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B.C. LUMBER WORKER

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U.N. AID GETS

SMALL BUDGET

By CLIFFORD A. SCOTTON

OTTAWA (CPA)—Probably the largest co-operative
effort in the world is the United Nations Technical Assist-
ance program, yet the stupendous task of raising the eco-
nomic level of the underdeveloped countries of the world
still has to be operated on a shoe-string budget.

Compared with the problem of
world technical aid, world re-
armament, which at present is
costing billions of dollars, is
child’s play. Yet Canada’s Dr.
H. L, Keenleyside, Director-Gen-
eral of U.N.. Technical Assistance
Administration, understated the
case when he said that: “The
present ratio of $100 for defence
as compared to $1 for technical
assistance to the indigent nations
of the world is completely un-
satisfactory.”

Canada’s contribution to U.N.
Technical Assistance works out
to 56 cents for each Canadian,
but defence spending in 1952
amounted to more than $125 for
each Canadian—or $221.70 for
defence compared with $1 for
technical assistance.

World-wide Aid

The world-wide assistance pro-
gram operates in 97 countries
and territories and provides ad-
vice and training in new tech-
niques for economically back-
ward areas, Many of the people
who have benefited under the
training fellowships awarded by
the Technical Assistance Board
have not only gone back to their
own countries to assist in eco-
nomic development, but have also
gone to other less fortunate ter-
ritories to pass on the benefits of
their training.

Tnidia provides one excellent
example of the two-way traffic
in ideas and mutual aid which
grows out of technical assistance.
During 1952, India provided 84
experts for other countries while
welcoming 186 who came from
abroad to aid her. At the same
time she received 93 fellowship
holders and sent abroad 105 of
her own.

Some of the activities of U.N.
Technical Assistance staff have
been: the location of wells in
Tran with aerial photography;
training Thailand farmers to
grow pineapples the year round
through methods learned in the
Canary Islands; setting up of
schools in Libya; assistance in
the construction of India’s first
penicillin factory near Poona.

One Cent Per Year

These are but a few of the ac-
tivities that have to be run on a
budget which equals about one
cent per year for every 10 in-
habitants of the earth. <The 67
contributing governments will fi-
nance the activities of U.N. Tech-
nical Assistance to the extent of
only $25,300,000 during 1953. Yet
there is no shortage of person-
nel to operate the technical as-
sistance program—money is the
restricting factor.

Canada, along with the other
more prosperous nations of the
world, owes a moral duty to as-
sist her less fortunate world
neighbors in building up their
economies so that it should not
be necessary, as presently is the
ease, for “‘two-thirds of the
world’s ate fe go to bed
hungry ", Our defence-
assistance ratio of 221 to one is

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MOTHERS
ORGANIZE

LONDON, England (LPA) —
A drive to organize 1,250,000
working mothers in the United
Kingdom has been launched by
the Trades Union Congress. Al-
though one out of every three
Britons at work is a woman, only
one out of every seven working
women belongs to a union, TUC
noted. Its statistics show 2,500,-
000 married women between the
ages of 20 and 40 have jobs,

“Married women and mothers
are playing a role in the eco-
nomie life of the country unpre-
cedented in peacetime,” said a
letter to organizers. “In our
trade union recruitment drive we
cannot afford to forget them.”

Presentation of a Past Presi-
dent’s pin was made to Betty
Sabourin by President Mar-
garet Seabrook of the Women’s
Auxiliary of Local 1-357, IWA,
at their regular monthly meet-
ing held in the IWA Hall, New .
Westminster, July 22.

Plans were laid at this meet-
ing for the Picnic which was held
on Sunday, August 2nd, in place
of the Auxiliary’s regular month-
ly meeting. One new member
was obligated at this meeting.

Nola Jones was asked and ac-
cepted the job of historian for
the Auxiliary. Members approv-
ed the donation of $10 to the
Children’s Jubilee Camp.

Hospital Visiting Committee
Sisters Margaret Seabrook, Vel-
ma Vandale, and Bev Carlyle re-
ported 92 visits to the Royal
Columbian Hospital and three to
St. Mary’s, since the last meeting.

1 In 5 Can’t Pay

Medical B

OTTAWA (CPA) — One in
every five of the poorer Cana-
dian families cannot afford to
spend any money on health
care, the government’s Cana-
dian Sickness Survey has re-
vealed.

