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y, Jan. 7, 1960

B.C.’s. Conservative, Leader Puts His Foot in His Mouth

A number of British Columbians are beginning to feel a little sorry for B.C. Con- servative leader Deane Finlayson. The poor fellow seems to put his foot in his mouth every time he opens it. .

His latest public outburst which has

the sympathy of a number of people con- -

cerns his statements on highway expend- itures mentioned in Trail by Premier Ben- nett. Mr. Fnlayson quotes the premier as saying in Trail that his'.government is spending $100,000,000 a year on highways and will continue to spend this amount an- . nually ‘for the next 10 years.

“This is another indication of the pre- iers irresponsible attitude to finances and utterly false claims,” says Mr. Finlayson.

It is no such thing.

What Premier Bennett did say in

Work Needed on

One of the major local projects of the department of highways in this area dur- ing the next fiscal year should be the wid- ening and improving of the Deer Park road. In fact, the department shouldn’t wait until the next fiscal year to start on this work.

The blasting of Grey Wolf bluffs, one of the most dangerous parts of the road between Syringa Creek and Deer Park, should be done this winter.

Although a shovel was on the road for

Forgei Politics On the Columbia

The daily newspapers found a juicy morsel recently in the statement of the minister of justice that he hoped the B.C. *government would make a “maximum” ef- fort to assist development of the Columbia on the terms of the IJC agreement.

Less than 10 days before Mr. Fulton made his comment, his colleagues, Howard Green and Alvin Hamilton, following ‘a meeting in- Victoria said the government saw “eye to eye” of Columbia develop. ment. Mr. Green and Premier Bennett agreed that the cost would be split. At the same time Ray Williston, B.C.’s minister in charge of the’ power issue, said his gov- ‘ernment was'anxious to push the Colum- bia work with all speed.

Mr. Fulton evidently didn’t confer with his colleagues when they returned to Ottawa.

: There are -genuine Political ¢ conflicts

Trail was that his government would spend $100,000,000 yearly for the next decade for a total 10-year expenditure on highways of $1,000,000,000. He did not say his gov- government was presently spending $100,- 000,000 a year on roads.

But though he has again put his foot in his mouth by basing his comments on a misquotation in Canadian Press reports of what the premier did say in Trail. we can’t feel too sorry about the Conservative lead- er’s faux pas.

After all, the premier has been stat- ing publicly for many months that his high- ways minister’s annual budget would be increased to $100,000;000 a year for the next 10 years and surely Mr. Finlayson must have realized, before he -made_ his statement, that the premier must have been misquoted.

Deer Park Read

two weeks this fall doing normal mainten- ance and a grader is on the road full time, ho major work has been done on the 20- mile road in the past few years. Yet a large school bus makes-daily trips over it with children from Deer Park and Renata. The lives of these children alone de- mand that work be done improving the road, without mentioning the number of tourists that make use of the road from ear- ly Spring to late Fall and the residents of

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Civilization Break Down

Information booths for motorists are usually neat, stocked with interesting reading.matter and staffed hy people who know thé country round about. An oddity is that, although most motoring is done on weekends, practically all information booths close from noon Sat- urday to 10 on Monday morning. — The Printed Word

STUBY ACCIBENT-FREE TOWNS -

A community which goes for four and a half years with. out a fatal traffic accident, points out the Victoria Times, “has mastered a technique which deserves the careful study of other towns and cities . .. Medicine Hat, Alberta, is such a place, and its good record is not the result of luck but of.

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No Driving Schools Here

: No further weakening of the high school curriculum can be tolerated by making a place for car driving training, argues the Calgary Herald, “Driver training has nothing whatever in

‘that area who use the road daily.

$75 Car Labor

. How much labor would you ex- pect to buy for $75? bots “e j

That is about the average weekly wage -in Canadian manufacturing plants, and in a period. of a week one factory employee can turn out a lot of work. But even with the highly efficient tools and machinery now in use, would you expect one man in an automobile plant to turn out a complete ear in one week?

That is not within the bounds of rea- son, yet a publication issued by a Toronto local of the United Auto Workers union reprints figures obtained from some un- named “research agency in Washington” that claims the cost of “productive labor” in a standard four-door sedan is,$75.

Research agencies in Washington must have some new approach to arithma- tic, for applying old-fashioned long div; ision to figures made public by car manu- facturers in Canada doesn’t give an an- swer of anything like $75. Admittedly, it is only a rough rule of thumb, but divid- ing the number of cars and trucks made in Canada in 1958 (a total of 356,333 units)

between the Peace river and C river developments, but at the same time, these are being accentuated for purely political purposes. And that is unfortun- ate. — Revelstoke Review.

Grandpa's Advice

‘Till your own dear land, my boy,

And ever peaceful be,

For nowhere in the world but here . Contentment will you sde.

Plant the fertile seed, son,

And watch it tenderly,

For from your little ficld, my lad, , There springs sweet liberty.

