AUTOMATION ON WATERFRONT. Photo shows built-in

cranes lifting a 20-ton container directly on to a truck These

containerships can handle a 20-ton container

every four

minutes. In the U.S. between 25,000 and 40,000 jobs vanish

through automation.

The Longshoremen’s union on

the

West Coast has had a Mechanization and Modernization
agreement with their employers for the last two years.

U. S. Longshore parley
calls for jobs campaign

SAN FRANCISCO — Harry
Bridges, president of the Int.
Longshoremen’s and Warehouse-
men’s Union speaking .at the 15th
Bi-Annual Convention here last
week, called on members of the
ILWU to take the lead in the fight
against unemployment and pend-
ing anti-labor legislation.

The officers’ report analysed
factors responsible for the coun-
try’s slow rate of economic
growth, the persistence of large
scale poverty in this ‘‘wealthiest
country of all time.’ It also re-
viewed the slowing down of pro-
duction, the decline in the rate
of wage increases, and the “high
and rising level of unemploy-
ment.”

The report expressed opposition
to President Kennedy’s tax plan
as not only a bonanza for the
rich, but a less equitable and
effective method of stimulating
the economy than increased fed-
eral expenditures for schools,
health, housing, recreation, con-
servation and power.

The officers recommended
ILWU members support a pro-
gram to increase the growth rate
in the U.S. having six main
characteristics:

e A drive for larger wage in-
creases by the labor movement.

e A drive for the shorter work
week both through collective bar-
gaining and by amendment to
the Wage and Hour Act.

@ A tremendous increase in
public expenditures for non-mili-
tary purposes.

© Direct subsidies to eliminate
poverty by raising incomes, viz,
farmers’ subsidies, aid to needy
children, aged and agricultural
workers, youth.

e A massive
foreign aid.

e Expansion of trade without
political strings.

The officers’ report reiterated
the ILWU’s position in whole-
hearted support for an end to
the cold war and ‘the strengthen-
ing of peaceful, competitive co-
existence, and asserted that the
union will continue to send dele-
gations to other countries to
establish closer contacts with
other peoples.

“The first task before us re-
mains the winning of the peace,”’
they said, affirming their belief
that a nuclear test plan is the
first and most important step
‘toward fulfilling that task.

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April 11, 1963—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 2 _

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Winnipeg 4, Manitoba

MAKES $5,314 FROM EACH WORKER

Giant McMillan forest monopoly
$69 millions in 1962

extracts

By EMIL BJARNASON &
BRUCE YORKE

Trade Union Research Bureau

The 13,074 woodworkers who la-
bor for B.C.’s largest monopoly—
McMillan, Bloedel & Powell River
—produced $328,350,203 worth of
lumber, plywood, newsprint, pulp
and other wood products during
1962.

Woodworkers got $77,526,441 for
their efforts, or less than one-
quarter of the value of the wood
products produced.

The monopoly distributed $181,-
349,034 in other ‘‘costs’’, the real
need for which in a number of
cases, was dubious to say the
least.

Adding together the wage and
other ‘“‘costs’’” and_ subtracting
these from the total value pro-
duced, left a surplus of $69,474,-

728 worth of commodities appro-
priated by McMillan & Co.

‘Exploitation is the scientific
name for this process. It amount-
ed to $5,313.96 per year for each

woodworker employed. It provid- ~

ed the material base for the $33.7
millions of corporation taxes, the
$2.0 millions of interest and the
$15.6 millions of dividends paid
out.
HUGE NET PROFIT

Net profits after taxes amount-
ed to $36,081,809 which was an
increase of $8,685,841 over the
previous year. This is a stagger-
ing figure. Assuming that all of
the monopoly’s employees worked
a full 2,080 hours in the yéar, a
wage increase of 31.9c per hour
could have been paid from the
increase in the net profits alone!

The annual report revealed

said a Soviet note of protest,

honouring agreements.”

NATO countries.”
Writing in Pravda this

year

Soviet Union protests
West German pipe ban

MOSCOW—tThe Soviet government has officially pro-
tested to West Germany at its ban on exports of large-
diameter pipes, it was reported last Sunday. /

“This gross violation of a bilateral trade agreement,”

mental principles of international law—the principle of

The note charged that the Bonn government “is again
‘sacrificing the interests of maintaining good neighbourly
relations with other States to militaristic and revenge-seek-
ing purposes and thus trying to curry favor with certain

chairman of the National Economic Council,
industry was expanding production capacity this year to
provide “almost a million tons of large-diameter pipes a
“The result is we shall be in a position to offer
Herr Adenauer large-diameter pipes,” he said.

“violates one of the funda-

week Venyamin ere
said Soviet

| ALS
—)

“Nice work, Griswold .

Drawing by Fred Wrig ght

+. you’ve putemaled everything.

_Youw’re fired .. .!’

BANQUET

in honor of JOHN DUBNO
(who is leaving Vancouver for Ontario)

Saturday -

April 13th

AUUC Hall - 805 East Pender St.

Supper at 7 p.m. Followed by

Concert

Program

some other interesting figures.
It showed very clearly who bene-
fitted from devaluation. According
to the report devaluation resulted
in an addition of $4.2 millions to

the company’s net profit (equiva- |.

lent to a 15.4c per hour wage in-
crease). :

The report showed that produc-
tion was up in all lines despite —
an overall drop in employment
of 208 or 16%. Biggest increase
in production was in logs which —
were up 13.2%. Newsprint in-
creased 5.9%, lumber 5.1%, pulp
3.0% and plywood 2.7%. :

The annual report showed the
following geographic distribution
of sales: To the U.S: market —
44.6%; to the United Kingdom
121%; ‘to BC. 9.2%;: to the rest
of Canada 20.1%; and to all other
markets 14.0%.

The Company showed keen dis-
appointment in the fact that the
United Kingdom was _ blocked
from entering the European Com-
mon Market despite the fact that
they admit such entry would have
meant increased tariffs on B.C.
lumber.

THANK SOCREDS

The company expressed its
gratification that the U.S. Tariff
Commission rejected the demands
of certain American mills that
restrictions be placed on the im-
port of softwood lumber. But the
facts remain that there are too —
many eggs in the American bas-
ket and disastrous consequences

could follow if there is not a
greater diversification of mar-
kets.

The -company tendered _ its

thanks to the Government of the
Province of B.C. which ‘‘passed
legislation making very substan-
tial concessions in respect to the
imposition of the Logging Tax.”

All in all, a very rosy picture
for the lumber barons and
coupon clippers. The monopoly
controlled press never tires of
reminding the public that our
economic problems require fur-
ther belt-tightening on the part
of the workers. Fortunately at
times the truth comes out. Wood-
workers should remember the real
situation when bargaining time
comes around again in 1964. The
$69 million pot accumulated by
B.C.’s largest monopoly should be
the number one target for any
further belt-tightening.

U.S. conducts
Nevada test

The United States conduct
ed an’ underground nucleat
test in the Nevada desert last

Friday, the atomic Enersy
Commission announced i?
Washington.

It was of “low yield” — the
equivalent of less than 20,000
tons of TNT — and was the
64th test announced « since

September 15, 1961. The last.
announced test was on Maré
29.

Meanwhile last week U >
defense secretary McNam2r4
said the U.S. would neve!
agree to a disarmament or 1U"
clear test ban which wou
not leave the U.S. in a SUP”
erior military position.

It was also announced this
week that France has startle
to establish an atomic mis5
base in French Polynes