B.C. LUMBER WORKER , : Get Ready! a recent annette that the dispute between IWA and the coast lumber He ators. has ent eee the conciliation ice is a signal to all IWA nouns that they must prepare ies adtce if they expect to win a ont settlement this ali neh mete the ee eae have made no to meet a single one of the Uni demands. As make of fact, they widened the gap iy introducing prop oe ee if adopted, would substan- Po! ally weaken the co aE attitude, on such questions as the The proposed increase in board r: sages for the loggers as well ment of tri ee time at the base rate, crepe their attitude toward age maha Tl uld, coul ly at eee provisions until rendered ie less. oad hint with regard to the employers’ attitude hi icMillan and Bloedel ion pr t year the Sle nis propaganda machine was won overtime in the effort to convince the gen nerall industry would be virtually ruined by wage increase. As made miene mai workers in the in dustry were jafiuented iby this = prope ganda. It-may be expected that the employers will rely ee ag on propaganda methods that worked for the: a pessimistic statements Cpa are ma! ia. The ineraaing vol sii of lumber to. ee Pee ited States, as, ae: = ofits were to be obtail ugh shipments to the United Kingdom in 1958 Ried at eiillion FBM, nevertheless the over-all ee of shipments abroad increased by 172.8 million FB uction increased by than 20% it) predictions ieee year, rose sharply and in Paige Prospects for still better nee A conditions are bright. orders on hand December 1958, were for 3366 mmllion aaa ee the highest file of orders in the past fou: Home tate in both countries is headed for ai active year, it is pregicted a oe aes analysts. i ets £0) one billion dollars, the F. W. Dodge Garsoration’ a reported. This eat an increase of 31% over the corresponding in 1957. It is pene ly Bas a that prices have risen between $8 and $10 a sand since the beginning of 1959. Prices are exp ae to climb still further for the next ix months. The “Commercial Bulletin” reports, “‘High prices nd bullish attitude characterize the present market; i ‘Ani top pri epucipation e Higher prices in the Publication date of the next issue of the B.C. LUMBER WORKER is April 16th. Deadline for ad copy is April 9th and for news copy| April 10th. ie same publication further ada ee these Pa to report tl the Fir and Hemloc! not soun ‘scare’ artist. No aes eee you turn, the first comment you hear is prices are high, the second, business is peace oe third is, prices will be ee before they bec eis a antl volume of evidence to show that tl ae Teeber industry is in excellent shape to ma a ee for the operators to cry poverty eee pete will not be able to do this successfully, if every ae worker makes it his business oi eee such statements on the job and in his commu: Operators Proposed ‘Fair Deal! Be accounts. If you fe 25 of the Premier's Budget ite ed a h repayment to date One- hall of as er rule aside a Feet jecuen of ihe Car ordering a large ie no business entel and the Mine, Congress To Hear Raiding Charge Canadian Labour Congress Exe eet in Ottawa, ane es to decide Nee to s from the s the meantime, the Ontario earns cae has been ttempt by s cate race Rese Bea d Great Lakes Co. to negotiate with the Marine Engineers. The CLRB said that the SIU eee ering into a} Wor Transport and iat (Ge C), Canada’s bigges head Hal ed that the entation o| the SIU afarers Bane ee suggested over the repr ship's 0 ers_ between cer ine se ahs and fie NAME could be settled stern Coden labour Cede hy an impartially-conducte fd baller are speculatin, whether ane M “president : Ha is puch courting suspen- é B. GW. i or to promote a “rene- dent W. 1 "Soth both s Air ties sion” we Gnelude the | W2Uld have no objections to such a vote. ters, Carpenters, = i The st y Banks was inter- to oNall union, sonfelobeeeverenae te ncingown i ‘ram his NAME Now CBRT! The Wa member NAME a {aver 5 former | Whe evenue, direct deb! as n. within this ‘ ORKER 1D TWICE MONT! UBLISHE! AND THIRD THURSDAYS. ar International ‘Wooawerkers of America (CIO-CCL) Sp neil No. = DISTRICT OFFICERS: Joe Morris — Faas Joe nindten Stuart Bred Sieber Secretary-Treasurer sc Geo! orKe ‘4 parfonall International ae Member ——. 3 all communication: conse MITCHELL, is ese 6 Ki saad | = Dickens 6261-2 ouver, B.C. cription Rates ct 00 per annum av ising Representative.---@. A. Spe! fernertsecta as Second Class Mail, Bo Boat Office Dew ‘Ottawa 27,500 COPIES PRINTED IN THIS debt retirement section of the e street debt Caeet er of ie g that the mari- cently voted to join the 35,0 ae part of the t member Osa Brotherhood a jictieed diyinionttonae 7 nit. indie ia 1 worker wit annual income of 13,000 kronor, Ww WV additional ne ect costs will be ebt Is ebt about 30 krc By TONY GARGRAVE, M.L.A.|Power Commission debt are con- Ul (a Claa cae Hal ilities, but there is no get Spee th i my opinion, for describ- overnment has been ci ite Saas pieorineh Coe anaeae Up 11, 000 in the last few years unless the | school construction debt or toll} OTTAWA (CPA) — Claimants , Mr. W. Dade authority gen as anything |for Unemployment Insurance G i ERO ise part of e direct debt ben ‘fits—people looking for jobs e net direct debt pat other works aay ie of the province. Net direct debt The sums which the texpayere February 2 1,000 the eo of British Columbia pay each Bigham the 785, ‘000 bie year towards retirement of ae 30, but 73,300 below the 869,300 ment owes disse} less money | debts are never found in the shaw in Bureau that and a out Farmers Sign 6-Year Agreement ea ate M ( c a es will ensure tha uae! Flies who a (0 acre fete: figures for February 28) 58. sum was repayments cone al that have consolidated In other eee this is a t of the province, sic ‘of ‘carne on orkers, ne Toa dual 50-75 acres wi ed a basig unit, 5 Franeneel pee will anes negodati ew departure cal atte ention of sce na debt, er, th Finance ce nianages t eee vCuiOns IN INDUSTRIAL FIRST A available thi Correspond First. Ald Certificates foe Searsee lending to Saeeee Board of B.C. y the Workmen's bal eran Board of B.C. Also Correspondence Gourse in Timekeeping and ridg. THE INDU: Sal here is some justification for |} 430 West USTRIAL FIRST AID ATTENDANTS ASSN. OF B.C: ying that P.G.K, debt and B.C. = Vancouver 3, B.C: