B.C. LUMBER WORKER

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Through the cooperation of
the Royal Canadian Navy, log-
gers, millworkers and others in
remote parts of the West Coast
are soon going to be able to
haye free chest X-ray service
for the first time. For years
the problem of shipping the
delicate and expensive X-ray
equipment fo these points has
vexed health authorities “but
only this year was the prob-
lem overcome when the Navy
volunteered to do the “job for
them- and make one of their
ships a sort of “sea-going”
X-ray unit. 4
The first experiment was car-

tied out in the Gulf Islands last
May and so successful was it that
the service was extended to in-
clude the following places start-
ing September 2nd and ending
September 17th: Sarita River,
Bamfield, Tofino, Muchalot, Tah-
sis, Zeballos and Chamiss Bay.
Working details are now being
ironed out and all centres men-
tioned will be given plenty of
advance notice as to when the
X-raying will take place.

Make It 100%

Special importance is attached
to this anti-tuberculosis program
because of the relatively small
number of people to be X-rayed
in proportion to the size and cost
of the program. More important
is the fact that if those in ‘the
places mentioned desire the ser-

vice to become a regular thing, ||

then they will have to prove this

by. making it nothing less than |}

a 100% job.

Public health authorities are |,

quick to say that the free chest
X-ray service belongs to the peo-
ple, it is for their benefit but
they can only expect to receive
it if they show real appreciation
for the service.

Taking chest X-rays in the

thousands — whole towns and |}

communities at a time — is a
regular thing right across Canada
and 7.B. specialists say it is by

. this method more than anything

else that Canada’s death rate
from tuberculosis has been cut to
the lowest figure in history and
the third lowest in the world.

Through mass chest X-rays ||

(free of all clarge in B.C.)
thousands of lives have been
saved and thousands of dollars
of tax-payers’ money has been
saved by finding T.B, early, when
it can be treated successfully and
the worker cured.

) NAVY BRINGS
X-RAY CLINIC —

-| for Local 1-85, IWA, Port Alberni, a distinction that can-

. Endorsed By Labor

Mass X-raying is endorsed by
labor, management and govern-
ments all across the country and
throughout the world. Many
companies request their employ-
ees to have a chest X-ray when
they join to make sure no one
with T.B, gets on the payroll to
endanger the health of fellow
workers. Where this is carried
out as a regular thing all em-
ployees are much safer from pos-
sible tuberculosis.

Because T.B. can strike at any
age at any time, it is important
that everyone make full use of
this health service regularly,
about once every year. It is
hoped that all readers and others
in the places mentioned earlier
will make every effort to be
chest X-rayed. Having a free
chest X-ray is nothing more nor
less than safety first—ask the
man who has been X-rayed!

Watch for the “sea-going” X-
ray unit when she ties up at your
port of call, the mine-sweeper
HM. Porte Quebec. The re-
port of the X-ray is confidential
and will be mailed to each indi-
vidual personally.

1-85 Captures Unique Honors

In a letter addressed to Henry Weisbach, Executive
Secretary of the Political Action Committee, Canadian
Congress of Labor, Financial Secretary J. A. Moore claims

not be claimed by any other Local Union in the Doniinion.

His letter is as follows:
Dear Sir and Brother:
_ As Executive Secretary of the
PAG, you may-find of interest the
following information,

Local 1-85, IWA, is unique
among-Trade Unions in its suc-
cessful handling of Political Ac-.
tion.

On June 9, 1958, John Squire,
First Vice-president of Local 1-
85, IWA, was elected by a land-
slide vote to the Provincial Legis-
lative Assembly, defeating the
popular Mayor of Port Alberni
who ran on the Liberal ticket in
what was considered a solid Lib-
eral riding.

To prove this was no fluke, on
August 10; 1953, Tom Barnett,
Second Vice-president of Local
1-85, IWA, was elected as Fed-
eral Member of Parliament for
the Comox-Alberni riding.

In the Federal riding, our
neighboring Local Unions, 1-363,
IWA, and 1-71, IWA, and the
many smaller Unions, both AFL
and CCL did a very fine job of
selling PAC to their membership.

The approach this Local Union
has taken to Political Action is
also unique. There is no Political
Action Committee as such, and

the term “political action” has
not been heard on the Local
Union floor in over two years.

The upsets scored by the CCF
in the last elections in this rid-
ing, both Provincial and Federal,
are a result of an educational
campaign against the evils exist-
ing due to the obsolete and cum-
bersome laws which are on our
statute books. There was no need
to tell our members to vote CCF;
they could see that only the CCF
would rectify. those evils.

Our neighboring Local of the
IWA,-Local 1-80, has also fol-
lowed a similar approach to Po-
litical Action, and in their riding
they too elected a CCF candidate
in the Federal election. If it
wasn’t for the alternative voting
system, they would have had a
Provincial member, as well.

We feel that there is a lesson
to learn from these Locals and we
are only too willing to give other
Unions our successful recipe for
PAC,

Brasting you can make some
use of this information, I remain,
Fraternally yours,
IWA Local 1-85, CIO-CCL
J. A. Moore,
Financial Secretary.

CCL PLANS —
INSTITUTE —
OCT. 24-25

To start the fall educational
activities off with a bang, the
Vancouver Labor Council Edu-
¢ational Committee, in conjunc-
tion with the CCL National
Education Committee is hold-
ing an Educational Institute on
October 24 and 25 at the UBC.

This year’s Institute will be

bigger and better, it is stated,

The questionnaires submitted
by the students following the last
Institute suggested a preference
for certain courses. The Educa-
tion Committee has recognized
these requests. Below is a list of
the courses; . .

Films and filmstrips.

Job of a Steward.

Job Evaluation and Profit
Sharing.

Lahor Legislation (in three
parts: ICA Act, Workmen’s
Compensation Act, Unem-
ployment Insurance Act).
Union Movement & History.
Economic Trends in B.C. &
Importance to Labor.
Public Relations & Labor.

“Details as to cost have not
been finalized as yet. Arrange-
ments for transportation to and
from the UBC, and luncheon and
banquet details, will be announced
later.

"ON X-RAY CRUISE

BOARDING THE NAVY for a day will be the experience of hun-
dreds of workers on the West Coast of Vancouver Island when
HMCS Porte Quebec calls at points between Sarita River and
Chamiss Bay for the first time with free chest X-ray service.
X-raying will be done aboard the mine-sweeper.

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