ford, is not going to Tory Cuts ‘Commie From $800,000 Will LONDON — Britain’s first Communist lord, Lord Mil- get a penny out of his Tory father’s $800,000 will. His inheritance is limited to an Ascot Gold Cup (after the death of two other people), the family pa- tents, seals and peer's robes, which, states the will, should “go and be held and devolve with the Barony of Milford of Llanstephan.” A clause in the will de- clares that any beneficiary who was “an avowed Com- munist or a fellow traveller with the Communist Party” should forfeit his interest. The new lord, who has been known as Mr. Wogan Phil- ipps, is a Gloucestershire farmer who unsuccessfully contested Cirencester and Tewkesbury as a Communist in the 1950 general election. He has not yet made up his mind what to do about his seat in the House of Lords. He once described the cham- ber as “undemocratic and un- representative.” Many people, who think it might be ex- tremely interesting to watch the reaction of their noble lordships to a Communist in their midst, will be very dis- appointed if he declines to take his seat. Time To Take Stock Animals, as near as psy- chologists have been able to determine, have few if any attitudes. Neither do they have many accidents. You seldom see an animal get worked up over other than his bodily needs — food, water, exercise, etc., and about the only time he in- jures or kills himself is when he tangles with some man- made device for which nature didn’t prepare him. It’s good idea to take stock once in a while by asking ourselves: Do any of these wrong attitudes apply to me? (1) Selfishness — the “me first” attitude responsible for so much lack of consideration for others, commonly referred to as discourtesy. (2) Self-importance — the idea that “I’m too big for rules, they apply only to the other guy.” (3) Overconfidence — “I’m good, I don’t have to be care- ful, I know it all.” (4) Chance-taking — the “live dangerously” concept, sometimes involving great faith in luck. “It can’t happen to me.” (5) Fatalistic attitude — you “go when your number is up, and what you do doesn’t make any difference.” (6) Hostility — a constant “unfocussed” feeling of anger towards others, resulting in an attitude of aggression. (7) Attitude of inferiority — “I won’t be pushed around.” (8) Competitiveness—“try- ing to get ahead,” to beat the other fellow. (9) _ Unconscious self-de- struction — an attitude fre- quently noted by psycholo- gists: a need to injure one- self. a) Exhibition — showing off. (11) Pleasure in destruc- tion — a personality malad- justment in which pleasure is derived from destroying things. (12) Transfer of guilt — creating situations in which blame can be placed on oth- ers, thus relieving feelings of guilt on the part of the in- stigator. —CN Voice of Safety 1-417 Election Annual meeting of the Merritt Sub-Local of Local 1-417, IWA, elected the fol- lowing officers for the year: President, Owen Lloyd; ist vice-president, Jim Walker; 2nd vice-president, Jack Men- zies; secretary, Jack Biccum; warden, Steve Brace; ser- geant-at-arms, Joe Brkich. yf eo @ Son New Minimum Wage Law Sought The B.C. Federation of La- bor has asked the Board of Industrial Relations to set a minimum wage of $1.25 an hour for office workers... It told the board this rate is “absolutely essential to bring all workers at least within reach of a basic standard of living.” The board reserved its de- cision.. The present minimum wage is 75 cents an hour. Based on a 35-hour week, this produces $115.50 a month or $132 for a month of 40-hour weeks. The federation said these are inadequate and fall far short of the basic minimum needs of an individual, let alone a family. Said the federation: “While the majority of employers are paying at least $1.25 an hour, there are some paying less. Female employees starting work in banks and some in- surance companies start at $145 a month which, on a 35- hour week, averages at about 94 cents an hour.” The federation told the board equal pay for equal work should apply in the of- fice industry. It said it de- plored what it called the com- mon practice in this field of paying lower wages to females doing work identical with that done by men. "THUS WEW COMPUTER WILL HAVE 70 GO-/T WANTS To JOIN THE UNION @ you ll like this beer Pour a cool one. Drink deep. Then relax with the Canadian beer that’s a favorite everywhere. S say ‘MABEL, BLACK LABEL!” THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER New Union Builders’ Standard.” for a wide variety ATCA month. 000000 a = = | 2 = ad = = = E = = = : a = 2 SI tj : Building Trades Launch A new tabloid trade union newspaper aimed at one million workers in or connected with the building indus- try has been launched by the National Federation of Building Trades Operatives. It is called “Federation Taking part in this venture are 16 unions catering of craftsmen and operatives in the building industry. The paper is a monthly with a style similar to that of a “popular” newspaper and the total print order for the first issue was 140,000. It aims to cover many aspects of the building industry from the trade union point of view. There will be regular features on accident prevention, guidance to site stew- ards, industrial agreements and a guest article each Newspaper LLAMA: =! NN fie NON-FARM PRODUCTION UP 18% IN SASKATCHEWAN REGINA.—Figures from the Dominion Bureau of Statistics show that non-farm production in Saskatchewan jumped from about 18 percent of total commodity production in 1944 to over 50 percent in 1960. Giving this province a balance between agricultural and non-agricultural production, non-farm production increased five-fold between 1944 and 1960. Here are the figures: PNET CULL Cae ae Non-Agriculture Commodity Production—% 1944 1960 SET ae _ 82.1 49.6 SUR Nettie 17.9 50.4 Japan Announces Plans For Nuclear Ship TOKYO — The Japanese Government has announced plans to build a 6,350-ton nu- clear powered merchant ship at a cost of $16,000,000, and launch it by 1969, The vessel will be an ocean- going research craft, basically experimental and designed to utilize Japanese techniques in its construction. Government officials say they do not expect nuclear powered merchant ships to be an economic proposition for more than 10 years, but feel the know-how gained in con- structing the new craft will aid Japanese industry im- mensely in later develop- ments. The government will pay three quarters of the cost with the rest being provided by shipbuilders and shipping firms. The decision to go ahead was reached after four years of discussions and scien- tific reconnaissance by gov- ernment and the shipping in- dustry. SICK LIST ROYAL COLUMBIAN Sisters Lilly Rebeyka and Norma Eddie of the LA of Local 1-357, IWA, visited the following patients in the Royal Columbian Hospital March 12, distributing candy, cigarettes and copies of the Western Canadian Lumber Worker. ED KILLEN, 1-357, West’r. Shook Mills; L. KRUTOP, 1-357, Supreme Shingles; ROBERT NESBITT, 1-357, Rayonier; WAYNE REEVES, 1-357, Rayonier; A. BOURNE, 1-357, Canada Creosoting Div.; A. GAUTHIER, 1-357, Canada Creosoting Div.; U. GOSSELIN, 1-357, Pacific Veneer; F. U’REN, 1-357, Pacific Veneer; G. GRAFF, 1-357, Pacific Veneer; AL- FRED STREET, 1-357, Fraser Mills; E. CROTEAU,* 1-357, Fraser Mills; A. GARRISON, 1-357, Fraser Mills; OLE SKJAVELAND, 1-357, Fraser Mills; M. KRISTIAN, 1-357, Columbia Sash & Door; C. MOORE, 1-357, Fla- velle Cedar Div.; GINO CLAROT, 1-357, Pacific Pine Co. Ltd.; K. VAU- GHAN, 1-367, Whonnock Lumber; K. KAVANAGH, 1-367, Hammond Cedar; DAVID WARD, Blue River Sawmills; R. BRULA, 1-217, Bay Lumber; PETER PLAZER, Industrial Mill; W. McKAY, M. & B. Plywood; O. DINEL, 1-80; C. SOCK, 1-367, B.C. Forest Products (Hammond); E. ALEXANDER, 1-71, (Logger).