aa B.C. LUMBER WORKER il Royal Columbian Sisters Gerd Irlendson and Pat- ty Whitelaw of the LA Local 1- IWA, visited the following lents in the Royal Columbian spital August 30th to Septer ber 6th, distributing canay, ciga' ettes and copies of the B.C. Lum. ber Worker, J, Bennett, Alaska Pine — Doing nicely. ¥. Talyon, Fraser Mills—Knee op- eration. Keenan, A.P.L, — Improving. W. Jackson, B.C, Forest Products, Hammond — Doing nicely. W, Bourjeois, Pacific Shale and Shingles. Rotkin, Macdonald's, ™, ‘Travis, Pacific Veneer — Im- proving. J. Jones, B.C, Forest Products, Hammond — Doing nicely. H, Turgeon. W. Bailey, Pitt Lake, B.C. Forest Products. W. Slywehuk, Flavelle Cedar, Gordon Smith, Timber Preservers —Doing nicely. Walter Woods, Brownsville —Do- ing nicely. E. Gazley, nicely. 1, Lecinix, Fraser Mills — Improv- Englewood — Doing ing. David Asten, Pacific Veneer—Im- proving, yeaa Farris Mill — Opera- ion, L. Langley, Hammond — Doing nicely, D. Williams, Hammond — Car ac- cident, Hugh Money, B.C. Forest Products —Doing nicely, J, Stnehr, Fraser Mills. Harris, Flavelle Cedar. G, LeFlear, Shooks—Neck injury. C. Finstnd, Royal City Mills. Krefting, Hammond — Looking better. J. Zoulhuzr, nicely, J. Ozols,. Pacific Veneer. Winnipeg — Doing Sisters Gerd Erlendson and Pat- ty Whitelaw of the LA Local 1- 857, IWA, visited the following patients in the Royal Columbian Hospital August 28rd to 80th, dis- tributing candy, cigarettes and copies of the B.C, Lumber Worker. Thomas Travis, Pacific Veneer — Improving, J. Jones, B.C. Forest Products, Hammond — Improving. John Pierce, Timberland Mill — Improving. ©, Krifting, Hammond — Doing nicely, D, Morrison, Pacific Veneer. David Aston, Pacific Veneer—Im- proving. George Thiessen, David Williams, B.C. Forest Pro- ducts, Hammond—Auto accident Hugh Money, B.C. Forest — Im- proving. Donald Woods, Brownsville Saw- mill — Improving. Gazley, Englewood — Improving, Royce ‘Thomson, Evans Plywood— Ripped cartilage. J. J, Bennett UL. LeClair, Fraser Mills — Im- proving. Keenan, A.P.L. — Improving. W, Kardinal, B.C. Mtg.—Improv- ing. W,, Bouyeois, Pacific Shake and Shingle—Doing nicely. King’s Daughters Financial Secretary Ed. Linder, Perey Clements and Ross Davis, of Local 1-80, IWA, visited the fol- lowing patients ‘in the King’s Daughters Hospital August 25th, distributing candy, cigarettes and copies of the B.C, Lumber Worker. Daye Bramfitt, Mesachie Lake. John Anderson, Lake Cowichan, Juon Chong, Mesachie Lake, Ken Greeno, Duncan. Rattan Singh, Mesachio Lake. Gordon Belanzky, Gordon River. Moward Donohue (Child), Camp No, 3, Youbou. Bob Turney, Honeymoon Bay. BU MeReady, Lake Cowichan. Ernie Trueman, Lake Cowichan, Peter Matterson, Northwest Ba} HM, L. Roney, Honeymoon Bay. Ise Olxow (child), Lake Cowichan, T, C, Griffin, Dunean, Ken Julian, ‘Shawnigan Lake. Gordon Mufeh, Caycuse Beach. Lakha Singh, Mosachie Lake. Mrs, Dolores Deméry, Meade Creek Miss Naney Hope, Youbou, B.C. Mrx, Letti Long, Cayeuse Beach: Mrs, Basil Kier, Youbou. Mrs, Fred Patterson, Zoneymoon ay Andy Anderson, Honeymoon Bay, B.C. St. Paul’s Sisters Rossie Cummins and Pat Fulljames of the LA Local 1-217, TWA, visited the following pa- aan | tients in the St. Paul's Hospital August 25th, distributing candy, cigarettes and copies of the B.C. Lumber Worker. J. Blanchard, McClean Lumber — Back injury, doing fine. ¥. Gentry, Gateway Lumber — ‘Fractured sicull and broken knee cap. Bae paceamSteke AU piafons lee In jury. J. ¥. Rahn, Fraser Bay — Back injury, will be up soon, L. Boucher, Jervis Inlet—Broken ‘back and’ rib. ©, Perusich, Kitimat—leg injury. W. Peterson, Quesnel—leg injury. R. Billy, Sqdamish—Sleeping. B, Colwell, Franklin River, Mr, Bodnariuk, Port Broken leg. P. Williams, Creekside — Injured elbow. ™. Roy, Bearcreek — Amputated toe. St. Paul’s Sisters Kay Wood and