HOW LONG IS SEASONAL? ASK 600 UNEMPLOYED CITY SHIPYARD WORKERS Out of a working force of some 2,500 members in the Vancouver shipbuilding and marine industry, Marine Workers .and Boilermakers Union have an approximate total of 636 unemployed. The plight of jobless workers in this one time key city industry was revealed this week when unemployed members of the Marine Workers Union met to discuss a union questionnaire. 0) The hundreds of ques- showed that many ship- June. A large number had | tionaires~ filled in for union yard workers had been _ their jobs terminated in Aug- ee PPS tip FRIDAY, MAY. 23,- 1958 Bx A uthorised as second class mail by Tah yg me Post Office Department, Ottawa : 0, 21 VANCOUVER, B.C. ‘eal, a information and action laid of as far back as last Ms *heacg ae Can live together Mie, develop our eco- 4 top, cultural ties. this Ave béen waiting » “ope T'a-long time, the tt the Of America as well % Whole world,” he i Suing, 4 that - the i ha a Weighed 3,030 ile 8S equipped with t 21 Pharatus weighing me lbs, — nearly Viti, © weight of the ®Paratus in Sputnik be *y a that he did not Bui, ‘little U.S. achieve- towne field in any way Ney easy qd Not deny himself % Of Te in the achieve- he We + Wn country. gtk A ake the weight of itt g¢ 8MA divide by the pty, (Re U.S. sputnik,” ht bag oe need a very Hy. to hold all the Ons US. Sputniks to nt the Americans to Tain that I have no of Hen, belittling their ‘ng in technique y tee but you cannot \ Lact ut National pride at Us aM have overtaken ®, technology and NEW YORK — Further evi- aence that U.S. big business is adopting the birds and butterflies method of explain- ing the economic facts of life comes from the F. W. Dodge Corporation, nationally-known firm of construction analysts. Words like “recession” can scare people, declared a Dodge executive. Therefore we should describe what’s hapen- ing now in terms like this: “The economy is experienc- ing a retrogradation of eco- nomic ebullience.” LONDON—D. N. Pritt, Q.C., famous British lawyer, is de- fending the Kerala education bill before the Indian Sup- reme Court in New Delhi. orkers bar de Gaulle —__ FULL STORY ON PAGES 2-3 Krus chev assures "orld sputniks are teat to no people % French Premier Pierre Pflimlin (above) received a 473 to 93 vote in the National Assembly this week, followed by a 233 to 62 vote in the senate, continuing his special powers to guard the republic against fascist and. military plotters. Government ‘apeing U.S. OTTAWA — Canada has “a moral obligation” to recognize the existence of the govern- ment of People’s China Frank Howard, MP (CCF - Skeena) declared this week during the throne speech debate in par- liament. Despite the widespread de- mands coming from all sec- tions of the Canadian people for recognition and the speedy opening up of trade relations with China, Prime Minister Diefenbaker continued to re- iterate the arguments that no recognition could be accord- ed China until its “expiates its wrongdoing under inter- national law.” The CCF member from Skeena described the Diefen- baker government’s excuses as “nothing but subterfuges” to cover up the government’s continued ‘apeing of United States’ policies.” Howard told the House that should the U.S. carry out an “about-face” on its non-recog- nition of China, as Dulles had intimated could happen when “advantageous” for the U.S. to do so, then Canada would be “caught short” in its oppor- tunities, which were readily available and badly needed now, for an expanding trade with People’s China. ust, September and October of 1957. As one member cynically observed, “Some- one should ask Diefenbaker how long is ‘seasonal’?” In response to the ques- tion: “What do you receive in unemployment benefits?” Most unemployed members gave their benefits as $23 to $30 a week. For the average ship- yard worker’s household that amount represents, an ap- proximate 65 percent “wage” cut. Of the total number of those replying to questionnaires, ap- proximately 28 percent re- = ported they ran out of insur- he, SCOW—Within three hours of the announcement of na a 5 : Unchin : : f k ance credits, or were immedi- Manion ng of the Soviet Sputnik 3 on Friday last week, ately due to be cut off. Only a Meni kit Krushchey went to the microphone to assure very few of the total unem- Mis ee “a high Woion: would Rok use ga sien power ployed in the Marine Workers Tena. Opie. = will “benefit” from the Diefen- Ma “Peat,” na paar / bn Not wy he said, nae Retrogradation baker government’s six-weeks be Tanking « to use this to “seasonal” extension. igh Mm any way nor 7 b li / he Sane Si : Ve a Peop] 0 @ U ence ro t question: “What are your monthly payments for rent, car, furniture, etc?” the figures given by unemployed shipyard workers ranged from $50 to $150, or an overall average of $85 per month lia- bilities. Some interesting facts were brought to light on the ques- tion, “Have you been threat- ened with repossessions, evic- tions, etc?” In this the B.C. Electric, the federal Income Tax department, and furniture companies were shown to be taking -the toughest attitude. Members reported the B.C. Electric had threatened to cut off power if bills were not paid; that income tax collec- Continued on Back Page See SHIPYARD policies’