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THE FISHERMAN
January 19, 1962
Unemployment Assurance Fund Would Create Jobs
Editor, The Fisherman:
The main reason, and there are others, for the large number in I the fishing industry is that there are no jobs ashore tor them and these jobless people look to the sea for security for themselves and 1 their families.
Now, firstly, a fisherman should make his living 100 percent from ' fishing, because if he cannot cut the mustard fishing, he takes a job | away from someone ashore and lie j has to increase his earnings fishing ]
Secondly, so as to create more |
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After cooling, the non-protein solid particles are separated and tiie remaining liquor is evaporated to a higher solids content.
jobs ashore, instead of unemployment insurance, have employment assurance. Instead of putting say $1 a week towards unemployment insurance, we put in possibly $2, the government and companies the same, and this money to be used to create jobs in our natural resources.
Fishing: restore spawning grounds and clear log jams; also increase the staff of the biological station.
Logging: build access roads and plant trees along creeks to slop erosion.
Farming: stop erosion by planting trees, because erosion of farm lands silts up spawning grounds so that eggs don't get oxygen.
Mining (and industry in general): a program to curtail pollution of I waterways.
The departments of mines, fishing, forests and agriculture would handle the jobs, and private enterprise the materials.
The conservation thus created in the fishing industry alone would be tremendous and would be a legal weapon in stopping ocean salmon fishing.
EMIL EGLI.
Victoria, B.C.
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Editor, The Fisherman:
The renowned practical philosopher and doctor, Albert Schweitzer, said, "To become ethical means to begin to think sincerely."
Constantly bearing this famous quotation in mind, and through the addition of one word my rearrangement would read ". . . sincerely think constructively." Therefore, while in this trend of thought, I wish to express my opinion of today's radio and television programing.
Discord: Webster's definition of the word moderation is "freedom from excess." Frequently being obliged to listen to our local radio and TV programs in order to select the odd program that might prove worthwhile listening to, or viewing, a person is greeted by enormous blares of fatuous discord released by turntables operated by local disc jockeys who possess the mutual harsh taste of program directors and station directors or owners.
It is a pity these pop disc operators were not put to good use during the Second World War. By having them play these discord recordings to captured prisoners I feel certain the necessary information required from these prisoners by army intelligence, would have been given freely, provided they were forced to listen to two hours of discord pop discs, let alone day and night, such as the general public is obliged to contend with.
An excellent example of this may be heard day or night over radio station CKWX. Some of the other local stations run a close second to the so-called big X station.
Hideous background discord to some TV presentations contributes extensively to the welfare of the aspirin, bufferin and anacin companies, not to mention the delight of the neuropathist.
Having listened many times to the local party line or open line type of radio programs, people have phoned in suggesting radio time for Canadian talent, amateur
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or professional, these radio station operators and directors listen in one ear and let the suggestions pass out the other, only to be picked up quickly by broadminded American radio station operators, or pass into oblivion.
Crosschecks: Participation in farcical crosschecks taken by these radio and TV stations involves only a minute portion of the general public, the majority being of the high school and teenage bracket.
Evidently this age bracket keeps discord recording companies and those interested in the payola racket in business; however, they do not pay the shot to keep local radio or TV stations in business. ! When they finally become aware of this fact, they will substitute moderation in the place of excess.
Music Sense: The freedom is re-: moved from enterprise when the youth of this magnificent Canada \ of ours is brainwashed by this j culture-free radio and TV type of I so-called entertainment. How on | earth is it possible for the youth j and adults to improve their music | sense when they are not afforded i the opportunity over these two j major mediums.
Talent Opportunity: Many months have passed since I confronted the program director of CBU with a suggestion to allot one half hour per month in order to give two good amateurs the opportunity to prove their ability as instrumentalists or singers.
In doing so, I thought and expressed the opinion that such a short program could blossom if cultivated by public tolerance. He agreed, and said he would be obliged to consult head office of the CBC for approval and would notify me via phone or mail as to their decision. I am still waiting to receive word from this enthusiastic program director.
This example of enthusiasm by the CBC to afford Canadian talent the opportunity to prove ability, sets a very poor example to independent stations. However, two wrongs do not make a right, therefore, this does not excuse independent stations from their responsibility to produce good programing.
Common logic assures us that unless we encourage Canadian talent through support from corporations, companies and the individual, our Canadian talent will continue to seek greener pastures elsewhere, and so we will be obliged to contend with transient second and third rate American talent.
Throughout Canada the amount
New Spray Less Harmful To Young Salmon Tested
An insecticide has been found which is less harmful to young salmon than DDT. Use of DDT in spraying forests to protect valuable pulpwood stands in the past few years has caused concern to commercial fishermen and anglers alike. The spray has often killed both the insects on which the fish feed and the young salmon themselves.
Reporting at the annual meeting of the Fisheries Research Board in Ottawa last week, scientists of the Nanaimo Biological Station gave the results of tests made with a compound known as Thuricide. The compound, developed recently, has been shown to have only one-thirtieth of the toxicity of DDT to small salmon.
It is the first alternative material to DDT which shows promise in being markedly less injurious to the young fish in their early, freshwater stage
of good male and female singers ran be counted on both hands, that is, within the professional bracket,! in a country rich with excellent amateur talent.
