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‘A split has ‘developed. within
the ranks.of the 1,W.A. (Local 1-
71) dver union seniority. right-to-
. work,.The dispute has resulted
in strike action closing down the
operalions of the government
controlled Can-cel al Prince
Rupert, Tertrace and Hazelton.

“The British. Columbia _In-
dependent Logging Association —

has announced that it deplores
the action of the union at a time

‘when internal squabbles should
take a back seat to the interests -
af the communilies, and the

BCILA says IWA split

Industry, affected by already
Mepressed Iumber - markets.

“Our people, the independent
loggirig contractors and log
haulers,- are ostensibly caught
in the middle of this action,”

sald Colin Fraser, ‘Executive
Representative’ of the

Hospital and Regional

‘District Boards to meet

Mills Memorial ‘Hospital

Board Construction Committee |

. Chairman, Vic Jolliffe, appears
to have brought the decision as

expanded down to a matter of
yes or no by the Directors of the
Kilimat-Stikine . Regional
Hospital: Baard. . This decision
Must -be forthcoming at a joint
meeling of both boards which
will be scheduled for the near
future,

The cost of the construction-
renovation program has been
sebat $7,500,000. by the Quantity
Surveyor, Thisisa farcry from
the original referendum amount
of $2,100,000 approved back in

the fall of 1972,
It is also a million dollars

higher than the figure quoted -

earlier. this. year~ of ap-
proximately. $6,500,000.

However, the members af the
Hospital ‘Board are of the
feeling. that the actual cost is

secondary to the.fact that the

expansion-renovalion program
is essential to the citizens of
Terrace and the regional func-
lion ef Terrace. They feel that
«this is the decision that must he
made, = -

Mr, Jolliffe, in reporting on
the difference in the cost of the
construction program, said that
ona recent visit to Victoria and

_ Material prices

leveling off

. posile index.

Construction material prices
in British Columbia. showed
definite signs of levelling off in

* the third quarter, according to

figures released in Vancouver
by Frank Reder, President of
the B.C.
Association.

The BCCA Construction cost
index. is a composite of the
prices paid by contractors for
‘sixty materials and products
most commonly used in’ con-
slruction. :

“Tt is inleresting to note,”
said Reder “that in the second

removed some of the price |

pressure from the markel; Asa
Eroup ‘the most noticeable
exception, to this levelling are
the petrochemical based

products such as. vinyl Ule and -
Construction * paint which continue to show

substantial increases,”*

The supply situation for
building materials. has im-
proved substantially.-- Rein-
forcing steel supplies appear to
be adequate in the local market
-_ although we are slill relying on
“imports to some extent lo pick
up the shortfall in domestic

B.C.LL.A,
in fact, the object of what we
regard. as an, illegal action on
the part of the union. The B.C.
Labour Act is not being adhered
lo in a number of its sections,

"and as far‘as we're concerned

the seniority issue is a.
smokescreen. designed to hide
the real intent of the 1.W.A. ina
bid to organize the independent
contractor’ and effectively
wholly control the woods in-
dustry.”

During a meeting in Terrace
on Tuesday, at which more than

Peay, Seb

“Our members are, ~

THE HERALD, Wednesday, December 4,,1974, PAGE AI

Santas for Granpas

~ For the third conseculive year youthful Evelyn Porter and
Margaret Stokes have launched a program to assure gifts for
“Granpas’' in the Terrace area. ‘

-Last year the program Was a success and the youngsters, who
devised the plan, organized and carried it out three years ago, are
again soliciting the generous assislance of cllizens,. Following in
their letter to “Friends of Terrace’. —

Dear Friends;

Santa needs help! He needs enough presents for ail the men at °
Skeenaview Ledge. Will you please help? Buy some presents for
Santa to give to the men at Skeenaview so that they will havea .
happier Christmas.

What kind of gilts are sultable? - slippers, cards, pockel knives,

small fashtights, portable radios, cigaretie lighters, gloves, crib
boards, scarfs, socks, and other similar articles ‘would be most

welcome,

You can leavethe presents in the lobby of St. Matthew! Ss Anglican
Church (4726 Latelle), Radio Station CFTK+TV (4628 Lazelle) and

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Skeenaylew Lodge Office (4011 Sparks),
You don’t want toleave Granpa out, do you?

