MLL LLL LLL aaadddiddddddddddlidlididitlddisisliddid, ULM dddddddddddddddddddddddddidllds LLL 7 VL ddd bl GLI ALLL LLL stl thd de ULLAL LLL TAKE CARE LLL LE LAYOFF anp TRANSFER CARD EMPLOYEE'S NAME FOREST INDUSTRY HEALTH AND WELFARE PLAN UNEMPLOYMENT LAST DAY INSURANCE: Noy 26 28S hh a Rw Ep ee THIS CARD CERTIFIES THAT THE HEALTH AND WELFARE COVERAGE OF THE ABOVE NAMED EMPLOYEE, WHO HAS: TERMINATED EMPLOYMENT, CEASES ON LAST DAY WORKED. HEALTH AND) WELFARE BEEN LAID OFF, CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE CEASES ON LAST DAY WORKED. 5 BEEN DEDUCTED TO BEEN LAID OFF, CONTINUES FOR UP TO 3 MONTHS FROM LAST DAY WORKED. BEEN LAID OFF, CONTINUES FOR UP ° TO 6 MONTHS FROM LAST DAY WORKED. NOTE: The Group Life Insurance continues for 31 days following cessation of coverage. The employee Is entitled immediately to be reinstated In this Plan upon being hired by an employer covered by this Plan or to Join FOREST IN- DUSTRY HEALTH AND WELFARE PLAN No. 2 upon being hired by an em- plore covered by that plan provided he fs so hired within 18 months of his ast day worked as a covered employee under this Plan. 196__ (DATE) ASD FIH_& WP a FORM 3A 30M 3-62 This Card is just as important as a Cheque or your Unemployment Insurance Book!!! - IT SHOWS THAT YOU ARE OR WERE COVERED BY THE PORTABLE MEDICAL AND HEALTH AND WELFARE PLAN Be sure to obtain one whenever you are laid off or leave your employer. This card gives you immediate coverage when you com- mence work with a new employer up to a maximum of 18 months. NOTE: Everytime that you begin working for a new em- ployer you should sign a new beneficiary card. DO NOT .LOSE THIS CARD! SIMS SS dh dt hhh ddd did dd tb ddd ddddidtddddddddddddddddddidddddidddditddtild did tldddddiddididdidldiidddddstititediledede Made in B.C. by the same family for over half a century PIERRE PARIS & SONS 51 West Hastings Street Vancouver 3, B.C. a’) : Family Teamwork in Craftsmanship since 1907 THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER ROYAL COMMISSION'S Report Proves Canada iiss “oe Must Have Medicare By JACK MacKENZIE IWA Regional Ist Vice-President For good reasons, the Ca- nadian Labour Congress, and our Union as well, welcomed and endorsed the main rec- omendations of the Royal Commission on Health Serv- ices. As stated by our Re- gional President, when the report was tabled, IWA mem- bers have consistently ad- vocated universal health services without regard to the individual’s ability to pay. It is gratifying to note that, in many important respects, the recommendations of the Commission are in agree- ment with recommendations made to the Federal Govern- ment and the Commission by organized Jabour. . The report of the Commis- sion indicates a careful and comprehensive study of our health problems. It states, after this long study, that Canada can and must afford a broad extension of its health services. This cuts the ground from under the feet of those who have been the ~ UNION-MADE strongest opponents of a na- tional health care program. Voluntarism Failed Our opinion that volun- tary organizations are quite inadequate has been confirm- a JACK MacKENZIE ed by the Commission. It would be a tragedy if the Al- berta or Ontario plans were introduced into British Co- lumbia. The Commission’s outright rejection of any form of means test is to be commended. “The faster adequate health service is provided, the faster thousands of Canadians now suffering from ill-health will receive some measure of re- lief,” says the Congress. OUR PLIGHT IGNORED It is astounding to trade unionists that the criticism levelled at the report by spokesmen for the Canadian Medical Association com- pletely ignored the plight of thousands of Canadians as outlined in the report. The Commission made a thorough study of the income status of the Canadian popu- lation. The results as report- ed are startling. A brief quotation makes the point. Page 125 of the report has these paragraphs: “If we take $2,000 as a low income in 1961, Table 4-7 indicates that almost 13 per cent of all families of two or more per- sons, rural non-farm and urban, had incomes. of less than this amount. “The number of families in this classification approached one-half a million families. If we were able to include all families with incomes of les than $3,000, these families would account for nearly 25 per cent of total families. “For persons not in families, 804,056, or 57 per cent of all persons in this category had incomes of less than $2,000, while almost 38 per cent had incomes of less than $1,000. i “Tf all persons in this cate- gory with incomes of less than $2,000 a year were com- bined with individuals not in families earning less than this amount, almost 2.3 million Canadians can be said to be in a low-income family living in urban or rural non-farm areas.” These facts sustain the views long advocated by the trade unions that the cost of any serious illness is a finan- cial disaster in the average Canadian home. The Commission makes the point very forcibly that we have enormously increased our spending on personal health services without se- curing adequate medical cov- erage. WE NOW SPEND TOO MUCH Our spending, apart from drugs, rose from $166 million in 1926 to $1,612 million in 1961. With the expenditure on drugs, this sum rose to $1,724 million. The total cost of personal health care at the beginning of the nineteen- sixties amounted to $1,829 million and rose to $2,019 million in 1961. When the organized medi- cal profession and the insur- ance companies raise the cry that medicare will cost too much, let us throw these facts in their faces. Lack of adequate income has deprived thousands of families of proper medical care. The health of the entire population is a priceless na- tional asset. Whatever the cost of a na- tional health plan, its cost must take into consideration the enormous cost we now pay for inadequate health care. It is sound economics to spread the cost over the en- tire population so that every- one may have the right to good health protection. Agreement Signed The Canadian government has signed another three- year trade agreement with an Iron-Curtain country, a $24,- 000,000 pact with Hungary. Most of the sales will be in wheat or barley and Cana- dian concessions are exten- sion of favourable tariff treat- ment comparable to that granted the United States or any other major trading part- ner. “One of Us - Hire Him” An acquaintance, who had gone directly from high school into military service in World War II, eventually wound up doing cloak-and- dagger work with the OSS. After the war he tried to land a job with a Madison Avenue advertising agency. The job application blank queried: “What qualifications do you have?” Figuring that honesty, with a touch of humor, was the best policy, the applicant wrote, “Spying, murder, ar- son, burglary, safecracking, - etc.” He got the job. About two years later, while going through the files, iS he came upon hi folder. On his job application __ form, some personnel execu- tive had written, “He’s obvi- ously one of us—hire him!” _ — Paes ne * Se ee ea a