Page Two THE FISHERMA N Tuesday, May 23, 1960 A Roundup Local Union News Locals of the United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union up and down the coast have been holding meetings during the last few weeks to express the views of the membership on the question of salmon prices in 1950. In conjunction with the minimum prices, the maintenance of the salmon welfare fund has been discussed, and everyone approved. The threatened increase in boat and gear rentals has come in for condemnation from such places as I>ad-ner, Bella Coola, Pender Harbor and Fraser Valley locals. QUATHIASKI local held their annual meeting on April 24 'and elected a slate of officers for the current year. Ben Lagos was elected president; J. Inrlg, second vice-president, while Al McLaughlin was returned as secretary-treasurer. R. Grafton and R. Jordan will sit on the executive board of the local. KI-EMTU shoreworkers' meeting on the same day also elected officers for 1950. Ida Wilson was elected secretary, Charlie Jarvis, chairman, Barbara Gibbins was elected shop steward, women's fresh fish, and for the men's shop steward. Jack Wells was elected. Cannery shop steward for this season will be Doug McLachlan. VANCOUVER shoreworkers had 7M/Srr PROPELLER Repair Shop Consult R. A. (Bob) Osborne 625 Bidwell Street MAr. 1281-2 Vancouver, B.C. a busy evening April 20 when they endorsed the stand of the Civic Employees Union with regard to a union shop contract with the City of Vancouver. Voted $25 and endorsed Bill White of the Marine Workers Union as a delegate from the Labor Committee for Peace to attend the National Peace Congress in Toronto. Other questions under discussion were unemployment, the Vancouver harbor fire boat and Trades and Labor Council matters. THE QUESTION of seals and sea lions has also come up for discussion on the Fraser. Steveston local recommends that 2/3 of the sea lion fund go to the northern area and the remaining third to the Fraiser River district. Moreover, the local asks the government to increase, the bounty to $10 on these predators. Ladner local wants a further discussion by the Fraser River Council on seals in the mouth of the river. 'LABOR REJPgfg] Ucluclet Fire Destroys Shed A big dock shed containing fishing supplies was destroyed May 18 in a spectacular oil Are which flared suddenly at Ucluelet. The shed, on a dock on the east side of Ucluelet harbor, ignited in what was described as an "enormous blaze" when boiling tar caught Are. A trolling boat on the ways nearby was in danger but Ucluelet volunteer Are brigade rushed equipment from the west side of the harbor to save the troller and dock. OLD-TIME DANCING to Alf. Carlson's Orchestra EVERY MON., WED. & SAT. Hastings Auditorium Moderate Rental Rates 328 E. 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"I told him I was tired and he asked to see my tongue!'' ★ ★ ★ yyTHILE the warden was escorting a party of visitors through the prison, they passed through a room where two women were busy sewing. As they were leaving, one of the visitors said: "My. what hard-looking women! What are they in for?" With ice in his voice the warden replied: "They are here because they have no other home. That is our private living-room, and they are my wife and mother-in-law." ■Hiiiiiiiniiniu T H E REGENT HOTEL Limited 160 East Hastings Street "The Hotel xvith a Personality)" R. T. Evans Vancouver, B.C. "Our Service Can't Be Beat" V. A. Phillips A. J. Phillips mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ^ lawyer named Strange lay dy-A ing, a friend asked him what he would like inscribed on his tombstone. "Just put 'Here Lies an Honest Lawyer,'" he said. "But," said the friend, "that doesn't tell who it is." "Oh, yes," replied the lawyer, "many a passer-by will say: 'That's Strange.' " ★ * * Expert Testimony rpHE talkative lady was telling her ^husband about the bad manners of art acquaintance. "If that woman yawned once while I was talking to her," she said, "she yawned eleven times." "Perhaps she wasn't yawning, dear." the husband said. "Maybe she wanted to say something." * ★ ★ Simple Needs J.JEAD waiter: "Would monsieur prefer Spanish, French or Italian cooking?" Customer: "I don't mind—I want a boiled egg." HOPE BROS Fishermen's Supplies Fish Buyers 3ood Harbor Fresh Water Imperial Oil Products REFUGE COVE Westview Jetty .Extension, Dredging Unlikely In '50 Prospects for dredging the small boat harbor and extending foe present jetty at Westview, are very dim, according to a letter dated May I 1, and received by the United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union from Honorable Alphonse Fournier, Minister of Public Works in Ottawa. An item was included in the main estimates of his department covering extension of the breakwater, "but the Treasury Board having demanded a reduction in the total of our estimates, this was one of the items which had to be sacrificed," according to Mr. Fournier. The public works minister promises in his letter, to bring forward the recommendation again in connection with supplementary estimates, but warns that, "I cannot assure you that it will be accepted." Another request raised by the UFAWU, repairs to two floats in the small boat harbor, is being referred to the department's district engineer for investigation. The Union letter to the minister of public works points out that t^iere was some misunderstanding in an earlier exchange of correspondence which was published in the April 11 issue of The Fisherman. "We have received a letter from the fishermen at Westview in which they state that they believe your letter was referring to a repair job on the main wharf at West-view which is under the jurisdiction of Johnston National Storage. What the fishermen were originally referring to, and what we tried to convey to you, was the fact that the small boat harbor at I Westview required dredging and that there should be an extension built on the existing jetty in order to complete the project. "The fishermen have also pointed out that two floats in the small boat harbor are badly in need of repairs. From the information at hand the Westview harbor is becoming a prominent stop-over for northbound fishermen since it la an average day's run from Vancouver. There are times when this harbor is severely over-crowded and since it is wide open for a south-j east wind, whenever the weather is bad there is generally consider-i able damage done to the end floats j and the pilon. The committee which | wrote in stated at the time of writ-j ing there was a very hard wind blowing and had there been any more boats tied up in the basin there would have been considerable damage done. In fact, one boat did sink due to the bumping it had received. "This can only be corrected by the completion of the breakwater which has previously been referred to. The fishermen have been informed by their Member of Parliament, Mr. James Sinclair, that the money has not yet been allocated for the completion of the harbor. We would very strongly urge that this matter be given your earliest passible consideration in order that the necessary work can be started without any great delay," the Union letter concludes. Chrysler Sales High In April Chrysler engines bandied by Canadian Atlas Diesel Engines are still proving popular with boat owners as figures released for sales during the month of April indicate. 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