— THE WESTERN NADIAN Lo) OP Incorporating Ghe B.C. Lamberworker Official Publication of the Juterwattonal Woodworkers of srémertea Regional Council No. 1 VOL. XXVII, No. 6 op VANCOUVER, B.C. 5c PER COPY 2nd Issue March, 1960 B.C. Federation Presents Brief On Automation VICTORIA Spokesmen for the B.C. Federation of Labour appearing hefore the Select Standing Committee on Labour of the Legislature recently urged that govern- ments, through fiscal policies ‘Morris Off To Europe IWA Regional President, Joe Morris along with International President, A. F. Hartung, are attending as delegates the International Federation of Building and Wood Workers convention being held in Rome in April. President Morris, who is leaving for Europe March 22, will spend about ten days in London in conferences with officials of the British Trade Union Congress inquiring into problems related to lumber ex- porting. From London he will go to Denmark to visit the offices of the International Federation of Building and Wood Workers, with which the IWA is affiliated. Following this he will then go to Sweden where arrangements have been made for him to in- spect some of the woodworking industrial plants in that coun- try. From there he will leave to attend the Rome convention, should seek to provide “an economic pace at the full em- ployment level” during the introduction of automation in industry. Failure to do so, it Was suggested, might easily lead to distressing disloca- |, tions. A comprehensive brief on the effects of automation and re- lated problems was presented | ys by the Federation’s Secretary- Treasurer, E. P. O’Neal. Asso- ciated with him were the top officers of the Vancouver and Victoria Labour Councils, in ad- dition to members of the Feder- |= > ation’s Executive. Early in the proceedings, the labourites took issue with views expressed by representatives of the Canadian Manufacturer's Association at an earlier meet- ing of the- committee. The manufacturers’ claim that the effect on the labour force of automation will be the same as through historical mechaniz- ation, was described as “ignor- ance unworthy of a Canadian | manufacturer.” The statement made by the CMA to the effect that the ‘“‘sole justification for automation is profit” was also challenged, Said the Federation’s Officers, “Let this be a fair warning to the CMA, or any other management group. The working people of | this province will never allow ‘profit’ to be the ‘sole justifica- tion’ for automation. Many Social and economic factors must be satisfied first, or equally, with returns to capital.” Automation will mean the pro- duction of more products with See “AUTOMATION” Page 2 teh ERY SLi a Wold NO oe ae a P= ae ait © atl ee BEGINNING OF THE END fer the logging railway at Camp Woss, Englewood? The first logging truck seen at Camp Woss is shown parked acar the railway dispatch office. At the moment the trucks will only be used to haul logs to the mainline in place of the railway spurs. f | 7 vu 5 Killed By 6 Con ealth Insurance Debate servatives National Health Insurance—-debated for a full day'in the House of Commons recently—is no closer than it was before the debate started. Using the “talking-out” device Conservative members the bill which was proposed by a CCF member and supported! by the Liberals, Doctors Against Three Conservative doctor- MPs spoke during the debate and each one came out against health insurance, Criticism ranged from Dr. G. C. Fairfields’ (P.C.- Portage-Neepawa) fears for the fate of the medical pro- fession to Dr. Percy Vivian’s (P.C.- Durham) view that much WHAT'S INSIDE Page Certificates . 3 Editorial ... 4 Safety. 5 Local 1-71 _ 7 8 BEAVER COVE MEMBERS of Local 1-71, IWA, attending their Sub-Local meeting. killed | can be done without resorting to health insurance. Arnold Peters (CCF - Timisk- aming) told the Commons, in support of his motion, that “as costs of health care increase it becomes increasingly necessary that some form of health insur- ance be implemented in Canada to take care of the needs of those people who are less able to take care of themselves.” British Scheme The British scheme,’ Mr. Peters said, has been highly suc- cessful. He Iambasted Liberals and Conservatives for delaying progress in this field, See ““HEALTH’’ Page 3 A.F. Hartung Democratic Candidate IWA International Presi- dent, A. F. Hartung, has filed as a candidate for elec- tion as a delegate at large to the Democratic National Convention in the United States. President Hartung stated that as a Democrat he felt that it is extremely impor- tant that an active represen- tative of organized labour be among those who represent Oregon at the convention. Socred’s Voters List Hit VICTORIA — “Every single voter in the province should have a chance to get on the voters list. Unless the lists are complete, a democratic decision at the polls will be made impos- sible,” declared Ran Handing, MLA (CCF-Kaslo-Slocan) in the Legislature recently. He deplored the patchwork basis on which the lists are be- ing revised, He also stated that he had seen correspondence directed by Social Credit organ- izers to party supporters to re- cruit Social Credit enumerators with the object of eventually forming a corps of deputy re- ‘| turning officers and poll clerks on election day. Enumerators were promised $6 per deim and 15 cents for each new name added to the lists. Harding contended that the selection of personnel for pur- poses of registration and the conduct of elections should be entirely free of partisan politi- cal influence, or anything re- sembling the present patronage system practiced by Social. Credit, He cited an instance where in a rural community, the Deputy Returning Officer in 1956 had been named from the | floor of a Social Credit organiz- ation meeting. LISTEN TO jbreen told-tJ6 7:00 p.m. Thursday : CKP Ist and Last Thursday 6:00 p.m.