NOTICE I have been requested by William Mercer Limited to publicize in The Wetsern Canadian Lumber Worker the importance to our membership when leaving an operation to take care of what is known as a LAY-OFF AND TRANSFER CARD. Because of portability between operations and also between Plan 1 and Plan 2, it is important that a member keep his card and turn it in when he goes to work for another employer. This card streamlines the administration of the Health and Welfare Plan and avoids the necessity of checking out persons covered under the Plans in the office of William Mercer Limited and notifying the company as to the previous coverage held by the individual. Now that we have medical coverage with eligibility, portability, lay-off coverage, the same as the two Health and Welfare Plans, it is likewise important that any person leaving an operation keep their card which also provides information on previous medical coverage held by the individual. Fred Fieber, Regional Secretary-Treasurer. LAYOFF anp TRANSFER CARD EMPLOYEE'S NAME FOREST INDUSTRY HEALTH AND WELFARE PLAN WESTERN CANADIAN L UNEMPLOYMENT LAST DAY INSURANCE No. WORKED THIS CARD CERTIFIES THAT THE HEALTH AND WELFARE COVERAGE OF THE ABOVE NAMED EMPLOYEE, WHO HAS: TERMINATED EMPLOYMENT, CEASES ON LAST DAY WORKED. HEALTH AND WELFARE CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE BEEN LAID OFF, BEEN DEDUCTED TO CEASES ON LAST DAY WORKED. BEEN LAID OFF, CONTINUES FOR UP TO 3 MONTHS FROM LAST DAY WORKED. BEEN LAID OFF, CONTINUES FOR UP (DATE) TO 6 MONTHS FROM LAST DAY WORKED. NOTE: The Group Life Insurance continues for 31 days following cessation of coverage. The puploves Is entitled immediately to be reinstated In this Plan upon being hired by an employer covered by this Plan or to Join FOREST IN- DUSTRY HEALTH AND WELFARE PLAN No. 2 upon being hired by an em- ployer covered by that plan provided he is so hired within 18 months of his last day worked as a covered employee under this Plan. 196__ FIH & WP FORM 3A’~ 30M 3-62 SOE DO NOT LOSE THIS CARD! When you return to work with your former employer or with a new employer covered by either plan, show this card. MEDICAL - SURGICAL CARE NAME OF UNDERWRITER (M.6-Acy C-U. & Coy ETC.) GROUP EMPLOYEE'S CONTRACT No, SSCS DEENTIFICATION NO. THIS CARD CERTIFIES THAT THE MEDICAL-SURGICAL COV- ERAGE OF THE EMPLOYEE NAMED OVERLEAF, WHO HAS: TERMINATED EMPLOYMENT, * CEASES ON LAST DAY WORKED. BEEN LAID OFF, CEASES ON LAST DAY WORKED. BEEN LAID OFF, CONTINUES FOR UP L TO 3 MONTHS FROM LAST DAY WORKED. MEDICAL-SURGICAL CARE CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE BEEN DEDUCTED TO 96__ BEEN LAID OFF, CONTINUES FOR UP 126 im TO 6 MONTHS FROM LAST DAY WORKED. NAME OF EMPLOYER DIVISION DATED (DATE) SIGNED BY (For the employer with respect to information shown above and on face of card.) HANEY DUNCAN BUSINESS GUIDE LOUTET AGENCIES LTD. INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE J. Lindsay Loutet Gordon R. Loutet Duncan 131 Jubilee St. Lake Cowichan HANEY BUSINESS GUIDE ESQUIRE MEN’S WEAR (Graham Mowett) Complete Stock of Work and Dress Clothing “THE STORE WITH THE POPULAR BRANDS” BRITISH COLUMBIA PORT ALBERNI BUSINESS GUIDE MacGREGOR’S MEN’S WEAR For Everything A Man Wears * WORK, SPORT or DRESS Woodward stores (PORT ALBERNI) tt. YOUR FAMILY SHOPPING CENTRE We Can Afford To Sell The... * BEST For LESS! SHOP AT WOODWARD’'S FOR A COMPLETE SELECTION OF kik kk KK Kw STAR WORK WEAR ‘UNION MADE’ BY B.C. CRAFTSMEN © Your guide to better value STORE HOURS OPEN 9 AM TO 5:30 PM CLOSED ALL DAY MONDAY OPEN FRI. NITE ‘TILL 9 PM PHONE 723-5641 S. Shore Road From Page 1 VT “Doctors ment’s Medical Care Commission.” The Globe and Mail also has con- demned the doctors. The Real Issues The crime of Saskatchewan's New Democratic Party government is a simple one. It has tried to introduce medical care for everyone, irrespec- tive of the size of the individual's pocketbook, and irrespective of the length of illness which may afflict a person. It has not tried to tell doc- tors how to practise medicine, and would never do so. It simply wants to pay the bills. But in doing this, it would strike two important blows at the principle of private medicine for private profit. First, the doctors, in obtaining payment from the goy- ernment, would have to declare ALL earnings to the income tax collector. Second, the insurance companies would no longer be in the medical business. So we ask the doctors— what are you for, Hippocrates or Hypocrisy? Canadian Banks to Automate The Canadian Bankers’ Associ- ation has announced that Canada’s chartered banks will officially begin a programme of .automation on March Ist 1963, which will result in increased efficiency in banking. In other words, increased profits are anticipated. No lay-offs of employees are ex- pected because the natural turnover of the labour force in the banking industry makes it possible for many jobs to be eliminated without lay- offs. Senior Employees Retraining of senior employees will be the chief problem. It may prove to be expensive. The U.S. Congress recently voted $435,000,000 to assist in retraining employees replaced by automation. In Canada there are about 65,000 bank employees. The Government of Canada can- not be expected to shoulder the fin- ancial burden of retraining people displaced by automation