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"SCORES WHITEWASH"

discharge by the commission-
ers. They are part of the
whole general operation, the
pattern for which is set by
the attitudes of the commis-
sioners. In other words, if a
claim is rejected at Claims
Department level, the claims
officers are carrying out the
attitudes and policy set down
by their employer, the com-
missioners, and when appeal
procedure is instituted before
the Board of Review, these
employees who sit on_ this
Board are affected by the
same general attitudes and
policy of the commissioners. -

We agree that the Board
personnel must necessarily
operate within the general
policies of the commissioners
and that it would be improper
for them, as servants of the
Board, to do other than re-
flect the policies of the com-
missioners. It is inconceivable

that a member of the appeal
body could be absolutely ob-
jective in reviewing a claim.

The Council of Forest In-
dustries, when _ submitting
their brief to the Standing
Committee on Labour in re-
spect to the Workmen’s Com-
pensation Act, also requested
that an independent appeal
body be set up. While their
recommendation does not go
quite as far as- labour’s re-
quest for such body, we
nevertheless support the prin-
ciple. We think this is a step
in the right direction and
could resolve some of the
problems that we have be-
fore this Board. We have
stated that a job of white-
washing this new Act is be-
ing carried out, and we can
see no appreciable changes
that will result in justice for
the working men and women
of this province.

QUIT JUMPIN’ AROUND BACK THERE. . . YA MIGHT
SET THEM THINGS OFF!

Husband, freshly divorced,
inserted the following adver-
tisement in a local newspaper:
“For sale, cheap, set of En-
cyclopaedia Britannica, set of
World Almanacs, set of dic-
tionaries in five languages.
Never used. Formerly mar-
ried to a know-it-all.”

* * *

“Why didn’t you laugh at
the boss’s joke?” P

“IT didn’t have to, I quit on
Saturday.”

* eee

The only exercise some
people get is jumping to con-
clusions, running down
friends, side-stepping respon-
sibility, pushing their luck.

* * *

The anthropologist was in-
terviewing the chief of a can-
nibal tribe. “Do your people
know anything about religion,
Chief?” he asked. “Well,” re-
plied the chief, “we got a
little taste of it when the last
missionary was here.”