B.C. LUMBER WORKER May 1, 1952

Alsbury Instals 1-363 Officers;| ,, Acautted On Strike Charge

WINDSOR (CPA) — Three|strike at the Ford of Canada
members of the United Automo-| plant here last December,

of 2 bile Workers’ local 200 have been| All three are committeemen of
r es 1 ting 1x6) ral I l acquitted on charges of conspir- jTocal 200, and all face further
acy to obstruct power transmis- | charges as a result of the “power
sion during the unauthorized | house raid” during the strike.

District President J. Stewart
Alsbury installed the new offi-
» cers of Local 1-363, IWA, at
the Local Union meeting, April
12. The President urged the
necessity for a strong orgeni-
zation during the coming nego-
tiations, with the local unior
officers ‘taking their responsi-
bilities seriously and working
for the best interests of the
membership. ©

Speaking on Immigration, he
olan we believe in it but first

it should be based on a program
to ensure employment to the f Ss § tf e w eal
present Canadian workers.

Officers elected were:

bitin, MeBatees st to mark your ballot under

Vice-president, J. Epp; 3rd Vice-
resident, M, Holt; “Recording |
care J. Dillen; Financial }
Secretary, J. Holst; Conductor, ;

R. Longfield; Warden, C. Carl- |
son, Three-year Trustee, V. Hal-
verson; Two-year Trustee, L.
Cottini; One-year Trustee A. Mc-

Cubbing.

“UBC PROF.
BLASTS HOWE

Trade Czar C. D, Howe is
“protecting himself in advance
by blaming labor” for any pos-
sible rise in the cost of living in-
dex he predicts will fall, accord-
ing to Prof. G. F. Drummond, of
the University of British Colum-
bia’s Economics Department.

+ Alternative Voting will be used in the coming Provincial Election.

Answering a Financial Post
juiz question (“Howe says infla-
fon is licked unless labor rocks
the boat, What do you think and
why?”) Drummond noted that
“It would be poor forecasting to
predict from a two-months’ fall
in the index that a 3-year trend is
being reversed or stabilized %
the basic conditions for a con-
tinued rise in the index are still
there: a remarkable tempo of
private investment and a large
_budget commitment for re-
* armament.”

Of Howe’s bait-labor warning,
Drummond says: “In any case, if
prices take another upward spurt,
as seems likely, and if labor in
turn demands higher wages we
have a perfect alibi; let us blame
labor.” He points out that “wage
demands during a period of rising
prices are not simply an attempt
to catch up, but often a cause of
improved efficiency in forcing em-
ployers to increase productivity.”

Other answers to the Financial : Explaining Alternative Voting briefly, -it may be said that the voter has no longer to .
Fost quis were Pua punnsserien, content himself with marking an X for just one candidate. He marks a first choice
agreed with Howe that inflation for his candidate, and then proceeds to make a second, third and possibly further
Rr a eae iste wont malt choices for as many candidates as haye been nominated.
to come, but joined Howe in i .
handing all blame to labor. On counting the ballots, if the highest candidate has an absolute majority over and

EONS Sse Seem aboye the total votes cast for all the other candidates, he is declared elected. If,
Guaranteed however, no candidate obtains an absolute majority on the first count, a second
count is required. Before doing this, the lowest candidate is excluded and the

Wage Just, second choices on that candidate’s ballot are transferred to the other candidates as

indicated on his ballot. If the second count elect: bsok jori
Sa Reuther 4 i cts no one on an absolute majority,
ys : the next lowest candidate is eliminated making a third count necessary. This is
CLEVELAND (CPA)—“The

Slices eerche, continued until some candidate obtains an absolute majority.
rtant tool in creating and .

taining full employment 2
in making the good things in Z lA
life for people in peacetime,” @
declared President Walter P. =
Reuther of the CIO United | ©
Auto Workers in his keynote

address at the fifth UAW in-
ternational education confer-

‘ence in Cleveland, April 3. CUT OUT THIS MESSAGE FOR REFERENCE AND DISCUSSION:

one Tee ea Ane ete ia aie ‘
Some 2500 peomeinas and dale renege! brochure containing detailed information is being mailed
that the United Auto Work- to all British Columbia householders.
mbership stands at 1,271,

in the organization’s

Fred H. Hurley.... Chief Electoral Officer

: PROVI
Inited ‘Steelworkers of NCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
in their present wage