hipyard, building trades workers it hard by expanding layoffs Drastic layoffs of hundreds of men at Burrard Dry Dock and growing unemploy- nt among building trades workers make winter work prospects in the Vancouver look very grim. Unless various government works projects are started immediate- y jobless lines will be longer this year than for many years past. Announcement in Ottawa Friday that loans under Central Mortgage and Housing ‘Corporation had been exhaust- means severe cutbacks in At the same time, London l@wspapers are running adver- menis saying that Canada ‘urgenily needs skilled work- ers. Among the classifications listed are carpenters, plumb- .ers, painters and shipyard yorkers. Howard Taft, secretary of the Vancouver Building Trades Council, has airmailed the ritish Trades Union Congress asking its officers to ‘do everything in your power to tepudiate this type of false- Gert Whyte’ ¢ SPOR AST Friday night I made the mistake of asking a transplanted Scot if he was going to see the Lions tangle with the Eskimos. “Hell, no,” said my doughty friend. “I’m a FOOTBALL fan.” By FOOTBALL he meant soccer, of course. Let’s face it. On a world ‘scale soccer is THE game, but in Canada it isn’t in a very healthy state. For example, on Saturday nearly 34,000 faris turned out to watch Esks whip the Lions. On Sunday a fiercely fought soccer contest petween West- minster Royals and Columbus at Callister Park, drew only 1,200 (1,106 paid admissions). Now, soccer is a_ faster, more skilful game than Cana- dian (or American) football. Why doesn’t it ‘pull in the hood.” Taft said there were nearly 1,000 jobless in the Lower Mainland in these classifica- tions, and more ‘workers will likely be laid off as winter approaches. “We are feeling the pinch caused by the tight money situation,” he said. Stoppage of federal housing loans will mean more layoffs in the construction industry, officials of the Metropolitan Housebuilders Association say. Unless municipal and -pro- vincial governments start work schemes immediately it will dul drive over top. ih ell-out effort! The drive figures. at the ht are only up until the end October. A flock of subs came in over the weekend and w we're well over-the 700 But there are only a few ys left and we still: have 0 subs to go to reach our ob- ctive of 1,000 subs and re- newals by November 15. It take an all-out effort on the part of every press club d every supporter of the pa- per to top our target. Producing the -Pacific ribune is a team effort..The two members of the editorial staff and the bookkeeper in the front office are only a small part of the team. Our volunteer writers, our street lesmen, our sub collectors e all part of the collective that makes it possible for us to publish a weekly paper on such a small budget. Special mention should pe made of the people — many of them senior citizens — who come to the office every Thurs- day and help mail the papers. Rain or shine, these vital vol- unteers are on the job, week in and week out, every week of the year. We have no way to adequately express our thanks for their help. Duncan Maclean, our head mailer, is in hospital again for another operation, Nothing serious, and we expect him back at his post in a few weeks. Meanwhile we’re sure all our readers — hundreds of whom know Dunc personally, —will wish him a speedy re- covery. : crowds? I haven’t the answer, and apparently the soccer moguls be a tough winter for thous- ands of B.C. workers. TLIGHT are bewildered, too. They have abandoned semi-pro ball and *- the Coast. League came to an abrupt halt Sunday. The PCL now reverts to amateur status, 5 and all semi-pro players are - reclassified as amateurs. _ : Will this help the box office? + Somehow, ae doubt it. ; * * ~ News = the North tells ei story about an Irishman who: held his audience spellbound as he relaated a story of his . travels. ”"T landed on the land siti immediately started to ex-_ plore,” he said. When I got to. the middle of the island, I saw the biggest bear I’d ever seen.” He paused dramatically, then went on: “There was only one - tree and the lowest bough was - 20 feet from the ground. a , jumped for it.” - “Did you mange to grab it?” > a young thing asked. “TI didn’t grab it going up,” he answered, “but I caught it coming down.” SUBS OBTAINED .- SUBS NEEDED . 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