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1st. Issue

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VICTORIA—Fourth session of the twenty-fifth B.C.
Legislature prorogued March 18th with the stage set for a
provincial election. Only the Premier knows the date, and
he only smiles and says the election will be either in 1960

Firm Canadian Stand
On S. Africa Urged

The Canadian Labour Congress released the
text of a telegram sent to Prime Minister Diefenbaker by
Claude Jodoin, president of the CLC, asking that the
Canadian government take an immediate stand on
developments in South Africa.

Text of the telegram follows:

“Deeply shocked by bloody massacres perpetrated by
South African Government against helpless men, women and
children of the native population of that country. We believe
conscience of Canadians will support plea of Canadian Labour
Congress that your Government do everything possible
directly and at forthcoming Prime Ministers’ Conference to
halt these outrages against human decency. Unless these
practices cease and apartheid is abolished there is no place
for present Government of South Africa in civilized society.
We strongly urge that you declare your position and take
firm stand forthwith on this important issue.”

‘ Production Up
In Canada

Canada’s industrial produc-
‘ tion index jumped eight per
cent in 1959, the Dominion
Bureau of Statistics has re-

ported.
In a recent release, DBS
stated that all major com-

ponents showed an_ increase

over the year before. Manufac-

turing climbed seven per cent,

non-durables rising six per cent

* and durables eight per cent,
Mining was up eight per cent

* and electric power and gas utili-
ties fourteen per cent.

A massive and expensive
campaign inspired by
Madison Ave. public relation

experts —- has been launched }

by the Anglo-Newfoundiand
Development Co. to win the
loyalty of Newfie loggers.
The campaign has been a
massive and expensive dud. The
loggers continue to have little
use for Joey Smallwood’s com-
pany union. The Newfoundland
Brotherhood of Woods Workers.

See “NEWFIE” Page 2

or 1961.

Enthusiastic support given by
government members to a
record-breaking budget outlay of
more than $331 million with
“something for everyone” indi-
cated the campaign appeal.

Election Issue

The item in this budget which
was openly declared to be an
election issue was the increased
home-owner grant of $50. The
over-due 20% boost in welfare
allowances was placed in the
Same category. Undoubtedly
these items will be extolled over
| and over again by Social Credit
candidates during the approach-
ing campaign.
| The Premier dipped into his
; surplus revenues for $25 million
}in crder to boost spending for
the public service by $56 million,
| Experienced observers feel that

pleas for action.

Diefenbaker Smirks Over
| Anti-Union Legislation.

Prime Minister Diefenbaker actually smirked, observers
state, when he told the House of Commons in Ottawa that he
hadn’t disallowed the anti-union legislation in Newfoundland.

His Tory backbenchers spent their time laughing at CCF

At the same time Liberal leader Mike Pearson held his
head in his hands as Jack Pickerskill and W. M. Benidickson
fought to have the question ruled out of order.

in this action he has burnt his
bridges.

Election Gamble

Next year the surpluses are
not likely to exist, and to main-.
tain the same level of spending,
new revenues will have to be
found. He is expected to “blow
the works” on an election gam-
ble, even though an increased
tax burden seems inevitable
next year,

The session was accounted re-
markable by many political
observers, not so much for what
it did but for what it failed to
do,

Two vitally important pieces
of public business involving. de-
cisions that -will effect future
generations in British Columbia
faced the Legislature. Upon the
insistence of the Opposition they

See ‘BLANK CHEQUE” Page 2

IWA MEMBERS of Local 1-357, employed at the Timber Preservers Limited, grouped in front of the sixty-foot totem pole which is being treated to
rot, prior to being shipped to the new Canadian Scout Headquarters in Ottawa. The Totem pole was carved from a 395-year-old cedar tree
ged from the Tahsis Company’s Gold River Operation. Carving of the pole took two men six months to complete.

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