_ sinee there was no place in the B.C. LUMBER WORKER - ist Issue, July - OTTAWA (CPA) — One of Canada’s top trade union posts will likely go to a young ‘French-Canadian when the and Labor Congress selects a new President at its Regina convention in August. ‘The general concensus of opin- ion among labor observers here is that 41-year-old Claude Jo- doin of Montreal will succeed Perey Bengough as head of the 580,000-member TLC. Bengough, the 71-year-old present TLC President, has an- nounced that he will not seek re- election at this year’s convention. He first took over the duties of Presidency of the Congress in 1942, during an illness of ex- President, the late Tom Moore, and has been re-elected to the post at every convention since 1943. Geryin a Contender At present, Jodoin is the only likely contender who has made DOR CHANCE though it is considered probable that several other candidates may seek nomination for the in- fiuential labor post. Chief among these is R. K. Gervin of Vancou- ver, a street railway union offi- cial who was elected TLC Vice- President at last year’s Ottawa convention. Gervin is Secretary of the British Columbia Federa- tion of Labor and the Vancouver district. council of the TLC. When the smoke clears the contest, will probably bé narrow- ed down to a choice between Jodoin and Gervin. Jodoin has been a Congress Vice-President for the past five years. He is a Montreal City Councillor, Presi- dent of the Montreal Council « the TLC and an organizer for the International Ladies’ Gar- ment Workers’ Union. At one time he was a Liberal member of the Quebec Legislature but broke with the party. He later ran on a Labor ticket, but was his intentions clearly known al- defeated. Insurance Frauds Investigated OTTAWA (CPA)—U.S. La- | bor Department officials have asked Congress for funds to carry out an investigation of unemployment compensation frauds which may have amounted to more than $20 million, according to the Ca- nadian Labor Gazette. Inquiries that have covered only a few of the 48 States, have so far uncovered 145,732 cases of excessive payments for one reason or another, that involve $6,682,149. It is estimated that the total involves for the whole country, because of adminis- trative errors or fraudulent claims, may be as high as $22,- 700,000. Officials of the US Labor De- partment report that in 5 States nearly 40,000 unemployment compensation claimants obtained by fraud an average of $75.06 each last year, and a further 106,259 received an average of $35 in over-payments because of administrative errors, Of all unemployment payments in these states, the officials state, 4.4% indicated the pres- ence of fraud while 6.8% showed laxity in administration and bookkeeping. The US unemployment com- pensation program is based on federal-State joint contributions, which are administrated by the individual States. Today is Safety Day. Safety Work Promotes Team Work. False Picture Given Prospects OTTAWA (CPA) — CCF Leader M. J. Coldwell warned in Parliament that every care should be taken to ensure that prospective immigrants were given an accurate impression of life in Canada. Speaking during the discussion of the id that there was no need to give a false picture of conditions in this country world that offered greater op- portunities, ‘Mr. Coldwell, himself an im- vant from Devon, England, | years ago, protested against th » type of lecture given by an tion official to an audi- Croydon, England, re- “The subject matter of the ‘deceptive and community in which he lives in Canada, he will be perfectly all right.” There was “no country in the world” which offered greater op- portunities to young men or young women than did Canada, he added. Millard © name—Saskatchewan Wood En- terprises—has just been adopted by the northern crown corpora- | tion division known formerly as A i | the Saskatchewan Rox Factory. TORONTO (CPA) — Charles; The name of the plant, a divi- H. Millard, Canadian Director of | sion of Saskatchewan Forest the United Steelworkers, was| Products, was changed in view| named CCF candidate for the To-| of the increasing diversity of ronto riding of York West in the | production by the expanding next Ontario provincial election, | plant in recent years. at a nominating convention here.| Originally a producer primar- The seat is held by Conservative | ily of boxes, Saskatchewan Wood William EB. Brandon, a barrister, | Enterprises, has over the years turned out an increasing variety Mr. Millard, 57, has twice rep- BOX FACTORY DIVERSIFIES PRINCE ALBERT — A new} of wood products made from spruce, jack pine and poplar lum- ber. These have included gran- aries and other items for farm use, building materials, and wood specialties. The operations of the plant have expanded to a point where today it saws and processes into manufactured goods approxim- ately 5,000,000 board feet of lumber annually, Over 70 men are employed directly by the divi- sion, while timber producers, truckers and others benefit in- directly. resented the riding in the On- tario Legislature. He was first elected from York West at the general election of 1943 but was defeated in 1945. At the 1948 Compensation Now general election he was return-. le ed to the Legislature but was | Ad ¢ d ] re) t defeated in 1951. The Steel- jus e fn nt. workers’ Director contested the | federal constituency of York! TORONTO (CPA) —The On-|} The change was made after West unsuccessfully during the tario Disabled Persons’ Allow- | consultation with the Federal August, 1953, general election. | ances Act has been amended in Bruce Evans, a 31-year-old | order that people also receiving stationery salesman, has been | allowances under the Workmen’s nominated by the CCF to contest | Compensation Act will not have the federal seat of York West | their pensions reduced, Public which was left vacant by the | Welfare Minister W. A. Goodfel- death of Conservative Rodney | low stated recently. Adamson who was killed in an As a result of the amendment, air crash over Moose Jaw, Sas- | disabled persons will continue to katchewan, No date has yet been | get the full pension of $40 a announced for the by-election, | month and anything they receive but it is believed that it will be | as compensation will be consider- held some time early in the fall. | ed as income, Government which recently intro- duced a Disabled Persons’ Allow- ances Act incorporating most of the Ontario Act’s provisions. Mr. Goodfellow said the On- tario Government was still hop- ing Federal authorities will go all the way in adopting the On- tario Act. The chief difference is that the province exempts in- come up to $1,440 a year while the Federal regulations allow | only $1,200. Garment Workers Plan Housing NEW YORK (CPA) —The first stage in the $20 million co-operative housing project planned for New York’s East River has been completed with the demolition of 13 acres of slums. The low-rental home plan is sponsored by the Inter- national Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union. Some of the old buildings which were demolished were 75 years old and the operation in- volyed relocating 877 residential | and 154 commercial tenants. As | soon as demolition was complet- ed, workmen started to excavate |for the foundations of the new buildings. The new homes are specially | designed for wage and salary earners and will not be confined |to ILGWU members. It is ex- | pected that at least 100 families, whose homes were demolished to | make way for the new buildings, | will be accommodated in the | same area upon completion of the | project. Convictions for breaches of traffic regulations have increased steadily since 1944. In 1952 there were roughly 1,300,000, nearly five times as many as eight years earlier, and they represented 83 versus 63% of all summary: con- victions. The number per hundred thousand population was four times as great as in 1944 at 8,965 versus 2,255. LAY_OFFS ALARM TORONTO (CPA) — Lay-offs at the Massey-Harris implement works here will likely effect 1000 workers during July, according to Philip Kearns, President of The United Auto Workers local. Indefinite layoffs from July 16 involve 500 employees and the union president said it is under- stood that a further 500 would be laid off towards the end of July. Company officials state that the July 16 layoffs reflected nor- mal summertime decline in pro- duction and no decision has been made about further layoffs. Such a decision would depend upon weather conditions and the ex- tent of wheat rust disease in the West. 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