWED * FABRIC DYEING SERVICE + WATERPROOFING .... * MOTHPROOFING * IN HOME RUG & UPHOLSTERY CLEANING + LEATHER CLEANING fr REFINISHING For Pick Up m D.llv.ry Call TR 6-3272 Or Sara at Yaur Nearest Call Office NELSONS LAUNDERERS a DRY CLEANERS The Labor Statesman, May, 1963 Many Medicare prescriptions—use caution Alberta plan in trouble as rates zoorn^ Hy C. P. (Paddy) Neale General Secretary, Vancouver and District Labour Council Medicare is in the news again. Two sharply contrasting news items have clearly proved the importance to the public of scrutinizing very carefully all medicare plans to determine their adequacy. Right on the heels of the announcement by the Alberta government oi a so-called Medicare program — based on a subsidy of existing private plans — comes the announcement by MSI in. Alberta o£a 13% increase in premiums. I * Alberta health minister, Dr. J. D. Ross, obviously embarrassed by the sudden cost increase, announced that a cabinet meeting would consider the matter. MSI may have blundered in climbing on the gravy train so soon, because it has emphasized to the public the danger of plans which subsidize private insurance plans. This should-serve as a danger signal to all British Columbians to.reject this kind of plan which is exactly the type that the Socreds have been suggesting for B.C. The second news item which contrasts with the Alberta fiasco is the report of a speech by Dr.' E. R: Weinerman, professor of medicine at Yale University, concerning Medicare in Saskatchewan. Dr. Weinerman told the Canadian Public Health "Association that Saskatchewan had achieved a high-water mark of progress, an impressive model of planning and progress from which sister provinces and American states have an enormous amount to learn. Working well Dr. Weinerman also criticized sharply the waste and inefficiency of the medical care structure in other provinces and in the IJnited States, pointing out that'the existing private system is as obsolete as "sulphur and molaasses." Certainly this independent evaluation of the medicare achievements in Saskatchewan is some- . thing no amount of propaganda by private insurance companies and the Canadian Medical Association can cover up. Propaganda continues to pour out through the daily press and I* would like to correct some of the distoi-ted and misleading statements by the fanatical foes of a comprgliensive . medicare program. The Thatcher Liberals and the Keep Our Doctors Committee in Saskatchewan have been having a tough time in their propaganda because Medicare in Saskatchewan is working well. Administrative difficulties have -X-—-_r been quickly ironed out and the processing of accounts is. on the average, considerably more rapid than it is under private. plans. Ignoring this fact. Medicare's foes seize on and exaggerate isolated instances of delays in processing. A more serious misrepresentation of the facts is the cry that over 200 doctors have left the province, causing an acute shortage of doctors. The fact is that there is, and has always been a steady movement of doctors from . province to province, just as is the case with every other occupation. The College of Physicians' own figures prove that there is no unusual outflow of doctors. On January 1, 1962, the College showed 900 doctors registered. On April 1, 1963, there were 896 registered. In other words, there were 4. less doctors registered as of last month than there wen- prior to the introduction of Medicare. Considering that the Medicare program is making possible 140 PADDY NEALE ly. Now, to suit the campaign by these fanatics, they are trying to destroy the reputation of the British medical profession. Even more despicable is the campaign being conducted to stop British doctors from emigrating to Saskatchewan. Those planning to emigrate are being contacted systematically and, by lies and misrepresentations, are encourag- medical scholarships and bursaries per year, it is obvious that ed not to emigrate, the scare tactics of medicare's Perhaps KOD no longer stands foes have no basis in fact. for Keep Our Doctors. Instead. A further activity of the Keep it apparently should now stand for Our Doctors group, which is dis- Keep Out Ooctors. gust ing all fair-minded people, is All of the lies, and misrep- the continuous slanderous insinua- resentations are, however, failing tions against British doctors who to obscure the fact that Canada's have arrived to practice in Sas- first comprehensive Medicare katchewan. Saskatchewan has had plan is operating successfully and - for years a steady influx of Brit- benefiting the people, unlike the ish doctors who have proven their pseudo-medicare programs, such ability and competence repeated- as Alberta just introduced. Bi^W:*S--**?»fi-^ Worse than a traitor >X-S*X*., THE LABOR STATESMAN week at each month at Labor Temple, x SOT West Broadway, Vancouver 10, B.C. K as tad class mall, Post Office Department, Ottawa, _':'■ and for payment of postage In cash. Ihe Labor Statesman Is owned by tbe Vancouver and District« Ubiir Council and supported by !«• local unions. | "To each onion member the political party of his choice" 3 "Build Strong Unions for Social Security" £ whoeilpHos. Bates: $1.50 per year; to Unions, 6c per copy. §j C. P. NEALE, Secretary S O. BRAATEN, Chairman, Public Relations Committee 'I*: "''/•'S-'*'*"^':':''^^ 1 I As most people know, American author Jack London could turn a very descriptive phrase.. His definition of .the Scab— the strikebreaker — fits well among author's ability to vividly describe .life stripped of its frills and the people who are <a part of that life. Here is his definition of "The Scab": After God had finished the rattlesnake, the toad and the vampire, he-had some awful substance left with which he made a Scab. A Scab is a two- legged animal" with a corkscrew soul, a water-logged brain, <and a combination backbone made of jelly and glue. Where others have hearts he carries a tumor of rotten principles. When a Scab comes down the street men turn their backs and angels weep in heaven, and the devilafeuts the gates oi hell to keep him out. No man has a right to Scab as long as there is a pool of water deep enough to drown his body in or a rope long enough to hang his carcass with. Judas Iscariot was a gentleman compared with a Scab. For betraying his Master, he had character enough to hang himself- A Scab hasn't. Esau sold his birthright for a mess of pottage.. .Judas Iscariot sold his Savior for thirty pieces of silver. Benedict Arnold sold his country for a promise of a commission, in the British Army. The modern strikebreaker sells his birth- . right, his country, his wife, his children, and his fellow- men for an unfulfilled promise * from his employer, trust or Corporation. Esau was a traitor to himself, Judas Iscariot was a traitor lo his country. A strikebreaker is a traitor to his God, his country, his family and the working class. •ft ii-..-. ::**::.:.:::::.:^^ OUR READERS WRITE Too many loopholes Job lack is national emergency When it comes to fighting for tho best in education for our children. Labor is probably the Mo. 1 champion. In line with labor policy, there would bo no objections to an on-the-job training program for high school students — if the program is drawn up and administered in a businesslike way. But the current plan under, way in B.C. which excludes students from minimum wage regulations if they don't work more than four hours in one day or 20 hours in one week — they got no pay if under those ceilings — is wide open to abuse- ■...:..