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Early this month, after a long period
of beefing about the scale, the timber and
the rate, the fallers at Camp 4, Bloedel’s,
Menzies Bay, decided to take the bull by
the horns and a meeting was called to
discuss their predicament, An action to
be commended,

Every faller attended and the situation |
was discussed at length, with the result|_
that they approached the management] |
with the request that they be paid day],
wages of $5.50 per day, or as an al-|-

ternative that they be given their bonus
at any time. The management informed
them that they could not be given day
wages and offered them a sliding scale
of 70c to $1.00 per M, with the bonus to
remain at the former rate of 10c per M.
Anyone who did not wish to accept this
offer was given the privilege of collecting
their bonus and departing. One or two
sets took advantage of the last offer and
shook the dust off their feet.

Naturally, the sliding scale is supposed
to apply according to the quality and
quantity of the timber on a given quarter,
but, unfortunately, the scale being a slid-
ing one, it can be manipulated to slide
to hell all over the place, with the result
that workers may find that the cheat-
stick will be sliding, office pencils
slipping, side-hills sliding and finally
they'll be sliding too, It will be a plain
case of “Slide, Kelly, slide!”

‘However, it will remain to be seen in
this case just how the experiment will
work out, But it seems to me that “I've
heard of that scheme before.” Am in-
formed that previously, there had been
days when some of the gangs did not
make more than four-bits clear, due to
the nature of the timber they had to fall,
So personally, without trying to be a
carpet critic, I think the workers in this
case should have continued their negotia-
tions for days wages and instead of a
sliding scale have one that was spiked
solid,

Two power-saws have been brought
into use in this camp since the occasion
mentioned above, The Franklin River
rate for these saws, if it hasn’t been cut
lately, was $5.15 per day with a 40¢ bonus
after 3734 M had been felled, but I have
@ feeling that if we don’t watch out, it
don't be long before these power-saw
gangs will be on a straight bushel basis.

So let's get together, for the more we
get together the many-er we will be.

I am quite convinced that I can get
along with Duplessis and Hepburn—R, J.
Manion. (You said a mouthful, Dr.
Manion! Birds of a feather! Carrier-
pigeons—and stool-pigeons—for the Fifty
Big Shots!—Editor).

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VICTORIA, B.C._—Tremendous support for the militant section of Victoria citizens
preventing shipment of scrap iron to Japan was forthcoming this week from all
across Canada and the United States. Hearing that scrap iron was being loaded
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SPLICING LINE

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