eS £ eae a a B.C. LUMBER WORKER. 2nd Issue, September GO (CPA) — The can Medical Association ‘Congress recently that a providing full Social Secur- 'y benefits to totally disabled workers, 50 or over, is a dan- _ gerous step on the road to “socialized medicine”, __ The AMA Board of Trustees, in an editorial in the association Journal, termed the House-ap- proved liberalization of the Social Security law a greater danger _ than the “Truman-sponsored compulsory health insurance bills.” abled. disabled workers 50 or over. Lower Retirement Age a Present Law - Under present law a totally disabled worker who has been covered by Social Security can- not collect his retirement bene- fits until h reaches 65. Last year | 18. Health Benefits Opposed Congress enacted legislation to “freeze” his account to allow him to draw benefits at 65 based on his earnings before becoming dis- This year the AFL and other groups pushed for liberalization of the provision to allow a totally disabled worker to collect ‘his Social Security payments upon proof of inability to work. The House adopted a measure that would allow such payments to "The same bill would lower the retirement age for women work- ers and eligibility of widows and workers’ wives to draw benefits from 65 to 62 and would extend benefits to disabled children over It would also extend coverage to self-employed professionals, with the exception of physicians, and boost the tax rate per worker and employer %%. Benefits Extended The AMA board said: “If this bill is adopted it can be confi- dently predicted that the cash disability benefits will gradually “be extended the temporarily dis- abled and that eventually the Federal Government will initiate a system of compulsory health insurance as a necessary counte: part to the cash benefits program. “This combination of national compulsory health insurance and national disability benefits has been true in almost every other ATTENTION ALL LOGGERS RE: FOREST CLOSURE IN FOREST DISTRICT No. 1 Commencing midnight September 5th, 1955 Meetings were held between the IWA District Council and Forest Industrial Re- lations Ltd. on the application of Article XXI (Fare Allowance) in the Coast Master Contract. Forest Industrial Relations Ltd. agreed that the Fare Allowance provisions in the Agreement apply to the forest closure commencing September 5th. Whenever a lay-off of this nature oc- curs it follows that the Seniority Retention provisions of Artcile X, Section 3, also apply. Loggers are urged to note that the Fare Allowance Clause provides payment of fares based on 20 and 40 days worked. This should not be confused with working days. Anyone who has not collected fares in accordance with the Agreement, should * contact his Company for payment. * DISTRICT COUNCIL No. 1 INTERNATIONAL WOODWORKERS OF AMERICA (CIO-CCL) 45 Kingsway Vancouver, B.C. Publicetion dete of the next issue of the B.C, LUMBER WORKER ‘is Oct. 6th, Deedline for ad copy is Sept. 29th and for news copy ‘Sept. 30th, Representing the Orgenized Loggert aad Mill Werkers of B.C. {TWICE MONTHLY ON THE FIRST THIRD THURSDAYS BY nation where government dis- ability benefits exist.” The editorial called on the medical profession to “take ac- tive steps to develop a public climate that will permit members of the Senate to vote against it (the Social Security amendments bill)”. GAW PLAN PROVES WORTH DETROIT (CPA) — The re- cently - negotiated guaranteed annual wage agreement, incor- porated in the Ford Motor- United Auto Workers (CIO) contract, is already paying off. Men who would normally be laid off during a model change- over are now being kept at work, The GAW—otherwise known as the guaranteed employment plan —provides that the auto manu- facturers (so far Ford and Gen- eral Motors) will provide either work or layoff pay. When the Lincoln Division of Ford announced completion of production of its 1955 model, company officials stated that the aditional practice of laying off workers until next year’s produc- tion line got started would not be followed this year. Employees are to be switched to work on Mer- cury cars or to help in the changeover for the new Lincoln models. Profits Upped MONTREAL (CPA) — The net income of Aluminum Ltd. jumped by 24% in the first half of 1955 over the figure for last year to reach $23,- 179,558. Aluminum Co. of Canada Ltd. reported a net income for the first six months of this year of $18,- 896,714 compared with last year’s total of $17,894,628. 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