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Chamber's Proposals
Threaten Labour

roposals ean by the Canadian Chamber of Com-
merce in a brief to the ee ee Be would, stated
aE the Canadian
Labour Congress, if adoy ate reate a eos between labour
and management Sante gata in this country.

added that “the attitude of

pressed in the November issue
ho CHEMIE TEE Comuntice ta e :
‘ of its official publication, ‘Cana-
direct conflict with that of th a,
dian Business’, in which Mr. M
Canadian Labour Congress which : :
Leipman gives pointed advice on
has repeatedly urged the govern- | 2"
: marke
ment to convene a tri-partite con-
‘ it Motiv; Ss
ference of industry, labour and oral
government to. consider positive man’s article, circ
ans of f etter | Chamber of Com-
labour relations.” aside costs 2
He said in par

ona factor in price
He says: ‘Cost should ite some
bearing on floor prices . . . how

ever there is no logi cel iy

lass Legislation

to institute et most objectionable ly | arrived ie fa the “bein the
form of class legislation by ‘de- he job: first. im-
stroying the basic freedoms of ale T ae i i
workers as a group in society. eon Tt looks pretty
proposing what it terms the al Fic Gauss cine
of cu Be te S 4 :
He ait ilies to the mainland have
et fou it impossible to get a job
ich ce ‘timit
2 inal Du wioundiand, Mr. Ladd told
1 ers’ organizations If ustomers verywhere they go,
will 1 ited aaa st the re-!are many Fat ane you may hay rentalds thewsatie: tininie
sour of corporations. - The a great deal more independence Gn. the black fist.”
Cham parently attemp-/in your price setting.’ cere weft:
ting to re neared ‘ens “We question whether in circu- thou ght we hould do our bit and
to-work ‘a which has been |Jating suggestions for such k
s S-lhelp out some ref ight her
repeatedly exposed asa deliberate rac infin in Cana” Lee ea
attempt rally support by 3 Ok
use o titious slogan.
a mm the Chamber of |i

€ concern the Chani
ce professes to hold for cae
ane? stra is in strange | reflect

contrast sentiments ex-

cti the sentiments of
BE icre ible: Canadian business men.”

“Kindly Cousins” Seek
‘Big Brother” Status

Control of the everyday outlets of HHLOREND in Canada
—newspapers, fen and television stations— pidly be-
coming a family affair, according to Jack Williams, ELG
Be (Relations Be
writing in
oe eee Canadian Labour,
recalls George — Orwell's ig
Brother” who controlled all com-
munications, “We hay: vet Bol to
the ‘Big Brother’ stage, but’ v Newspapers with a total circu-
scertainly acquiring an Bane ate Jaton, of 1,303,000 — well
of ‘Kindly Cousins,’ says the CLC one-third of ‘the
director, f English iapuate ailies
Baie by four t De knit eee
Com

xpansion of “these communica-
ens ea Mr. Williams de-
clares, our ely this has gone far
enough

Three Families
He lists ee families — the aie
Thomsons. the Southams and the pew compa
Sige eaihc dives nese organized in this er eae
holdings in “thi - important’ |i8 the well-established Siftor
UE i) Oa Re en AE and Calg
Max Bell. “Th

ce
total crslation

Blacklisted
IW ALoggers|
Leave Nfld.

fugee Year” has special

have clietly eam the trek to
Ont it

jobs a
anti-union — leg’ and

islat
province-wide blacklist, ne move
-" ts

but little
‘union “officials the

-| heels
j|inion Bureau of Statistics placing (See

Exposec
Price Inquiry Shows
Labour Not To Blame

position on His ee. ae
relief was seen b ee

report of the
ort should silence

Vindication of labour’s
re ie immediate
cent

Bova Cor

n Price Spreads “This repo: the Bp
been

ain of the employers that increased | labour costs have
the chief ee sr factor in rising prices” said [WA
Spokesmen.
For the most part, trade union
oficial etd the. opinion that |the consumers’ price index at the
sterne! ctive: measures than allie pen of 128.0, as of ) Nov~
recomended by the Royal Com- ener : Hy Bee ae
mission would be required in aid mainly " sascha,
of theteonenee prices, showing an index figure

it
. _ jof 124.2, with see = 100.

isting relationship between wages,

co:
prices, aud Profits throughout the }down of the statistics in the re-
“| whole economy. a report, labour costs are re-
“| The Con mmission’s report reach-|ferred to as being an almost
ed the Canadian public on the | negligible in the formid-

fase from the Dom- oEe price spread,
“INQUIRY,” P-3)

of a relea:

(Unionists
Income Up
In Britain

British trade unions increased
their income slightly last we
and spent less, reser ing t
aenaat re ort es

ish t
Stenberhp fell by 2
ist aD sits

me rose
fall in “membership ts

ian
$520,800 in 1957 10 $912,400 in
8.
Strike Savings
ae pas a big saving in sail
ich dropped fr
# si a0 in 1957 to $3, 872,400 3 in

large part of the 195!
ae was due to the London hus
N | strike, and nearly 85 Bet ca

of
was paid out by the

been showing ambition for ever UpsvaLie, neha: company,
seater Bee points out Mr. Williams, “con
‘i Gelsaiite important Canadia
a ip nee me ero gaining dailies and a fi
contro of al the bretzel compan-lnaper, Its interests “tle extend

ies in the country,’
“This

BIG

Transport and General Workers!
nion,

Rail Unions Seek
Wage Increase

NEGOTIATIONS have begun
at ane rail unions andi the

between Canada’s 15 Non-oper-
railroads, The unions are asking for

Wise And Foolish Men

(See “BRITAIN,” P-7)

‘LISTEN T

ce citizens of
M1 be exp to

22°: (roen Gold-CI0

7:00 p.m.
Thursday

CKPG

Immediate Action Urged Farm tea
In a statement issued on behalf} The Royal Conimtscte report *
of te WA, the Regional offers Hi Geas the agrees belief that
urged immediate action on prices have been boosted by
part of the Federal Governnet renee eae ae in thencene
le. reconin = trary farm prices remained Pe
most constantly at the same
asily possible ve Jevel throughout the period
statement,” as aoe legis ivex en- an 1949-1
actment is requi fot onl rmer fre
In_ addition, a ffi fos m all blame in the Beinn,
emphasized the acres anced it likewise industrial workers
for an over-all probe of the ex-|cannot now b arge