-■«>•><»-.■■■■ There have boon many complaints already. Wo have reports that: some students who •re NOT in occupational class- in are being sent out to companies; employees have been laid off for a day and students brought in: students have worked the green-chain in a mill on an eight-hpur shift with no pay; one school principal has urged employers to put girls to work for a full day. not the minimum four hours. There are just too many loopholes. A company could take students in different shifts of four hours, without pay, and temporarily lay off soma regular employees. He could save on his payroll — and what sharp operator wouldn't jump at that chance? Our understanding is that ii a collective agreement exists, students ara covered, no matter how many hours they work. This means the union has to be oh the job policing tho contract. But that doesn't stop the non-union .operator from taking advantage of students to trim costs. The whole scheme needs tightening up. The labor Statesman, M,ay, ly"63 Editor: According to the latest figures, 720^500^ applied for unemployment insurance in Canada. Many thousands more have run out of U.I. stamps and have been forced on social assistance. According, to an official of the Family Service Agency of Van- c o u v e r ,. British Columbia spent 56 million on welfare last year! These facts were hardly noticed in the papers, but could you imagine what would happen if •'!_ of a million workers went on strike? A state of civil emergency would* be declared, with police dogs-and riot gun's used on the workers, as well as the militia called out. There would be ' banner headlines from Newfoundland to B.C, and the editorial writers and business men would have a field day in cui.u.nu.ing the walkout which they would claim is ruining our economy! "It has been said that il is too much to expect countries fully engaged in building their economies to make sacrifices for education. 'Sacrifice' is a word I cannot accept. 1*Rere is no such thing as making sacrifices for education, and the funds set aside for this purpose are never sacrificed. On the contrary.''they are an enrichment and investment for a nation . . '" — RENE MAHEU. acting director-general of Unesco. I But now, as our private enterprise system is on strike, though making more profits than ever through automation, hardly a thing is said. The problems of the unemployed increase, and families suffer both mentally and phy sically through this situation. The dignity and well being of the workers are affected through iUiis enforced idle-- ness, which should be classed as a crime in a country. as rich as ours. This situation is a national emergency. Instead of our prime minister hurrying to Washington to discuss the acquisition of nuclear weapons, he should stay at home and solve our unemployment problem, as no armaments of defense are a.: reliable as a secure and contented people. Carl Erickson. .-»■ :*r:*x*:::*:':.^ CROSS SECTION f&#m8mm#w®i&i& We caasurvive disarmament if we submerge the politics From Financial Post Should peace break out and defence factories disappear, Western countries cnulr" expect abundance and weli-oeing never seen before. The U.S., as the richest of the lot with the biggest budget for weapons, would come "best through the change. ■• ' These opinions are, in some quarters, sheer heresy. Washington rumors of a cut in defence spending have more than once sent stock prices clattering down in Wall Street. But do we .really believe in North America that disarmament would spell inevitable Mack depression? If we do, surely we admit there is something seriously wrong with us and wifh our economic system. Gerard Piel. distinguished American writer and editor, examines this question in-The Atlantic Monthly. He asks: Why is the U.S. devoting 25% ■ of ife- labor force, one third of its manufacturing plant and half of its budget to making'" bombs, missiles and other warlike gear? Not now for defence, he says. At the present enormous rate of output, the reasons arc .economic and political. His argument rests on the proposition, supported by official data, that the U.S. "ready striking force outnumbers and outweighs that' of the Soviet Union by at least five times." But surplus weapons ("surplus" just as surely as the mountains of excess grain in U.S. bins) continue to pile up. Why? Because this creates jobs. Automation has caused heavy "disemployment". Millions of U.S. workers are now redundant in that they are not needed to provide the goods consumers normally ask for. What to do with them? Busy making unnecessary military hardware (i.e. spilling money down the sink) they earn pay i cheques and so qualify for a share Of American abundance. But they add not one item to the flow of consumer goods glutting the markets. The worst feature of this madness is the common belief that, It the arms makers ever shut up shop, the whole economy will promptly go to pot. But the emerging reality is this. Most of the $50 billion U.S.' arms budget could be spent to immense public advantage on education, medical research, control of pollution, public health, conservation, renewal of cities—without endangering U.S. power to defeat the U.S.S.R. . -Certainly the western econ- omies could survive disarmament—but only if We. think through the question in terms like these. What's needed, Piel asserts, is an honest appraisal of the present fantasy and a new, realistic look at the kind of society possible if- the amis boondoogle were abandoned. Careless image of adults spells death for children More than 2,000 children under age 5 die in Canada each year from accidents and half a million are injured, the National Safety League of Canada estimates.' Most of those accidents occur around the home, and most of them are needless. m The League blamed adult carelessness for most of the accidents to children. Most of them could have been avoided. Accidents are Canada's greatest killers of children and many young Canadian lives can ' be saved if we work at safety. Adult example is the best teacher of safety for children, NSL claims. Bad example can distort a child's thinking, and acting and could lead to his suffering or death. Public hit very hard but penalties are soft ■ It is impossible to estimate with any degree of accuracy the cost to Canadians of the operations of combines and pricp - fixing arrangements by business. The burden imposed on consumers by this type of activity on- the part ' of "free" enterprisers is obviously most substantial. __ it Rarely do we see such penalties imposed as was the case with seven United States' electrical company executives in 1960. The executives were each sentenced to 30 days in jail for their part in price-fixing and rigging of bids, involving annual sales of $2,000,- 000,000, by 19 of North America's largest electrical equipment man- jfacturers. - . In Canada the greatest penalty ever levied for breaking the com- , bines laws was a fine of $25,000. Our combines legislation has led, as the Winnipeg Free Press once remarked, to the creation of "a new class of gentlemen thieves LAFF A LITTLE Teaching a group of Girl Guides a course in first aid, the doctor asked the girls what to do should a child swallow a house key. Suggested one: "Climb through the window." HARRONBROS. 