Such a poor percentage of good professional singers reflects directly on the lack of encouragement displayed by radio and TV directors, drama groups and the general public.
Television Advertising: The nauseating Proctor and Gamble, Lever Brothers and Imperial Tobacco Company, etc., form of brainwashing the housewife is on a parallel with the hideous aspirin, bufferin and anacin repetitious high pressure sales pitch.
Corporations using such gimmicks and sales tactics at the general public's expense, will within time, after the gullible saturation peak is reached, discover their company and subsidiary sales declining at an alarming pace. Then only, will they realise the Canadian general public do not possess the mentality of a 10-year old child.
Little wonder inflation sets in when soap companies etc., manufacture vast amounts of brands and advertise one against the other in order to maintain a high sales percentage.
A new brand name and new colored box very seldom improve the quality; rather, they do very considerably improve the financial status of the shareholders.
Sports on TV: During the recent past a Royal Commission was set up to investigate the authenticity of the modern farce manner of wrestling. Believe it or not, this commission found it to be authentic.
Reviewing the days when I watched truly authentic wrestling on the western circuit, I can only come to one conclusion, being obliged to watch the present wrestling pantomime.
A Royal Commission should be set up to investigate the Royal
Commission that Is assigned to investigate the authenticity of wrestling.
The sports announcers assigned to paint an oral picture of these so-called wrestling matches are automatically placed on the same larallel as the wrestlers and Royal Commission by pretending the matches to be authentic.
Even though the wrestling promoters and the broadcast systems ■esponsible for this deceit scream , against being dropped for viewing i by the general public, thereby dis-j crediting the standard of the gen-, eral public's intelligence, the time j is close at hand when they will be ; obliged to produce good clean authentic wrestling or get out of the racket. This transformation will enhance the integrity of TV, radio j and honest promoters of wrestling, ; at the same time increasing TV and radio manufacturers' sales.
TV and Radio News Broadcast-i ing: To be interested enough in [ current events locally as well as ; world-wide, the listener needs only | to turn the radio or TV dial in : order to hear and see the con-; genial Roy Jacques' presentation ; of authentic news, as well as his [ informative commentary on the TV program Probe.
The integrity possessed by Roy Jacques and that of the Daily Col-j onist of Victoria, is indeed a credit.
When a merger and the worship I of ^rnoney becomes the maxim with | two of Vancouver's largest news publishers, the importance of authentic reporting and publishing ; becomes a sideline. Eliminate good ' ] sound competition in this business, S and the mighty pen of freedom j turns to that of egotism.
During 1962 TV and radio direc-i tors must have quite a list of reso-; lutions to fulfill in order to estab-! lish congenial public relations. | My sincere wishes to their success
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Editor, The Fisherman:
Bargaining time for tendermen is again approaching, and the lively spirit displayed at our meetings reveals a renewed faith and belief in the importance of unity, somewhat shattered by a section of our membership not so long ago.
Negative forces such as fear, doubt and greed are of questionable value at negotiating tables, last not least, ignorance.
Ignorance of the common sense fact that the producer is in truth the rightful owner of the world's material wealth, despite slogans to the contrary cunningly coined by the stooges of greedy bosses and designed for easy absorption by ignorant workers. The world indeed owes us a living.
At our tendermen's meetings, mates, skippers, cooks and engineers for once seem to agree we have a right to make a living from our chosen field, that of harvesting the $55 million Pacific salmon pack, and that we have a right to do so without seriously jeopardising our health, as is not the case under present conditions.
This year as always before, tendermen's demands are very reasonable and held down to a minimum, and it is hoped that they will meet with little resistance.
In what other multi-million dollar industry is a large portion of its labor force regularly disposed of without the slightest consideration given to employees' unemployment insurance benefit qualifications?
Our seasonal net earnings in this huge and profitable industry amount by comparison to less than half the annual take home pay of the average clerk, ample proof of callous indifference to those in our field who ply the dark and misty coastline, damn the weather, to insure an early morning cargo delivery.
Where else are workers called upon to do three shifts in 24 hours, second shift on straight time and third shift for no pay? In almost
any other industry provisions are made for time and a half when starting on second shift and double time after 12 consecutive hours worked, and a third shift is forbidden for reasons of health.
All this in addition to the ever performing compulsory rasping radio show, starring an army of radio happy goons with nothing on the program but a pointless yak-king for no other conceivable reason but reassurance of the apparent phenomenon of wireless communication. You switch it off at the peril of your job.
Then we have (and here I doff my hat) his lordship of the inlets, the seine boat operator. Along with the companies, he is reasonably convinced that tendermen are something the cat dragged in, and seldom fails to let you know it— oh yes, we do detect a faint aroma of plutocracy on our level of society too, but not to the extent it can't be remedied by a little education always received for free at our tendermen's meetings.
In a complex industry like ours, abounding with conflicting needs between the various branches, mediating for maintenance of unity becomes a herculean task probably unparalleled in trade union history, ;nd earns the highest praise for those we elected to leadership of our Union.
Let us name this the "beef department" and all of us take full advantage of it. Learning of others' problems poses a challenge for a solution, and solving problems is educational, like Winio would no doubt say.
TENDERMAN.
Vancouver, B.C.
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