BILL JENOVES DIES

TORONTO’S MR. LABOUR, Bill Jenoves, General Vice-
President of the Canadian Labour Congress and President of
the 120,000-member Toronto and District Labour Council
(CLC) has died recently after spending 58 years in the labour
movement. He was 75. He began his career in the Bricklayers’
Union, became full-time business agent of his Local in 1912
and remained in that job until his death. He was a founder
and past president of the Toronto Building Trades Council.

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NEW PATTERN has been set for the construction indus-
try in Canada with the signing of a four-year contract for
800 electricians in Vancouver. The contract provides for a
374%-hour work-week and a 99 cent an hour increase. It is
the first time that a work-week of less than 40 hours has
been negotiated in the construction industry. The Journey-

men’s rate, at $3.80 an hour, is claimed as placing the elec-
tricians as the highest wage earners in the industry. The re-
duced work-week becomes effective on April 1, 1967.

THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

RCN
The Royal Canadian Navy,

in a general order, has en-
couraged commanding offic-
ers to assist in promoting
credit unions in naval estab-
lishments. The order stated
that credit unions provide “a
worthwhile service to person-
nel.” Earlier this year the
RCAF similarly endorsed

credit unions.
KOK OK

APARTMENTS

There is a strong swing to
apartment living in Canadian
cities. In the first nine months
of 1964 almost twice as many
apartment units as single
houses were built in metro-
politan areas of Canada.

On The Lighter Side

ABOUT WIVES
Wife, returning from a fishing trip with husand: “I
did everything all wrong today. I talked too loud. I
used the wrong bait, I reeled:in too soon and I caught

more than he did.”
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Wife, looking at fashion display: “Darling, let’s go
in and spur the economy.”
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Wife, to husband barbecuing a steak: “Remember,
Joe, medium-burnt. not well-burnt.”
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A Hungarian economist returning from a visit to the
U.S. was asked by a friend what he had studied.

He replied: “I went to study the death of capitalism.”

The friend asked: “How did you find it?”

The economist sighed: “What a wonderful way to die.”