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Penalty, small The penalties for breaking Canada's combines laws amount, in many cases, to a licence to. plunder the public. Canadians should press for changes in the combines legislation. One Obvious suggestion is that the present penalties be stiffened considerably so that they act as a real deterrent to those tempted to rob the public through illegal combinations and price-fixing. TOO EAGER BEAVER The new man in the office was given some fatherly advice by his superior: "I don't mind your folowing in my footseps — "but please, wait, until I get out of ' them." ALF HILTON LTD. JF YOU LIVE ON THE NORTH SHOR^ DON'T DELAY CALL US TODAY FOR YOUR FUEL OIL SERVICE 225 W. 17 St. YU 7-2929 COMPLIMENTS OF RICHMOND TRANSFER LTD. Public Carriers , Vancouver to. Sea Island Lulu Island and Stevenston 425 Alexander St. MU 1-2101 HANSEN INDUSTRIAL TOOL SUPPLY LTD. We Stock Only The Best Ask For Them. By Name Vulcan- Williams-O.T.C. -Toledo-Ridge Oster—Moore & Wright—Mercer-C.P. 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Toronto' Ottawa Montreal The Labor Statesman, Mey„ \ 963 Confidential report reveals depth of NAM's new antbJabor campaign ««•••*. I ■;»»j,.v.v.v.v*'.v^ 1 B. B/ornson £ Sons Ifd./ Contractors The B.C. Federation of Laboui- has recently reprinted and distributed to its affiliates a "shocker" document. It is.the confidential report'of / one or the preliminary meetings of the so-called "Center for the Study of Union Monopoly Power" \ ■ established by the National As- . sociation of Manufacturers in the U.S. ,. % ITiis confidential report (a copy of which was secured by a New York congressman) confirms suspicions that the Center was established by the NAM in co-operation with theJJ.S. Chamber of .. Commerce, to plan and carry out the greatest anti- union campaign in history- It is not geared to the old-fash ' —"ioned union-busting campaign that relied on company goons cracking skulls. This is a for '■ more subtle approach—one which has been used increasingly in recent years. It is a comprehensive propa- . ganda campaign, the admitted goal of which is to condition the public's thinking to accept, even to demand, drastic restrictions 01. union activities in the form of anti-union legislation. news in depth The brains Some of the brains spearheading the campaign are: Charles Kbthe, vice-president of tbe NAM; William Barton, general counsel, U.S. Chamber of Commerce; J. Mack' Swigert, law partner of the late Senator Taft and regular representative of corporations in labor, disputes; Carroll French, president of Industrial Relations Counsellors: Frederick Atkinson, vice-president, R. H. Macy and Company (department store chain); Dr. John Van de Water, darling of the John Birch Society; Joseph O'Reilly, industrial relations department,- Ford Motor Company; and several attorneys and right-wing Southern politicians Here are some of the statements made at this meeting, and recorded in this confidential report. J. Mack Swigert, in commenting on the targets at which the campaign is aimed: "The essential mechanism of union monopoly power is the picket line — and it is easy to forget that. Bat those of as who are' in the thick of this continuing struggle are very .well aware of It- Almost all onion power in its essence has a fulcrum on .the picket line. So unless we address ourselves - to the elementary problem of the picket line, th. strike, the boycott, and the-'related manifestations that lead to these devices, we are not going to have much practical effect on union monopoly power." Restrictions Referring to the type of anti union legislation which should be sought, Theodore Iserman, New York lawyer, suggested: "Hie labor anions dislike any broad approaach because it will take them 50 years to find out what the restrictions are and they won't know whether they are doing something illegal or not" ■- „ Ellison Smith, a lawyer from South Carolina, demanded a forceful approach. He stated: "The only way we are going to beat this is to beat it legislative-wise . . . Hie trouble is that we don't have the outspoken, the real offensive approach that we need In the American business world . . . Nobody Is more aware of what the public is really interested in than Congresssmen, when they are approached- in the proper practical manner." Plan of action Frederick Atkinson, vice-president of the department -.tore chain, outlined a plan of action) suggesting: .-- "To look -to the roots of the power which, we think is inimical (whether it is compulsory . membership, the picket line, industry-wide bargaining, synchronized contract terminations, or whatever else) . • . To try to find a remedy in legislation, and along with this has to be PEACOCK AUTO COURT CLEAN - COMFORTABLE - HOT WATER HEAT IS Minutes from city centre 3540 Kingsway HE 4-2323 Vancouver, R.C. KNILL'S FUEL LTD. YU 8-5288 "BUY YOUR HEAT FROM THE SILVER FLEETS FURNACE OIL - STOVE OIL a program of public education, because whether the Congressman leads his. constituents, or the constituents lead the Congressman, unless they get together, the likelihood of legislation passing is not very good . . ..I am not at all sure that the public is aware of this, or that it would be responsive to what we have to say without a considerable amount of very skilful educational effort being put into It" Professor Frank Knight of Chicago university adds, concerning the need for obtaining further rsetrjctive legislation: "So the problem is one of the need for propaganda at the grass roots of general education." The Hon. Graham A. Barden from North Carolina, added this advice: "I believe that if you can sell the thing we're discussing here, to the American people on the basis that it's fair, we can win." Chairman Kothe promised that the National Association of Manu- LRB rejects decertification The Labour Relation.*' Board has rejected an application from the employer, and ■ employees tit Shoppers Market, 947 Denman, to cancel bargaining certification of Retail Food and Drug Clerks Local 1518. faoturers will gather the material — "packaging it in such a way that when it goes out for grass roots education, it has an appeal to the public as being eminently fair, and then the public will respond to that." Some other comments, at random, include these: "We are almost in the position of having to re-educate a whole new generation as to why it's Important that certain groups won't have too much power." Propaganda "Particularly, we need to ' wholesale' the Information through every appropriate organization, to the public of the United States, so that the public will be sympathetic andrecep- five to legislative proposals." "You'll all agree the general public pays little attention to these things unless somebody takes them by the coat collar and says'This is it'!" "The missile problem might be a place to begin. Having folks out there stopping our defence effort, I think that touches a patriotic note with- anyone." ' So the greatest anti-union campaign in history is launched. Has it reached you? In your. PTA, church group, service club, or community organization, a r e unions, presented in a bad ligijt? If so, chances are that the campaign' has infiltrated your community. _________________-_^__________—____. '■'■ *** '*4■■• United Packinghouse Workers Local 283 have been certified to- bargain for truck driver salesmen of Made-Rite Sausage Co., Richmond. •:•: I 1 7449 Mission St Burnaby, B.C. LA 6-5577 . .f We Better Tell Him to Call Bob For Expert • Body o\ Fender Repairs • Auto Painting SERVICE 4 COLLISIONS TR 4-492. _► 685 W. Broadway, Rear Broadway at Heather CARLETON BICYCLE SHOP Bicycles Sold & Repaired Lawn Mower's Sharpened 3237 Kingsway HE. 3-7020 ART ARMSTRONG MOTORS LTD. RE 1 -3915-BR 7-2381 12 MONTHS-N.D.P. On all automobile repairs. Guaranteed. Courtesy car available. Brake specialist Drum Turning ~ Shoe Exchange Complete autc motive service j "Towing" "T2_Sn. 1 Oth Ave & Maple r 'f^S BEST WISHES COLUMBIA BITUUTHK LTD. GENERAL PAVING CONTRACTORS Linked with B.C.'s Progress for Over 50 Years Granville Island MUtual 5-0151 1590 Pemberton Ave.. North Vancouver Compliments of Vancouver Kamloops Freight Lines Dependable Transportation , 1457VenabletSt. 