2 B.C. LUMBER WORKER _From Page 1 “B ildi " ullding plywoods. ‘The estimated cost is $200,000. The pl; provide for 7800 square feet on two floors, with provision to enable the erec- tion of a second story if required ata later date. A lounge and reception lobby will separate the offices of the Local Union from those of the The staff of Organizations will have access to these rooms as storage and parking Regional Council. hoth Hall Seats 400 Plans for the lower floor make provision for an auditorium to seat 400, as well as a spacious hoard room. ; Completion of the building in April will provide the urgently needed expansion of office ac- comodation required hy the Reg- ional Council enlarged juri: The Vancouver Regional office is now the centre of IWA activity from the Pacific coast to the head of the Great Lakes. facilities of the Internationa Regional Office will be consol dated with the Regional Offices under one roof, When interviewed by thi cation, Regional Secretary-Trea- surer George Mitchell explained that the expanded services for the membership as planned by the Annual Convention can he carried out with greater economy and efficiency through the owner- ship of a building planned forthe use of the Union. Race Hate Mental Illness A recent U.S, publication has advanced the theory that racial prejudice is a form of mental illness. The Psychiatric Bulletin con- firms its theory with the follow- ing revealing stories: In a test situation an investi- gator travelled across the United States with a Chinese couple. Throughout the trip all three were received ‘with great courtesy an] hospitality in hotels and restaur- ants. After the trip was over, the investigators wrote to each place where they had stopped and asked if Chinese would be accepted as guests. More than 90 per cent of the respondents who. had actually served them replied that they would not accept Chinese guests. Sales Clerk In a similar situation, the customers of a department store were interviewed about their attitude toward Negro sales clerks, Twenty-one per cent who were opposed to the hiring of Negro sales personnel stated that they would not make a purchase from a Negro sales clerk, wthile, in fact, they had done so less than an hour earlier. Another 20 per cent stated that there were no Negro clerks in the store, although they had. actually talked with Negro clerks.an hour before the interview was con- ducted. "There are some things auto- mation can't replace!" INSURANCE AND Duncan Lake Cowichan J, Lindsya Loutet Gordon R. Loutet REAL ESTATE 131 Jubilee St. S. Shore Road ESQUIRE MEN’S WEAR (Graham Mowatt) Complete Stock of Work and Dress Clothing “THE STORE WITH THI HANEY JE POPULAR BRANDS” BRITISH COLUMBIA PORT ALBERNI BUSINESS GUIDE MacGREGOR’S MEN’S WEAR For Everything A Man Wears + WORK. SPORT or DRESS 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 Phone 1600 SYD THOMPSON, Chairman of one of the “Buzz” groups formed at the Political Education Seminar in Kel- owna, November 16-20, writes down the opinions expressed by one of his groug memb Steel Union Demands Say In Safety QUEBEC (CPA) — A de- mand for wider labor manage- ment consultation in safety and accident prevention has been voiced by the United Steel- workers of America. In a brief presented to a Royal Commission studying the Quebec Mining Acts, the northwestern Quebec locals of the union, sought nearly 30 changes in the safety regulations. Always Opposed “The establishment of joint labor-management committees has i been violently opposed by ” the union told the welfare of employees d for the good of the operators necessary omote co-operation between operators.” Union officials questioned com- forts to combat silicosis, a disease caused by the mmers’ inhalation of air loaded with dust. by sub- used its A Noranda being and treatment M is nes. E has been rejected in the United States and Great Brita and may be positively harmful, the union charged. Steel Recommendations The Steelworkers recommended improved mpensation for vic- tims of silicosis, increased atten- tion to prevention of the occupa- tional disease and the establish- ment of regional ‘centers of dizgnosis. The question of mine safety is of vital importance to the union. Since 1926 more than 400 work- men have been killed accidentally in mines in the area. Executives Sad Over Poor Pay A survey conducted by Printer’s Ink magazine has revealed that 76 percent of the advertising industry’s executives who make over $25,000 a year are unhappy in their jobs. More than 21 percent of those interviewed blamed their gloom on the belief that they were under- paid. Meany Shows Way @ To End Dispute AFL-CIO Pres. George Meany told the Taft-Hartley Act Board of Inquiry that it could hasten the end of the steel strike by reporting to Pres. Eisenhower: That the steel companies are not the guardians at the inflation gate but rather the cause in great part of the in- flation that already exists, That the steel companies’ real purpose is not to proyide for the possibility of new automation but rather to weaken and make ineffective the trade union which has done such a tre- mendous job of protecting and expanding the rights of the workers in the steel industry. That the national emergency which exists in the United States is not one‘measured in tons of stockpile steel but rather one of simple justice. This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia.