1st Issue, November, 1961 WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER ACCIDENTS The Department of Labour at Ottawa reports Canadian industrial fatalities for the first quarter of 1961 totalled 216. This was a decrease of 23 from the last quarter of 1960 and down 37 from the corresponding first quarter of ’60. Fatalities were highest in transportation, storage and communications. OFFICE WORK Studies by British Trades Union Congress organizations indicate that the introduction of electronic computers in offices usually brings about a wees antag employment but does not necessarily result in making the staff EXPORTS The old “pricing-ourselves-out-of-the-market” argument got another bump with the announcement that Canadian export sales set a new record in the first half of this year. Total exports during April-June rose 8.3 per cent to $1,419,500,000 from $1,310,700,000 a year previous. Imports were virtually unchanged at $1,489,300,000. PARKING BOOMERANG Policewoman J. J. Freeman of Hamlet, N.C., recently found herself on the receiving end of a reverse Beeston of the “do unto others” philosophy. Returning fo her car after banking coins she had collected from the town’s parking meters, she discovered—a ticket for overtime parking. N.J. CARS ONLY HALF SAFE Almost half of all vehicles registered in New Jersey were rejected as unsafe at inspection stations during 1960. This was 5 per cent above the 1959 rejection figure. Faulty brakes were the most common failure. Steering align- ment was another frequent offender. TEA AND SAFETY A tea tippler, who is an avid reader of the one-sentence tag lines attached to Salada tea bags, reports sighting this gem recently: “Everybody should learn to drive, especially those who sit behind the wheel.” IN LIMA, Peru, Enrique, who is 6, and his brother Walter, 8, are already earning money as water-bearers. They deliver it to their neighbors in Fray Martin a barriada (slum district) in Lima, Thousands of persons live in Fray Martin without water and electricity. The government is trying to improve this environment, with help from international agencies such as the United Nations Children’s Fund (U NICEF), which sends dried skim milk to protect children like Enrique and Walter against the ill- nesses bred by malnutrition and lack of sanitation. In many parts of the world, UNICEF is assisting countries to cope with particular problems of city living, such as health and sanitation, housing and social services. FLY B.C. AIR LINES . .~ THE LARGEST AIRLINE OPERATING ENTIRELY IN B.C. It’s no accident that B.C. Air Lines enjoys the lowest possible air line insurance rate. Operating with unionized crews, B.C.A. flies over 50,000 revenue flights annually. Be sure of safety, service and satis- faction . . . next time fly B.C. Air Lines. MALLARDS ° NORSEMAN ° BEAVERS ° CESSNAS CHARTER FLIGHT OR SCHEDULED SERVICE “1T COSTS NO MORE TO FLY THE BEST” ATION OF LABOUR 6fhAn WE DESIRE FOR OURSELVES WE >thAn pe ual Conve HOPEFUL CANDIDATES nominated for the Executive Council during the BC. Federation of Labour Convention in Vancouver, are introduced to the delegates by Federation President, Bob Smeal. | What's New For You NO TIRE CHANGING with two new “puncture fixing” products. One is an Aerosol-type container that holds a rubber-sealing compound of butyl rubber and plastic together with compressed air. When attached to the valve of flat tire (tube or tubeless), it’s said to automatically seal puncture and inflate tire. Takes about 90 sec., claims manufacturer. Other product is a cap seal plug for repairing nail holes in tubeless tires. Comes in 3/8 in. and 5/16 in. sizes. Seals entire depth of the puncture with tough tire rubber in 60 sec. while tire is on wheel, it’s said. This one doesn’t inflate tire. * x % SPINNING CONTACT LENS soon to be available in U.S. lets tears and oxygen reach the cornea for lubrication and eye health, it’s claimed. New lens_ has