a _ she regularly contributes to un- _ *to do so. She is now a housewife Be LUMBER WORKER Page Seven ; The following questions and answers have been received: ? -A young women works one 0) full years, during which employment insurance, She mar- ries at the end of one (or two) years and leayes her employment no longer wishes or requires her employment. e Is she entitled to unemploy- ment insurance? 2. Is she entitled to her contri- butions? If so entitled, how or/ and when does she receive them? If not entitled, why not? 8. And what becomes of the contributions she has made? A—1. If she no longer wishes further employment, she is’ not entitled to unemployment insur- ance. Benefit is paid only where applicant is capable of and ble for work. - She is not entitled to a re- fund of contributions, Contribu- tions have paid for protection while she was a member of the labour force. In this respect, un- loyment insurance is like fire ‘ance and premiums are not ded where there is no loss. * The contributions are part of the unemployment insuranee fund and help to pay the claims of those who remain in the labour force and are so unfortunate as to become unemployed. J Q—1 am moving from Montreal to the West. What should I do about my unemployment insur- ance? A—If you are moving from one job to another take your in- Surance book with you and give it to your new émployer. If you} are unemployed and claiming benefit and are moving to a new district in the hope of finding a job, before you go tell the local office Where you are claiming| benefit what you intend to do.| Then, as soon as you arrive at your. destination, report to the local office there and give all the information needed to have your claim transferred to that office. Until the Southam Co. Opens the . Door and Negotiates WHY READ THE PROVINCE? The Southam Province is the Only Newspaper in British Columbia _ produced Behind a ‘PICKET LINE. * | Queries Answered The purpose of this. col- umn is to provide a means whereby our readers who want information on Unem- ployment Insurance can ob- tain it. If you have a question - respecting Unemployment Insurance, write it out and send it :to the editor. For identification purposes it would be well to include your name and address. We will send your ques- tion to the Unemployment Insurance Commission at its head office in Ottawa. The answer will be pub- lished as soon as possible after being received. Do not hesitate to send in your question or questions. The Commission has ad- vised us that it will be glad to furnish answers as Ta- Pidly as possible. SO SEND, IN YOUR ; QUESTIONS ? Q—I am changing my work, and the new job'is not in insur- able employment. What should I do about my insurance book? A—Bring or send your book to the nearest local office of the Un- employment Insurance Commis- sion for safekeeping. Ask for a receipt. Keep a record of your insurance number, so that when you retum to insurable employ- ment your contributions can be continued under this number. D> Q—I have lost my insurance book. What should I do? A—Write or visit the nearest local office of the Commission and |give full particulars of the loss including your insurance number. A new book will be issued you under your original insurance number which is shown on your identification card. If you do not know your number it may be nec- essary to give you another num- ber, and that means that you may lose credit for some of the con- tributions which you have made. Therefore, it is very important to protect your benefit rights by looking after your insurance book. D> Q—What should I do if I am laid off or lose my job? A—Go to the nearest office of the Commission immediately and register for a job, If you wish to claim benefit get your insurance book from your last employer, see that it is stamped up to the day you left, and leave it at the local office of the. Commission. Complete an application for bene- fit, and carry out directions given to you. In order to avoid delay, file your claim immediately. rae at first hand. Vancouver. "SICK LIST St. Paul’s Hospital Sisters Pat Fulljames and Phoebe Olsen are constant visi- tors at St. Paul’s Hospital, dis- tributing B.C. Lumber Worker and cigarettes to patients from the loggoing and lumber industry. Among these visited recently were: Stu Carlson, Robertson Hack- ett. Has been in for months. Now up and around. Norm Langley, Squamish. Foot injury. Doing well. Ed Sillanen, Egmont. Doing well. = W. Isinger, Englewood. Look- ing forward to going out. M, Fraser. Doing well. H. Anderson, Bloedel, Stewart & Welch. Thumb injury. Doing well, Gil Rafson, Englewood. Leg in- jury. Doing well. . Johnson, Hot Springs. Doing well. Fred Teindl, Dariu Lumber Co. Hand injury. Progressing. Pat Wiley, Monarch Logging, Knee injury. Doing well, A. Lindberg, Tom Brown Lake. In again with old injury. €. Wells, Western Plywood. Foot injury. Progressing. R. Sharp, Bella Coola. Blood poisoning. Lourdes Hospital Sisters V. Manning and 5, Wiedswang report they visited Lourdes Hospital, Campbell River, and distributed magazines, B.C. Lumber Worker and cigar- ettes to the following: Mr. Bludle, Camp 5, Bloedel. An old timer, injured after being away from logging for 25 years. M. Furmaniak, Camp 8, E.R.T. Up and about again. Curly Dago, Baikie Brothers, Brown’s Bay. Infected thumb from axe wound. Alex Delorme, Nelson & Spen- cer, Minstrel Island. Axe cut on chest. Ready to leave. Mat Mars, Bloedel. In hospital a long time. Ray Varley, Camp 5, Bloedel. Broken arm. Up and about. ST. JOSEPH’S HOSPITAL comox Sisters Pearl Walters and Es- jther Foreman of Women’s Aux- iliary to Local 1-363, visited the following "loggers and left cigar- ettes, chocolate bars and maga- zines: Ross O’Brien—Power saw opera- tor; ulcerated stomach; getting on well. Martin Holt, Comox Logging — Knee injury. Home soon. Thomas Ripley, Comox. J. W. Nefranier—Both legs off; stroke; paralyzed. | Henry Smith, Oyster Bay—mouth ailment. ‘ Bob Cessford — Stroke; uncon- scious, Johnson's Boots , Hand-Made