AGREEMENT STAVE LAKE Local 1-367 president Cy Godfrey reports that working conditions at Canadian Forest Products’ Stave Lake Cedar operation at Dewdney have shown marked improvement following implementation of the memorandum of intent signed May 9 between the Lo- cal and the Company. The agreement was nego- tiated to settle the long- standing plant grievances which caused the 100-man crew to walk off the job April 17. The memorandum’s major THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER ENDS DISPUTE proposal called for the estab- lishment of a Labour-Man- agement committee to deal with the day-to-day problems in the plant. This committee meets once a week and can only be dissolved by mutual consent of the members. The memorandum stresses that the sole purpose of the committee is to improve the plant’s Labour-Management relations. Under no circum- stances will it replace the regular union plant commit- tee or interfere with the func- tions of the Local Union. CLC LABOUR COLLEGE STARTS FIFTH SESSION MONTREAL.—Starting its fifth term, the Labour Col- lege of Canada located here expects to enrol close to a hundred students from all parts of the country. A preliminary report on =e BOB P. f See: ITMAN OFFICERS of Local 1-424 Prince George, report with pleasure that Bob Pitman, the Local’s recording secretary, has been chosen by the Selection Committee for a CLC Scholarship to attend the Labour College in Montreal. registrations sent out by act- ing registrar A. L. Hepworth shows 48 registered in the English-speaking courses and 20 in the French-speaking. About 25 unions are sponsor- ing students. Graduating 430 students since it was established in 1963, the College also trains foreign students sponsored by the Colombo Plan and other foreign students from coun- tries receiving Canadian aid. The Labour College, first of its kind in North America, is a joint undertaking of the Ca- nadian Labour Congress, Mc- Gill University’ and Uni- versity of Montreal. Students receive instruc- tion in the social sciences and are financed at the College by Canadian unions, plus grants from the federal and provin- cial governments. The Labour College itself is providing 20 scholarships and _ bursaries this year, The aim is to de- velop present and future union leaders. The two universities pro- vide teaching staff in econom- ics, history, political science and sociology. Trade union subjects are taught by staff provided by the labour move- ment. FREE LABOUR PAPER ? The Labour Statesman’s editorial board announces that a plan is now under study to provide free copies of the newspaper to all union- ists whose organizations are affiliates of the B.C. Federa- tion of Labour. ‘The board believes that by raising the paper’s present eirculation of 20,000 a month to 130,000 a month, the money ed through the increased ing would make the Labour council secretary Paddy Neale told Council delegates that the editorial board also believes that once the plan is operative the paper could be published twice monthly and eventually weekly. pe Ra eee Re A THOUGHT You can’t be sure of any- thing these days. Just think of all the mothers who, 20 years ago, had their daugh- ters vaccinated in places they _ thought wouldn’t show. NEW C.Z. BUNKHOUSE COMPLEX By BOB PICKERING Local 1-71 3rd Vice-President Crown Zellerbach’s new self-contained cook and bunk- house at Sandspit, Queen Charlotte Islands, is an attrac- tive building shaped much like the emblem on a Mer- cedes Benz car. The main entrance opens into a circular lobby containing card tables and chairs. Radiating from the lobby are three wings — one containing the cafeteria- style dining room and kitchen and the other two containing the sleeping rooms. There is accommodation for just over sixty nien in two-man rooms, each with its own washbasin and clothes lockers. A toilet and shower serve two rooms. The floors are covered with tile linoleum throughout. Dry room, change room and laundry facilities, consisting of three automatic washers and dryers (coinless), are in ~@ the basement as is the heating plant. These accommodations are among the most up-to-date within our Local Union and are in marked contrast to those: provided by Canadian Forest Products, particularly in its Vernon Lake operation. a Sa, poe nk CIRCLE OF PIETRO PERUGINA — Pen and brush in light-brown ink, ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM, OXFORD, ENGLAND. thee eae mM Craftsmanship A series from the Masters dedicated in Canada’s Centennial Year to the men privileged to wear footwear created by the skilled hands of Paris craftsmen, working in living leather for over half of Canada’s Centennial. "ig ime > Ss a ce DIES | ELE OUR PROUD BOAST: “WHEN BETTER BOOTS ARE MADE, PARIS WILL MAKE THEM” PIERRE PARIS & SONS 51 West Hastings Street Vancouver 3, B.C.