B.C. LUMBER WORKER UK. Electrical Trades NETH C. RATH coe rouble in the Com pun ElOkibe which h: u m1 led las been bate euine ae some P ie Ee even screens and on the Elec- Mitcham branch of the union, branch in which national officials | Foulkes, president of the union, to in the Panorama pro- week. Mr. TV viewed him on one of their pro- Hodgson Named To Committee tu Hodgson, the District 2nd Viees President and Local 1-217 Labour representative on the Congress’s International Affairs Committ Stu Hodgson, who is Chairman B.C. La- an_ Executive tional Abies for many years and was the first I.W.A. representa- Mord sons of America Chairman of ey Canadian L: Int. ternational Ataies eee Beapivicic es been one of the more mitt unions, winning sev- Ss They appeared in ee BB. a gramme Panoram: ic ducted ae paeodcow Wyatt, a oe mer Labour M. Clin inque Pee Power They made allegations that votes were being disallowed on ramme A fellas revision esleess confer- ence of the E.T.UL n bee: thee hold. “Offici ials eee ie ae yasporters ae had eaten re} Communist had beaten Jack Fra- ser, a Communist, in an election for a xeCUu- ered with, so that the Commun- et Hell win the election. One aid: “A sets clique is in is determined t to hold would be t e the po ae (erecitive council ue Hons al the recor rds of the las! eal office. a ns groun ind See estic matter, It believed cate one of ¢ new rules may allow branches to send communications to other branches only through the head Power To Investigate been expelled by the executive for are being broken should Fert such breaches to the Regi He has specialized in Interna- Comics Farm Income Drops £C: OTTAWA (CPA)— adian farm products in an lion accordi ling t thir a ird quarter of 1957 was down $6 million from Beale cate total a $698 million to mae mil- minion Bur of Statist! tics. Pre liminary $1,847 million, about 3 percent smaller than the estimate of $1, 911 million for a year earlier. Program Expanded ‘A (CPA)—The quarters e have recom experts on workers’ educatio: GENEV. 18 10 met ae at snternetionel Labor oreenaton head ended an expanded program becau: sie ities of the workers, the growtl pact of restnogiel “ange an velopments.” Max Population erdlow, director of Congrete ealuciion denarii etree poner of their trade unions, the ee othe social and economic d the Canadian Taber of the committee. Increases OTTAWA (CPA) — Canada’s population increased at month inion Bureau of Statistics. A rise of SHIGEO: from 1 a of 1957, apes a the Dom- imate ae 16,- the y ded. In the Tanuae PNET period of 1956, i955 as and 1954, respective increases were 389,0000 and 402,000. Workers Sacrificed peewee workers and their dade soften the labor movement b SSAC Gig wk core de mands.” The after a home mate improved p ion st hea n the sacaneicle the Canadian Council of the UAW has called Mt mortgage fore- ions of unem- piaved It also dent de ig re- about mietenth f the HS serious breaches of rules. 228,000 members. rts. ave eferring to the recent national The union was discussed in the Res ee ihe oting was foe cutive committee election hi ‘Commons ‘when a’ Con- for less than 100 for} caid that in some branches a num- servatve pieciber! ne the Prime Reiser, which, certainly seems ber of ballot papers were un-| Min; a tribunal to ee apelin ng apathy if the accounted for, members not en ee into ie Perea of the are titled to receive ballot papers had | union, Bile rime Minister re- ing regu ‘ies received them, and members en-| fused suggest! that more Beaders of the union, who have|titled to vote had not received enarooriats methods (action by them, Another should be given a full vot- S ie t0 sive deals of the vot votes than the maximum possible. |chance first. (CPA) ! ig that the Tnutes {Jf every branch mentioned in the re a the crectad that there | broadcast and the press as having nae Lag etanties” in. the [Bad their votes disqualified were ae pare puleritie to be included it woul ke 4 diference to the result. _ When the results are circulated Il Mini Acked Mifeiisutes, there can be an ine F quiry s © Bon ar et vetation of the whole quest er of E.T.U. members zt ent of the members aS have now sent an unsigned circu- AKVILLE (CPA ‘The lar to the 675 branches of the un- See 5 — A it. i Tt re-| federal government is using the sensa- | ion asking for a full inquiry — ie has Bones se oy Rares h sthe organized way ¢] ee unemployment in- sero: app mentbers ‘of the Communist party| Surance fund to ‘stabilize the : sitor the union, six of whom kept their | Went 2 th Haahiek 5 "th a pretext but} the auto stry are going d had their Datmatines wit! A a ie he Fe ee cally for the panos Berets | without food, charged UAW Seite ie was cinimed, they |i some breach of Grado iia Canadian Director George Burt Be rauing thelr jobs and livel Bie eeverslezenseiacy 24 Iatateg | wulsienesting ‘to, the + Oakville F uncil . The seventh man was i 3 Y, tary of ‘Actuaries sit with the figures | ¢ ane E, J. Murphy, secretary 0 Dennis Kingston, chairman o ie dean branch, who took part |and say in the TV programme, has now Printers of The B.C. LUMBER WORKER id that he le ne watt peiore th : aaueast wish to conceal his ‘tent. He said: “The cloal lagegr atm phere aa aelib erately exagger- ated t hae m the stay fos. reste an impression that e 4 thoroughly e eee sis wa: within ithe pe ing rules and set- up the me ’ wishes can pre- vail provided that they do not ab- rogate thei reaonaibilites Mr. Wyatt has said that t Mr, the fund should make a Mi out. the 870 million.” Shorter Work Week Management, said the A leader, is trying to drive a wedge agente it was neither interesting velant, Union Presiden The B.B.C, invited Frank Alex B. Macdonald TORONTO (CPA) — said Mr. Burt, “but there |™ in Windsor without those unem- | du have a aac al on h was just re- | Cushing Named For Post ‘A (CPA Cana- abor Congress executive vice-president Gordon ing is UAW Charges Nazi Tactics i Mi Mi acleaiwill not beamed ced cent. ‘or at least a month. The Cana- “The tax a amounting to|dian Labor Congress Executive bout $45 2 will not put|Council meets at the end of Feb- gh ae d it is doubtful if Mr. ants to make a noticeabl would be named before ence,” claimed Mr. Burt. oe ee meeting. UAW called S an auto price cut f $100. Housing Still Lags ‘AWA (CPA) — Starts, competins sult ong units under const nada in the as ing drives of the 11 mot sath the union termed ‘Nazi-like’ tac-|low corresp tics, with foremen threatening |according te everything from physical pee cau o} s of jobs to eee on for|down from 123,237 in the 1956 ity, thi work signing “ith the | period to 114,099 this year; com- n? tions slumped from 125.245 to Canadian vAW sisectan Gsira 106,811; while units con- 189. Gane: - wagen employees are New dians who speak German. Nazi-like Tact The ade stile: Palco at “Volksway ter’s appointment said Be the new special organizer “has been very active in the UAW at De- pari aa ae a delegate ne our Can AW Council, and In the month of November 4957 ber | “nu ee Conatign pre law. His mai task will be to overcome the feat 7 e brevis year. * # which gement nt has followed.” Then there was te girl they 1 ay d Napkin because she'd bee on so many laps.