while cor- porations eliminate employment op- portunities by automating to increase profits. Social Consequences The cost of retraining bank em- ployees in Canada should be borne by the banks. The adoption of auto- mation involves a responsibility for displaced employees. It cannot be considered purely from a viewpoint of profit without regard for the social consequences. A new corporation tax is needed to place the financial responsibility for disappearing jobs where it be- longs, and to ensure that displaced bank employees are, in fact, re- trained — under government super- Vision. Real Smash Ray Rollins, a Winston-Salem, N.C., student, reports his “car smash” was just that—a smashing success. He turned down a junk- man’s offer of $10 for his 1947 automobile and instead, let stu- dents take whacks at the old car with a sledgehammer at 25 cents a stroke. He made $18 on the jalopy. CAMP DIRECTOR) ISSUED BY PORT ALBERNI LOCAL 1-85 ; “The following list contains the names of all camps, sawmills and Plywood operations where all members will receive full Union Coverage both as to wages and Health and Welfare Protection. Before hiring out to West Coast Vancouver Island Camps, loggers should make certain that a Union Contract is in effect. Medical Coverage and Group Insurance Coverage can lapse where no Union Contract has been signed. UNION CAMPS: All MacMillan, Bloedel & Powell River Operations. All Tahsis Company Operations. E. J. Eason Trucking, R. B. McLean Lumber pee Milli- gan Brothers, M. & M. Pole, Taylor Way Logging, Craig & Bond Logging, Stoltz Logging, Green Logging, Mars Contract- ing, Hamilton Logging, Rayner & Bracht Ltd., J. W. Arden, A. N. Mangles, Wamac Logging, Grossleg and Trueman, Braithwaite & Son, Northern Hemlock, O & W Contractors (Fedge), North West Cedar. NON-UNION CAMPS: Applications made for certification but no contract to date: Freill Lake Logging, Brentwood Logging, Kyuquot Logging, and A. F. Barker Logging Ltd. Inlet Contractors Ltd., Amai Inlet (Jorgenson Bros.). Jorgensens’ want and are maintaining a non-Union Camp. Bunkhouse conditions poor; one building used as combination bunkhouse and repair shop; working facilities poor. Fallers not receiving daily guarantee. No Health and Welfare Coverage.” Following Swap Rejection CPR Plans to Log E. & N. Holdings Following the rejection by major forest companies of a Canadian Pacific Railway Company offer to swap E. & N. timber for shares in the companies, the CPR announces that it is going into the logging busi- ness in British Columbia. The operations will utilize the timber in the vast Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway belt on Vancouver Island. Small Sawmill Initially, the CPR’s logging ven- ture will be a small one involving some 15 million board feet, an amount which would supply a small sawmill for about six months. It is being handled by Pacific Log- ging Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of the CPR which was incorporated several years ago. The timber will be logged under contract by Butler Bros., of Sooke. : Slow and Easy Bill Sloan, forester and president of Pacific Logging, said last week that the company is trying to buy a sawmill to process the logs. He said the scale of the logging might be expanded in the future according to a staged development plan. He said: “We are going very slow and easy on this.” f In line with government policy and industrial practice, the com- pany will manage the cut-over land On a sustained yield basis, putting the land back into production WASHINGTON—The national unemployment rate inched up slightly in June even after allow- ances for the annual influx of school age youngsters seeking summer jobs, the labour depart- American Unemployment Shows Rise in June through’ reforestation and other measures as soon as possible. Not For Sale Mr. Sloan said he had no worries about marketing the output and added that the timber to be logged had never been offered for sale. He said the company would continue to supply timber to operators in the area. The fabulous E. & N. timber belt was valued at $110 million by the late Chief Justice Gordon Sloan, who urged in his 1956 forestry re- port that the government buy it back from the company. Part of the timber has since been liquidated and the remaining stands are conserva- tively estimated to value between $80 and $100 million. Finest Timber The original E. & N. timber belt contained some of the finest tim- ber on the coast and covered about 3,000 square miles of land on Van- couver Island. It was granted in 1887 to the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway Co., now a subsidiary of the CPR, formed to build a railway between the two centres. The official silence surrounding the CPR’s plans for the timber and its sudden and unexpected swap offer gave rise to much concern and many speculative reports within the industry. Details of the company’s development plan will be received with interest. Cowichan Leader ment reported. It said employment increased by 1.3 million to a record-high 69.5 million last month while joblessness increased by 744,000 to 4.4 million. Western Pioneer Chain Saw Sales has added to present sales facilities A NEW SERVICE SHOP for Fast Expert Service PIONEER SUPER 6-20 WESTERN PIONEER CHAIN SAW SALES 328 Carrall St., Vancouver 4, B.C. Phone: MU 4-1822