to the Highest Quality Specifications. UNRIVALED FOR © Comfort @ Wear ® Safety x WOM Men Appreciate Women... And How ‘ We felt sure that patients from the Camps and mills appreciated the visits paid them in hospital by women from IWA Auxiliaries. However, we felt that we'd like to go along and get ‘on EN’S CO This we did last Thursday, when the heat was climbing We went with Pat Fulljames whose blonde good looks“ and friendly smile would make her welcome anywhere. But in hospi- tal, where men often have no folks of their own in the city, she is a real angel. - Old timers watch for her visits anxiously, while new patients eye her appreciatevly, and if they be “woodsmen” are delighted at their good luck when she stops at their beds. ‘ There is little “bellyaching” among the patients, Of course they like to talk about their) op- erations, who doesn’t? But even in the widst of pain they have a cheerful grin for their visitors. Pat is very matter-of-fact. Even when she finds the odd “Wooie”, she pretends he is a perfectly nice lumber-worker and does not ask his affiliation, The other fellows get a kick out of it, and no doubt razz Mr. “Wooie” when Pat is gone. As we say, she is doing grand work, but she says it is she who has benefitted by her hospital siting. Formerly she was impa- ‘ient of a husband on afternoon shift who went to meetings on Sunday ... (she says many wives believe that men only make these meetings an excuse to have a get- together!) However, friend husband_per- suaded her to visit St. Paul’s once, and now she not only un- derstands HIS meetings, but is enthusiastic about Women’s Aux- iliary meetings, and wants more women to join. She says she used to be shy about meeting people, and could not have gone up and spoken to’ a stranger. She is over all that now as all people conquer shyness who think, not of themselves, but of the other fellow. So IWA women, please, come in and join an Auxiliary. There is work for women to do. There are interesting ideas to ex- change. Above all, in so doing, there is the proof to the men folk that you DO understand their meetings mean something to them, to you and to your fami- lies. Here’s to the visitors, to St. Paul’s, to the General, and to all hospitals where injured wood- workers lie, and where IWA women go to take them cheer. Shopping News We said we’d call at the Army and Navy Department Store and see what they do for out-of-town customers. Well, they don’t have “flyers”, but by writing to their Vancouver or New Westminster store, or to their head office in Regina you may obtain a catalogue. Also they advertise in many lo- cal papers, as well as‘in the big dailies, and are glad to get orders by mail. But there are no C.0.D. orders, so send in your money when you write for goods, While they have clothing for men, women, boys, girls and in- fants, as well as all kinds of household goods, they do a brisk trade in surplus army stock, used and new. Men especially seem ‘to enjoy browsing around among discard- ed bits and pieces of army tools. furniture, beds, pots and pans, ete. Maybe there is a nostalgic feeling in handling again equip- ment which was part of their old army life. NER * «) 1" eee the “feel” of their reaction, , over 80 in down-town Women Score Fare Increase Members of the Women’s Aux- iliary to Local 1-217, IWA, are protesting the proposed increases _ in B. C.,‘Pelephone rates, and B. C. Electric street car fares. ‘8 This was decided at the busi- ness meeting ‘of the Auxiliary held in the B.C. District Office, 426 Main Street, on July 6. | The women felt that such in- creases would be an unbearable burden on the already high cost of living. é Reports from Hospital Commit- tees were read, Sisters Pat Full- james reporting for St. Paul’s and Jean MacKenzie for the Gen- eral.| Sister Beryl Busch gave an account of the meeting, of the Lo- cal.Council of Women which she ~ had attended. : PICNIC PLANNED All Auxiliary members , and their friends, as well as all mem- bers of Local- 1-217 with their families and friends, are invited to attend the next “social”. affair put on by the Women’s Auxiliary. This will: take the form of a pienie and will be held on Satur- day, July 23, at Spanish Banks, beginning at 2 p.m. Coffee, cream and sugar, with ice cream for the kiddies, will be provided. Bring your lunch for the afternoon session, and ;weinies and buns to toast by the bonfire in the evening. It’s a lovely sandy beach for children, so bring them along.” Also bring your own bathing suit_ and have a swim or a tan, and meet the members and friends of the Union. ; To get to Spanish Banks, get on a No. 14 car, stay till the end of the line, (4th and.Alma) trans- fer to Spanish Banks bus going west, this will take you right to the spot where a welcoming com- mittee will be out from 2 o’clock. STORK NEWS Members of Women’s Auxiliary 1-217 are sending hearty congra- tulations to Lucille and John Busch on the arrival of their baby daughter, born July 5 in St. Paul’s Hospital and weighing 7 Ibs. 1 oz. Lucille is an active worker in the Auxiliary and John is Warden of Local 1-217. The girls say they will be glad to have you back on the job again Lucille, and are on tip-toe to see that new little girl of yours. GENERAL HOSPITAL Sisters Jacqueline Clarkson and Jean MacKenzie are again onthe job this month visiting patients in the General Hospital, and dis- tributing B.C. Lumber’ Workers and cigarettes. ‘ Among those visited were: Nels Berglund—An old-timer in hospital, progressing slowly. Steve Borac, Comox Logging — Operation. Disc in spine. George Leuich, Squamish — Broken rib; coming along ‘slowly. Harry Bardsley — Doing well, hopes to leave hospital soon. Edgar Darwin, F. H. & A. Log- ging, Texada Island—Flown in a injured back, progressing well. \ ATLAS PRINTERS Soclal & Commercial Printers Ask for them at your commissary and at all Leading Stores. A. W. JOHNSON LTD. 63 W. Cordova St. Vancouver, B.C. EAST END TAXI | Union Drivers . HAstings 0334 Fully Insured 24-bour Service 613 E. Hastings St.