flying in a collision. accident. FROM PAGE 5 WRONG PLACE FOR HARD HAT If your car becomes involved in a collision your hard hat can become a lethal missile if you have left it on the ledge of the rear window. Several cases have been reported where the occupant of a car has been seriously injured by a hard hat sent ‘Safety authorities caution workmen when travelling in an automobile to leave their hard hats on the back seat floor. This cuts down on the chance of the hard hat injuring the occupants in the event of a collision. Hard hats have saved thousands of workmen from death or serious injury in recent years but they can become a menace if you are involved in a motor vehicle Take pride in your hard hat but don’t put it where it can be a potential missile aimed at your head. YULE SAFETY Guard against the danger of overheating and sparking with any flame system, whether furnace, stove or fireplace. One — driving. There are enough bona-fide home ac- cidents without placing traffic accidents in the classification, but driving is certainly an im- portant element -of family living — or not living. We certainly can’t ignore its ef- fect on home life during this season or any time. Don’t do any driving if you’ve done any drinking. Alcohol is not a stimulant, and is classified medically as a depressant. Small amounts of alcohol tend to reduce judgment, self control and driving ability. Loss of judg- ment and the capacity for self criticism occurs before the ob- vious symptoms of intoxica- tion. Coffee or other stimu- lants will NOT offset the ef- fect of alcohol. Only time can eliminate alcohol from the bloodstream. Combinations of aleohol CANADIAN and drugs can produce ad- verse reactions when a driver least suspects them. Even drugs bought without pre- scription can produce this ef- fect. “Under the influence” means that due to drinking alcohol a person has lost to some degree, some of the clearness of mind and self control that he would other- wise possess. You do not have to be obviously intoxicated to be under the influence, and an unsafe driver. Try hard when you are behind the wheel to restrain the impatience, haste, worry, or even the preoccupation with the joyful aspects of Christmas. Know the safe winter driving rules and use them. Obey the laws and regulations and signs, and come home safely to a family that appreciates your pres- ence even more than your presents. Let this good season launch your family on a good course of accident-free living. This is the greatest gift of all. THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER AUTOMATION: JUDGE OPPOSES UNILATERAL RIGHTS WINNIPEG — A Manitoba Supreme Court judge says that management should not have the unilateral right to make technological changes that put people out of work. In a far-reaching report, Mr. Justice Samuel Freed- man of Winnipeg has called for a new look by govern- ment, industry and labor at the problems of the automa- tion age. He said that unions are helpless to fight technological change while a contract is in force and termed this “a manifest inequity which cla- mors for attention and correc- tion.” ‘ The Freedman report fol- lowed a year-long study of proposed railway run- throughs in Ontario and Al- berta on the CNR. The run- throughs were _ postponed pending his report which was asked for by the federal gov- ernment. And, while his lengthy study deals primarily with the railway problem, the emi- nent jurist went on to apply his principles to “similar sit- uations in general.” Some observers have termed his report as the most far-reaching labor document of this decade. Mr. Justice Freedman said plainly and simply that the introduction of technological changes involving the jobs of workers and the future of communities should no longer be the exclusive prerogative of management. On the railway issue, he said that the CNR should not have the right to introduce the controversial train crew run-throughs until it has ne- gotiated with its operating un- ions on the issues involved. The judge then went on to make a general recommenda- tion for application to similar situations arising in the fu- ture. He said that there is a moral as well as an economic problem involved in techno- logical change. It means that government, management and labor all have roles to play — the gov- ernment and industry with a responsibility for the human rights results and labor with Make saving a habit with a SAVINGS. IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE MORE THAN 1260 BRANCHES TO SERVE YOU a responsibility to ensure that its organized strength will not be used merely to resist any change. The judge didn’t put much stock in the argument of some economists that technological SICK VISITS Ed Linder, financial secretary of the IWA Local 1-80, visited the fol- lowing Woodworkers in the four hospi- tals in the local union recently: NANAIMO HOSPITAL Ed Robinson, Wellington; Bryan Adams, Chemainus; Ernie Clark, Ladysmith; Mrs. Humphrey Butler, Mesachie Lake. - CHEMAINUS HOSPITAL Harry Hols, Chemainus; Allan Bed- dows, Chemainus; Ronald Halk, Che- mainus; Mrs. A. M. Foster, Che- mains Mrs. Mildred Neufeld, Sal- air. KING’S DAUGHTERS HOSPITAL, DUNCAN Harry Eaton, Whistler St., Duncan; Ray Wear, Honeymoon Bay; John McHugh, Koksilah; Robert Story, Deerholme; Robert Hastings, Howard Avenue, Duncan; Dannie Boscarini, Port Renfrew; Mrs. Robert McLarty, Cowichan Station; Miss Beverley Dame, Duncan; Mrs. Denzil Jones, Trunk Rd., Duncan; Mrs. Barry Mc- Gregor, R.R. No. 4, Duncan; Mrs. Robert McKinley, York Rd., Duncan; Vic Hughes, Cowichan Bay; Swaran Singh Bining, Lake Cowichan; Ed Forrest, Lake Cowichan. LADYSMITH GENERAL HOSPITAL Walter Nelson, R.R. No. 1, Lady- smith; Mrs. Doris Sampson, Shell Beach; Mrs. Ruth Dickenson, St. An- drew St., Nanaimo; Mrs. Ragnar Steen, Ladysmith; George Jackson, (retired woodworker) Ladysmith, pca change does not cause unem- ployment. 1; “A worker whose job has become redundant is likely to find little consolation in the reflection that he is a victim not of technology but of gov- ernment inaction. “For him, the stark and immediate fact is that he is jobless. “What happens when a technological change releases a factor of productoion called labor?” the report went on, “Clearly it poses problems not so easily written off or disposed of. “The old concept of labor as a commodity simply will not suffice; it is at once wrong and dangerous.” He said he did not accept the theory that management retained the exclusive control of everything not embraced in a collective bargaining agreement. The judge’s report, coupled with the recent settlement terms in the oil workers dis- pute in B.C. — that, in effect, gives provincial government and management commit- ments to take part in training and retraining of displaced workers — represent new breakthroughs in labor’s struggle for a sensible ap- proach to job problems in the age of automation. ‘FLY B.C. AIR LINES’ HANEY BUSINESS GUIDE ESQUIRE MEN’S WEAR (Graham Mowatt) Complete Stock of Work and Dress Clothing “THE STORE WITH THE POPULAR BRANDS” HANEY STORE HOURS OPEN 9 AM to 5:30 PM CLOSED ALL DAY MONDAY OPEN FRI. NITE ‘TILL 9 PM PORT ALBERNI BUSINESS GUIDE SHOP AT ovdwards PORT ALBERNI YOUR FAMILY SHOPPING CENTRE