Reap what you have planted, And let your thanks be deep, For honest toil like yours, lad, Has earned a restful sleep.

Heed me son, when I tell you this,

Do not think I have merely grown old,

True happiness comes from the feel of the earth And riot from the feel of’ gold.

— Margaret Obedkoff’

> try’s big payroll is part of the labor cost

into the ive parts industry’s 1958 payroll (a total of $148,931,995) gives an average of $417 in pay for each car and truck driven from the factory.

Nor would that be the total labor cost. The automotive parts industry in this country employs from: one-half to two- thirds'as many workers as the car plants

with It is purely extra,curricu. lar and must.continue to be treated as such in this. province.”

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in making a car or truck. Beyond that are steel mills, plastic plants, rubber factories and many other primary manufacturers that draw part of their payrolls from the automotive industry. It’seems likely that if the $75 were multiplyed’ by 10 it would still fali short of the labor cost in the man- ufacturer’s price of a new car—tThe Clip Sheet.

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There is no valid argument against a sales tax for school purposes—the only questions are when, how much. and by whom? — Olds (Alta.) Gazette.

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By JAMES K.

if the paid the sal~

Constant increase in teachers’ pay is bringing cbnstant demands from municipalities that the provincial Lae ae take over

aries, and exercised no control over teachers,

It could well be good for the province and its people if the paid all the salaries,

entirely the

. salaries.

.. Most B.

making then uniform, throughout the province, The feuchers do not

insist they’ o going broke oe sine teachers’ salaries,

Latest storm has started over a $100,000 a year increasé in tea- chers’ salaries in Greater Vic- toria, An arbitration board made the award. The Mayor of Vic- toria, and the’ reeves of the ad- joining municipalities are horri- fied, insist the taxes will have to yo up to pay the higher salaries to teachers,

if the provincial government takes over full payment of tea. chers’ salaries, the teachers will become nothing more, nothing less than civil servants, 'The ten. chers themselves are fearul of this, for they don't want to be celussified as. civil servants, for what reason they do not explain,

Yet, their demands and their pay increases are bringing the day closer and closer when they'll be civil servants. The government

vill have no

but to enforce it.

Th

ly want sa. lary scale, preferring to negotiate piecemeal,

There's no reason why a tea- cher in Vancouver should have higher pay than a teacher in, say, Kelowna, Vernon, Prince Rupert or Cranbrook, A teacher's a teacher, and the students in out. lying places are quite as impor: tant as the students in Vancouver or Victoria.

For some renson the provin- cial government has been afraid to set a uniform standard of leaeli pay throughout the en. tire province.

Rut it will conic when the government takes over full pay. ment of teachers’ salaries, and turns the teachers Into civil ser. vants,"2.move the government will be forced to take by the teachers themselves who do not want such a move,

It's bound to come if tea- chers’ salaries keep rising, with the municipalities unable to pay

e could not pay teachers’ salaries and permit teachers the freedom they*now have. It would not be honest .with the people's money

without taxes, and no taxpayer favors his taxes going up to pay teachers more than what. the public considers ade- quate pay,

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An employee of Cominco's refining department, C, A, Nagel, has been “pwarded §250 by oe

that

Labor Minister's

It ‘is my hope that good health and good fortune may be yours throughout the coming year, i

has Pesuited ine more Geonomieal bracing of jumbo lead Pigs in

Cominco regularly * awards employees for useful suggestions through a suggestion visn com- mittee, The award to Nagel was the largeht gl. diurmg the past few month: the latest awards, Cominco p

t to employees, at T and Yetlow- knife for 72 practical suggestions, L, BM. DeLong, superintend- ent, relining department, pre- senting the $250 cheque, -remar- ked that a iot of good ideas had come from the refinery shop and that Mr. Nagel was helping to keep up the good work, An idea tor a device used for temperature control at the

ant, previously submii-

Aschibald, smelting department, earned him an ad- ditional $45 award. ‘This inereus- ed the amount received by Mr.

L we are heading into the “fabulous ‘60's” under highly favorable conditions and we can look forward to consider- able progress and development in the years to come,

New projects abound on ev- |.

ery side, In ‘the North plans call for tremendous deve‘opment — hydro.clectric power, # new rail- way, a new pulp mill. The total expenditure in this area alone

1 be phenominal In the South-

t we can lools forward to hy- dro-electric development on the Columbia ‘and a new primary steel industry. While on the Coast new power, pulp and’ paper pants are under way.

These are but a few of the basic projects, They will generate untold numbers of job opport. unities and, the opportuni!y for better earnings, They will also

y to come to British Columbia. To. gether, these basic industries and he Seeondary. inaustries will in

Archibald for his i to a total of $70.

A.R. Harmston and J, Irvin, Tadanac Electric Shgp, shared a $35 award for pointing out im- provements for motor control- Jers on lead furnace cranes. During te period, four staff

: approved Aicucstions: They are

Movvadea Bahai. - $100, 000. 00 ut

ape sme by wort Now Yoon?

