October 9, 1945
THE FISHERMAN
Page Five
'You Have The Fl
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• This column is open to all readers. The Editorial Board requests all letters be signed. Signatures will be published unless otherwise stated. Letters should not be more than 200 words in length. Letters to the editor do not necessarily reflect the policy of The Fisherman.
Cannery Girls' Song Expresses Feelings
Editor, The Fisherman:
We were asked by our secretary-treasurer, Bill Rigby, about a song we composed while up north at Carlisle cannery. After he heard it sung he asked if we would send it on to The Fisherman for publication.
We arranged this song after work one rainy dreary afternoon while in a homesick mood. We felt the words were appropriate to the conditions around us and put it to the tune of an old cowboy song, "Prisoner's Dream." The song is as follows:
A CANNERY GIRL'S DREAM
We dreamed that we were leaving
Far up the northern ways And planned with all excitement
How to spend our lonely days. We dreamed about our new home,
Happy and gay and bright, We dreamed about Carlisle—
Oh, what a lovely sight! Chorus It was only a dream, Just a cannery girl's dream, As we lay on our lonely single beds.
We dreamed of home which we'll
never more roam, Far from the place we love the
best.
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We dreamed about our families And all our friends so true,
And if their thoughts were with us We knew we would never be blue. We dreamed about the Cardena, And all her gallant crew,
And hoped that there'd be letters When that Friday night whistle blew.
(Repeat Chorus) —Gurney Sisters and E. Harris
Closed Shop Idea Brings Opposition
Editor, The Fisherman:
In regard to point No. 8 in H. M. Talbot-Lehmann's letter on conservation in your issue of September 18, had this been the law four years ago this man would have been hollering monopoly. Now he is in, he wants to keep all others out. Every man has a right to enter the vocation he is the best adapted to.
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Editor's Note: The above letter was received a few days ago and although not actually signed, it came enclosed in an envelope carrying the Prince Rupert Halibut Fishing Vessel Owners Association letterhead.
The point referred to in Mr. Talbot-Lehmann's letter concerns ' the question of closed shop for the fishing industry.
We have very definite opinions on the desirability of a closed shop for the fishing industry but we call on our readers to state the case for or against this condition through letters to the editor.
St. Lawrence Seaway Power Development
Editor, The Fisherman:
We wish to draw to your attention the enclosed pamphlet entitled "A GATEWAY TO THE FUTURE," a copy of which has been mailed today to every Member of the House of Commons.
The St. Lawrence Seaway and Power development is looked upon by the Canadian labor movement as a necessary postwar project to achieve the government's stated policy of "high levels of employment and income". The enclosed pamphlet presents in brief form the salient features on this project.
President Truman has called upon the first postwar session of Congress to make the necessary appropriations for its launching. The United Electrical Workers Union in Canada, as practically every section of the trade union movement, wishes to see similar action by Ottawa.
"A Gateway to the Future" was written by Miss Idele Wilson, Research Director for the Canadian UE CIO. Miss Wilson is known as one of the outstanding authorities in her profession in Canada. She is the author of numerous well-known studies and pamphlets on Canadian industry and industrial relations.
As is pointed out in the pamphlet, the power development on the St. Lawrence will create 50,000 new jobs for workers through increased industrialization of Eastern Ontario. Calculated on the basis of $650 having been spent in the Tennessee Valley for factories for every $100 spent on power development, it would mean enough factories to employ 115,000 additional workers.
Development of the power project also ties in with the large scale plans for rural electrification already under way in Ontario.' It will mean higher standards of living for thousands of Canadians who will be able for the first time to use electrical appliances.
Almost 90 percent of Canadian agricultural products are produced in the provinces bordering the'seaway or the prairies which are able to utilize head-of-the-lakes shipping.
The construction of the present system of canals has already cost Canada almost twice as much as what Canada would need to spend under the plan now proposed in order to secure a large supply of inexpensive power.
District 5, Radio & Machine Workers of America. 45 Richmond St. West, Toronto, Ontario.
Information Wanted Re Nils G. Olsen
Information is sought regarding the whereabouts of Nils G. Olsen, last heard of when fishing out of Seal Cove, Prince Rupert. Anyone having information is asked to get in touch with J. Olsen, c-o The Fisherman.
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I ITTLE Shirley Ann, aged four, ** was playing with her dolls on the floor when her mother called her. An aunt who was visiting the family, seeing that the little girl was paying no attention to her mother, asked: "Shirley, didn't you hear your mother call you?"
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Jl CERTAIN henpecked man, on ** his rare evenings away from home, always played cribbage; but his wife scolded him if he lost. One evening he played with Jones and lost a dollar. He gave Jones $1.50. When his wife asked. "Well, how much did you lose this time?" he answered truthfully, "Jones owes me 50 cents."— Willard Waller in This Week. ■ * * *
WHEN it comes to Mathing suits " for the dear gals it is clear that "brevity is the soul of 'IT'."
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WAITER: May I help you with that soup? Soldier: What do you mean? I don't need any help.
Waiter: Sorry. From the sound
Ithought you might wish to be dragged ashore.
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FIRST ROUNDER: "Who was
* that lady I saw you with last night?"
Second Rounder: "That wasn't no lady. That was your wife."
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THE eight-year-old daughter of
* a union official was thrilled with the birthday gifts of a watch and a bottle of perfume, given her by her dad—things she had always wanted. She chattered about them all day long, until her mother gently admonished her:
"Everyone knows about your presents and everyone is happy for you. But, we are expecting guests for dinner. Please don't go on talking about your watch and perfume all the time."
The half-pint held her peace at the table through most of the meal.
Came a lull in the conversation and, unable to restrain herself any longer, she burst forth with:
"If anyone hears anything or smell's anything, it's me!"
—CIO News.
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