The Dominion Bureau of
Statistics states that in the
period covered by the survey
(year ended Fall 1951) about
one-fifth of Canada’s 1,322,000
families with incomes below.
$1,500 ‘spent nothing at all on
medical, hospital, dental or any
other kind of health care.

No health expenditures of any
sort were made by 19.7 percent
of families with incomes lower
than $1,500. In the $1,500 to
$2,999 group only 7.7 percent
had no health
only one family in thirty of the
$5,000 and over group failed to
spend money on health care.

Many of the families in the

expenses while,

ills

low income groups cannot afford
the premiums for the prepayment
plans and in the under-$1,500
group only 15.4 percent of total
health expenditures for the group
went to such premiums.

In the lowest income group
28.6 percent of the families sub-
scribed to prepayment plans. The
highest proportion of families
subscribing to such plans was in
the $4,000 to $4,499 group, where
67 percent of the families paid
more than $27 million for cover-
age.

Poorer families, relying to a
large extent on cheaper health
care, spent twenty-seven cents of
each dollar on medicine, includ-
ing nearly eleven cents for self-
prescribed medicine. The $5,000
and over families, by contrast,
spent only ten cents of each
health dollar on prescribed medi-
cines, and less than five cents on
self-prescribed medicines,

SURPLUS
BENEFITS
WORKERS

OSLO (CPA) —The largest
steel works in Norway, Chris-
tiana Spigerverk, celebrated its
one hundredth anniversary re-
cently by giving away nearly
$140,000. “The money went to
scholarships, research, humani-
tarian purposes as well as
bonuses and gifts to the 1,600
employees. *

Started in 1853, the company,
which is situated just ‘outside
Oslo, was originally a ‘small nail
and wrought iron factory, To-
day, with affiliates, it forms a
self - contained. steel See ha

stone quarries, pig iron furnaces
electric steel smelting depart-
ment and foundry.

The company has a well-orga-
nized welfare scheme for its
workers and the company’s large
vacation home received a $14,000
anniversary donation. In recent
years the company has built a

number of experimental .family
houses.

Pearson

Sister Elsie Gray of the W.A.
Local 1-217, IWA, visited the fi
lowing patients "In the Pearson
Hospital in June distributing
candy, cigarettes and copies of
The B.C. Lumber Worker:

Basil Morgan, Pacific Pine, New
‘Westminster,

Harry Cochrane, Jones Lake.

Wallace Sebring, Giroday's,

F. Berney, Eburne,

Peter Podyusky, Empire Box.

E, De Wilde, Muchalot Logging.

(___ Sek

Sisters Norma Eddie and Pearl
smith of the W.A, Local 1-357,
TWA, visited the following ‘pa-
fients in the Royal Columbian
Hospital from June 29 to July 6,
distributing candy, cigarettes and
copies of B.C, Lumber Worker:
Art Gabara, Whonnock Lumber.
Hin Chow, Fraser Mills.

L®. Sabourin, Brownsville.

R, Honeybourn, Alaska Pine.

Hi, S, Hopskin, Praser Mills.

W. Lyne, Fraser Mills,

P. Bunluk, McNair's Shingle.

H, Knopp, B.C. Forest Products,
‘Hammond.

H, Falrbrother.

Frank Radhourne, Alaska Pine.

Roxx Harrixon, Hammond Cedar.

J. Gabin, Fraser Mills.

3. P, Gagnon, Fraser Mills.

K. Roberge, Fraser Mills.

W._Webber, Pacific Veneer.

‘Sisters Velma Vandale and Mar-
garet Seabrook of the W.A., Local
1-357, TWA, visited the following
patients in’ the Royal Columbian
Hospital on July 14, distributing
candy, cigarettes and copies of
The B.C, Lumber Worker:
Art Gabara, Whonnock Skin

raft. Going home.
R.'Honeybourne, Alaska Pine —
Leg. inju

Sabourin,
proving.
Hing Chin Chow, Fraser Mills —

Hip injury.
©. “‘Rehaume,

graft.

H. Hopkins, Fraser Mills,
P. Bunluk, ‘McNairs—Improving.
W. Lyne, Green Timbers.

R. Webster, B.C. Forest Products

“nye accident.

