_ A CHANGE in the B.C. Forest Products Ltd. sawmill opera- tions at Youbou has resulted in job opportunities for about forty men. The Company reports that the sawmill will be boosted to a three-shift from a two-shift operation. 4 * * * THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT was richer by $948,983 November 24, following the sale of Peace River oil and natural gas rights. There were 84 bidders largest of which was the Sinclair Oil Limited who bid $155,107 for drilling reservation on 1,040 acres. * * * JUSTICE MINISTER FULTON in reply to a question by Frank Howard, M.P. (CCF-Skeena) and a member of the IWA, stated that no action has been taken to obtain a court order against Vancouver’s two daily newspapers as proposed in an anti-combines report in September. * * * B.C. WINTER WORKS PROJECTS are employing almost 5000 men at the moment. The estimated payroll of the projects during this winter is $5,445,984, of which Ottawa pays $2,678,000, B.C. $1,317,646 and the B.C. paacire ites $1,449,658. * * PUBLIC WORKS MINISTER David J. Walker predicted Blamed For Loss The out-worn claim that high wages have caused B.C. pro- ducts to be priced out of the export market has now been exploded by business men them- selves, say IWA _ Regional Officers. When brought face to face with the facts about their selling methods in the present series of Dominion Government trade conferences, exporters have been shown that wage levels have not been’an im- portant factor. Canadian businessmen have been too timid and too back- ward about export markets, it just as soon exploit a money- 1st Issue Dec., 1960 U.S. Exploitation Scored By Columbian Daily making bonanza in the wilds of Africa, shoving all the natives aside. We cannot see that the disas- trous financial tide for Canada will be turned by wishful think- ing. We are disposed to sympathize with the same dilemma _ that faced exploited Mexico, Argentina and Cuba. In due time these countries could stand no more. They seized the foreign enter- prises and set their own rules. Time may not be ripe for Canada to seize foreign com- panies. The alternative may be bold legislation to assure opera- tion more favorable to Canadian domestic development — and to restrict the export of stock and profit.” Outspoken editorial which ap- peared in the British Columbian of New Westminster, November 19, has attracted widespread at- tention among trade unionists. In its one hundred years of public service, this publication has enjoyed a high reputation for well-considered editorial opinion. In the light of this record, the daily’s editorial comment on the recent speech of Donald Gordon, CNR President, commands atten- tion. Discussing American con- trol of industrial operations in Canada, the Columbian declared: “|... The American moguls are hard-headed businessmen, ruled by the dollar sign — not by any love or charity for Canada. They would, in many cases anyway, in the House of Commons November 24, that every Canadian hasbeen idemonetrated When 0 e family would live in a new house if the Conservatives continued in Mey mhave ihtaunhin temacives power 22 years. up-to-date with their selling methods, they have been able = * to compete successfully. ea A ans Face More Canadian exporters have been Le mer I¢ losing business because they 7 : have not been able to match the re Re 7 credit offered by their competi- ? Right To Work Laws tors from Britain, Scandinavia, v and West Germany. It will VA : : i f As Canadian employers mount another campaign to gain ak om iaecamed carat ne i similar restrictive legislation, American workers are pre-| export sales, as in the rival i paring to fight attempts to gain “right to work” laws in] countries. H five additional States. Employers state that they seek the hike, Sead anton’ can’€., be § abolition of “compulsory unionism” blamed for stupidity in the ' These laws which cancel out|tion of the Taft-Hartley Act} front office, say labour ?-aders. 1 the right to negotiate union’ shop} which gives the States the right} —————__________[______ | t. Sees. conditions have at pee enac-} to wipe out union shop contracts. eg Me 7, oe fed) in) nineteen States. In six}/ {Jnion leaders have little hope C + ith ¢ \ Ne of ne “paren sa ea IGN Pepiratvececs) 4 Congress, ee ommonweaitr ye SInG OUT FOR ne a, movemen as launched cam- ; paigns to secure repeal. Bi ae scagth Bees coreC ya G ax t leat CARLING'S Motalar Hattie on-the issue is tive coalition, which has re- overnmen ! f shaping up in Congress. AFL- peatedly voted for restrictive j CIO unions declare that Presi-| trade union legislation. Neverthe- Pro osed { if dent-elect Kennedy has placed | less, a big fight will be waged for Pp i + himself on record as being in} blanket repeal of objectionable i sections in the existing laws. favour of the repeal of the sec- A resolution endorssa by % members of Local 1-252, IWA, \ proposes a single Commion- wealth government. ‘N The resolution submitted to Canada Housing Starts the Canadian Labour Congress, Pe ne by Vic Forster, Secretary of Down From Last Year | ® B23 cae of Canada, oat ate BEST-LIKED Starts on construction of new dwellings in Canadian centres of Australia au mike ocr AND . : The resolution suggests equal 5,000 population and up in October are reported by the bureau of at - BEST-SELLING statistics at 8,554 from 10,724 a year before. 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