With love from
Evelyn Porter
4828 Loen
and ; uo
_ Margaret Stokes .
4812 Scott

Vancouver many of the facis”~ 150 | interested persons were in
were made available to him. attendance, independent
Factors are that the $6,500,000 - contractors, the president-elect
price was based on fix-price - .of the Terrace Chamber of
lenders, which did not take into Commerce, Can-cel officials
consideration such things as. and 1.W.A, members called for
cost of living escalator clauses,

high subsistance allowances ouleome of a hearing by the

a return to work pending the-

paid to workers from the south,
low productivity, deficiencies in
equipment and what is labeled
the “Terrace Factor” which is
estimated to add $694,700 lo the
estimated price arrived at by
the quantity surveyors, It has

been suggested-in Victoria that

production be undertaken under
4 management form of contract
which would allow’ for.-more-

Terrace participation and at the
same lime cut the ‘Terrace
Factor” down to niinumum.

’ ‘The cest estimated per square
+foot is $84.29, This includes the
Terrace Factor : which . is
estimaled al $7.22 per square
foot and the inflation factor to

1977 equivalent to $10,70 per’

square foot.

Chairman Jolliffe said thal it
is now. up to. the Reglonal
District to look’ at the figures

Labour Relations Board. All
were in agreement except a
small segment of militant
LW.A. members and
representatives that a return to
work ‘was the best solulion in

view of the current economic .

problems being suffered by the
industry. generally. The
Chairman of the Board of
Directors of the B.C.1.L.A., Bill
Schneider, made the proposal

: directly to the meeting and it

was flatly rejected by a union
representative,

“We have had several
assurances from the Minister of

_ Labour, Mr. King, that Bill 11,
' the new B.C. Labour Code Act,

contained no compulsion,” said
Mr. Schneider, “and we feel

that the actions of the LW.A..in

this area at this lime are a
contradictlon of Mr,

they have insisted on. seeing &ssurances. A strike in an

before authorizing or rejecting
the additional cost of. the
project, Mr. Jolliffe sald there
is one element of good news
the

facing the prospect of

atlempt to try to control in-
dependent
definitely compulsion. Even if
the union’s prime concern is one
of seniority, the way in which

Regional ‘District examifiation . they wish lo implement it would

and decision and that is tha fact .
defeated tractor’s employees as per: |

that George Thom,

Kitimat Mayor will not be on the
Board next year and this will
obslinate

eliminate —_ his

keep the independent, con-

“manent second-class citizens
within the 1.W.A. seniority
classifications. They are trying
to-impose a double standard -

Senior Citizens receiving their Christmas Gifts last
year from helpers of the “Santas for Granpas’

program founded by Evelyn Porter and 1 Margaret
(Photes John Stokes)

Stokes.

King’s ©

contractors is -

quarter, from: April to July, production.
forty-one of the ‘materials ,. The decreased demand for

surveyed showed price in- lumber products in the United
creases, sixteen were un- States is beginning lo be
changed and three decreased. reflecied in the local market
The third quarter. showed a With declines in’ plywood and
noticeable slowdown, with only Sree" fir, but as yel little
fifleen materials registering change in finished fir and cedar.
increases, thirty-one unchanged « - Many . local: yards are: still
and. six actually declining in - heavily: stocked.: wilh: lumber
“This information is. products bought at “the higher
the - British -: Prices so’ il'might také some

- Sollectad by tne British Sime for the {ull effect to make

. Columbia

“Association from sources in the i'S Way. through lo the. retail: ©
Molerials used in. Tinishing :

* industry who are-dealing with : leve

_ that he did nol want. to risk.

the materials on ‘a daily basis. -

As there is no way of calculating’
the volumes of material going
buildings the.
figures “have — not
averaged to produce a com-

"On the basis of a “change
from ‘one quarter to another, I
would be reluctant to predict a
(rend,'' commented Reder ‘but
it looks as though the slowing
activity in the Uniled States has

been -

show moderate price incraases

as many of them are chemical
based," but supplies are
generally good, © Mechanical
supplies: have demonstrated
fairiy stable prices following

. earlier rapid increases, Coppen

pipe actually decreased to
below the price in October 1973,

Problems ‘are being ” ex-
perienced with delivery of some
lypes of insulation although the

prices are holding sleady. |

“SAVE FUEL AND

DRIVE

Two major points mentioned

in connection with fuel crunch °

can alsp -be factors in safe
winter motaring, says the B.C.
; Automobile Association.

- The-BCAA notes, first, tnal
- driving more slowly to conserve
gas also is-a wise precaution
when travelling on icy raads‘or

_s during! ‘snowlalls.

The aula club also points out

7 that keeping gas tanks as full as
_ possible, during the ‘winter ,

“months will nol only insure
against the threat of running
low. on’ fuel, but will help
_, prevent moisture, which would
eventually form ice, from

hove Thy
\Fecghbon

Call a-muscular dystrophy or.

miulliple, sclerosis society’ and

offer to help children do their

therapeutic fxercise.

Don't take a two parking .

spaces,

 ekeee .