Brownsville — Im-

Hammond Bone

A. Radbourne, Alaska Pine —
‘Tumour.

H. Knopp, B.C. Forest Products—
‘Operation.

HW. Wairbrother, B.C. Forest Pro-
‘ducts—Operatio;
D. Campbell, Superior Shingle —

‘Operation.

M. Greig, Flavelle Cedar
R. Overbeck, B.C. Forest
‘ducts—Infected finger.

H. Hansen, Nanoose—Operation.
1K, Anderson, Pinatin, Kamloops.
G. Moffat, Hammond Cedar — Re-

tired.

G. Hart, Enderby.
Arthur Haws, Pacific Veneer.
D._Reeves, Supreme Shingles

Hurt in ‘1950.

R. Roberge, Fraser Mills—tll.
G: Fritz, Timberland.

Sisters Margaret Seabrook, Flor-
ence Manderson and Marguerite
Gobin of the W.A, Local’ 1-357,
IWA, visited the following pa-
tients Columbian

Pro-

in the Royal

Hospital on July 21st, distributing
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candy, cigarettes and copies

The B.C. Lumber Wo!

Paul Ewantuk, McNai
ing. 5

lowing patients in St. Mar:
pital distributing candy, ciga
and copies of The B.C. Lumber
Worker:

Gun

Nyberg, Port Kells Saw-

m: peration.
Henry McQueen, Pacific Veneer—
Operatioi
Victor Mueiler, Alaska Pine—Ap-

pendectomy,

Sister Alda Hendrie of the W.A.,
Local 1-217, IWA, visited the fol
lowing patients fn the Vancouver
General Hospital on. July ,
distributing candy, cigarettes and
copies of B.C. Lumber Worker:

TB. PAVILION
Steve Super, Comox Logging —

Cheerful.

A.J. Telawsky,

Haney—Awaiting surgery.
J. Clote—Just admitted for sur.

gery.

Joe Stirk, Pioneer Logging, Port

McNeil—Not feeling too well.
€. Elman, Seymour Inlet—Cheer-

ful,
ANNEX

A. Richardson, Columbia R. Log-
ding—Doing fine.

©. Wright, Bloedel Camp, Frank-
lin River—Improving. | -

G. Etheridge, Vancouver Plywoods
—Going home soon.

W, Schofield, Ladysmith — Gone
home.
N. Lind, Camp A, Englewood —
Feeling fine.
LD, & H.

Patients were ata movie so
were not visited.
left for them.
Marie Bain, Pacific Veneer.
A. Walsuck, Booth Logging.
‘A. Krone, Prince George.
K, A. Greene, B. & M. Logging.
HEATHER ANNEX
L. Delnire, R. J. Morgan — Arth-
ritis. Feeling better.
Sisters Margaret Kamm_ and
Alda Hendrie of the W.A., Local
1-217, IWA, visited the following

Financial Secretary Md Linder

of Local 1-80, IWA, visited the

following patients in the Lady-

smith HospitaleJuly 17th, distrib-

uting candy, efgarettes and copies

of The B.C! Lumber Worker:

Bil Karvanen, Ladysmith,

Bull Wager, Ladysmith.

William Pollock, Ladysmith.

Mra, Shirley Brown, Ladysmith.

Mrs, Radford, Ladysmith (mother
of Mr, Dan Radford, President
of the B.C. Federation of
Labor).

‘Mrs, Katherine Wright Ladysmith.

Mrs, Shirley Noye, Ladysmith.

Mrx, Jackie Ross, Chemainus.

‘Mrs, Johnnie Williams, Ladysmith,

Gordon Brown, |

Comforts were {

List_D

- Royal Columbian

Cc. Honeybourne, Alaska Pine.

R. Webster, B.C. Forest Products
Bye injury.

HL. Hopkins, Fraser Mills,

Ys Foluarl, Alaska Pine—Opera-
ton.

¥. Painchaud, B.C. Mtg. — Acci-
‘dent. 2

H. Knopp, B.C. Forest Products—
Back injury. ~

R. Templeton, Fraser Mills.

KC, Anderson,” Pinanton — Iinprov-
ng.

G. Moffatt, Youbou—Retired mill-

; Thurston Flavelle.

im Robertson, Shook Mills.

Arthur Haws, Pacific Veneer —
‘Improving.

