12 B.C. LUMBER WORKER 2nd Issue, July NEWS DIGEST ||Barnett “NYLON Items of Interest To © Queries EER POPLIN” Labor In Capsule Form : 8) Tactics | QVae" aE eee Canadian Elected ILO Chairman . OTTAWA—Canada’s Deputy Labor Minister, Arthur H. Brown,]| OTTAWA (CPA) — Trade was elected chairman of the 40-member governing body of the Inter-] Unionist M.P. Tom Barnett The Cruisers’ Coat (P. 658) has national Labor Organization at its meeting in Geneva, Switzerland.} (CCF Comox-Alberni) was told double thickness over shoulders, Sir Alfred Roberts, British worker representative, and Pierre Wa-] in Parliament this week that a || chest back and sleoves. line, French employer rep., were named vice-chairmen. union picket line was barred RWDSU Organizational Drive Planned | {rom the Montreal docks under |] Far pockets, de. WASHINGTON — The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store| Transport Minister Marler on || eentlang'inete Union has announced plans to organize nearly 2,000 Simpson-Sears| yhat authority a United Auto |] mony spa ncti employees among mail-order warehouse employees and other retail Workers-CCL picket line, pro- Tore breast. poor, employees in Regina, Sask. RWDSU prsident Max Greenberg told testing the unloading of a “hot” ees one insld the unions annual General Council meeting thaf the RWDSU would] cargo of china clay, was not ||. kets one. largo not merge with the AFL Teamsters. allowed in the dock area. pack =pocket in Anti-Polio Shots Prove Worth OTTAWA — Of the 1,000,000 Canadian children receiving Salk anti-polio shots by July 1, none has contracted polio, Health Minister Martin told the Commons. Sask. Gov’t. Insurance Increasing © REGINA — Saskatchewan’s Government Insurance Office has reached the position of 21st among the 57 biggest general insurance concerns in its first 10 years of operation, insurance trade papers note. On fire premiums alone it climbed to 27th place from 32nd last year. Auto insurance sales show the SGIO up to 15th from 27th place last year among the 29 biggest Canadian auto insurance firms. ILO Trade Union Figures GENEVA — Trade union membership in the countries of South and South-East Asia now exceeds 13,000,000, nearly all of which has been recruited since the end of World War II, an ILO survey indicates. Top membership in thirteen countries included in the survey was registered in Japan whose union membership numbers nearly 6,000,000. : U.S. Corporations Profit The Pants (P.656) are completely double with additional interlining on front only. Th Made exclusively by 43 WEST HASTINGS STREET VANCOUVER 4, B.C. HMS GREYGOOSE GETS GAS TURBINE NEW YORK — Nearly one-third of all profits made by US ae 4 a a LONDON (CPA)—The world’s first gunboat to be powered corporations last year went to 44 of the nation’s 4,200,000 companies. Rs eae hipbiae ey waa que thivedsiittemaceien the English The 44 companies, each making more than $40 million after taxes, 5 ; eee oe eillons(Ge)82%)0F allfentaings of US corporations). | TOM BARNETT, MP. || (ren ct deatoying excite duciee Wade er eter British Commercialize T.V. ina ees k a floating test bed. : : LONDON — Britain's first commercial television service goes |, 28¢ Picket line was opposing She is the biggest vessel ever to be powered entirely by this into operation in suburban Croydon on September 22. ‘The station, | {°° Unloading of china clay || British developed method of propulsion. Serving 10 million people, will he supplemented by two others next |PoWr* ror the Simuek ebler bath March bringing 60% of the UK population within. viewing range.| 3t Sheboyean, Wis, ‘Two Necwe- The new service, under Independent Television Authority jurisdic- te eae pat Andepen gian ships which had earlier been tion, is bound by strict advertising and taste rules. Recreloowy tion Gitar Lake ports had transported the clay to Montreal. AFL Part Workers One of the two freighters, the Fossum, which carried 1,700 tons of clay, had been turned away from Sheboygan after the mayor banned the unloading as being “necessary to protect the inter- - | ests of the community”. The ship then steamed to Milwaukee, 65 miles away, but AFL port work- ers there refused to unload the cargo. It is believed that unload= ing was tried at other Lake ports before the ships eventually reach- ed Montreal. With the dismissal from the dock area of the picket line, AFL Montreal longshoremen—who had earlier refused to cross the line— unloaded the clay which will be transported to Sheboygan by rail. It is believed that UAW workers, who have been on strike at the ! Kohler plant for 15 months, will Mo fA ey Ord ers: Special Rates for Loggers at the Hew Hilton Hotel 50 WEST CORDOVA STREET VANCOUVER, B.C, New! 150 ROOMS, ENTIRELY REDECORATED AND 3 ALL WITH HOT AND COLD WATER. New! Loggers’ Postal Redirection Service 24 Hour-a-day clerk will redirect your mail. Make the New Hilton Hotel your regular mailing address, and get ALL your mail PROMPTLY. PRIVATELY OWNED AND OPERATED New! sparktinc corree stor. Your Patronage Is Appreciated! attempt to prevent the unloading t 7 of the clay from the railway cars bere iereaches SHeboy een, When you want to send money by mail, . eo, x use Canadian’ Bank of Commerce money n of the next issu Kon S : nada al om a - 2 = pe Sc h ool seme eee Ser them at any Com- . July 29%h, merce branch in British Columbia. They can be mailed safely — can be cashed ; M oves To readily. Be safe when mailing money. Use Canadian Bank of Commerce Money BCLowsentiVorxer | Africa Order. Representing the Organized Loggers and Mill Workers of B.C. B * PUBLISHED TWICE 3 MONTHLY ON THE FIRST BRUSSELS (CPA)—In view BANKING BY MAIL is convenient, easy to do. * International Woodworkers of America (CIO-CCL) of the success of the interna- See for yourself — today. DISTRICT Onpronns: tional trade union school orga- nized by the Cae Gane federation of Free Trade Fred Sieber Unions at Caleutta, India, Iast Geo RS H. Mitchell October-November, the ICFTU een 5: Suan has decided to repeat the ex- periment in 1955. A school THE > which will deal with the prob- Jems of organization in under- , developed countries and the OF COMME conditions of plantation and agricultural labor will be held * “a at Accra, Gold Coast, next 80 Branches in British Columbia November.