253-7777 Vancouver, B.C. The Labor Statesman, May. 1963 mm^^ A New Westminster Labor Council? Proposal poses new | dangers I to labor 1 movement By O. Braaten Chairman Public Relations Committee Vancouver ft District Labour ' Council For some time now, moves have been afoot by some people in the New Westminster area to establish a labor council in rfiew Westminster. This would be a welcpjme, *r^~oTC~-6r~all. concerned if it could be proved that a council in the Royal City would add to and strengthen the cause of organized labor. in the Lower Mainland area. However, trade unionists ' throughout this area must study this matter very carefully to make certain that great damage will not be done to the labor movement as such. Let is consider what a labor council in New Westminster could do and how it would operate. ,' The first question to ask is: Who and"wha^ unions could affiliate to a labor council established in New Westmin- ICFTU hits'; anti-British ECM stand BRUSSELS — The ICFTU European regional executive* committee has deplored the breakdown of negotia tions which kept Britain out of the Common Market. ■ '■■' '.- The committee declared that no effort be spared to ensure the enlargement of the Common Market as rapidly as possible by the association of European democratic countries which wish to join. ste? Would it be only those local unions with union offices in the City of New West-. minster, or would it be unions with membership in plants and industrial undertakings that are located within .New Westminster, or would \ members who reside in the New Westminster area but work in other parts of the Lower Mainlaind form the membership required for a labor council? DIFFICULTIES Those questions pose many and difficult problems, since this Lower Mainland area is indeed a metropolitan one. In travelling from Horseshoe Bay to Surrey, you are constantly in a large populated area, certainly you are travelling in what must be considered once city area: West Vancouver, North Vancouver, ,' Vancouver City, New Westminster and Whalley. Then how can you properly establish a labour council in New Westminster? This is a question that those who support the idea have not, been able to answer. But the request for a labor council in New Westminster now has been extended far beyond its original plan by those who are pushing for it.' CIVIC ISSUES' - - The suggestion is now for the new labor council to take in part of Richmond, Burnaby, Coquitlam, New Westminster and everything else towards Hope. But again, it must be-re* membered we live in a very large metropolitan area. Many people . living in Vancoucer City work in factories and mills located in, North Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond, New Westminster, Coquitlam, Whalley and so on. And conversely, many people living in the' areas mentioned have their jobs in the city of Vtfn- .couver. How could such a labor council deal with civic problems that effect their union members as taxpayer., when the problem*concerns'-a city outside of this jurisdiction? A labor council in New Westminster and one in Vancouver would mean vast duplication of efforts, tremendous increase in administration costs, and a drastically reduced effectiveness on the part of either labor council to properly do the job that local unions expect from labor councils. Another labor council in New Westminster, in addition to the Vancouver one, Will only add fuel and fire to those forces that would like a third labor grbuping in this metropolitan area. Labor would be weakened -to a point where its effectve- ness in civip and municipal affairs would become nil. Its capabilities of assisting local unions in negotiations through the field of research and other matters would be hampered to the detriment of thousands of lower' 'mainland union members.. Any activies in the field of political education or action would come to a grinding halt. Yes, it would open up a field day for those people who have consistently opposed labor and for others who in the back of their mind have the idea they would not mind seeing labor completely destroyed. The answers? Some solutions have been discussed from time to time, but no serious action has been taken. r ,,, MOVE, OFFICE? Maybe the day is here when we should seriously consider moving the location of the Vancouver Labour Council offices to some central spot in Burnaby, possibly close to the new. Port Mann freeway. The argument that it is too . far for delegates to come from Hope into Vancouver may have some basis of fact. But the argument that New Westminster is so much closer to Hope and Fraser Valley points that a centralized location in Burnaby would not do equally as well is indeed a facetious one. Whatever other reasons or motivations may be advanced for the establishment of a. New Westminster labor council can only be considered as being detrimental to the effect of overall labor unity. Some people may nave personal axes to grind, or want to establish themselves in labor council office; the machinery ■ is presently available to them by affiliating and participating in the affairs of tbe Vancouver & District Labor Council. The establishment of a new labor council adds nothing, but certainly subtracts a lot- Let us hope the local unions and the rank and file membership will overrule those who would split the Lower Mainland movement, which inicidentally is the heart of. organized labor in the province of British Columbia. COMPLIMENTS OF J. B. NEWALL MONUMENTS ESTABLISHED 190S Corner 35th and Fraser St. — FA 7-131 L^. YeOldeEnglish Bakery LOOK FOR OUR NAME ^^jj^FAVORITE FOOD STORE t»*»w ■■-.*. ,, -•■.-• • - ■• ■ ■**-■ ■-■■■■''►fta 1811 Pandora St. At 5-7646 good choice. (a B.C. favorite because of the taste) CARLING PILSENER -=> — THE CARt-INO BREWERIES(B.C.LTD tftThis advertisementIs.,not published or displayed by the liquor Control Boerd or by the Gove'nmtaS of MM) WBfi*i&. The Labor Statesman,.May, 1963 JOHNNY'S AUTO METAL LTD. Collison Repairs ; ___ Wheal Aligning and Balancing and Frama Straightening 3523 E. Hasting* St. CY 8-2252 Vancouver, B.C. 