B.C. LUMBER WORKER 2nd Issue, June CLC Advocates Profit Enquiry Probe into the relationship- between wages, prices, and profits has been demanded by the Executive Council of the Canadian Labour Congress, Regional Vice-President Joe Morris informed the delegates attending the Hospital Em- ployees’ Association convention in Penticton recently. He accused big business interests of fostering distorted facts regarding the alleged inflationary effect of wage in- creases, because of their reluctance to admit the truth about exhorbitant profits and price-fixing. The resolution calling for the wage-price-profit probe, one of a number dealing with trade and economic affairs, named the auto, steel and farm implement indus- tries specifically as ones “whose pricing policies exert a decisive influence on the Canadian econ- omy.” Investment-Control Asked A national investment board to assure a continued flow of invest- ment capital into. socially desirable projects, thus ensuring full em- ployment, was also passed by the Council. Such an » investment “poard has been part of CCF party policy for some time. A national fuel and energy auth- ority to plan the maximum contri- bution to the Canadian economy of all fuels — coal, oil, natural gas, electricity and atomic energy —was also advocated. “Free Trade Channels “The fullest possible trade with all countries, consistent with na- tional security, the protection of Canadian workers’ jobs and work- ing conditions, and the maximum processing of raw materials in Canada” were adopted as Con- gress trade policies. The CLC particularly asked the government to investigate the use- fulness of sending trade missions to China and other countries. (The CLC has a policy calling for recognition of the mainland gov- ernment of China.) The Council protested the “out- rageous - violation of Canadian sovereignty in the vetoing of the export of Canadian-made products to China. Federation Publishes Labour's Defence B.C. Federation of Labour has recently published a special newspaper edition for mass distribution to the general public of B.C., to acquaint them with labour’s side of the story in the cur- rent battle with the employers. One hundred thousand copies of this twelve-page paper en- titled “B.C, Labour” have been printed and are available to labour organizations requesting them. DOUBLE THE LIFE OF YOUR CHAIN SAW .. FILENSONT XS Boost take-home pay with this easy-to-use FILE-N-JOINT saw sharpener; your saw lasts longer, cuts faster, increases production for less time and effort. SEE and TEST it at your CHAIN SAW DEALER TODAY! NYGRAN INDUSTRIES LTD. 5935 E. Hastings, Burnaby, B.C. Publication date of the next issue of the B.C. LUMBER WORKER is July 3rd. Deadline for ad copy is June 26th and for news copy June 27th. = President ..... ist Vice-President .. 2nd Vice-President ard Vice-President Secretary-Trensurer «. International Board BC Lunpentt! Representing the Orgesized Loggers and Mill Workers of B.C. PUBLISHED TWICE MONTHLY ON THE FIRST AND THIRD THURSDAYS BY <=> International Woodworkers of America (CIO-CCL) District Council No. 1 DISTRICT OFFICERS: Joe Morris Joo Madden Address all communications to GEORGE H. MITCHELL, Secretary-Treasurer 45 Kingsway - * Vancouver, B.C, Subscription Rates.—....§2.00 per annum ivertising Representative............G. A. Spencer Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Dept., Ottawa 27,600 COPIES PRINTED IN THIS ISSUE Dickens 6261-2 JOINT CLC-CCF COMMITTEE discusses resolu! . N F adopted at the Winnipeg Canadian Labour Congress Con- yention last April. (From left), Hazen Argue, M.P.; Cleve Kidd, Ont. Federation of Labour; Morden Lazarus, OFL; Stan Knowles, Executive Vice-President, CLC; Bill Mahoney, CLC Vice-President. From Page 12 to provide their families with all the amenities which the system can provide, we would create so much more new business that our productive machine would be working overtime for years to meet the demand. “T warn you, that if this present unemployment emergency can arise when goods are not in short supply, and when automation is on our doorstep, that which will happen when fully automated in- dustry is an accomplished fact, will mean disaster if present poli- cies are followed. “I say without fear of contra- diction that it is the monopolistic interests that are blocking any proper investigation and adjust- ment of our economic life. They are doing this for the same reason that they hide the economic facts at the bargaining table. “Instead of arising to the new possibilities of automated indus- try, our business leaders are waging a ceaseless campaign of propaganda against Canadian labour and distorting the facts to fix the responsibility for in- flationary trends upon the men and women who are producing the wealth of this nation. “Modern technology has given us the tools of abundance. These tools must be used for the social progress of all our people and “United Action” not just for narrow private ends alone. “We must strive more diligently than ever before to unify our ef- forts on the economic front. We must get the truth across to the public. Political Action Necessary “We must rally our forces on the political front in a more ef- fective manner, that we may use our great political potential to usher in an cra when they may use the tools of abundance to give all Canadians a proper share in higher living standards and the good life. “Collective bargaining proced- ures and strong unions must be utilized as a powerful leverage to attain the greater satisfaction of the needs of our society. “Not so long ago the great mass of the workers lived in indescribable poverty, privation, ignorance and injustice. As members of a free trade union movement we have fought our way out of that jungle of yes- terday. I say that the long journey from those struggles of yesterday will seem short com- pared with the progress we can make from now till tomorrow if we use and develop our or- ganized strength as workers with intelligence and vision.” Home Riles Martin B.C. Federation of Labour Secretary, George Home, in an address to the First Biennial Convention of the Hospital Employees’. Union, Local 180, June 5th, in Penticton, charged the provincial government with “improperly diverting hospital funds.” Part of the hospital funds, he stated, were used by the govern- ment for road building purposes and was first exposed by the Pro- vincial Hospital Employees’ Union during their 1957 conciliation board hearings. The accusation was bitterly de- nied by provincial Health Minister Eric Martin, when he spoke to the Convention later in the day. He told the delegates that “Mr. Home is deceiving the people when he deals with estimates and not actual expenditures and reve- ~ nue. He has not taken into ac- count the state of the economy and the fact that revenues could well fall below that which has been estimated to yield. One fact noted by the assembled delegates was that while Mr. Mar- tin roundly denounced Mr, Home for his allegations, he omitted all reference to the Provincial Hospi- tal Employees’ Union, even though Mr. Home gave them full credit for first bringing the “facts to light.” For your convenience in sending money out of town or abroad, use our money orders and foreign remittances. For details, call at our nearest branch — we have more than 700 to serve you. THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE 100 Branches In British Columbia MONEY FOW-136 eo ai