-~ | , “The dispute in the “the _ MeMahon. tee i: All Out Attack On Accidents Planning Committee Meets To Study Safety Programme The Canadian Labour at the Congress has taken the important step national level. through which affiliated unions may co-ordinate their individual safety pro- committee’s functions were outlined at a planning meeting held Just prior to the CLC Executive Council meeting in Ottawa early this month. IWA Regional President, Joe Mor- ris, a Vice-President of the CEG presided. He said— “This Standing Committee wil! act within the jurisdiction of the Cana- dian Laboyr Congress in exactly the same manner as other Standing Com- mittees. At no point will it be allowed to infringe upon the autonomy of af- filiated unions engaged in the promo- tion of safety programmes. Congress has acted on the demand of its affili- ates for opportunities at the national level to exchange ideas, and co-ordin- ate special projects. We welcome the demand for the Committee as a healthy sign of greatly intensifying interest in safety”. The Regional John T. Atkinson, is a member of the planning committee. : Squire Wins Public After years of struggle to win public access to strategic logging roads, John Squire, M.L.A. (Al- berni), heard encouraging news from Recreation Minister West- wood recently in the Legislature. Greater public use of all such roads is planned for this summer. During the course of the debate on the Reply to the Speech from the Throne, Squire had said that private companies were perpetuating the feudal system by granting access only to friends. No Game Preserves “When MacMillan, Bloedel and Powell River Co. got their timber licences they didn’t get private hunt- Access To Highways ing and fishing rights. It is just about time this whole nasty business was looked into.” “We all know full well what would. happen to’ my house or property if it was in the way of a highway development”, he pointed out. The member from Alberni de- clared that the statement issued by Frank MacMahon on the eve of the election said to the unemployed in effect, — ‘‘vote Social Credit or go hungry”. In an attack on the Vancouver Province, he said, “if there is one thing this province should get rid of it is the editorial board of the Van- ” couver Province”. Minister Of Labour Attacks Federation The Provincial Minister of Labour recently joined with other Social Credit spokesmen in an attack on publications issued by the B.C Federation of Labour. His outburst . caught the Legislature by surprise. Traditionally a new Minister of Labour takes a conciliatory role in order to help keep the industrial peace. Mr. Peterson has carried the fight to the unions. Earlier Hon. Mr. Kiernan had de- clared that a pamphlet issued by the B.C. Federation of Labour, graphi- cally outlining the long lists of “give- aways” was fraudulent. He failed to stipulate wherein it was fraudulent. Mr. Peterson, making his debut as Minister of Labour, with assurances of impartiality toward all, attacked the report of the Natural Resources Committee submitted to the last con- vention of the B.C. Federation of Labour—an organization document. In his attack he scored the harsh -|words used against Wenner-Gren be- cause of his unsavoury Nazi record. He did not mention to whom the language referred. He tried to leave the impression that the report had used these terms in reference to all foreign investors. Next day he heard the record of Nazi Axel Wenner-Gren given in all its sordid detail by Alex Macdonald M.L.A. Vancouver East), and uttered no word of protest. The most ludicrous feature of his attack on the Federation was refer- ence to Wenner-Gren as one of a band of “poor Swedes”. Mr. Peter- son came out of the verbal fracas with a very red face. McMahon Well Paid For Backing Social Credit Frank McMahon has been well re- warded for his last-ditch announce- ment in the election campaign, “elect a Social. Credit Government or starve” by a lucrative contract, said Alex Macdonald (Vancouver East) in the Legislature recently. : . Macdonald ext the .opinion that the route selected for this crude oil pipeline from the Peace River area to the coast is a good one. It may employ 1000 men. It will en- courage further drilling at Interior ints. Pern questioned on the matter by the WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER Mr. Macdon- ald explained— Point In Dispute Legislature will be as to how the pipe line should be built, The government has awarded contract to West Coast transmis- sion. This is an American controlled “company, but headed fas President ie the government’s good friend, Fran Everyone recalls Mr. McMah- i announcement in ent i before built by West Coast was marked by exorbitant hidden profits to the pro- motors. Mr. McMahon himself got stock options to take up 155,000 shares of the company at 5 cents each. Before a whiff of gas passed through the pipeline these shares were worth $15 apiece. American stockbrokers also par- ticipated in this kind of stock option handout—giving themselves millions in sure thing, risk free, capital gains. These promotion profits, in addition to operating profits are, of course, loaded on to the gas consumers in the Vancouver area. Consumers Pay “Moreover, this American control- led company broadmindedly made a to American distributors of Hunt- ington at 22 cents per 1,000 cubic feet. The same wholesale price to the B.C. distributor (B.C. Electric) was 32 cents for 1,000 cubic feet. A pretty rotten deal for British Columbia! “The CCF and trade union policy is, in this respect, the same as Saskat- chewan. That is, public ownership of such public services as pipelines and electrical facilities so that the people of the province may reap the profits from their own resources in the form of low cost fuel and energy”, Safety Director, |; “The previous natural gas pipeline 20 year contract to sell the B.C. gas |. WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER CLC NATIONAL STANDING COMMITTEE on Occupational Health and Safety at their meeting January 30-31, Ottawa. Group left John T. Atkinson;,“Doc’” Lamoureux; Thomas Ward; Andy Andras; Joe Morris, Chairman, ores Pa Ba emis: VEX Company Makes New Wood Preservative Naugatuck Chemicals, a divi- sion of Dominion Rubber Com- pany, have announced it will begin in April the first Canadian production of a preservative used in treatment of wood. Naugatuck’s new plant outside Edmonton will produce the pre- servative known as pentachloro- phenol — used in treating wood for railway ties, post and beam structures, fences, telephone and Lumber Shipments Up In 1960 Over 1959 British Columbia waterborne lumber shipments in 1960 rose more than 39% over 1959, reports the Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau. Statistics compiled in Seattle show that total shipments from here in 1960 amounted to 1.67 billion board feet. In 1959 the total was 1.19 billion board feet. The 1960 figures also topped 1958 waterborne ship- ments which were 1.31 billion feet. These figures indicate that British Columbia shipped more than Washington, Oregon and California combined, as the three American states shipped only 1.64 billion board feet. telegraph poles and other woods exposed to rot-producing agents. The announcement said increas- ing consumption of the chemical has made it practical to manu- facture it in Canada. 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