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AL 3-7501-2 World newf Swedish benefits boosted STOCKHOLM— Improved social benefits for all sections of the population are embodied In the National Insurance law which has recently come into force in Sweden. ■> Under the pew terms, each woman will receive a bonus of about $170 at the birth of a child and from $1 to $5.50 a day for 150 days, depending on her husband's in "come- Up to now the bonus received has been $50 and daily amounts of between 75. cents and $4 for only 4M- days. A supplement to" old age pensions has been introduced, based on the income of each recipient. Both old-age and retirement pension, being linked to the cost of living index automatically increase when prices rise. GM profits call for cut in car price DETROIT -j- General Motors Corp. profit figures for 1062 show the companycpuld have cut its prices -"•significantly" to the common, benefit of the corporation, its workers and the public, Vice Pres! Leonard Woodstock of the Auto Workers said here. - Citing GM's 1962 earnings figure of $1.46 billion—"more money than any other manufacturer in any industry"" ever made in the past — Woodstock pointed out that these profits were reaped on sales, at price levels "equal to or lower than", those charged the previous year on identical models and after taking the full effect of higher wages and improved benefits negotiated by the UAW in 1961. We Honor All Types of Travel Whether on Sea, Land or Air, Both Domestic International, Air or Steamship ___ GIRARDI'S TRAVEL BUREAU | 123E.HafNngs.Van. MU 2-2838 2407 E. Hastings, Van Al 34111 tobo 1426 Corr>m»fciolDriv«,Al 5-7141 Seymour Roofing Service Roofing Maintenance Specialists Present Address— 366 No. 3 Road ^-H. 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'■•■ ■ •""•a* jr" et*a_»» nuvmNit 270-6020 m&* r% m What Does * A Funeral Cost? f At Forest Lawn ONE CALL ARRANGES ALL" FUNERAL DIRECTOR—CEMETERY- -CREMATION A complete, dignified, funeral service in either of our beautiful chapels — INCLUDING individual lot and perpetual care — opening and closing fee — concrete grave liner — cremation if preferred — may be arranged for less than $430.. • NEWEST AND FINEST FACILITIES * WE INVITE YOUR INSPECTION AND INQUIRIES. bum i im MOR.TUAR.Y ghandview hwy. at soya, oak ave. BURNABY. Phone CY 9-7711 The Labor Statesman, May, 1963 ...IN ■BRIEF INCOME - The average hourly earning in Canadian manufacturing in January was $1.91 and the average weekly hours were 40.8. The averageearnings dropped one cent from the December, 1962, average, according to Dominion Bureau of Statistics figures. •\->~ * MORE TOURISTS — B.C. Government travel.bureau received a record-breaking total of 15,985 inquiries in April, far ahead of any other nionth in other years. Most inquiries about travel in B.C. came from California. • . » » • ACCIDENTS — Industrial ' accidents in 1962 climbed to 76,617 — the highest since 1957 — and time loss cases reported to the Workmen's ^Compensation Board jumped Mo 23,010, up about 1,500 over 1961. The total bill during the year for benefits: an all- time high of $21.5 million. ,# • • NOW FIVE — Journeymen Tailors Local 178 has now negotiated Ave contracts j^th a new provision on arbitration- — a single arbitrator will handle a dispute instead of the commonly-used tlircc.iiian board. • • • VISITOR-George Home, political education director for the CLC, visited a VLC meeting this month, said he will remain in Western Canada for some time. One eye. is on the upcoming provincial' election in Alberta, the other on the posibility of a B.C. election within the next two years. - . •. FACES—Delegates obliged and seated at May meeting of VLC included: B. Kennelly. '. Longshoremen Local 501; F. Woodward, -Vancouver Mailers Local 70; W. Strachan, Packinghouse Local 180.'' • • • Well?—In-the new Vancouver telephone directory the Bank of Montreal is after |the Bank Empolyees' Association . . . well, it figures. - liJiandvisw JiwdsA, STORAGE FURS MADE tO ORDER TOP QUALITY RE-MODELLING REPAIRING RELINING 27 Yeorj - * Same Location 1323 COMMERCIAL AL 3-1430 Joseph Strodl Owner I i v u Phono - FA 5-0653 ' .#■' Greetings From Industrial Wire & Iron Works SAND, GRAVEL and mining Screens wire guards, etc. 337 West 2nd Avenue Vancouver 10, B.C. Elimination of Grade 12 'supps' causes hardship to many students ■ Provincial department of education has been urged to abandon the proposed discontinuation of supplemeiv- lary examinations in Grade 12. . Vancouver and District Labour Council has thrown its suppdrt behind B.C. Teachers' Federation and other education groups in criticizing the move. The supplemental exam bun will mean a one-year setback for thousands of students. It goes into effect in August this year The labor council told Education Minister Peterson that the change is a "short-sighted policy that will force a one- year mental hibernation" on many students. It pointed out that many students planning lo enler such vocations as accounting,. THE Second Section LABOR POLICY Closer harmony in civic elections Labor will work more closely with citizens' associations in civic election races in the Lower Mainland this year. Vancouver and.i.Distriet Labor Council is not expected to fieljj any Labor candidates. The policy adopted by delegates said: "Until such time as political parties contest municipal and civic election, the council will work with citizens' associations which endorse bur policies and pro- Caff back General . For talks Bring back General McNaughton. • Vancouver and District Labour Council has urged the federal government to re-appoint the veteran engineer as Canada's chief negotiator .on the Columbia river development. Labor continues its opposition to the present Columbia treaty— which has never won Canadian ratification — and is urging renegotiation with the U.S.' The treaty should be worked out on the plan recomjnended by McNaughton, labor' delegates said. This plan, among other things, would eliminate the controversial High Arrow dam. gram in ,the Lower Mainf^od^ area." • At the same time, VLC will urge the B.C., Federation of Labor to set up a standing . committee on municipial af- ■ fairs as directed by a resolution at last year's convention. One of the main tasks of the municipal affairs committee would be to draft a municipal program for labor. Candidates who endorse, the general program drawn up by labor, would win endorsation' of ' the labor council in the civic election. Labor committee plans banquet The Vancouver Labour Committee for Human Rights wil hold a dinner meeting in November with a guest speaker and panel discussion. The committee announced the fall dinner after cancellation of the annual human rights institute which had been planned for April (j1?. v banking, military service, nursing, technical or Vocation training — or any other employment requiring Grade-12 standing — will be forced to delay plans for a year if they fail a subject and are unable to lake a supplementary elf.- am. It also means that tome students will bp unjustly hl_, simply because they are un- able to write the June examinations due to illness. The financial loss to students who are held back, and to their parents, would far outweigh any financial'gain that might come through discontinuation of supplemental exams. ' ' The Teachers' Federation earlier told the education-minister that provision for supplementary examinations for the benefit of students going into employment requiring Grade 12 education — and those- who miss exams- due lo illness — would in no way deny the right of the university "t& set its own entrance requirements. The labor council said that the implication of the government's proposal was not realized when it was issued last year. But. it said, there new is an ever-increasing number of protests by parents and organizations: "Public education must, be operated to achieve Ihe optimum benefit for all students," John Hayward, chairman of the labor council's education committee said. 