D. Reever, Supreme Shingles.

HW. Harbell, Everet(—Retired miti-
‘worker.

G. Fritz, ‘Timberland—Improving.
Hoftman, Fraser Mills,

Marshall, Ruby Lake — Retired

millworker,

F. Legath, Hammond — In for
operation.

R. Henshaw, Pacific Veneer —
‘Improving.

Sisters Velma Vandale and Mar-
garet Seabrook of the W.A., Local
1-357, IWA, visited the following
patients in’ the -Royal Columbian
Hospital on July 28th, distributing
candy, cigarettes and copies of
The B.C. Lumber Worker:

J. ©, Ewaniuk, McNair's — Im-
proving.

G. Moffatt, Youbou—Retired.

IX. 0. Anderson, Pinanton,

\. Fornari, Alaska Pine.

D. Reeves, Supreme Shingle—Im-
proving.

J. Robertson, Shook Mills — Im-
proving,

A. Haws, Pacific Veneér—Improy-

ing.

H. Harbell, logger—Retired.

J. Frank, Fraser Mills — Broken
back. in cas

A. Berron, Flavelle Cedar—tnfect-
ed finger,

J. Tole, Timber Preservers.

G. Qritz, Timberland—Improving.

C. Honesbourne, Alaska Pine—On
sun porch.

M. Fiteh, Fraser Mills
operation.

J. Rouse, Harrison Lake — Acci-
dent.

H, Hopkcinn, Fraser Mills —Arth-
rit :
R. Webster, B.C. Forest Products.

3. Chartrand, Penticton.

R. Doerr, Pacific Veneer.

H. Knopp, B.C. Forest Products—
- Back injur;
P. Binnie, Fi
> infu

Nose

: Mills—Kneecap

‘chyn, B.C. Forest Pro-

R. Templeton, Fraser Mills — Im-
proving.

W. Anderson, Western Peat.

P. Beexon, B.C, Forest Products:

C. Rehaume, Hammond — Bone |R. Henshaw, Pacific Veneer—Im-
graft. Improving. proving.
St. Mary’s -
Sister . Carlyle of the W.A., | Maurice Dexaulniers, Fraser Mills
Local 1 IWaA, S eration on leg.

Mr. Vitkay, Royal Gity Sawmills.

Desmond Cahill, Pacific Veneer.

George Shlopak, Fraser Mills —
Varicose veins.

Myron Kardinal, B.C. Manufac-
turing—Skin graft on hand and
arm,

Maurice Demers, Fraser
| ‘Throat trouble,

Mills —

Vancouver General

patients in the Vancouver Gen-

eral Hospital on July 14th, dis

tributing candyy cigarettes and

copies of B.C. Lumber Worker:
TB. PAVILION

J. Weeks, Restmore—Gone home.

Steve Super, Comox Logging —

Feeling fine.

Joe Stirk—In ‘recovery room, Not
visited,

A. J, Telnwsky, Gordon Brown

‘Mili,
gery.

©. Elman, Seymour Inlet—Feeling

| “pretty Zood.

R. Berran, Empire Box— Feeling
ne,

Haney—Waiting for sur-

ANNEX

C. Wright, Bloedel Camp, Franklin
River—improving ‘slowly.

A, Richardson, Columbia R.
ging—Cheerful.

G. Etheridge, Vancouver Plywoods
—Feeling fine.

Log-

W,, Schoneld, Ladyemitit—Veoling,
ne, :
N. Lind, Camp A, Englewood —

Fractured femur.
1D. & H.

Marie Bain, Pacific Veneer—Doing
fine.

A. Krone,
proving.

KA. Greene, B.&M, Logging —
Looking good.

J. Armstrong, Empire Mills—Gone
home.

G. S. Wilson, Alberni! Pacific Lum-
‘ver—Gone to Rehab. Centre,

HEATHER ANNEX

L. Delaire, R. J. Morgan — Arth-

ritls, Looking better.

Prince George — Im-

Ladysmith

Mrs. *George Willoughby, Lady-
smith,
‘Also the following children:
[Dave Marston, Ladysmith.
Sharon Wilcox, Ladysmith,
Vonda Kruger, Ladysmith.
John Rowan, Ladysmith,

In bargaining, retroactivity is
the policeman of procrastination,
a ont oe

Do not resent growing old —
many are denied the privilege.