DO Save Lives

OTTAWA
‘cording to

Diesel Firemen

(CPA)—Railway firemen DO save lives, ac-
to witnesses testifying before the oe Royal
pape investigating the diesel dis lispute her:
Alee C. Doull, a veteran me
and former road fore:

of Siegel ee te witness for
iia wad m (CLC),
made , that clear it in his festimong.

ipod and, the CPR had never
cepted time spent firing as an

als.
Mr, Doull, the first union wit-

Rati Poet and ae ness, ee oe president N.
R. Crumy st witness fc
W Blctbam, all of Ottawa. All the ees 5
each ii e pres fe of aj Fire serted Mr. Doull,
iti were ay ‘essential to take over

— in most cases,

Wi
experience to back up his testi-
mony.

ick. | M. aor, Stanley Heys, Jose;

Local 1-80
Installs
Officers

(WA Tanees renee ane
Presi 2 ;
ist Vice, Albert L. Smith; 2nd

James
eph
Dov

‘Strike Suc ure

The
the
Bera tur re to be @ gamed for

Firemen Essential
“Mr. Doull, who ‘is home S &
in Moose Jaw, declared the pre- enna eval
vious day that fire were es-{ When Brotherhood counsel Da-
sential on ere locomotives (1) | vid Lewis asked Mr. Doull
bh ie as ough checks be! ee io he thought would happen if the

ed by-law change to the Local

pia vod ‘egupment (2) to Bs of a yard diesel, the experienced

and approved resolu-
tions to a before the comi

trol the locomotive ae an ing f¢ fireman
defects; @ per an he wouldn’t be able to get by for |Humphrey Butler, representative
posing list of Aa ait etchctions long without some sort of acci-|of the Local Union at the recent
aid in road operation; (4) to | dent, and listed the huge number|PEC School at Vane Soave re-
gulate firing on hand-fires trains, employ and * non- ported on the School, and a com-
ace iéchactivce so that they |railway pers
By

are in a ‘ean to observe and

manship to study this question
as it might apply to the Local

eall signals — Mr. Doull stated Lewis then asked about
that i firing had not interfered road freight service—what would
with his lookout duty at crucial appen e firemen were re-

I wouldn’t feel the train could

be operated safely and efficient-
ly,” replied the adiiaes, who went
on ciate that 5 ral
opinion” ong Saskatchewan

Berar was that helpers (fire-

Union:
ent plane crash in: th
Local Union took the lives of two
people, one a member of the
Local ‘Unio ter, em-
ployed:at Grottn, ‘and the other
a prominent
Unionthadsnad! Aue a eed
with — Mr. Alec Tiskarteons of

A, V. Richardson Ltd., SENG the
U;

Jodoin
Refuses
Honour

le Jodoin, president
aig ‘Canadian aber
has t1

in the Senate. Commenting on
the reported offer, President
Jodoin said in a recent televi-
sion interview that he had par-
ticipated in some conversations
but had declined.

"Hey, waterboy!”
Its the HUB for UNION MADE

carrying charges

vated and remodelled the IWA
Hall at Lake Cowichan.

SMOKER
ATTRACTS

eee eal Count ittee spon-
mol Dance ce
the. Lake Cowichan Tall, Ap

Charming

Ross, is being

cal 1-80,
eanteat!

ren, who recently won two first prizes at the Cowichan

Music Festival’ for her piano playing, is the daughter of an

ig Hillcrest , Mesachie

and talented high ea ait, ‘U1-year- old Karen

sponsored by the Lake Cowichan Sub-Local of
IWA, in the Annual “Miss Lady of the Lake”

Lake.

David J. McDonald
Heads Steel Union

count of 420,085 to

on: 18h Gye D TateenaHlonel vice-presi-

to the presidency of the United |dent Howard R. Hague, unop-
Socal polled 479,747 votes.

Canadian Director

fone! chewing William Mahoney, who had

dues protester Donald Rarick, a | been sorne as acting National

c from: McKeesport; Divector i anada, was elected

all: thé « offer, Unopposed,

he ‘eceived 22,595 ve

i

McDonald polled 404,172 votes
to 228,516 for marie who based
he recent dues |

ir - | Five,
urer I. 7,172 oles! while 15,693
defeating ie oDRonene ‘William | for Lar ry Sefton in District Six.

29, which drew
nearly every ae in cae
Subs Local and i included a num-
Local

The mittee Sea a de-
peor ae for those in attend-
and arrangements were
nade for the dancing ie contin
to 3 o’clock in the morn:

this did not reflect on persons
now Saeed Senate seats, but | ni;

pla
and the TLC Bercre it,” eid Mr.

WAGE HIKES DO NOT
CAUSE SPI RAL

fo thle ARG job in
it such a success.

i pale

tro,

TORONTO (CPA) Ad- nefits of improved productiv-
dressing Nhe annual seminar of ign he stated.
the Certified Public Account- | “Onl: big debtors, like
ants, Harry J. Wats glass, As- |banks and insurance companies,
sistant ector of | benefit from inflation,” he told
the United ‘Seine, told the accountants’ group, “Pension
member! ers and workers are more sev.
erely h
inflationary spirals. “In every For the pa ae ten years corpora-
inflationary period, wages in- | tion er s have been growing
crease much less than profits | much faster than wages, he con-
and labor is slow to get the | tended

pri: an officer of the CLC
| to ite ek a position.

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