REGIONAL PRESIDENT Jack Moore addresses striking woodworkers of the Salmon Arm sub-local. ey || i THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER With him on the platform are from left to right: Art Kelly, Financial- Secretary and Bob Schlosser, President of Local 1-417 IWA. ‘KELOWNA NOT FOR WORKERS This letter was written to the Kelowna Courier by a wife of a striking member from the S.6 K. Plywoods operation in Kelowna. KELOWNA COSTLY Sir: As the wife of one of the strikers I would like to an- swer the letter signed, Dis- gruntled. I agree with Disgruntled; Kelowna is a beautiful place to live. It has good weather and scenery, and is well laid out, all the advantages which man and climate can offer. I agree that one should be content to be able to live in such a fair land. Skiing, skat- ing, boating and swimming are available if you have the money and time to enjoy them. Unfortunately, to be able to afford to live in this paradise, a man with a fam- ily has to take on extra work, have his wife work, or buy a place large enough to raise fruit and vegetables to bring in enough cash to make ends meet. His wife, if she isn’t work- ing, spends the beautiful sum- mer growing, canning and freezing enough vegetables and fruit to keep the grocery bill down. 7 BROADWAY PRINTERS printers and Lithographers since 191] KS 115 EAST 8th AVENUE VANCOUVER 10, B.C, Telephone 876-2101 It is wonderful to be able ‘to grow food to eat, but when visitors come in the summer to enjoy our lovely land, one can only look on in envy as they romp in the lake and show off their gorgeous tans which we, the working folk of Kelowna, have not the time ‘to acquire. Our well-earned holidays all too often are spent, not enjoying our advantages, but picking fruit so the old heap can be traded in for a better car or the many other things a growing family needs. Rent, food, clothing, gaso- line, taxes, nearly everything you can mention costs more in this Kelowna of ours. A working man would be well advised not to come to Kel- owna unless he has the means to meet the extra costs or can be content to live in a sub- standard manner. Better to live where a man can keep his dignity and af- ford to enjoy the superb weather and facilities at least one week: of the year. There is nothing the strik- ing men would like better HOLD EVERYTHING ... with Watson Logging and Lumber Gloves. Special designs for chokermen and riggers ... lumber handlers and ‘Cat’ or truck drivers. Ask for them by name _. . Watson Green Chain Mitts, Mill-Rite and Lumber Loader Gloves. WATSON GLOVES 127 £ 2nd Ave., Vancouver, B.C. W65-5 than to go back to work, but do you think they would go back to working for so much less than Coast wages when everything costs so much more? Yours truly, MRS. J. B. deMONTREUIL, a a SURE CURE Al: Your wife used to be very nervous, but now she doesn’t show a sign of it. What did you do for her? Dick: Found a new doctor who cured her in a hurry. He just told her nervousness is a sign of old age. HIGHEST DAY RATE. FOR FALLERS A contract providing the highest day rate in the in- dustry for fallers and buck- ers, has been negotiated by Local 1-85 Port Alberni. A Memorandum of Agree- ment has been signed between the Union and the Taylor Way Logging Company which will establish a $50 day rate for all faller and bucker em- ployees of the Company. The new rate effective last January 10 will be incorpor- ated into the 1968 Wage Sup- plement together with any wage increases negotiated at that time. : We Hand in Craftsmanship A series from the Masters dedicated in Canada’s Centennial Year to the men privileged to wear footwear created by the skilled hands of Paris craftsmen, working in living leather for over half of Canada’s Centennial. : MAZEROLLE, Black crayon, heightened with white. Musee De Lille, France. OUR PROUD BOAST: “WHEN BETTER BOOTS ARE MADE, PARIS WILL MAKE THEM” PIERRE PARIS & SONS =) 1907 Family Team West Hastings Street Vancouver 3, B.C. work in Craftsmanship since 1907 SICK LIST Financial secretary Ed. Linder of Local 1-80 IWA visited the following patients in hospital and distributed cigarettes, candy and copies of the Western Canadian Lumber Worker to the following patients. NANAIMO HOSPITAL Gordon Elderkin, Lantzville; Benny Lum, Honeymoon Bay; George Cho- rak, Parksville; Gordon Kriese, Che- mainus; Wm. Logan, Cumberland; Mrs. Charles Wright, Courtenay; Eli Ivens, Richardson Ave., Port Alberni. CHEMAINUS HOSPITAL B. J. Chapeskie, Chemainus; James Bruten, Chemainus; Mrs. orman Riddoch, Chemainus; Mrs. Harry Rumely, Crofton; Mrs. Dama Cogs- well, Chemainus; Mrs. Lynne Savard, Ladysmith, LADYSMITH HOSPITAL George Jackson, Paden Mrs. James Brown, Ladysmith; Mrs. Mar- garet Buckner, Ladysmith; Mrs. Ruth Dickenson, Nanaimo; Mrs. Annie Reid, The Diamond, Ladysmith; Mrs. Susan Potoma, Ladysmith; Mrs. Rob- ert Smiley, Ladysmith; Tom Battie, Ladysmith; Adam Smiley.