2 B.C. LUMBER WORKER Trineer Heads UGN Fund Business Agent Wyman Trineer, Local 1-357, IWA, was elected President of the United Good Neighbor Fund, New Westminster, at the February annual meeting. Election of the IWA official was generally regarded as recog- nition that the Fund’s excellent labor - management co-operation which has developed in recent years has proved beneficial from the community point of view. IWA representatives have always assumed a prominent role in the work of this fund. Last year, the New Westmin- ster United Good Neighbor Fund was reported as being the only community appeal which reached a sum in excess of its objective. The Fund includes all welfare appeals. Only one canvass is made throughout the industrial plants in the course of a year. The newly-elected President is also a member of the Executive of the Vancouver and District Labor Council, as Chairman of its Organization Committee. IWA DISTRICT No. 1 DELEGATES attending the District Delegate Conference, March 21-22, in the Stry Hall, Vancouver, to discuss their views on the proposed revision of the International Constitution. Duncan Local 1-80 Reports Improved Financial Status Annual meeting of Local 1-80, IWA, held in Duncan, March 16, heard the officers report that the Local Union continues to maintain an excellent state of organization and through the membership figures have declined in ratio to reduction of employment, the financial statement indi- cates a healthy increase in the total assets over the pre- ceding year. ‘The meeting, one of the largest in the Local’s history, forced delegates to vacate the Union Hall and continue their meeting in the larger quarters of the Odeon Theatre. Attending the meeting were District President, Joe Morris, who presided at the nominations for the new executive, and Dis- trict Safety Director, John T. Atkinson. Local Elections Nominations for election of the Local Union’s officers for the en- suing year placed the following names on the ballot: For President, Geo. Smythe, Stan Abercrombie; 1st Vice- President, J. Colwell, A. But- ler; 2nd Vice-president, Alex McEwan (unopposed); 3rd Vice-president, Albert Smith (unopposed); Financial Secre- tary, Edwin Linder (unoppos- ed); Recording Secretary, R. Bouchard (unopposed); Con- ductor, Jack All, Len Baker; Warden, Dave Aitken, Joe Aitken, Joe Reilly; Trustees, three-year term, H. Demage, Ronald Wauer. Duncan Lake Cowichan HANEY (Graham DUNCAN BUSINESS GUIDE LOUTET AGENCIES LTD. INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE J. Lindsay Loutet Gordon R. Loutet BUSINESS GUIDE. “ESQUIRE” MEN’S WEAR 131 Jubilee St. S. Shore Road Mowatt) Complete Stock of Work and Dress Clothing “THE STORE WITH THE POPULAR BRANDS” BRITISH COLUMBIA HANEY PORT ALBERNI BUSINESS GUIDE We Can Afford To Sell The... BEST For LESS! WOODWARD STORES (PORT ALBERNI) LTD. “YOUR FAMILY SHOPPING CENTRE” Closed Wednesdays All Day ‘Hours: 9 - 5:30 MacGREGOR’S MEN’S WEAR For Everything A Man Wears 3k WORK, SPORT or DRESS 4 Phone 1600 Resolutions passed by the dele- gates included a proposal to in- crease the per capita rate paid the Nanaimo and District Labor Council, from two cents to four cents. ‘ L.A. Praised Tribute was paid to the work of the ladies’ auxiliaries in the officers’ report which stated that the excellent contribution made by the ladies, through their many activities, assisted the Local Union greatly. The report also praised the work of the IWA Safety commit- tees for the part they played in reducing the accident frequen- cy rate to its lowest point in the history of the forest products in- dustry, for the area. “Put-up or Shut-up” WASHINGTON (CPA) — Senator Barry M. Goldwater, the Republican from Arizona who detests all unions but saves his worst for the United Auto Workers and its president Walter P. Reuther, has refused to “put up or shut up”, accord- ing to an article in Solidarity, the weekly UAW paper. Goldwater some time ago warned America that “Walter Reuther and the UAW are a more dangerous menace than the sputniks or anything Russia might do”. ’ “Dangerous Menace” In a letter to the Senator, Mr. Reuther offered to. resign as UAW president, AFL-CIO vice- president, and get out of the labor movement entirely if Gold- water could convince a panel of nationally-known clergymen that the UAW chief was indeed that “dangerous menace”. On the other hand, “if they decide you have not substantiated your charge, I would leave it up to your own conscience as to whether you would consider yourself fit to continue to play a role in American public life”, Mr. Reuther wrote. Who's a “dangerous menace”? Jobless Increase IWA Research Department reports registrations for jobs at National Employment Service offices of the Unemployment Insurance Commission at February 13, 1958, numbered 854,247, an increase of 37,275 from the January 16 total of 816,982, according to a release issued by the federal Department of Labor and the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. The figure at February 14, 1957, was 574,691—a total of 279,566 less than this year. The number of persons without jobs and seeking work, according to the DBS “sample survey” at February 15 was esti- mated at 555,000—35,000 more than at January 18. The Febru- ary figure represents 9.5 percent of the labor force of 5,869,000. Local 1-217 For Political Lloyd Whalen, President of Local 1-217, and Stu Hodgson, Financial Secretary, report that they have recently con- cluded negotiations with the Johnson Export Company for a new agreement. ‘This is a new Company, oper- ating on the North Shore, and was recently cértified by the Local Union. The wage revisions were worked out and a very im- pressive agreement was signed to cover this new operation. The Local Union also reports that in answer to a request for active help and assistance, they have set up a three-man co-or- dinating committee to work with the Children’s Jubilee Summer Camp, and donated $100 towards the Camp. Another $50.00 has been don- ated by. the Local Union to the UBC Development Fund. Delegates elected from the Local to attend the 8th Annual Labor Institute on Race Relations Mobilizes Action were Paddy Neale and Jerry Navratil. Acting on the recommenda- tion of the regular monthly membership meeting, Local 1-217 has entered into an all- out drive to re-elect Alex B. Macdonald, CCF candidate in Vancouver-Kingsway. Lloyd. Whalen, President of the Vancouver Local Union, is- sued an open letter to all IWA members, other Trade Unionists and the general public, calling for full support for the CCF candidates “in the Lower Main- land area. The Local Union has mobilized its Political Action Committee to take part in the campaign and direct the efforts of the Local Union. Bulletins are being issued, door to door distributions organ- ized and Local Members are be- ing acquainted with the CCF candidates in the various ridings. Prices Rise Again OTTWA (CPA)—Consumer Price Indexes in all ten , regional Canadian cities rose again between the beginning of January and February 1958, according to the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. Following is a table of total and group indexes for the cities, on the base 1949 = 100. The index for St. John’s is on the base June 1951 —100. Total Indexes Group Indexes Other January February Household dities & 1958 1958 Fi i i St. John’s 1102 1106 1075 113 1081 108s, 120.6 Halifax 120.7 121.2 115.0 130.9 113.9 1241 127.2 Saint John 123.5 123.6 116.9 134.7 116.9 121.2 133.1 Montreal 123.8 124.0 123.8 140.9 105.7 118.7 128.1 Ottawa 123.9 124.3 118.7 144.3 111.6 118.3 130.9 Toronto 127.0 127.5 119.6 152.9 112.7 121.1 133.3 Winnipeg 121.9 122.0 119.5 129.6 114.6 116.9 128.3 Saskatoon-Regina 120.3 120.5 117.9 119.8 119.1 1221 123.3 Edmonton-Calgary 119.9 120.2 116.8 123.0 115.1 120.2 126.8 Vancouver 120.2 124.5 119.6 135.2 111.3 131.0 127.8 a Es