‘That's right — your $100,000. 00. For, believe it or nof, you'll likely earn more than that during your working years. Question i is: how much will you keep? |

Right sow is the time to resolve to keep a larger part of what you earn chroughout this new year. And the place to Keep i it is in a B of M Savings Account. ° ,

"Make saving every pay-day your No. 1 New Year's resolution this year. The B of M can’t help you resolve to stop eating between meals or get you to work on time, but it can help you save,

Why not start your account tomorrow at “MY BANK” — it’s a good place to accumulate a portion of the vast sum you will earn during your working years. It takes just one dollar — and three minutes — to open your B of M Savings Account,

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WORKING WITH CANADIANS IN. EVERY. WALK OF LIFE SINCE lel.

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S, E, Angus and LW. Waterloo of Trail, and W. H. Webber and M. A..Melior of Kimberley. Awards ranging from $5 to $25 were paid to the following employees, at Trail:

R. Nichols, P. C. Berry, G. H, Castle, V. Georgetti, J. Dunlop, E, Cowlin, G. Worobey, J. A. MacLeod, W. Miller, S. Laluk, J. Ellis, W. J. Rogers, R, White, P. I, Gandreault, H> Ohryn, I. Dergousoff, G, Osachoff, L.| Harmston, H. Wuori, G. Morton, L, Bogie, T. D'Amour, B. L. Mc- Peek, A. H. McNab, O., Person, K. Campbell, I. M. Kissock; W. Martin. % . C, W. Warrington, F. Baileys AL W. Irish, W. Young, C. F. Heney, A, R; Johnstone, A. R. Harmston, J. Irvin, L, Perri, F. Adie, J. Colligan, C. M. York, J. A. Dellow, A, P. Sdao, R. W.

*| district highways engineer.

fclaneie a high Sevel of ay one ment. ¢

The facts demonstrate that our province has been keeping up with and surpassing the pace of economic growth of the rest of the nation — there are many more persons employed now than one year ago and British Colum- bians enjoy the highest rates of Pay and shortest working hours of workers anywhere in Canada.

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benefits . have been greatly | im- proved, A new appeal procedure was adopted, the waiting time was reduced and many benefits were increased,

The new appeal procedure provides for a three-man medical review panel, One of the -mem-

bers is nominated by the work. man, one by the employer, and the chairman is appointed by the Licutenant-Governor. :

The panel hears cases in which there is a medical dispute to ba resolved, Their decision is final and is binding on the Work. men’s Compensation Board. It is our hope that the new procedure will meet objections which were raised previously, and that it will be a truly effective method of handling that small percentage of cases in which the workman is not satisfied with the decision of the Workmen's Compensation Board,

At the session of the legis- lature this past year the Work- men's Compensation Act was im- proved in many other ways:

British Columbia now has the highest widow's pension in Can- ada — $90 a.month, Children’s allowances were raised to $35 a month, Orphan's allowances rai- sed, to $40 a month, Lump sum payments on the death of a work.

man from $100 to $250 and the lump sum payable to a widow on ‘remarriage was increased from $1,200 to $1,500.

The maximum allowable earnings were increased from $4,000 to $5,000, This means that the maximum compensation a workman can receive is now eae instead of the previous

sar definition of the word “accident” was broadened to al- low the Workmen's Compensa- tion Board to accept certain con- tentious cases which it might otherwise have to reject

‘And the waiting period was reduced from six to three days. This means'that after three days a workman will receive full compensation from the first day instead of aftér six days, as at present.

Undoubtedly, we have thes finest Workmen's Compen a Act in ali of Canada, Our tene. fits are among the highest -— our

appeal procedures the bes‘.

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Kinnaird Proiests 60 mph Speed Limit Through Half Village

The new 50 mph speed lim- it in Kinnaird between -the fire hall and the southern boundary of the village has been protested. by the Village of Kinnaird to the

Comm, G. S, Rust said he

feels the new limit is much too]:

fast and will make walking along the highway dangerous, He sug- gested, an “enforced” 35 mph ii-

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Kinnaia Mit Rate Lower?

Kinnaird’s mill rate may’ be ‘lowered this year.

Finance chairman G, S, Rust told council Monday night that he will attempt fo reduce the. mill rate in his final budget to be pre- sented by the third week in Jan- uary because he fears aq ‘slight movement” of population fo un- incorporated areas, .

Mr. Rust said there has been an increase in water rates this year and assessments have also been increased, He said he fear: that this will not.only stop peop- le from moving into the village, but atso encourage some resid- ents to move out.

“Pm going to try to do it. I don’t know what I can do,” said Mr.- Rust, Village chairman Carl Leeblich said he would like to see a lower mill rate but said he didn’t want to see services curtailed to achieve it.

A provisional budget approv- ing general expenditures for 1990 of $39,495 and $24,706 for water was approved by council,

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