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(Canada) Limited Chemicals For Ships and Industry Fuel Oil Treatment Solvents - Cleaning Compounds 50d Richards St. Vancouver, B.C. 681-2371 All Union Help VANCOUVER PLUMBING CO. LTD. One Of Vancouver targest Plumbing Contractors 75 Years of Combined Experience AL 5-8454 BROADWAY PAINTS LTD. 1 Block West of Labor Temple CU. Paints and our own line of High Quality NOR-WEST. Paint Products T« 9-3328 JL- TR 6-8730 I Best Wishes **r■*■*-*■■■-* ^WINDSOR PACKING W.LTD. l Windsor Quality Meats 4110 MAIN ST, VANCOUVER TR 2-5635 - TR 6-5143 The Labor Statesman, May, 1963 Canadian union membership holding up despite unemployment, automation JODOIN OTTAWA — Trade union membership has been holding in Canada despite heavy unemployment and major changes in industry, CLC President Claude Jodoin said this month. He said reports that union membership has been slipping have been greatly exaggerated. Jodoin, in an article in Canadian Labour, marking the seventh anniversary of the merger convention of the CLC, said .the downward trends, of membership have been extremely slight, far less than . those experienced in Ohman Boat Works & Marina Ltd. „wYOUR MERCURY DEALER A Fine Selection of Boats of All Types L-f Marine Hardware and Paints Ft. Jardine (near Queensboro) LA 1-855-2 JtnHcraft ORNAMENTAL IRON Ask About Our New Exclusive Registered Designs ''Free Estimates - No Obligation" i Shooting Star # Dogwood # Bullrush # Evergreen Exterior & Interior Railings Economy Rails - Fences & 1 . Gates "Fine-Art Work CY 8-5633 1570 S. Boundary Road, Burnaby Nights: J. O'Donoughy - HEmlock 1-3880 THE INQUISITION COFFEE HOUSE FOLKSONGS — 60ETRY — CALYPSO — BLUES DRAMA — READINGS — CLASSICAL GUITAR HOOTENANNY'S Lunches: 1 I a.m. to 3 p.m. - Evenings: 8:30 to 1:30 726 Seymour Street t MUtual 2-9135 All Success From >' / ADVANCE INDUSTRIES LTD. Custom Steel Construction 2034 W. 12th Avo. M l -6571 some other periods of labor history. He also said that the CLC has been making an intensive study of the white collar field where drastic changes are taking place through automation. : ^y . _ '." -. ■*„. .».- "Tly work_of the white collar worker is almost daily be Retail Clerks continue fi WASHINGTON — "The Retail Clerks' nationwide consumer boycott against Sears Roebuck & Co. is now nearing the end of its third year and will continue until the chain "recognizes and respects the right of its employees to organize and bargain for legitimate objectives," RCIA vice-president Samuel Meyers said here. coming more like the Wtitkel' "blue collar" production workers," Jodoin said. "There is growing recognition in their (white collar) ranks^hat despite differences in the shade of collar, there is little or no difference in the fundamental problems of all workers and employees." On jurisdiction, he /said since the merger, there had been good success in settling differences between affiliates — in an amicable and reasonable way. Only the conflicts get any publicity, he said. Disputes settled without any outbreak of trouble pass unnoticed. He said jurisdictional problems have been given top priority by CLC oficers and "consideration is being given to a method which it is hoped will provide an improved method of dealing with differences as they arise." M O TOR TRUCKS SALES & SERVICE CHARLIE PHILPi LTD. RE 6-0111 1313 W. 3rd Ave. * PACIFIC HELICOPTERS LTD. HELICOPTER CHARTER ■*'•••_ - ■.. J. D. STORIE, PRES. VANCOUVER AIRPORT CR 8-6207 DURRA PIPE C0.ITD. MANUFACTURERS OF HIGH QUALITY ASBESTOS - CEMENT SEWER PIPE AND FITTINGS 11055 Bridge St., Surrey Unfter Patullo Bridge • • South of New Westminster Phone Day or Night r™ LA 1-8902 BURRARD ELECTRIC Commercial and Industrial WIRING CONTRACTORS FIRE DETECTION ENGINEERING mmmMB$ "Pint In Fire Detection" HIGHLAND ELECTRIC Residential and Commercial WIRING SPECIALISTS DIVISION* OF GRAY WOODLEY LTD. • 1237 Howe Street e MUtual 4-4501 B. C. Cigarette Vending Service Ltd. Serving the entire Lower Mainland 24 Hours a Day RADIO CONTROLLED VEHICLES 499 Commercial Drive 255-5794 FRASER VALLEY MILK PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION PWI.IC PfcCWC 405-425 West Eighth Avenue - ' .*"'■■ '.•'■*'. Telephone TRinity 4-6411 Vancouver 10, Canada 10 >- The Labor Statesman, May, 1963 '2*.' . ~"<_3#_ Snvikir. "If you want to read me a real beef- time story, Pop, reatfone of those Big Business press releases!" ■** > Lion's program printing scored Vancouver Labor Council and unions in this area have protested ihe Lions Football Club the printing of the Lions' official program at a struck plant. VLC secretary Paddy Neale said the club had given a commitment last year that the program would not be handled by the struck Mitchell Press plant if the dispute still existed in 1963. Both the Allied Printing Trades Council and the Amalgamated Lithographers have picket lines at the Mitchell plant. • "-■—»"^'"■epran--«B_p_aBta^aM_ $40,000 on mayor's office/ What about the cafeteria? The $40,000 renovation job on the mayor's office at city hall is just a Little too rich for Vancouver taxpayers' bloody Vancouver Labour Council said this month. Besides, there are plenty of other spots in city hall that could use the renovation money. . In aletter to Mayor Rathie. VLC said: "Labor feels that taxpayers' money could be spent to better advantage in other fields, such as the employees' cafeteria or on other facilities that could benefit all employees at city Labor directors report on 'Chest' . Charles Murdoch, Jack .Hen- ■ derson and.William Dunsmuir have been labor council representatives as directors of the Community Chest and Councils of Greater Vancouver for the last three years. 'This nionth they reported io VLC on some of the many Chest activities during that time. Here are some exerpis: * • • ■ •"In April, 1960, a very dramatic example of the scarcity of recreation programs for young people was brought to the attention of the Chest by the owner of a small confectionery store. He phoned to say lie was. terribly concerned Westminster Tug Boats Ltd. CAPT. ART. COOPER — CAPT. THOS. COOPER Scow - Log - Marine Towing Phone 522-4604 800 A Front St. New Westminster ROLL'S CARPENTER SHOP "If You Want Something Made That Calls For The Carpenter Trade' 13946 Trans-Canada Highway Surrey 581-4171 BEST WISHES ROYALITE COFFEE SHOP Mrs. A. McGwire LUNCHEON SPECIALS HOT MEALS AND SANDWICHES 1001 Homer Street MU 4-0011 GOWANLOCK TIRE LTD. "Entire-ly at Your Service" INVEST YOUR SENSE IN SAFETY GET YOUR DOLLAR VALUE Electronic Wheel Balancing' & Truing Retreading — Top Quality Material Wheel Alignment by Experts New Westminster 719 12th ft. LA 2-9454 about a gang of young people who met in his store. He felt they would turn to violence soon. "The recreation and group work section of the Chest with other agencies, Vancouver Boys' Clubs, YMCA and the YWCA, went to work. With special funds from the Chest they provided the badly-needed recreation services in an area