B.C. LUMBER

WORKER

IN BRIEF
IN BRIEF
IN BRIEF

bid ee he ‘ond CLi avaulton held in the City of
ee i teed delegate received an ees brochure of
the Coast rand the B.C. deleg: fates had a powerful lobby pro-

Ne held i ihe biggest city of

the province Sane the tooth anniversary year of B.C. (1958).
St. Laurent Sie Sane ae ers of his Cabinet in
trade union. In thanking Mr. St. Paurent for his Fikes iB tie
CLC convention, Mr. pp doi that the Cabinet be
“organized” and become and that a union of
Member: Parl rliament he jchtablished ‘a and eeeeeren as ouG,

jo. 2.
organizer.

CLC President Claude | “Todoin’s first action aoe receiving
he French-

Canadian folk song AGE

Typesetters of the Marcie Day ear hurried to alte

dent “Stu” Hodgson
Great Britain.

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INTERNATIONAL IWA PRESIDENT A. F. Hartung (centre), is joined by District 2nd Vice-Presi-
in a chat with Charles Geddes (right), Past President, Trades Union Congress,

first edition story on the openii vention sessions after
delegates complained that the Bae. “that “Mosher and TLC
Pree Claude Jodoin wrapped hands around a gavel and
the new family of labor into existence” was not quite

Rite

: ‘he convention hall anne ‘hacdrop was designed by
Harry Kelman, staff artist of the Canadian Congress of Labor.
The 60-foot by 6-foot picture showed 18 workers carrying ban-

it it i d the CLC.

The hi e days to paint,

Joe Glazer, Education Dibeeion of the United Rubber Non
ers and the minstrel of the American Labor movement si

alysis
Interior Wage:
5 and B

“ECONOMY WILL |
CONTINUE CLIMB”

iou:
Prediction that the Canadian economy would continue

its upclimb for the next two years was Hede ae IWA In-| due to
ternational Research Director, in. his

is of the situation prepared for ona deetion of the
's and Contract Conference, Kelowna, May aes

an-

His ttement, which outlined
the eaeeat economic

able ‘to increase sales volume
more easily to ebacr
in profit. margins on i
items.

Ape tie facili-
eaten Canada.
it is also i

in fairly g
shape. Recent increases in the

favorites as “Solidarity Forever”. background! the market, making new finan-|banks rate helped tighten some
caenhg of the mending negotiations, stat-| cing ‘more difficult. Mor nor

The convention attracted the largest press, radio and TV | ed in p rowing
Grd) 1956 (0) and more expensive in the quan-| ‘There has ibe no Eo in-
women) were accredited pone con yencions sam in Canadas 48> con: | tities: heeded: viaitereat Weatediton|(aeceetia per capita debt in Can-
if fieuing. Goods ca services cue mortgages have risen in sym-| ada as the population growth ac-
The official sonrention ass oe the novel idea put will probably be up 5-6 per-| pathy with general upward trend counts, for almost all of the cre-

cost of money. dita

industries ile rhage The bank rate (ate of interest ts indicate

B.C. ioe ON
CLC MITTEES
-s from Britis! import: ee

Columbia play: t xole in
etek mre of the ronaaing erraiien: oe the Can:

“Lat ‘ing and summer busi-
ness euoald top all records. De-
mand is outpacing supplies in

erucial basic aa aa At the

adiai

ret on ey committees. IWA District praia
eM unatee ae uihe Organization Committee, where
some thorny as out.

‘A District ond "Vice-President “Stu” Hodgson was elected
an of the Committee on eee Affairs. George prone
B.C. Federation of Labor Secretar: hairman of the Social
Security Committee, and “Bob” Sm Bat Victoria CBRE, heat ee the

Saale -Arms Committee. G, Johnson, Vancouver, was chairman
f the Legislation Committee.
Other committee members from-B.C. were Tom Alsbury, Van-

ee mi
ecouver, Education, and Percy Rayuient, Victoria, Economic Policy.

in these

ane ae ret fenat bankrupt-
cies during the first quarter of
this year compared with a year

percent, the fourth such increase | ago.

since last August.
This imerease in the bank rate

Halley ceselpealngy to mid-
MEN Wh
yei sara

question is whether Can nada.
tls materials and manpower re

ndle the growth that is being
Lees pted.

‘he Dominion Bureau of Sta.
tistics loa iBricalTndax Has
been hol teady but the
Whol lesa! et Index. hee Ron climb-

Shortage of Labor

tral Raa Seas to try
to keep the boom from running
ae of

d this year "tacalt
& f

hi c
sically accomplished svithin the

Dad: pe my boy, how are
oy ae in school?”

‘Oh, ce so bad. I’m try-
he Uap aucleet
Dad: “That’s good, You need

aes

a °o ree!
ed up to him and pressed a
dal a into his hand saying:

“the ee day, on the same cor-

Planned capital expenditures
iio}

eoatne “the ese serious probe

materials. If money is not con-
tole prices could get out of
and,

oom to Continue
There is every indication that

lems:
help of all Kind is desperatly
short; (2) Materials—Su: yal
of steel, asia cop;
paper, construction material
industrial chemicals and el
tric ials

ae ante aoe
nt

he boom are being

to continue on the upelimb at
least through the next two
years.

Rising costs are cutting into

changing as more aamnatidea

in.
_ ae hit are the smaller

and tight price-cost squeeze sets | 7 :

and are) “holding ete casas ang
levels n

weather con-

much of the Interior’s
Suen is sos in esd this

ent
controlling #
felt.

“the old lady and pressed a $10

Large new securities issues by

| it into her hand.

mpanies were ae to build
ventories when saw price

a favorable
Housing ae
The other major market

WATSON’S
LUMBER GLOVE

Cut from new soft tan
Pearl Mule Split leather.

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THE

7th AVE, & MAIN STREET

IWA DISTRICT OFFICERS
Orve PLYMOUTH’S

STYLE-PACING CAR OF

From JOHNSTON MOTORS

1956

‘WITH PUSH-BUTTON “TOUCH & GO”
SPECIAL FINANCE PLANS ARRANGED FOR IWA MEMBERS
JOHNSTON MOTOR CO. LTD.

VANCOUVER 10, B.C.
yD

remains this ear, it
will still be “approximately 8 per-
cent below last year’s record
level,

brighter was of the pi

tre!
in the United States, and because
of the extreme weather condi-
tions in tern Canada this
year, inventories are at a low
level and prices are high. When
luction does get int ul

swing there appears to be a very

‘ket in both

the States for at