* oe es 3 hay eee So Sie ai te RAM ages ah FOUR OF THE NINETEEN trade unionists who attended this year’s session of the Labour College at McGill University under the Columbo Plan are shown dur- ing their visit to Woodworkers’ House. The grou labour organizations on the West Coast before returning home. Standing, p is making a three-week tour of left, M. Y. Ibrahim, Vice-President, Longshoremen’s Union, Singapore, Malaysia; Bob Ross, IWA Regional 3rd Vice-President; M. Groombridg fice Workers’ Association, Southern Rhodesia. e, General Secretary, Of- Seated, left, George Shepherd, M.P., Antigua, West Indies; Dan Radford, Canadian Labour Congress Regional Director of Education; Louis Oxley, Barbados, West Indies. ‘ Local's picnic pleases The Salmon Arm Sub- Local sponsored an extreme- ly successful picnic at the Canoe Beach on Sunday Au- gust 16. The I.W.A. Ladies Auxil- iary staffed the concession booth for the day serving cof- fee, pop, do-nuts and _ ice- cream. Races were held for the children and adults in the early afternoon under the di-+ rection of Tony Getslaf. A hard-fought softball game got under way at 3:00 crowd p.m. The Revelstoke I.W.A. Sub - Local defeated Salmon Arm 15 to 7 behind the fast ball pitching of Tom Lee. Winners of the horseshoe pitching were: First, Bill White and Ivan Scott; Sec- ond, Eric Sundmark and Les- ter Rosvold. Approximately fifteen per- sons entered the I.W.A. log rolling contest with Frank Pouncey of Canoe, B.C. out- lasting all competitors. Run- ners-up were Dave Nielson of Revelstoke and Gil John- son of Canoe. AOA ener: ‘iTS RIDICULOUS TO CALL ME ANTI-UNION= ITS THE WORKINGMAN I'M AGAINST... SV2ALP Cre This way you know where your important papers are. Why not call in and arrange for one . . . CANA >!IAN at | now! IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE MORE THAN 1260 BRANCHES TO SERVE YOU a THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER Benefits added ; | to Pension plan By CPA PARLIAMENTARY CORRESPONDENT OTTAWA (CPA) — The long-awaited: white paper on the Canada Pension plan con- tained few surprises, but it did spell out in more detail the new features covering or- phans, widows and disabled persons. The paper, tabled in the Commons by health and wel- fare minister Judy LaMarsh, delineates a contributory pen- sion plan much in line with the compromise scheme worked out earlier this year between Ottawa and Quebec. The new benefits, which were not included in the orig- inal plan tabled in the house over a year ago, are the result of a constitutional amendment passed by the British Parlia- ment last month. The fringe benefits include: —a reduced pension for widows with dependent chil- dren, providing the woman is widowed at age 35 or over. This will start at a flat rate of $25 a month — with in- creases as the cost of living goes up — plus an earnings- related benefit which will be set at 37% per cent of what Eagle Lake settles One of the largest indepen- dents in the Northern Interior has now agreed to accept the settlement terms proposed by Conciliation Officer Fisher earlier and which formed the basis of an agreement with the Northern Interior Lum- bermen’s Association. Eagle Lake Sawmills Ltd. signed a memorandum of agreement to this effect Au- gust 6, during conciliation proceedings conducted by E. P. Fisher. The new agreement, when completed, will be almost identical with the Northern Interior master agreement signed earlier with the NILA. IWA Regional 2nd Vice- President Jack Holst and President Ross Inglis, Local 1-424, assisted in the confer- ences which led to the settle- ment. OLYMPIA TAILORS WE ARE PROUD TO OFFER YOU SHIFFER HILLMAN QUALITY TAILORED CLOTHES A Large Selection of Imported Materials Tuxedo Rentals for All Occasions 2425 East Hastings St. (Nanaimo & Hastings Sts.) Vancouver 6, B.C. AL. 3-1310 the husband’s niall benefit would have been had he lived to a pensionable age. —a flat rate of $25 for dis- abled persons, plus an earn- ings-related pension equal to lar pension would have been 75 per cent of what the regu- had the contributor been able to work to the pensionable age. ; —a flat rate, also $25 a month, for orphans, payable — to age 18, or age 25 if they ' are at school. Total payments. to the children of one con- tributor cannot exceed the maximum retirement pension. | —a lump-sum payment, not. to exceed $500, if a contribu- tor dies before reaching pen- sionable age. The formula for calculating the lump sum pay-’ ment is six times the normal monthly retirement pension. . The new plan, apparently, makes no provision for chil- dren with mental or physical: disabilities who often are de-| pendent throughout their lives t as well as up to age 25. The assumption is that other welfare provisions will | be made for dependents in this category but in many cases, no such concessions or schemes exist. It is interest- ing to note that even the hard- [ hearted income tax officials have recognized that such cases exist and permit deduc- tions for totally dependent children, no matter what the age. i The white paper also re- vealed what most people have , taken for granted for a long | time now — the 1965 starting’ date has been scrapped and ' the scheme will not be in op+ eration until January of 1966. Which means, undoubtedly, that it will still be good for at least one more federal election. { Dance aids distress IWA members employed at the Federated Co-opera- tives Ltd., sponsored a dance at Canoe, July 25, which raised over $200.00 for Brother Bill Kenner whose home and posses- sions were lost through fire. The Committee in charge wish to thank all those who attended and give special thanks to the Favelle boys who provided the music. ee a lec rene sr cts Tome ea a eon recog REWARD FOR WHEREABOUTS OF THE FOLLOWING: Babiy, Mike Ball, Clifford Bischoff, Arnold - Broneszeski, Martin Burnick, Nick Carr, Arthur T. Caster, Albert Chernonkoff, Alexander Empey, Grant Clawson, Ronald Christie, Wm. F. Blyschak, Steve Evensen, Edvin Higginbottom, Robert J. Loland, Barney Norasky, Jack Rioux, Charles Sammon, Joseph Sater, Ole Scriver, Wm. G. Thiebert, aeorgs (or Thidert) Van Norman, Fred Vaters, Basil Send information to: #813 — 675 West Hastings St. | Vancouver, B.C.