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B.C. LUMBER WORKER

2nd Issue, December

NEWS DIGEST
Items of Interest To
Labor In Capsule Form

Cote Succeeds Jodoin
MONTREAL.—Leo M. Cote, business agent for the Sheet Metal
Workers’ International, succeeds Claude Jodoin as head of the 100,-
000-member Montreal Trades & Labor Council (TLC).

UAW Contract Demands
DETROIT.—The UAW will throw its full power behind contract
demands to be made to Ford, GM and Chrysler next year, UAW
President Walter Reuther announced. A major demand of the union
in 1955 will be guaranteed annual wage, he stated, at a collective
bargaining conference attended by nearly 1,000 U.S. and Canadian

autoworkers’ representatives.

Corporation Gyps Veterans
HAMILTON.—Ontario CCF Leader D, C. MacDonald charged
the government's Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation with
unloading sub-standard homes on veterans at inflated prices.

CB of RE Meeting, January 5
MONTREAL—Frank Hall announced that representatives of
18 operating and non-operating rail unions would meet here Janu-
ary 5 to “discuss the situation arising from the intervention of the
government” respecting rail union strike action.

Four Seats Short
WELLINGTON, N.Z—The New Zealand Labor Party missed
forming the next government by only four seats when it captured
seven seats from the Conservative National Party in nationwide
elections. Standing of the parties changed from Labor 30, National
50 to Labor 37, National 43.

Etabicoke Vote To Strike
TORONTO.—Employees of the Ford parts plant at suburban
Etobicoke voted 71% in favor of strike action following a concilia-
tion board’s no wage increase recommendation. A total,of 134 mem-
bers of Local 584, UAW, are involved.

CB of RE Arbitration Awards
OTTAWA.—The report of Chief Justice Sloan, arbitrator in the
contract dispute involving 145,000 non-operating railway employees,
awarded contract improvements valued at nearly $7 million. Hourly-
rated men get five statutory holidays (instead of none), all em-

two weeks after three, and three weeks after 15 years’ employment).

Parliament Opens January 7
OTTAWA.—The second session of Canada’s 22nd Parliament
will open Friday, January 7. The Throne Speech and Address
in Reply to the Speech will be disposed of the same day with thf:
opposition getting down to criticism of the government’s program
on the following Monday.

Company Union Certified
OTTAWA.—A company union beat the Steelworkers (CIO-
CCL) in a bid for certification of loco and car shop employees on
the Irone Ore of Canada-owned Quebec North Shore and Labrador
Railway Co, The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers was certi-
fied as bargaining agent for loco engineers on the same line.

NES Unemployment Figures
OTTAWA.—The number of Canadians looking for work on
October 21 totalled 259,300, the NES reported. This was an increase

of 30% over the total for the same time a year earlier.

Brewery Strike Ends
REGINA.—Saskatchewan’s longest strike—that of 130 members
of Local 318, Brewery Workers against Sicks’ Brewery—ended with
the employees winning a 15-cent wage increase. The strike lasted
nearly four months, with the company attempting to recruit scab

labor. Settlement terms bring Regina rates up to those in Ontario |.

and on the West Coast.

ClO Members’ Benefit Figures
NEW YORK.—Some 3,283,000 CIO members are covered by
pension and retirement programs and 4,549,000 members are covered
hy life insurance negotiated by their unions, according to a recent
survey of ClO-afliliated unions.

CCL Union Home
VANCOUVER.—CCL-affiliated unions in the Vancouver Metro-
politan area plan a $300,000 union home to include office, meeting
and other accommodation. Financing will be through the purchase
of shares by unions and individuals. A site has been obtained and
construction is expected to start next April.

Publication date of the next issue of the B.C. LUMBER WORKER
is January 6th. Deadline for ad copy is December 30th and for
news copy December 31st.

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Representing the Orgenized Loggers and Mill Workers of B.C.
PUBLISHED TWICE MONTHLY ON THE FIRST
AND THIRD THURSDAYS BY

International Woodworkers of America (CIO-CCL)
B.C, District Council No. 1 >

DISTRICT OFFICERS:

Joe Morris
‘William N. Gray
‘Stuart M, Hodgson

rd Vice-President Fred Fieber
Secretary-Treasurer George H. Mitchell
Internat Board Member ‘Walter F. Allen

Address all communications to s
GEORGE H. MITCHELL, Secretary-Treasurer
45 Kingsway - Phone FAirmont 8807-8
Vancouver, B.C.
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obtaining the finest water repellent can-
vas clothing obtainable.

$23 Million Still On Hand

OTTAWA (CPA)—Really hard

pressed municipalities can get
low-interest assistance from the
Federal Government in helping to
reduce their unemployment so
long as they are able to cut
through the red tape and meet all
the qualifications laid down in a
16-year-old Act of Parliament.

The legislation that covers as-
sistance in reducing unemploy-
men in municipalities was passed
in 1938 and is known as the Muni-
cipal Improvements Assistance
Act. In the 16 years since its
enactment, however, less than
one-quarter of the total sum
available to municipalities has
been lent.

Criticism of the restrictions
surrounding the loans was voiced
by the then CCF member for
Winnipeg North, A. A. Heaps,
when the measure was first intro-
duced. Heaps welcomed the Act
but predicted that, because of the
restrictions, even the small
amount of $30 millions (there
were then 407,000 unemployed in
Canada out of a labor force of
2,704,000) would not be used. The
total lent so far is only $7,035,-
783.86, There have been no loans
made under the Act since 1940.

Conditions Specified

Any municipality can still get
a loan at the low interest rate
of 2% under the. Act, if it can
prove it is for:

1. A self-liquidating project. .

2. A project that is “urgently
needed”.

3. A project that will “assist
in the relief of unempoy-
ment in the municipality
concerned”.

4. A project that will increase
the annual net revenue of
the municipality concerned.
(Detailed financial estimates
must be submifted to the
Minister of Finance.)

“Aren’t you ashamed,” the
judge asked the man, “to have
your wife support you by doing
such menial work?”

“Yes, I am Your Honor,” he
replied, “but what can I do?
She’s too ignorant to do anything

else.”
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Hear about the little moron
who swallowed five pennies and
then went around asking every-
body if they saw any change in
him?

The municipality making appli-
cation must also get approval
from the Lieutenant-Governor-in-
Council of the province and it
must get a guarantee that the
province will back interest and
amortization payments on the
loan received.

When these conditions have
been fulfilled, a loan of up to

$200,000 may be obtained by any
municipality. Larger munieipali-
ties may get loans, not exceeding
approximately $3 per citizen
(based on the 1931 Census) of
larger amounts. c
Nearly $23 million is still

available for loans, but no for-

mal applications have been

made since 1940.

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