Pat Full- James of the LA Local 1-217, 1WA, Visited the following patients in the St. Paul’s Hospital August 19, distributing candy, cigarettes and copies of the B.C. Lumber Worker. J, Blanchard, McClean Lumber — Back injury, F. Gentry, Gateway Lumber — ‘Practured skull and broken knee Mellon — cap. M, Boylan, Alberni — Multiple in- juries. P, Heindricks, Abbotsford — Leg injury. J. ¥. Rahn, Fraser Bay — Back injury. L._ Boucher, Jervis Inlet-—Broken back and rib. T, Perusich, Kitimat—Leg injury. W. Peterson, Quesnel—Leg injury. R, Billy, Squamish. Vancouver General Sisters Gertrude Pither~ and Pearl Hodgson of the LA Local 1-217, IWA, visited the following patients in ‘the Vancouver General Hospital August 26th, distributing candy, cigarettes and copies of the B.C. Lumber Worker. R._ Morrison, BC. — Back injury. D. Harder, Lasqueti, B.C. — Back injury. John Frith, Eburne Sawmills. Ronald Dalziel, Hornby Island. Maurice Giguere, Grand Forks — Neck injury. Nelson Lindgren, Booth Logging— Head injury. Jim Nelson, Prince George — Ear injury, R, McKay, Terrace — Back injury N, Clemente, Merritt—Back injury. G. Pillat, Texada Island — Knee injury. ¥. Ingram, Bailey Sawmills Chil- Cranbrook, Mwack — Back injury. R, Dickson, Alaska Pine — Leg injury. Stan Chyzowski, Kelley Logging— Juskatla. Wm, Bunton, Port Renfrew. David Lind, Babine Lake, Smithers WH. Vaandering, Vancouver Ply- ‘woods. Len Kranrod, Yukon Lumber, Van- couver. Stan Quaye, Creston. Daye Klever, MacMilian & Bloedel, Campbell River. Garsha Nirbhail| Singh, Box — Hand injury. George Whitehouse, Canadian White Pine, Vancouver. Alex Strukoff, Midway, B. jury. Empire —In- take their holidays then. But Labor Day is harder to change than Christmas and New Year’s in this country. I can’t imagine the 1.0.D.E. getting up- set about it as they did-over the 24th of May and Dominion Day. But plenty of other people would — thousands who haven’t the foggiest interest in Labor Day from a labor viewpoint would stand up and holler if you moved it. No matter how much they love their children, two months of their company is about all parents can take. If there was not an early Sep- tember holiday to signal the end of holidays, there’d be more Let- ters to the Editor than news, the incidence of spankings would rise sharply, we’d probably have a wave of parental delinquency that would make the juveniles orga- nize in self-defense, homes would break up, governments would fall, Citizens’ Forum would end up in fist fights, fathers would leave home pretending they were going prospecting for uranium, mothers would let loose the ner- vous breakdowns they’d been holding in check, and grandpar- ents would all retire to Old Peo- ple’s Homes and spend their time building higher fences around them! Here We Go Well, never mind, It hasn’t happened. Here we go again as usual, with our small darlings trudging away to school all neat and clean and tidy, and our big- ger darlings slouching away with the correct carefully disarranged sloppiness (or is this going to be a tailored year in the younger set?) And we can settle down to comparative quiet during school hours, with nothing to do but the usual endless cooking and clean- ing and mending and canning and planning and... WEEKLY DRUG BILL AVERAGES $2200 WINDSOR (CPA)—When the officers of Local 200 of the United Auto Workers (CIO-CCL) tallied up the costs of the 109-day strike against Ford of Canada they found a substantial reason for wanting good health coverage for their members. The Local paid the cost of drugs prescribed by doctors to families of striking autoworkers. On adding their figures, the unionists found it cost an average of $2,200 a week for this minor item alone. cS oN GENERAL | Sanpwic WHITE BRE. you can’t beat its FRESHNESS BAKERIES LIMITED BALANCED RATION “You're Smarter Than You Think” By PEG STEWART For years the tourist industry people have been trying to get the holiday season extended by changing the date of Labor Day. On the surface it looks more or less plaus- ible—certainly in some parts of Canada September is a wonderful month, and lots of people would be happy to insist on some discussion of im- portant and timely topics like these being on the year’s pro- gram—and in such a form that you can really get your teeth into them. If you don’t belong to any- thing, there’s nothing to stop you forming a study group, If your union local can’t supply you with a speaker or information, bother the Education Department higher up for material, and do your own digging and discussing. Dont leave all the education to the children. You’re smarter than you think! Speaking of planning, you may know what your fall clothes are going to be like—whether they're new or a make-do from year be- fore last. You may know what’s going to be in the cellar when the canning season is over—per- haps you're one of those-remark- able people who starts Christmas presents in the early fall But what are you planning to do with your mind this year? French Course I’m not suggesting that you should nip out and take a course in French at a Night School— though lots of us could stand it; nor that you join an Art or Music Appreciation class—unless that’s what you want to do. But there are some current events, some tremendously important de- velopments right now that are going to affect every one of us intimately, and I think it would be a sound idea.to plan to find out something about them. Dumb loyalty is a dandy thing in household pets — but wives should have informed loyalty. When somebody asks you what makes the unions think they want a guaranteed annual wage, you should be able to tell them not only why they want it, but what it is—lots of people think it’s just an evcuse to draw money for doing nothing, like a more digni- fied form of dole. ‘Listen Intelligently And when people disciss the amalagamation of the two Labor Congresses, you should be able to take part with intelligence. Even if you don’t want to talk about it particularly, you should be able to listen intelligently, you shouldn’t be in such a fog that you just can’t wait to change the subject. It’s all very well to get your information from your husband, provided he’s willing and able to give it out. But it’s a whole lot [better to get it from somebody else—like driving lessons! If you belong to an auxiliary or a club, WOMEN STILL PENALIZED OTTAWA (CPA) — While the federal government has outlawed discrimination in employment on * the grounds of race, national ori- gin, color or religion, it still prac- ticed discrimination against women, a CCF member charged during the discussion of Labor estimates in Parliament. A. M. Nicholson (CCF Mac- kenzie) quoted a Civil Service Commission job announcement specifying that married women might apply for the post but would be considered only for a temporary appointment unless they produced an affidavit to the effect that they were required to be self-supporting, Many wives who were not required to be self- supporting worked for economic reasons, Nicholson noted. He asked for an end to the type of “Victorian thinking” involved in the restrictive conditions of the job offer. 1-424 L.A. PLANS DANCE A dance has been planned by members of the Ladies’? Aux- iliary of Local 1-424, Prince George, to be held September 24, with the proceeds being used for an Xmas Party for members and the children. The Auxiliary also plans to install a refreshment booth at the Prince George and District Fall Fair, which will take place on September 3 and 4. The Barn Dance, held in the CCF Hall, July 23, was highly successful and the funds raised there were used for the Aux- iliary’s picnic. a 2. cn ry ra