we ene et He 4H THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER “tee it MEMO | FROM : MATHER HIGH FINANCE: In the Commons, Stanley Knowles asked, in view of the “fantastic profits’ (some as high as 29.3%) since removal of the ceiling on interest rates charged by banks ... Would the Government consider re-imposing the - ceiling? The question was not answered that day and, when David Lewis, MP, NDP Parliamentary Leader, asked it again later, the Minister of Finance said, in effect, NO. BARRY MATHER IS NDP-MP FOR THE RIDING OF SURREY QUOTE: “Inflation Paradox — Analysts Say Prices Rise Fastest in Fields Lacking Strong Unions . . . Gains in Pro- ductivity Offset Higher Factory Pay; Bills for Insurance, Nurses Soar.” Wall Street Journal headlines. No fooling. That is the source of the headlines and of three remarkable articles in the financial Bible. Each article has warned read- ers NOT to blame higher prices — inflation — principally on union demands. * x . * AND ALL THROUGH THE HOUSE—Despite the Season, some “creatures” were stirring when a Tory MP rose to de- nounce the presence in the Gallery of the House of Commons of Liberal Government employees allegedly taking a nose- count of Opposition MP’s attending that particular sitting. He provoked an uproar, ending when the Speaker undertook to consider a sensible suggestion (from NDP MP Arnold Peters) that if any member check-ups were going to be made, they should be done, formally, by the House and not by a biased Liberal count-down. — a Bee could reduce absenteeism. 2 * HIGH PRICES, LOW QUALITY — This is how some witnesses before the U.S. Senate’s investigation of the car- insurance industry described that industry’s workings. We may have a similar probe in this country. Cars and any- thing to do with them represent an extremely important facet of our way of life. Cars kill 100 Canadians every week of the year. They maim thousands and they run up an eco- nomic toll of hundreds of millions a year. Cars — their safety, their insurance, their repairs, their drinking drivers . » . these are subjects raised regularly in the House of Commons by the NDP. The Government, in a reply to an NDP question, has said it is “watching” the U.S. car-repair industry probe. A good move would be to have a similar inquiry here. * * * WORK AND WAGES: Not that Reader’s Digest is a real favorite with us, but it made an interesting announcement recently .. . Reader’s Digest (New York) has given its em- ployees a four-day week to enable them to have “a substantial amount of additional leisure”... And Would You Believe— _ There have been wage increases of $13,000 a year in 1968? Yes. Air Lines Pilot Association and Trans-World Airlines negotiated a union contract giving $13,000 a year salary in- ereases to pilots on the big new Boeing 747’s due on the wing mext year. Senior captains will receive a little under $1,000 a week, a little over $1,000 a week on domestic or foreign 1S neem eapepmee cette omen oT AT B.C.I.T. NEW LUMBER PROCESSING TERM The B.C. Institute of Tech- nology is starting its Second Term of Lumber Processing January 16 at 7 p.m., in Room 129 of the Institute at 3700 Willingdon, Burnaby. Term fee for the course is $22.00 with an added $5.00 for registration. During 1968 more than 120 persons took part each week in meetings and discussions at the B.C.LT. in various aspects of the lumber industry. These people were from all areas of lumber manufacturing and merchandising, equipment sales, research and develop- ment; many were supervisory and operating personnel from mills in the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island. The Second Term will look at the changing nature and amount of the timber supply NOTED JURIST DIES at age 84 brought to an end the career of one of Canada’s ablest jurists who lent his | name to one of the most lauded pieces of labor legis- lation and to one of the most villified. He spent 16 years as a member of the Supreme Court of Canada. After retiring at age 75 he helned found the law school at University of Western On- tario in 1959. : In 1966 Mr. Rand accepted the chairmanship of the On- tario Royal Commission In- quiry into Labor Disputes and reported in August 1968. The report immediately ran into heavy weather in labor circles. Earlier in his career he de- vised a union security form- ula which made non-union workers in an organized plant pay union dues for the bene- fits they obtained as a result of the union’s efforts. The Rand formula was generally lauded and was later adopted in the United States. He served on the UN’s Pal- estine Inquiry Commission in 1947 and helped write the Majority report partitioning Palestine into Jewish and Arab states. He disallowed the province of Quebec’s no- torious Padlock Law ruling that it was interference with freedom of speech. In another judement, he uvheld the right of freedom of expression for Jehovah’s Witnesses in that province. After publication of his re- port on labor relations in On- tario, he accepted a similar responsibility in Newfound- land. His Ontario report has had a hostile reception from both labor and management, but especially from labor. For a shart time, his name will be associated largely with this report. But history will judge him by the total record. LUMBER PROCESSING — TERM Il Phase I1]—Four Evenings: Jan. 16 Timber Supply & Forest Service Policy 23 Log Scaling, Grading & Woods Bucking 30 Mill Bucking & Log Breakdown Feb. 6 Hydraulic & Mechanical Barking Phase IV—Five Evenings Feb. 13 Seasoning, Resawing, Planing _ 20 Wood Defects, Control of Stain & Decay Improvements Through Treatments Mar. 6 Automation and Safety 13 Training and Education Phase V—Four Evenings Apr. 3 Research Advances & Programmes 7 Saws, Saw Maintenance, New Saws 17 Critical Path & PERT Techniques 24 Preventative Maintenance to B.C. Mills. Each phase of the programme deals with a group of closely related as- pects of lumber manufacture. It is possible to register by phases for a $10.00 cost and to substitute various personnel as the subject matter changes. The following are the sub- jects to be discussed during the next four months with the dates. All courses are held on Thursday evenings starting at 7 p.m. and ending at 10 p.m. NOTICE i Anyone knowing the present whereabouts of William } C. Dickey, formerly of Washington and whose occupation was shingle weaver, is asked to contact Mrs. Nettie M. | Schade, Route 1, Box 270, Eatonville. Washington 98328. P.M.'s STAFF COSTLY TO CANADIAN TAXPAYERS Cost of the Prime Minister’s employees including aides, secretaries, publicists and others has risen more than 400% in the last seven years, Barry Mather, Surrey’s M.P., was told by the Government in a reply to his question. According to J. E. Walker, M.P., Parliamentary Secre- tary of Prime Minister Tru- deau, the present annual cost of the PM’s staff is now $406,085. This is more than double what it was under Mr. Pearson, when he was Prime Minister and when the ex- penditure for the same pur- pose was $197,492. It is more than four times what Mr. Diefenbaker’s office staff cost in 1961, $97,920. 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