' ders will feed , “ha sing os sf amg to the bark- ? 4 logs will return to THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER SAWMILL WORKERS from the various operations in Local 1-357, |WA attended a special meeting in the Royal Towers on Saturday, July 15, 1967. The Local Union’s Ist Vice- President Frank Simpson chaired the meeting and Alec Archibald, Regional Executive Board Member, assisted by Norm Kelly, Financial Secretary, explained the Union's demands for rate revisions in specific sawmill categories and the present negative atti- tude of the Industry. At right are Frank Simpson and Alec Archibald. NDP CONVENTION ADOPTS TWELVE-POINT PROGRAMME TORONTO — The New Democratic Party of Canada adopted a 12-point compre- hensive policy as one basic plank in a substantial pro- gram hammered out by 900 delegates at the party’s fourth biennial convention. While the economic policy was labelled “Canadian, Inde- pendence,” the convention re- jected any suggestion that such a policy is “anti-Ameri- can.” Introducing the resolution, Max Saltsman, NDP Member of Parliament and an Ontario businessman said, “Don’t blame the United States for what is essentially our own fault.” He was referring to the over-60 per cent foreign con- trol of Canadian industries. “The problem was created by our own governments through their failure to build an independent economy in this Nation.” The resolution adopted said: “RWeonomic independence does not mean narrow nation- alism or isolation, nor does it hinge on the single question of foreign or domestic owner- ship of industry and com- merce. It means simply that Canadians must be free to plan and create the kind of economy which is best suited to their needs, their history and their view of the future.” DEBARKING PLANT A floating debarking plant, said to be the world’s largest of its kind, is being installed at Port Alberni, B.C., by Mac- Millan Bloedel Ltd. The plant will ride a 54 by 138-foot steel barge. Principal equipment will be two 60-inch barkers, a hog for processing bark, and two chain cutoff saws. Two parallel jacklad- logs from the The convention also reject- ed nationalization as the be- all or end-all of economic policy. “We would do this nation a disservice,” said the Ontar- io MP, “to stick to a dogmatic approach to our development. We must use all the instru- ments to further that objec- tive.” Nationalization was still one key of economic policy, “but this powerful weapon must be used judiciously,” he advised. One of the pillars of the 12- point policy is the establish- ment of a Canadian Capital Resources Fund “to mobilize Canadian capital for develop- ment and research and to re- tain Canadian savings in Can- ada.” Other points include: © The establishment of an Economic and Social Planning Organization; © Investment of the CCR Fund “in developments bene- ficial to the growth of the Ca- nadian economy; e Encouragement of ration- alization and greater special- ization of industry in Canada in order to create a more com- petitive economy; © Use of the Fund to ex- pand the public section in the economy as a means of in- creasing Canadian independ- ence; © Legislation to require ‘“corporations to make fuller disclosure of the details of their economic and financial activities to facilitate the planning and rationalization of the economy, and the regu- lation of corporate sales, pur- chase and investment poli- cies.” Colin Cameron, NDP M.P. from British Columbia, also spoke on the resolution. At one point, he argued “I don’t object to American owner- ship. It’s quite impossible to buy them out. “Instead I put the emphasis on different methods of forc- ing them to obey Canadian government policy — with the latent threat of forcing na- tionalization.” LABOUR WINS SUPPORT The NDP has announced its complete support for organ- ized labour’s campaign to de- feat the use of injunctions in labour disputes. Meeting in between-session caucus in Vancouver on Sat- urday, July 15, the official op- position members stated that continuously imprisoning trade unionists is aggravating rather than improving the al- ready critical labor-manage- ment relations. The recent jailing of mem- bers of the United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union points up the seriousness of the situation since it brings the total to 17 of the people who have gone to jail this year in contempt of court cases resulting from labor dis- putes in British Columbia. The caucus noted that un- ion members are not asking for any special status. Citizens in all walks of life are free to demonstrate by parades, placards and public state- ments of all kinds on any is- sue you care to mention. Trade unionists are only ask- ing the same privileges, free from interference. The caucus reiterated ° its stated policy; that is, to work incessantly toward the re- moval, by all democratic pro- cedures available, the source of this trouble. The labor legislation of this province is retrogressive and totally out of tune with the times and must be changed. Labor legislation which al- lows trade unionists to be jailed for activities which can and should be litigated by civil action certainly falls into this category. 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Finally his curiosity got the better of him and he asked the logger why he didn’t order a double instead. “Oh,” said the logger, “My buddy died a couple of months ago and before he passed on he made me prom- ise that whenever I had a drink I would order one for him too.” A week later the logger ap- peared again but this time only ordered one Martini. ‘What about your old pal?” asked the bartender after bringing the drink. “Aren’t you going to have one for him, too?” “This is my buddy’s drink,” said the logger. “Me — I’m on the wagon!” * * * Chokerman Charlie says that a light drinker is a alcoholic who weighs less than 130 pounds. . Fly ve - fast - fast By K.L.M. JET to “LES GIRLS” of Europe: © Paris © London © Amsterdam © Copenhagen © Hamburg Enjoy three weeks of unforgettable nightlife. Join the K.L.M. “Les Girls” Tour and see the sights. 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