"and Issue, July B.C. LUMBER WORKER il ROYCE WINS NEW POST OTTAWA (CPA) — Miss ~ Marion V. Royce of Toronto has been named to head the new Women’s Bureau of the Department of Labor. The newly appointed Director will start her duties in September. Announcement of ‘the forma- tion of a bureau to deal with the special problems of working women was made nearly a year ago. Since that time, the civil service commission has been seeking a suitable person to head the section. Miss Royce, now principal of Moulton College, is a graduate of McMaster University, Hamilton and Ontario College of Educa- tion..She has been a staff mem- ber of the world YWCA and has had considerable contact with the specialized agencies of the Unit- ed Nations, particulary the In- ternational Labor Organization. COFFEE PRICES BOOSTED STILL No one can agree on what is going to happen to coffee prices. There's even disagreement | over exactly what has happen- ed in the past hectic few months. But the coffee drinker knows one thing for certain: He’s still paying more than ever for it. The optimists say Brazilian stocks of coffee appear larger than expected, that price could start to slide early next year and consumer prices a year from now may be well below the present {not level. Spot coffee beans in New York presently are nudging the 90c Ib. level and the housewife can pay up to $1.45 for ground coffee. The pessimists buttress a strong case with these argu- ments: Brazil has set the coffee ex- port price for the next year at 87c lb.; increased output in Brazil and other nations is possible but certain; North American consumers are adjusting to higher prices and taking up the slack in demand which developed earlier; European demand has increased. RETAIL SALES TUMBLE OTTAWA (CPA)—Evidence of what government officials call a “levelling off” in the economy is apparent in the drop recorded in value of re- tail sales during the month of April. Sales during the month fell by nearly $14 million to $1,031 million to $1,031 million. Hardest hit were dealers in motor vehicles, appliance and radio stores and building ma- terials and lumber, whose sales dropped by 11.2%, 11.8% and 11.6% respectively. « Wholesale dealers also noted a decline of 2% in sales during the month compared with April 1953. The largest decreases were in footwear, clothing, dry goods and hardware, Italian Unions Plan Housing BRUSSELS (CPA) — The Italian Trade Union Federa- tion (CISL) has produced a detailed plan for providing the 2% million dwellings which it is estimated will be needed to solve the housing shortage in Italy over the next ten years, the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions reports.” CISL proposes the construction of 200,000-250,000 housing units per year, with a yearly invest- ment of $2,250,000. Rent Controls The plan calls for government expropriation (with compensa- tion) of building sites, for the extension of rent control for a further ten years and for the financing of the sclieme by a tax of 10%-15% on the rents of resi- dential property and 20% on business premises. SO VERY INTERESTED eT { @ i i VITALLY INTERESTED in the proceedings were these-ladies in attendance at the recent member- ship meeting of Local 1-80, IWA. (Left to right): Mrs. E. Lundeberg, President W.A. Camp 6; Mrs. George Smythe, Ist Vice-President, W.A.; Miss S hirley Clarke, bookkeeper, Miss Sally Thompson, stenographer, both IWA members and on the staff of the Local Union. Fewer Wives At Work In Canada OTTAWA (CPA)—Three in every ten workers in the Unit- ed States are women, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. In Canada, however, Labor Department statistics show that the proportion is only just over two out of ten. While women workers total 19 million in the U.S., or around 30% of the total foree, women workers accounted for only 1,190,000, or 22%, out of the total Canadian labor force of 5,392,000 during May this year. One major difference between the U.S. and Canadian working forces of women is the number of married women employed. In the U.S. more than half of all women workers are married, but in Canada the proportion of mar- ried women has dropped from 37% in late 1945 to just over 32% recorded early this year. In 1945, 35% of all U.S. civilian workers were women. This fell to 28% in 1947, but over the last three years the percentage has remained around 30. Canadian women workers accounted... for 24% of the total labor. force in November, 1945, and the percent- age stood at the same level in 1947 but has since dropped to the fairly steady level of 22%. C Sek Vancouver General Sister Alison Brown and Stella Lau- maillet of the WA Local 1-217, IWA, vi “d the following patients in the Vancouver General Hospital, distributing candy, cigarettes and copies of the B.C. Lumber Worker: WARD E Knott, Knott Brothers Logging—Hand injury. Higginson, O'Brian Logging—Hand and broken pelt Storey, Chemainus—Knee injury. Henderson, Bay Lumber—Leg injt Pimlott, Sooke—Leg injury. Laktich, Port Alberni—Leg injury. Libeon, Smithers—Toe injuries. WARD S and T Island—Leg Roberts, Nelson injuries. and arm t WA BOWLING TEAM WINNERS of the 1954 Dawson Creek Ladies League, left to right: Mrs. Stubley, Miss Anne Tikkenin, Mrs. Dorothy Hart. Front row, left to right: Mrs. Mae Close and Mrs. Donna Hawkins, who as star bowler went east last year for the Western Cana- si Lést___ Dd Byrd, Prince Rupert—Arm inju Melnic, Kennedy Lake—Leg injr Quaye, Cranbrook—Broken back. Madras, MacMillan & Bloedell—Stomach trouble. RACE BARS FOUGHT TORONTO (CPA)—A show- down on the discrimination practiced against colored resi- dents of Dresden, Ontario, may result from the first complaint filed under the recently passed Ontario Fair Accommodations Act. The complaint, filed by A. R. Burnett of Dresden, Sec- retary of the National Unity Association, charges that a Dresden restaurateur refused to serve him and some friends because they were Negroes. Earlier this year Mr. Burnett headed a delegation to the pro- vincial Cabinet asking for legi: lation to outlaw racial diserimi- nation in the province. Com- plaints that Dresden’s Negro residents could not get a meal in the town restaurants or obtain the services of barbers and others, aroused nation-wide in- terest. Dresden has Canada’s highest proportion of Negro citi- zens. B The incident complained of in the statement filed with Labor Minister Daley followed an at- tempt by Burnett and two mar- vied couples to have a meal in a restaurant. They were asked by ies; the proprietor to leave. Exempt Funds Upped employee pension funds were contained in Bill 467, recently passed by the House of Com- mons and Senate. Three an- nual limits were increased from $900 to $1,500: $1500 Deductible —If you are an employee, you may have $1,500 deducted from your earnings and transmitted to an approved pension plan in respect of your services for the year, and you may deduct this from your taxable earned in- come. —If you are an employee, you may now contribute $1,500 to an approved pension plan in respect of prior years’ service when you were not a contributor, and de- duct this, from syour earned income. —If you are an employer, you may contribute $1,500 to an ap- proved pension plan in respect of each employee's current ser- vices, and write this off as an operating expense. 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