Hs © Octal Pebteartnn . XXVI No. 17 agp ot 5e PER COPY Report Criticized IWA Officers and Members Score Administration Sharp disapproval of the ai em rey adopted by the Medical Services As: iced by IWA mber: sociation, was Ge we atte! red fits Associa- in the Point Grey Junior MESSAGE By JOE MORRIS President, IWA Regional Council No. 1 S we approach the New Year full of confi- reams of a Il that a pete and look back over the year it is clos ‘It was a year filled with many problems or our o: Caniottign. As the year commenced the Interior section was engaged in strike action with their employers—a strike that was a th: r months, was brought to a successful Rea roasian'% i February, just prior to the District convention. a aa was held i in the latter part of eld by Our « Crea ization. ae delgates in conven- Hon discussed a nd evaluated ue work e the is sige in the previous year and nd policy that was designed ihe further its Ee caomic and political objecti See “Message” Bas 6 ‘Island Labour Council To Hold Institute cLe “ee Chea and Your Union (including Strike Strategy) Joe Morris, O'Neal. Public Relations — Crombi ‘emp. inion Administration — Allen, Jack Thomp: eynote Speaker will be 1 Friesen, University of maa mbia, ie, IGTIG Renresenta- Institute pee and ~ Cole, Lab Council a the Committe ee Chatr- ‘hompson. Beiior Lock-out Reported A lock-out of the crew of th Wilder Brothers Lumber ae pany, Radium, ing oegainton of the the we The situation is rete by Int ional Tees eee oe Savion now bein; being a Aeeg so Union’s interes! pre mle he Regional Officers and mem VANCOUVER, B.C. Dae age | 4: tage a oe 3 igh School. : 7 z Total attendance at the meeting (EG Id || was 270 and included 146 em-[aysr, oOlawe Pl veecnembers mployers nd 92 doctor aiaae: he meting was chaired by ats Doctor T. K. MacLean, President Issues here are nearly one-half a million nya covered in the ive ve aaa _ about eee e Province # per & British Columb: Ce) It constitution of the new political party. As previously stated, Con gress wl not be affiliated to the party but will be associated with economic structure. of the MSA, whose verbatum perati Ha Results Report to the meeting is During the year ended August Dene: 31, 1959, MSA, like many similar Cha enge Your Directors are pleased tol pian in'Canada and the USA was present the following report on equired to pay out far more the affairs of Medical Services ey than it received, and the ‘The respected dean of Cana- |Association, together with the| results show a loss of 7,496. ae politics, M. J. Coldwell, Statements of Operations and|-rhis toss, the first since 1948, can challenged the Canadian | Expenses for the year ended| ho attrihi 0 increased pay- ats to take up the age-old |August 31, 1959, the Balance] sents to doctors, seercazed? Guile struggle for social justice and |Sheet as at that date and the| ation of services, increase in human freedom. Auditors’ Report. theese KOE families, and 2a) TE EEA GEE aS ineteenth Yea scientific advances being made in age, the CCF leader demanded} MSA members, emplo: Sree em-|medicine which provide better an end to the “futile expenditures | ployers and doctors have enjoyed vacua care, but of course cost that deny to our people and the|mutually satisfactory relations for | m, & People of the world the blessings {nineteen years. Despite the substantial increase that science and the atomic During the year there was alin the number of medical services should shower upon the world. net increase of 35,060 in~persons|paid for, it is gratifying to note Tim jome covered and 444 new groups were is our Administrative expenses “The tim come,” Mr.|enrolled. This resulted in 445,083] o f $91 2,489 were only a 25% of Coldwell ity Bee our national | persons being covered at August] members’ dues, very wasteful exp Gate on cobelete 31, 1959. With the 40,000 persons favorable reduction a 7.66% See “CHALLENGE” covered by our associated plan,|the year before. This improve- under capal managem! and ; gives our eae gis “dtnction of integers in on e bes! CLC Convention eam Sao tb North "pate ica. ° lliated Plans Our nections with ns~ Pri i] are Canada Medical Plans, Western Conference of Prepaid Medical Service Plans and Blue Shield Third Constitutional Convention of the Canadian Labour Con- | Medical Care Plans are gress will b Montreal maintained. These affiliations pro- is antici sen ana the attending delegates will consider vide coverage for MS, s nake the exchange o information and experience be- e “REPORT” Page 4 EXECUTIVE BOARD of Local 1-405, IWA., at a front row, F. L. Anderson; E, Atwood, izer, Ernie Boulet. Back row, Bob Pacula, Stan Paneic, Art Ludwig, Roy Allison, Hal Belbec! ant Executive rece Bo IWA Regional Secretary-Treasure ard meeting held in Nelson. Group r. George Mitchell; jpericnal Organ- {LISTEN Gen “Gold-(30 7:00 p.m. Thursday (KP Ist and Last Thursday 6:00 p.m.