“B.C, LUMBER WORKER ORGANIZN FUND,25 NEGOT/ ne 10 Rot te. FUND,.O5 per “% ita, “So erowpus 10 TSE | OB20 = | ADMINIS Oy es om leery, ssn EOE DISTRICT 27, ATTO, EDITORIAL Continued from page 4 Hach month’s emergencies have been met by the jonth’s revenue, and activities limited accordingly. “No reserve has been set aside for contingencies, except the strike fund, but this is held in trust for strike aid. A financial reserve is essential for the successful execu- tion of a planned program, efficiently budgeted. Union revenues are subject to fluctuations caused by the effect of prevailing economic conditions, in the lumber industry. The crux of the matter as the convention delegates will quickly realize, is the small proportion of per capita tax allocated for the purpose of District ad- ministration—13 cents per member per month. It is within the power of the convention delegates, if they so desire, to strengthen the District finances. For this purpose they will have the choice.of a number of alternatives, The present serious limitation on District activities must be lifted, unless the delegates are content to limit program objectives for 1951. On the other hand, the scope and effectiveness of District activities can be improved just as rapidly as permitted by an increased appropriation. The yardstick for this purpose must be the execution of policies defined by the members in convention. 1-71 “SCHOOL” IN JANUARY Local 1-71, IWA, announces that educational classes for members will be, held January 8 to 13. One full day will be allotted to each of the following sub- jects: How to conduct a Union Meeting; Job Steward and Camp Committee Duties; Trade Union History and Structure; and Labor Legislation and PAC. The cop strode angrily up to the little old lady who had marched across the street against the red traffic light, ignoring the whizzing cars and the police whistle. “Say, lady,” he growled, “didn’t you see my hand raised. Don’t you know what that means?” “Well, I should hope I do,” snapped the lady, years.” How B.C. MP’s Treat Labor The special session of the House of Commons deslt with a number of important issues, such as the railway strike, new taxes, the Korean war. the 1 Here is how your ing issues. . a—CCF motion to include check-off of union dues in the Railw: Defeated 229-13, b—Motion to remove arbitration clause from Railway Bill. 175-49, c—CCF motion to reimpose Price Controls. Liberals absent). (September 2, 1950). member voted on these far-reach- ay Bill, (August 30, 1950). (August 30, 1950). Defeated Defeated 93-18 (110 €—CCF motion to nationalize munitions and armaments factories. (September 8, 1950), De- - feated 156-12. e—CCF motion to reimpose excess profit tax. (September 18, 1950). Defeated 147-53. Member and Constituency— A B Cc D E T. H. Goodr L. (Burnaby-Richmond) Against Against Absent Against Against W. M. Mott, L. (New Westminster) . Against Against Against Against Against J. L. MacDougall, L. (Vancouver-Burrard) Absent Absent Absent Absent Absent R. 0. Campney, L. (Vancouver-Centre) ... Against Against Against Against Against A MacInnis, CCF (Vancouver-East) FOR FOR FOR FOR. FOR H, C. Green, PC (Vancouver-Quadra) Against FOR Against Absent Absent A. Laing, L. (Vancouver-South) . Against Against Against Against Against R. W. Mayhew, L. (Victoria) Against Against Against Against Absent 0. L, Jones, CCF (Yale) FOR FOR FOR FOR FOR J. Sinclair, L. (Coast-Capilano) .. Against Against Absent Absent Against J. L. Gibson, Ind. (Comox Alberni) ~. Against Against Against Against Against G, A, Cruickshank, L. (Fraser Valley) Against Against Against Against Against E. D. Fulton, PC. (Kamloops) Against FOR Absent Absent FOR J. A. Byrne, L. (Kootenay-East} Against Against Against Against Against H. W. Herridge, CCF. (Kootenay-East) FOR FOR FOR FOR. FOR G. R. Pearkes, PC, (Nanaimo) .... Against FOR Absent Against FOR Chevrolet Fleetline special four- door sedan with a delivered price in Detroit of $1,400, including dealer delivery, handling charge and federal taxes. . eo Of the $1,460 total price, seven percent or $102 are federal excise taxes. Of the remaining $1,358 the dealer’s mark-up totals 25 pereent or $340. That leaves a is based on a| wholesale price of $1,018 for the WAGES NOT CAUSE OF AUTO COSTS manufacturer. With the com- pany’s payroll amounting to 24.4 percent of every sales dollar, wages and salaries would take $248 of the total price. Wages of hourly rated employees account for 70 percent of the payroll costs or $175. This is consider- ably less than the company’s profit margin on the Chevvy which is 19.6 percent or $198, for universal health care, THEY FOLLOW their own creed-so poorly that, as is being pointed out caustically all over the country, the U.S. has had to draft doctors for service in Korea because the doctors WON’T VOLUNTEER. * AS A MATTER of interest here is how the doctors’ campaign worked. In a two-week period prior to elections they blan- keted the country with messages estimated to reach 150,000,000 people through the greatest num- ber of newspaper, magazine and radio ads ever devoted to one theme. At least that’s what Edi- tor and Publisher says. . : ave THE A.M.A. budgeted for $560,000 for news ads, $300,000 for radio, $250,000 for magazine ads, and organized local ad cam- paigns with drug companies, in- surance companies, local business which may reach $20 million. “ear Brother...” In Rochester, N.Y., employees of the Hickok Manufacturing Co. were given the opportunity of improving their vocabulary at company expense. The firm started a Letter Writing Clinic, with emphasis on vocabulary and offered to pay time-and-a-half to employees who enrolled in the 12- hour course. International View By Portland Pete ‘ $1,100,000 Anti-Health Campaign That wealthy and mighty “trade union”, the American Medical Association found itself in a lovely jackpot the other day. So far they’ve spent $1,110,000 on their campaign to defeat Truman’s plan and their advertisements plug the theme, “The voluntary way is the American way.” “A VICIOUS ASSAULT” was what Congressman Dingell, Mi- chigan, called the campaign, ‘to misléad the people and corrupt the public mind against its own best interest. It is quite obvious that by using the pretext of call- ing this an educational campaign, the AMA is invading the sanc- tity of the American home, and men and women have no way of fighting back.” ke ONE THING forgotten by the Congressman was an estimate of how many hospital and doctor bills that $1,100,000 would have paid. NEW ADDRESS Dr. Douglas has only one office in Vancouver, now located at 9 E, Hastings St, over the United Cigar Store. Dr. R. L. Douglas Dr. R. Llewellyn DOUGLAS Dentist 9 EAST HASTINGS ST. Vancouver, B.C. 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