THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

INDIAN SHIP LOADS

LARGEST LUMBER CARGO

With a total of 21 million
board feet packed in — the
largest cargo of wood products
ever on one vessel — the In-
dian freighter Chennai Ook-
kam moved out to sea the first
week in June on the way to
England.

The loading was accom-
plished at New Westminster,

* Kitimat, Cowichan Bay and
Vancouver under the direc-
tion of Arnold Cain, a mem-
ber of ILWU Foremen’s Local
514. Five other ILWU fore-
men were also hired for this
job.

Even the massive two year

old ship could not contain the
entire cargo, as nearly 6 mil-
lion board feet were stored on
deck. Loading required 15176
gang hours.

Union and stevedoring com-
pany officials noted that it
would have required four
Liberty ships to carry the
same amount of cargo.

Six 5T cranes were used in
the operation. The cargo in-
cluded 15 million board feet
of packaged lumber, 6,640 tons
of plywood, over 2,000 tons of
aluminum and 1,298 squares

of shingles,
—The Dispatcher

SHOCKING PAY RATES

Just how poorly many Canadian workers are paid
shows up in figures produced by the department of man-

power.

During the fiscal year ended March 31, about 290,-
000 people received training under the Occupational

Training for Adults program.

The allowances paid full-time trainees averaged 79
per cent of their take-home pay from their last job.
The allowances ranged from $35 to $90 a week.

21 MILLION BOARD FEET of lumber and aluminum, reportedly the largest wood product
cargo ever assembled, was put aboard the Chennai Ookkam in various British Columbia

ports. Here, the Indian owned ship is loaded at Vancouver.

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