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SERGEANT-AT-ARMS count money donated by Regional

Convention delegates in aid of the California grape work-
ers’ strike. The amount totalled $223.00. Prior to making
the donation, the delegates heard a stirring address by
Tony Mendez, grape workers representative, on the de-
plorable conditions in the grape industry.

AUTO RATES CLIMBING
IN SASKATCHEWAN

The Saskatchewan Liberal
government continues to un-
dermine the province’s highly-
valued auto insurance plan,
which gives Saskatchewan
residents by far the cheapest
and most comprehensive cov-
erage of any similar insurance
in North America.

The latest move to destroy
the plan was noted by Allan
Blakeney, MLA for Regina
Centre. He pointed out that

FIRST NDP
MEMBER

The New Democratic
Party’s first member of the
Newfoundland Legislature
when it resumes on November
1 will be John Burgess, a 34-
year-old MLA from Labrador
West, who has deserted the
Liberal Party.

Mr. Burgess has been dis-
enchanted with the Small-
wood administration for over
a year. He had attempted to
organize workers at the
Churchill Falls power project,
but the provincial labour re-
lations board refused certifi-
cation on a technicality.

The latest NDP legislator
was a Steelworkers’ represen-

tative before his election in
1966.

individual in mind.

CO-OPERATIVE TRUST
COMPANY OF CANADA

“A different kind of trust company”

@ Owned by credit unions and co-operatives.

© Dependable trust services with the welfare of the

ES e Full investment and pension plan programs.

the government finance office
(headed by the provincial
treasurer) has been given the
power, previously held by the
independent provincial audi-
tor, of deciding what expenses
should be charged against the
publicly owned auto insur-
ance plan.

Mr. Blakeney went on to
say, “How much a car owner
pays in automobile insurance
premiums depends on what
expenses are charged against
the Automobile Insurance
Plan.

Until this summer the
amount charged against the
plan by the government and
its agencies was approved by
the provincial auditor. In July
an order-in-council was pass-
ed giving the Government
Finance Office. power to set
these expenses.

“This allows the cabinet to
load the automobile plan with
expenses which are not justi-
fied, but which will give an
excuse to raise rates so they
will be closer to the rates of
private companies.”

Mr. Blakeney said that the
government had given no ex-
planation for this back-room
tampering with proper audit-
ing procedures. He predicted
that motorists would soon be
burdened with another in-
crease in insurance rates un-
der the public plan.

THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

MUNRO
DEFEATS iam
DAMSTROM  /&i

Jack Munro, Business
Agent and past First Vice-
President of Local 1-405 IWA
Cranbrook, has defeated Art
Damstrom for Local Union
President.

Others elected to office on
the referendum ballot were:
Wayne Nowlin, First Vice-
President; Walter Semeniuk,
Second Vice-President; John
Paluck, Third Vice-President;
Ezner DeAnna, Recording
Secretary; Don Duncan, Con-
ductor; George Baird, War-
den; Stan Wales, Six-Year
Trustee.

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Elmer Atwood, the incum-
bent Financial Secretary was
re-elected by acclamation at
the Local’s Annual Meeting
July 20, in Cranbrook.

RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE Secretary Bob Pickering
of Local 1-71 and Chairman S. A. “Bill” Muir of Local 1-423
report their Committee’s recommendations to the Conven-
tion.

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