BENNETT IGNORES APPEAL

During the Lenkurt dispute
257 fred employees requested
assistance from organized
labour. As a result the officers
of the B.C. Federation of
Labour and the Vancouver &
District Labour Council
Jointly sent a letter to the
Hon. W. A. C. Bennett asking
that an impartial inquiry be
set up.

To date the Premier has not
seen fit to answer this letter
which is reprinted below:

May 25, 1966

The Hon. W. A. C. Bennett,

Premier of British Columbia,

Victoria, B.C.

Sir: At the request of trade
unions affiliated with the B.C.
Federation of Labour and the
Vancouver © District Labour
Council, in conference this
date, we urge your Govern-
ment to appoint a Commis-
sioner under the Public In-
quiries Act to investigate and
report publicly upon all the
circumstances relating to the
dispute involving employees
of the Lenkurt Electric Com-
pany of Canada, Burnaby,
B.C.

We submit that an im-
partial and public inquiry,
for which statutory provision
is made, would bein the pub-
lic interest for the following
reasons:

1. Approximately two hundred
persons have been deprived
of employment by action of
the Company designed to
penalize them for their pro-

test against an alleged
breach of faith during ne-
gotiations. Their plight has
won the sympathy and fin-
ancial support of thousands
of trade unionists who firm-
ly believe that unendurable
conditions imposed by the
Company provoked the em-
ployees to an act of despera-
tion. The evidence on this
point should be weighed
judicially.

2 In an effort to gain humane
consideration for the job-
less employees and restore
normal employee - employer
relations, a Committee of
the B.C. Federation of
Labour and the Vancouver
Labour Council met with
the Company officials. These
officials would not abandon
their vindictive attitude
and consider a mutually
satisfactory settlement of
the dispute.

3.Our affiliated trade unions
have experienced wide-
spread resentment caused
by the belief that ex parte
injunctions were issued on
the basis of misleading evi-
dence furnished by the
Company and enforced in a
manner that unjustly ex-
posed innocent bystanders
to contempt proceedings.
Without an impartial probe
of all the facts, contempt
proceedings against indi-
viduals will not permit con-
sideration of all the factors
nor will they be conducive

to improved labor-manage-

ment relations in this prov-

ince,

4,We are informed that our
affiliates are in possession of
evidence to the effect that
members of the RCMP and
the Company's security
force, not in uniform, de-
liberately incited violence
during a peaceable demon-
stration of protest in the
vicinity of the Company’s
premises. We have been
assured by your Ministers
that the police will not act
as strikebreakers or agents
provocateur. We therefore
believe that the validity of
any such evidence should be
judicially determined.

5. There is reason for appre-
hension that failure to ren-
der full justice to all con-
cerned in this dispute will
adversely affect labour-
management relations across
the province. The proposed
public inquiry would have
a salutary effect.

We direct your attention
to the fact that the Company
is part of a public utility com-
plex enjoying monopolistic
privileges by consent of Par-
liament.

We trust that our request
may have your. most favour-
able consideration. :

Yours sincerely,

E. P. O'NEAL, Secretary,

B.C. Federation of Labour.

C. P. NEALE, Secretary,

Vancouver & District

Labour Council.

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1-417 BOWLING SEASON ENDS

A police officer told a motor-
ist parked in a commercial
loading zone to move on, but
the driver replied that he had
to park there because he was
getting a 175-pound package
from the side door of the store.

And sure enough, as the of-
ficer watched, the motorist’s
wife came out the side door
and got in the car.

The policeman was still

scratching his head as they
drove off.

The Salmon Arm and the
Kamloops Bowling Leagues
of Local 1-417 IWA, ended
the season with a banquet
and dance at Salmon Arm
April 30th and in Kamloops
on May 14th.

Bob Schlosser, Local Presi-
dent, attended both celebra-
tions acting as master of cere-
monies and presenting tro-
phies to various teams and
bowlers.

John Kelly, Ist Vice-Presi-
dent, was on hand to present
the Kelly Cup to the “A” Di-
vision winners, the Mercuries.
The “B” Division winners,
the Woodpeckers, were the
winners of the Michael Tro-
phy. Each bowler in these two
teams won an individual tro-
phy as well, as did the League
winners, the Imports.

Trophies for team high sin-
gle and team high triple were
won by the Hillbillies (1125)
and the Chevrons (3044).
Ladies’ and men’s high aver-
age trophies were won by
Bey Turner and Elmer Sep-
pela, each with 202. High
single trophies were won by
Shanon Buresch (326) and
Les MacKenzie (320. High
triple trophies were taken by
Mary Williamson (724) and
Doug Fraser (806), while the

A good sportsmanship tro-
phy went to Mrs. Lillian Ruth
and 800 pins were presented
to Elmer Seppela and Doug
Fraser. A crying towel was
given to each team to present
to one of their bowlers.

The Salmon Arm League
was headed by Francis: Mun-
ro, Chairman, and Doreen
Hobbs, Secretary.

In the Kamloops League
the Rolling Pins topped the
other teams by winning first
position during league play
and also by winning the
League roll-offs. They took
home the Sidnick Trophy,
presented by the Local Union
on behalf of Bill Sidnick, a
former member of Kamloops
Lumber, and individual tro-

phies.
Individual trophies were

taken home by the Musket-
eers, the Consolation roll-off

winners,

Trophies for high averages
were won by Stan Warsimage
(227) and Marie Eckhardt
(178), men’s and ladies’ high
singles by George Uyeda
(326) and Martha Popp (284)
and high triple by Bill Popp
(828) and Marie Bossert
(720).

A 350 pin was won by

Philip Legg, while 300 pins

Dickie, George Uyeda, Mitz
Kamimoto, Bob Doucette, Bill
Popp, Leo Punch and Mino
Goto, Ladies 250 pins were
won by Martha Popp, Lois
Donchi, Elma Trowski, Mille
Schneider, Phyllis Murphy,
Lee Brunner, Barb Mayson,
Marie Eckhardt, Barb Shan-
nik and Sylvia Wetmore.
The Kamloops Bowling
League was headed by Ken
Schneider, Chairman, and
Marie Bossert, Secretary.

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