spiral- shaped channels on the eye-touch- ing side. Normal flow of tears makes lens spin so that all parts of eye are lubricated. To be competi- tive in price but much more com- fortable than conventional ‘“con- tacts”, it’s said. * * * RADIATION WARNING — vis- ible and audible—is given by new personal monitor. About the size and shape of a fountain pen, it’s clipped on clothing. Emits high- pitched beeps, flashes neon warning when wearer is exposed to radiation from nuclear reactors, fallout, large X-ray machines, etc. * * * CONTOUR POLISHER. Rotary contour polishing machine will finish up to 1,000 small parts or tools in an hour, it’s claimed. Designed for polishing contours of hand tools, bicycle and automotive parts, fire- arms, jet blades, etc., it can be modified for high-speed polishing of flat surfaces as well as contours. * cd * NUMERICAL TAPE CONTROL now comes to flame-cutting mach- ines. New machine developed in the U.S. performs automatic flame-cut- ting operations by means of pre- determined, numerically coded in- structions on punched paper tape. Cuts straight or curved lines in metal plate without templates, tem- plate tables or skilled operators, it’s claimed. JACK MOORE, IWA_ Regional Ist Vice-President was elected the Ist Vice-President of the B.C. - Federation of Labour at their Annual Convention and was also elected to the B.C. Pro- vincial Executive of the New Democra- tic Party during the Party’s Founding Convention in Vancouver. Sick List King’s Daughters Sisters Florence Dalmage and Lucille Vermeir2 of the LA Local 1-80, IWA, visited the following patients ‘in the ing’s Daughters Hospital October 13, ae candy, cigarettes and copies the Western Canadian Lumber Worker. E Sick List ae rip, Youbou, B.C.; Mr. Hill Martin, Harris Creek; Mr. K. Ramweil, Duncan; Mr. Ken bertson, | Caycuse; Mrs. H. -C.; M . W. Modeste, Koksilah. elas Sjoberg and Nellie : oore, eee rs. man, Bastia. Take Cowichan ; rs. H. E. McKowan, Lake Cowichan; Mrs. R. D. Sisters Gladys Sjoberg and Nellie 1-80, IWA, visited in. Western Canadian Lumber Tr. S. e, RR, ; Relke, Duncan; Hill Martin, Port Ren- rew; Henry Palm, Lake Cowichan; W Klettke, Lake Cowichan; Mrs. Gravelle, Lake Cowichan ; Sorbin, Duncan FS. Ds: n » Duncan Mohinder Parmar, Paldi; Mrs. itchell, Port ; { Williams, Duncan; Mrs. George Evans, IWA (N.W.) C Westminster Lake Cowichan and District CREDIT UNION DIRECTORY IWA Credit Unions and other Credit Unions supported by IWA Local Unions in B.C. Alberni District Credit Union, 209 Argyle Street, Port Alberni IWA 1-217 paces: Broadway & Quebec Streets, ‘Vancouver 10 redit Union, Room 21, Local 1-118, IWA (Victoria), 904 Gordon Street, Victoria Chemainus & District Credit Union, Box 229, Chemainus Credit Union, Lake Cowichan, B.C. Courtenay Credit Union, Box 952, Courtenay Duncan & District Credit Union, Box 1717, Duncan George & District, 1046 - 4th Avenue, Prince rge Nanaimo & District Credit Union, 499 Wallace St., ee Lad: & District Credit Union, Box 154, Ladysmith, B.C. United Labour Credit Union, 1475 East A3rd, Vancouver Salmon Arm Credit Union, Shuswap Ave., Salmon Arm, B.C, 774 Columbia Street, New CANADIAN Labour Congress Secretary- Treasurer, Dona cdonald was one of the featured speakers at-the Federation of Labour Convention in Vancouver, —— Labour Congress Political Education Director addressing delegates attending the sixth GEORGE HOME, Canadian nnual Convention of the ‘edera- tion of Labour at the Bayshore Inn, Vancouver. Duncan; Mrs. John Miles, Mesachie ake; Mrs. Len Windsor, Duncan; Mrs. Schockenmaier, Lake Cowichan; Mrs. s. Vaux, Chemainus. Sisters Gladys Sioberg and eh Netzel of t » IWA the tern Canadian Lumber Tan. Caldwell, comic Station ; a) oe D. ocurek, Lake Powschar: Mrs. I. Astin, ae Mr. - T. Beech, Lake Cowic'! L. Wo: No. Cowichan Station; Mrs. I. Oldale, “Nitinat: Mrs. . Granbois, Lake Cowichan ; Mrs. 8. u. : Mrs. A. ‘oubou ; Mrs. F. Odell, Pe: a E. Mac- ‘a Ren-