where none existed before. "They worked with the youngsters channeling their energies into constructive and healthy activities. And to do this they used the recommendations resulting from the Chest study done in 1958-60 on the 'Recreation .Services for 16 to 21 year olds.' "The practical result was 20 or more ' potentially violent delinquents were diverted into constructive courses and ultimately will become worthwhile citizens. "Aside from the victory on the human element side of the story, it is a fact that there will be a. financial saving for the taxpayer, for had these youngsters gone on the same way the result would have been a heavy expense to several of the correction departments in the city." "We and our fellow-board members are how watching with great interest a project, just embarked on at the Chset — establishing priorities of services throughout Greater Vancouver in both voluntary and government agencies. The system will evaluate services ' and rank them in order of importance to the community. "Duplications, if they exist, will be seen and the value of each service, in relation to those using the service, the community and the cost of operation will all be assess- eu. _\ • '•■.-• • -..• "In the past results of work, studies and evaluations from the Chest and agencies have opened the way for the establishment of many worthwhile services, THE NICHOLSON PRINTING COMPANY LIMITED FOR TICKETS FOR ALL OCCASIONS Also Suppliers to \the Hotel and Restaurant Trade Restaurant, Lounge and Bar Control Systems 1885 W. 4th Ave. RE 8-5191 KANATA MARINE WAYS LTD. Specializing in Alterations and Repairs Ft. Broughton (Coal Harbour) MUtual 4-3829 Day Marine HAROLD DAY r . « 5908 Marine Drive Fishermans Cov. Phone 921-7544 Universal Sales & Service Ltd. B.C. DISTRIBUTORS "UNIVERSAL COOLER" REFRIGERATION SALES AND SERVICE -'i ■ .■"■'■ - ELECTRIC MOTOR SALES AND SERVICE *- GUARANTEED REPAIRS^. 300 Alexander Street MUtual 2-3611 H. E. MARKS — P. A. MARKS " MARKS BROS. ELECTRIC LTD. ELECTRICAL MACHINERY SALES Motors and Generators — Power Installations Marine Winding — Repairs and Rewinding MU 1-3927 MU 1-3945 J 25 Main St., Vancouver, B.C. Compliments of Burdett Construction Co. Ltd. R. F. BURDETT, PRES. 1136 Grand Blvd. TV 8-2025 North Vancouvar, B.C. Pacific Coast Tobacco Co. Ltd. TOBACCOS - CIGARETTES -SMOKERS SUNDRIES CIGARETTE VENDING MACHINES 1178 DAVIE ST. MU 4-2448 The Labor Statesmen, May, 1963 77 Ontario .sets $1 wage, $1.25 in construction ..^ TORONTO —Ontario trade unionists have won a limited victory in the new minimum wage provisions introduced by the provincial government. The new changes provide a $1 an hour minimum lor men — except in the construction industry where the minimum will be $1.25 — and 85 cents an hour for women. Ontario labor — like B.C. labor — has been campaigning for a $1.25 minimum and equal pay for equal work for female employees. (A $1 min imum in the manufacturing, mercantile and hotel industries was won in B.C. last fall and the female rates were made equal in these industries.) Ontario previously had no legal minimum wage for men. the government has not indicated any change in labor's request for a cut in the maximum work week from 48 to 40 hours. Canadian demand for wool cloth showed little change during 1962 from the previous year but domestic mills lost some'ground. Amount,.,ot wool cloth used by the country as a whole increased, but per capita consumption was down; imports filled more of the market, and Canadian cloths less. Canadian mills supplied 57.3% of the market last, year, as against 57.9% in 1961. CITY CENTER MOTOR HOTEL Vancouver's Largest (3 minutes from downtown,' recomm'ended by A.A.A.) COFFEE SHOP — DINING ROOM — PHONES Sih Av... and Main St. on Highway 2111 Main St. TR 6-7166 BRITISH COLUMBIA Union Directory Are Doors Closed To You? Because you lack a High School Diploma? WE HAVE the YEY that wi .often the door -to employment, advancement and opportunities IT CAN BE YOURS !!! # Courses written by B.C. Teachers # Courses leading to a High School Diploma • Courses leading to University Entrance • Courses adhering strictly to B.C. Dept. of Educo tion Curricula requirements • Personal counseling # Full Hight School Course can be completed in two years tCIHC HOME HIGH SCHOOL LTD 97} West Broadway, MP 1 Vancouver (9), B.C. or telephone RE 8-6513 - RE 8-1313 BAINBRIDGE HOME SERVICE Prop. Gerry Kuzyk - _ _ Gas — Oil — Lubrication Tires — Batteries Etc. ' '._ - 70S9 Lougheed Highway Burnaby, B.C. CY 8-6832 GLENBURN SERVICE GARAGE AUTO REPAIRS CY 8-1014 4295 E. Mast. St. Bby. NO OTHER METHOD COMPARES with learning to dance at ARTHUR MURRAY'S Its Fun! Quick! Easy PRIVATE LESSON AND STUDIO PARTY ITY .FREE! See for yourself that it takes only i | a fraction of the time to learn to dance at Arthur Murray's. Because i I you quickly learn the one basic • step that's the key to all dances! I I Your success is guaranteed when ■ you put yourself in the hands of | I an Arthur Murray expert. Come in . now, have a FREE half-hour les- I I son and attend a Studio Party. Studios open daily 10 A.M. - 10 Pirt America's Most Popular Dancing Teacher for 47 Years, ARTHUR BJTORRA\J STUDIOS NELSON DANCE STUDIOS LTD. - LICENCEE 166 W HASTINGS - MU 4-2477 AMALGAMATED CLOTHING WORKERS OF AMERICA Local 173—Room 5—2475 -Manitoba. Vancouver 10, C. Trower. Business Agent, TR 9-3031. AMALGAMATED MEAT CUTTERS AND B.W... Local 212 — Representative Geo. Johnston, 203 Labor Temple: TR 6-5735. AUTOMOTIVE LODGE No. 1857, I. A. of M.—Business Agents, Jack Chapman. Brian Trodden, Room 17. 2414 Main. TR 6-4104-5 BAKERY AND CONPECTIONERY WORKERS, Local 468 — Secretary; Melvin J. Kemmis, 337 W.' Broadway, TR 2-5205. BANK EMPLOYEES' ASSOCIATION, Local 387, Office Employees' International Union — President Marsh W. Bluck, FCBA. 337 West Broadway, TR 4-3515. BARBERS — INTERNATIONAL JOURNEYMEN OF AMERICA. No. 120—109 Labor Temple. TR 6-0641; Secretary. Allan Cole- BEVERAGE DISPENSERS' UNION. No. 676 — Pres.. Harold Courson; Business Agent, Jack Galloway. 440 W. Pender St.: MU 3-3923 and MU 3-4948. BREWERY WORKERS UNION. Local 300—Secretary. Stan G. Tapping. 7742 Elford. Burnaby 3 LA 2-3432. BEVERAGE DISPENSERS (New Westminster) Local '835 — Business Agent. Jack Tomson. - 601 Royal Ave., .New Westminster, phone LA 2-7410. ' t BOILERMAKERS. IRON SHIP BUILDERS. BLACKSMITHS. DROP FORGERS AND HELPERS, Local 359—Financial Secretary. Robert. M. Macintosh. Ill Dunsmuir. MU 4-1047. BRICKLAYERS & MASONS INTERNATIONAL UNION. Local No. 1—Secretary, D. C. Fraser. 5594 Lincoln, HE 3-8617. BUILDING SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL. Local 244—Business Agent and Secretary. Ben A. R. Morley, 359. . Homer Phone 685-5251. BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL —Secretary. Harold Taft. 110 Labor Temple, TO 9-1210.' . _1_ , CARPENTERS' UNION, No. |52— Business Agents: Lome Robson, Larry Anderson, Bill Cameron; Financial Secretary, Carl A. Erickson, labor Temple; TO 4-2720 or TR 6-1212. j , CARPTENERS (New Westminster) Local 1215 :— Business Agents, Ray W«>t and K. McDermid office 732 Royal Ave.. New Westminster, phone LA 1-0525. CARPENTERS' UNION, (Cour- enay). No. 1638—Prseident Irwin Gutensohn: Sec. and Business Agent. Lome Paisley: Box 515, Courtenay. CEMENT MASONS, Local 919. OP & CM —517 E. Broadway, TR 2-2221; Business Agent. Frank Stevens. CIVIC EMPLOYEES UNION 'V-l 407 — President T. W. Sikstrom. FA 7-4688. DENTAL TECHNICIANS, Local , No. 1543 — Secretary George Hygb. 4007 Dunbar. DISTILLERY WORKERS. Local 69—President Carl Rowbotham, 993 S.E. Marine. New Westminster. LA 2-2021: Fin. Sec. Treas.. R. Cyr. 1890 2nd St., New Westminster. LA 2-5011. ELECTRICAL .WORKERS' UNION. Local 213—Business Manager, A. O'Keeffe. HI Dunsmuir Street. MU 1-7381-2. ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS. Local 82—Sec,, H. C. MacKich- an. 3755 Elmwood St.. S. Burnaby. HE 4-7651. FIRE FIGHTERS (Burnaby). Local 323—Secretary, John Mar- ley. 550 Holdom, North Burnaby. FIRE FIGHTERS (Vancouver) Local 10—President Gordon R. Anderson. 1386 East 61st, FA 7-3729: Secretary. R. N. Middle- ton. 1496 East 54th, FA 7-7441. FLOORLAYER8' UNION. U.B. of CJ. Local No. 1541—Room No. 108. Labor Term*. TO 6-5920: Business Agent. Bruce Robson. 3238 E. 29th HE 1-0702. GLAZIERS AND GLASS WORK. ERS. Local 1527 — Recording Secretary, A.- Allen, Room 4. 2475 Manitoba. TR 4-7535. GOV ERNMENT EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION <B,C.) — E. P. O'Connor, Gen. Sec.,' 2090 West 4th, RE 1-5361-62-63; TR 6-1223 GRAIN WORKERS UNION, Local 333 — Recording Secretary, R. G. Millar. P.O. Box 194, North Vancouver; Pres., R. W. Fergu- . son, 3930 East Pender, N. Bby, CY 9-6193;' Sect. - Treas., F. Cooper. 683 Schoolhousc Rd., Coquitlam, New Westminster, phone WE 9-3586. HOSPITAL _aiPLOYEES* UNION, No. 180—Business Manager W. M. Black, 335 W, Broadway; TR 6-5822. HOTEL AND RESTAURANT EMPLOYEES, Local 28 — Sec, A. E. Morgan, Room 406, 402 W.Pender. 1 " INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HEAT AND FROST INSULA ATORS AND ASBESTOS WORKERS'— Room 5, 307 W. Broadway, phone TR 6-6814. INTERNATIONAL LADIES' GARMENT WORKERS, Locals 276 ' and 287—Business Agent, Harry Minuk. 119 W. Pender, MU 4-5514. IRONWORKERS' SHOPMENS'. Local Union 712 — Business Agent, Benjamin D. Parry, Room 1057307 W. Broadway, TR 2T5515 IRONWORKERS. Local 97 — President, J. D.'Paterson, Room 206. 307 West Broadway, TR 2-7541. JEWELRY WORKERS' INTERNATIONAL, Local 42. Office, 339 West Pender, MU 1^5831. President, Frank Popowich, 1960 ""Quinton Ave., Coquitlam; WE' 9-3726. •"."'.:." KAMLOOPS AND DISTRICT LABOUR COUNCIL — Box 562. Kamloops, phone 372-5747. Sec-. retary, Mrs. C. E. Mclnnes. LABORERS CONSTRUCTION-*; GENERAL, Local 602 — Secrc- ' tary, C. H. Savage, 3434 Fraser St TR 4-9233 LAUNDRY WORKERS, No. 292— Business agent, Mrs. Catherine Browne. Suite 1, 224 East Broadway TR 6-4543. LAUNDRY AND DRY CLEANING SALESMEN, Local 334 — J. A. Currie. Secretary - Treasurer 2632 West Twelfth. RE 8-9649. MACHINISTS INTERNATIONAL ASSOOCIATION, Lodge 692 — Business representative, D. H. - Chapman. Room 17, 2414 Main, TR 4-0512. TO 6-7035.. MARINF WORKERS & BOILERMAKERS' INDUSTRIAL: UNION I ocal 1—President. Charles • O. Wilson. "Secretary. W. Stewart. 339 W. Pender St., MU . 1-9481. MOULDERS' UNION, Local 281— Business Agent, M. Blornson. 114 Labor TemDle. TR 6-5920. MOTION PICTURE PROJRn- TIONI8TS local 348 — President, A. E. McManus; Secre-. tary Frank M. Smith: Business Agent. D. A. Cooper, 1356 Sevmour. MU 4-7024. MUSICIANS' UNION, Local 145— Business Manager, Room 510, Dominion Bank Building,- 207 West Hastings, MU 4-1564, OFFICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION. Local 15— Room 1. 337 West Broadway. TR 4-3515. President Man-ar* Hannah: Secretary-Treasurer •""•pal SMUing. OFFICE EMPLOYEES' INTERNATIONAL UNION, Local 378 —Business Manager, William Swanson, 1116 Hornby, MU 3-6134. OIL CHEMICAL & ATOMIC WORKERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION, Local 9-601. President, H. C. Buchanan, Fin. Corresp. Sec., J. L. LeBourdais, 5550 E. Hastings. CY 8-3940. PAINTERS UNION, Local 138 — Business Agent, Jack W. Frad- ley; Ass't Bus. Agent, Tom Carson; Rec. Sec., W E. Eaton Room 3, 2475 Manitoba, TR 6-6033. PAINT AND VARNISH WORKERS, Local 1550—Secretary, M. Nielsen, Room 4, 2475 Manitoba. PATTERNMAKERS' ASSOCIATION—Secretary, H, Oliver, 93 Abercrombie,' RR1 Richmond, CR 8-1590 ' FILE DRIVERS AND WOODEN BRIDGEMEN, Local 2404 — Business Agent, S. Allen. Room SI6, 307 West Broadway. TR 4-7817. PLASTERERS' UNION, No. 779— Secretary, J. V. Chambers, 517 East Broadway, TR 2-2122. PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS, Local 170—Bus. Mgr., J. R.' St. ' Eloi; Asst. Bus. Mgrs., James Barton and J. L. Fisher, 115 Labor Temple. TR 9-1428. . CANADIAN POSTAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION (Vancouver Branch)—O. N. Johnson, general secretary-treasurer, Box 2411, Vancouver 3. Office,' 532 Homer,' MU 5-8724. PRINCE GEORGE & DISTRICT LABOR COUNCIL — 909, 5th Ave., Prince George, phone 191L2. PRJNTING. PRESSMEN, Local 09 —Secretary, L. Ainswrorth. 3849 Cambridge, Vancouver, CY 8- 5405. * PRINTING SPECIALTIES & PAPER PRODUCTS UNION, Local No. 598 —» Sec't.-Treas., Bob Banninger, 2753 Horley Avenue, Vancouver 16, B.C., HE 1-8443. PULP AND SULPHITE (Converters) UNION. Local 433 — Business Agent, O. Braaten, 5608 Victoria Drive, 321-3471. J 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 I office, 315-316 Crown; Bldg.. H. L. Hansen, Interna-' tional Rep., MU 4-3858. REFRIGE_RATTON WORKERS UNION, Local 516 — Sec, L. R. Wintle, 137 W. 40th, FA 7-4409, FA 1-8511. SCHOOL BOARD EMPLOYEES' FEDERAL UNION (Burnaby), Local 379—Secretary. G. J. Mc- Crea,.4292 Winifred, S. Burnaby. SHEET METAL WORKERS. Local 280— Bus. Manager, Alex McGee, 207 Labor Temple, TO - 4-8020. *•' • SHINGLE WEAVERS' UNION, Local No. 2802 — Business agent and' financial sec, Harold P. Rellly., Room 116, 307 West Broadway, TR 6-3744. SIGN AND PICTORIAL PAINTERS; Local 726—Sec. J. A. Middleton, 6339 Kitchener, N. Burnaby; Rjoom- 4, 2475 Manitoba, TR 4-7535. STREET RAILWAYMEN'S UNION, Div. 101—Business Agent, C. Stewart, Street Rlwy. Bldg., .125- East 8th, TO.4-2010. STREET RAILWAYMEN'S UNION. No. 134—Bus. Agent, D, L. Bryce, Room 22, 774 Columbia, New Westminster, phone LA ! 1-7330. ] THEATRE EMPLOYEES, Local B-72—Secretary,' Mrs. F. Foster, Ste. 1, 4508 Main, TR 9-5453. Business Agent, D. Calladlne. - 6692 Laburnum, AM 1-0078. TILE SETTERS, Local No. 3 — Recording Secretary, D. P. Ewan, 4030 Dominion, S. Burnaby. TUNNEL & ROCK WORKERS. Local 188 — 337 W, Broadway, - • Secretary, H. Croft, phone TR 9-3231 TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION. Local 226^-Secretary, Robert Jefferies, 517 E. Broadway, TR 6-6810. UNION LABEL TRADES COUNCIL—Secretary, Mrs,. A. E. Hallock, day phone TR 4-0827; evenings TR 4-3748. i UNITED GARMENT WORKERS' Local 190—-Secretary. Miss Isabella Rogers, 436 East 35th. Vancouver, B.C. UNITED STEELWORKERS, Local 2655 — Recording Sec't., Arne Hansen. 3510 Phillips, North Burnaby, CY 9-4264. UPHOLSTERERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION, Local No. 1— Business Agent, Karl Reich; Organizer Doug Gibson; Office, 666 East Broadway, TR 4-1727. WATER AND SEWER BOARD ' EMPLOYEES; Local.. 39&>-»MtS(fci«r«**' retary, Robt. T. Callahan, 5605 Yalta Place, Vancouver 8. ^ ■ WOOD, WIRE & METAL LATHERS. Local 207 — President, A. Sonnenberg: Rec. Sec, D. Ricci: Financial Sec, W. R. Shields: Secretary and business representative. A. Allen, Room 4, 2475 _ Manitoba. TR 4-7535. 12 The tabor Statesmen,, May, 1963
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