Pricndloss persons who have
no relatives ore’ sometimes
patients in hospitals. Why not.

call your local church or Salva: -

tion. Army, find out thelr
natnes, and send them flowers?
Flowers express love. ‘Ask {the

florist.to please FTD it,” and -

- you'll be gelling the services of

1

the top-quality’ Florists. Trans-
“warld Delivery’ Association
network. . :
* * * wt

“To help a deserving young
-man-or woman. attend - colleges,

» suppart the United Negro, Cob panei shaded areas suchas
a

“tege Fund, 22 East $4th Street,
‘Now York, N-Y.- 10022, :which

cohtributes to 36 black collages «
-Uhroughout the’ country. They:

’ administer

SAFE.

~ pondensing in the gas’ line.

Other safe winter driving lips .

offered by the BCAA are: >
., «Do not lawer the pressure in
snow lires. This reduces control

and does: not increase traction. -.

+ To get oul of deep snow,
start with an easy foot on the

>peeelerator and slip the clutch

For
use

into second gear.
aulomatic transmissions, .

' the normal drive range. Do not

spin the wheels: Traction is
grealest just before the wheels
spin. If they. should spin, try

rocking the car forward and
‘backward. Use sand or traction -

mats if you dig wheels into a
pocket. Keep front wheels
pointed straight
whenever possible...

- Once under way, keep the

car moving. When approaching -

a hill, stay far enough behind
the vehicle ahead so you wan't
have to slow down or stop, On

_upgrades, use” a little extra, .
speed at the bottom of the hill.

for extra momentum. If the
wheels spin, release acecleralor
slowly.: When al the.crest of a

hill, reduce speed to a minimum

before starting down.

~ Slow down on icy surfaces
before reaching curves to
‘assure safe steering. When
entering a4

further than necessary.

_ Be especially alert when the

temperature rises to 32 degrees.
A treacherous, invisible slick

sheet of ice may form, and the

stopping distance on ice at this

* .temperalurals twiceas great as
“al zero,. Alsa, don’t ignore (he -
danger of ice if.slreels are

clear, «Look ahead for icy
nea th overpasses or on

-bridges, .
In: short, “ “winterize” ‘you

resistance to the Terrace oub
Hospital expansion program. ane rule of seniority for parent-
Chairman Jolliffe, with the company employees and
full support of his Board, in- another, totally separate rule
sisted that the decision-making for the independent contractor's
meeting with the Regional employees.
District be an. open meeting “Mr. Schneider's comments
with the press present. Hesaid appear to be confirmed by
nother’, ““hehind - closed ‘door representative at Tuesday's
meéeting’’,.with? Uie Regional meeting,” seid Mr. Fraser.
-District: because that body*had . “They indicale thal the con-
welshed on agreement-reached . iractor’s employees should be
at a previous’ meeting when ‘it. . bumped by parent-company
returned to open meeting. .He
said that “his construction
committee had done a‘ lot of

logging show be closed down, if
there is a slowdown in the in-

statements made by a union:

employees, or the conlractor’s -

mn

Terrace Totem

Ford Sales

SE

4631 Keith

BARGAIN

“Music

ahead |

curve, turn the .
sieering wheel gradually andno .

work to get this projec! out of

he does not:
want to jeopardize il without the
blame being laid at the proper
doors. He went so far as lo say
that unless the press is present .
he would prefer not to allend the

the coldrums an

meeting h himself...

duslry for whatever reason.
This is the line being adopted by:
the union’s representative
regardless of whether. the
eontractor’s employees are
members of I.W.A.or not. This
seems to me tobe grossly unfair
and undemocratic."

Pacific. Northwest

The success of last year's
Festival
challenged thjs year, as many

entries have already been,

received fer the 1975 Festival.

Copies of the Syllabus,..con--

laining entry forms’ are still

_ available from the Secretary at
Box 456, Terrace. ‘(Class No.392 ~

in the Syllabus should read
Valume 1, No.1).

‘

. The Fes\ivat Committee is
once again suggesting that
Inlerested persons in: the

‘community who wish lo par- -

ticipate may do so by becoming
Patrons, This ‘is a much ap-
preciated gesture and Mr, A
Brodje 4832 Haugland Ave.

is being.

music festival.

» would be pleased to hear trom

you.

You are encouraged to buy
Western Lotlery lickels from
the members of the Festival
commitlee, whase Ucket
chairman is Marilyn Kerr at
635-3768,

The volunteers who are
organizing this year’s Festival
are. aplimistic that the Final

.. Night Concert will be held in the
*new-Theatre Auditorium. This

would be a great irlbute to the

time and talent involved in’

producing lhe 1975 Festival,

The next regular meeting will
be held on Tuesday, Jan. 14,
1975. al Skeena Jr. Secondary
School.

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