B.C. LUMBER WORKER 9 HURTS LABOR OTTAWA (CPA)—The drastic reduction in the price of wheat will affect every Canadian in terms of the! unemployment which it will bring about, Donald Mac-| Donald, Secretary-Treasurer of the Canadian Congress of Labor, stated following the announcement by the Canadian Wheat Board of a 101%-cent cut in the price per bushel for No. 1 Northern wheat. Wheat farmers would be ‘hit “first and hardest”, said Mr. MacDonald, but it would not stop there. The reduction in purchas- ing power was “bound to mean more unemployment,” especially in the farm implement, auto and steel industries which were al- ready operating far below last year’s levels. Any further drop in demand for the products of those indus- tries would force them, in turn, to reduce their purchases and the resultant lay-offs and short work weeks would mean a further re- duction in purchasing power, said the CCL Secretary-Treas- urer, Price Cut The U.S. had also cut its wheat price,» he continued, but “the United States has adequate mea- sures to keep up the purchasing power of its wheat farmers. We have not.” In addition, wheat plays a far larger part in the Canadian economy than in that of the U.S. It had been maintained by the Labor movement, said Mr. Mac- Donald, that prompt and ener- getie government action was needed to maintain and increase purchasing power and employ- ment and this had been under- lined by present developments. Even before the wheat pyice cut, unemployment had been 60 per- cent above last year and the Spring ‘pick-up’ had been below normal. The government had given the assurance that there would be an upswing in the second half of the year, he noted, but the cut in the price of wheat had made that assurance look silly. The time had come “to stop dealing out the soothing syrup,” Mr. MacDonald declared. “It is'| time to face the facts and act. That is the government’s ines- capable duty.” Van. Bay Mourns Engman Local 1-71, IWA, Vancouver Bay Sub-Local, reports with deep regret the accidental death of a well-known and popular member, Bro. N. Eng- man, “killed while engaged in his work as a faller, by a roll- ing log. Camp Committee members, Martin Sacher, K. Jepson, L. Sawatzky, P. Davidson, and R. Hudson, appealed for a collec- tion and secured the sum of $59.00 for a floral wreath for- warded from the Sub-Local to the burial services, Langley Prairie, June 5th. In a message of condolence and sympathy to the widow and three children, the Local Union expressed high appre- ciation of the services which the deceased had rendered the IWA during his lifetime. Le Hostess (to small -boy at party): “Would you like a hot cookie?” Small Boy: brought her!” “Like one? I Items of Interest To Labor In Capsule Form Unemployment Not Seasonal OTTAWA—Donald MacDonald, CCL Secretary-Treasurer, said that the winter’s heavy unemployment situation was proved to be more than seasonal because of the slow pick-up in employment. The government has no excuse for delaying the improvement in unemployment insurance, a large-scale public work’s program, and joint government-labor-management planning for full employment, he stated. B.N.A. Amendment Sought OTTAWA—CCF Leader M. J. Coldwell moved a resolution call- ing for an amendment to the BNA Act to institute a Bill of Rights for Canada. A Bill of Right was a fundamental aim of the CCF party, ‘said Coldwell, and legislation enacted in some provinces seriously interfered with the rights of citizens. Drew Backs Duplessis OTTAWA—George Drew backed Duplessis on a tax deduction between Ottawa and Quebec. Drew stated that the Liberals were worried over the political consequences in Quebec. Judges Seek Salary Increases \OTTAWA—A. R. Mosher, President of the CCL, agreed that judges’ salaries should be increased and the pension plan revised. A brief submitted to Justice Minister Garson recommended that after twenty years of service the judges should receive the full pension. Public hospitals: By 1952, 82] per cent had fluoroscopic facili- ties, 88 per cent had radiography facilities and 47 per cent took routine chest X-rays of all pa- tients admitted, Oil pipe lines measured 2,500 miles at the end of 1952, some 923 miles or 58.5 percent longer than, a year earlier and 1,077 miles or 75 percent longer than at the close of 1950. Economic Setback Seen By ICFTU Secretary OTTAWA (CPA) — A grave warning against the! social investment, especially low- danger of an economic setback and a detailed programme for ensuring to everybody his “undeniable right to.earn his living by work” are contained in a Statement on Full Employment just released by J. H. Oldenbroek, the Gen- eral Secretary of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, whose Executive Board recently adopted the Statement. The programme calls for an expansion of consumer purchas- ing power (especially of wages), and for higher public expenditure on items such as housing and other kinds of investment, in order to avert a depression. Aid Appeal The ICFTU’s appeal for direct and substantial aid to economic- ally under-developed countries is renewed, As a means of creating international economic conditions favourable to the achievement and maintenance of full employ- ment, the statement urges the Jowering of American trade bar- riers on a reciprocal basis be- tween the United States and Eur- ope, the liberalization of Euro- pean trade, the expansion of the aetivi and funds of the Inter- national Bank and the Interna- tional’ Monetary Fund, and the conclusion of international com- modity agreements. The role which trade unions ean play is specially stressed and it is emphasized that gov ments have particular responsi- bilities for full employment and should regard that as their pri- mary economie goal. Slow Progress Making an appraisal of present conditions, the statement draws attention to the fact that “large- Seale unemployment still persists in many industrial countries and seareely any advance has been made towards the solution of the problem of under-employment in economically underdeveloped countries”, The Confederation then issues a warning that “the of an economic recessién and of a set-back in employment raises its head again”, after a de- eade of slow progress. “Full em- is a social economic and purchasing power as a condition for full employment. Generally speaking, “high consumption is the prime’ requisite for full em- ployment” and “under present conditions and expansion of con- sumer purchasing power and of public expenditure on goods and services, including investments, are of partitular importance”. “High wages and a steady wage income,” declares the statement, “are essential for maintaining consumer purchasing power at the level required for full em- ployment.” In the section devoted to capi- tal formation, the ICFTU state- ment calls for programmes of pairs. cost housing; for the supplement- ing of private investment by public and publicly-directed in- vestment; for heavy taxation on accumulated funds that are kept lying idle; and for low interest rates, In short, a “cheap money” policy. 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