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Canadian Employment Is High As 97 Out Of 100 Have J obs THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE WHITBY Jobless Decline Credit Union Leaders From OSHAWA Combining The Oshawa Times and Whithy Gasette and Chronicle Of 25,000 Occurs In 3-Week Period Ottawa, Aug. 24-- (CP) -- The Labor Department an- nounced Wednesday that unemployment in Canada declin- ed by 25,000 over the three-week period, July 13-Aug. 3. But it added that this seemingly general decline in un- employment will be changed by the "existing situation," pre- sumably the national rail strike. In its regular review of department said that at Aug. "unparalleled prosperity" in workers have jobs. the employment picture, the 3, Canada was experiencing which 97 out of every 100 In the three weeks ending Aug.® 3 registrations for employment with the National Employment Service fell from 183,200 to 158,100. This figure was some 19,000 above last year's corresponding total, but the department noted that the in- crease was only 2,000 in registra- tions from men. More Women Seek Jobs There were almost 17,000 more women looking for jobs than at the same time last year. The increase in unemployed wo- men was particularly noted in Ontario. The department attributed this' in part to a lower level of employ- ment in such industries as textiles, hotels and restaurants which em- ploy large numbers of women workers, At the beginning of August manufacturing industries such as iron and steel, automobfle and electrical apparatus were pro- ducing at capacity. In metal mines, pulp and paper plants and saw- mills, employment was being main- tained at close to last year's levels. In industries such as primary iron and steel, construction and agri- culture, employers were finding difficulty in obtaining skilled labor. Registrations Drop In Ontario, the number of regis- trations at local employment of- fices fell off 9,600 to 38,600. Male applications were almost 2,000 below last year's figure, although applica- tions from women were 4,000 higher. Following is a comparative table of the number of applicants seek- ing employment through the gov- ernment's employment agencies in various Ontario cities: i July 13 Ohtake region .... Aug. 3 38,600 47,070 Way Cleared For Action By ILO On Equal Pay Geneva -- The ground has been cleared for final action by the general conference of the Interna- tional Labour Organization next year on the problem of equal pay for women. At its recently-concluded 1950 session, the Conference agreed on a series of principles and methods of application for inclusion in inter- national regulations designed to ensure equal pay for men and women doing work of equal value. However, the delegates left to the 1851 session the decision as to whether the proposed regulations should take the form of a Conven- tion or that of a less binding Recommendation. The Conference was attended by government, labour and employer delegates from 52 countries. While the three groups gene: accept- ed the principle of equal pay for women, they were divided on the type and character of the regula- tions to be drafted. The worker delegates favored a Convention which would obligate governments ratifying it to pro- mote application of the principle. The employers, on the other hand, questioned early in the discussion whether the subject was suitable for international regulation at all. in view of its social, economic and financial implications. At a later stage, a number of employers indi- cated support fora Recommenda- In reply to an ILO questionnaire on this point, 14 governments have to date recorded themselves in favor of a Convention and 11 for a Recommendation. 108 Years Old --Central Press Canadian. Robert Reynolds of Brockville, Ont., who claims to be Canada's oldest citizen, celebrated his 108th birth- day recently. He still takes a short walk every day. Newsman Hits Travel Restriction London, Aug. 2¢ -- (CP) -- John Hall, London newspaperman, start- ed something when he challenged existing regulations governing travel within the United Kingdom. As a British subject, Hall didn't like the idea of having to produce a passport and travel permit and fill out an assortment of official forms before being allowed to pro- ceed on a trip from Liverpool to Belfast, He arrived at the embarkation dock to find several hundred fellow- travellers queued up awaiting clear- ance by the immigration authori- ties. When asked for his travel documents, Hall admitted he hadn't bothered to get them. He took the line that a Briton was entitled to move about the United Kingdom without such formalities. "Strange to relate, I finally got through," he said, "by showing my national registration card and iden- tification proving I am a member of the Royal Horticultural Society. What's more, I completed the trip without another question being asked." Criticizing the system as a "mon- strous waste of money, manpower, paper and time," the London Daily Mail said something should be done about it. "Has Parliament ever debated that Britons need a passport in Britain, or by vote given the Gov- ernment authority to impose the rule?" the paper asked. "Has Par- liament ever decreed that Britons must have a travel permit to move from one part of the kingdom to another? Why this interference with the ancient right of the King's Highway?" VOL. 9--No. 197 OSHAWA-WHITBY, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1950 PAGE THIRTEEN Station are baré. The busy, bustling atmosphere of the Toronto raiiway yards has disappeared since the % | For the first time in history, as is shown in the above picture, the many lines of tracks east of the Union railway strike began. --Globe and Mail Photo. Ontario Spotlight Hamilton, Aug. 24--(CP)--Mayor Lloyd Jackson appealed Wednes- day to all merchants to clean up the front of their stores and side- walks, unswept since 1,000 outside civic workers struck two weeks ago. The mayor said the streets aren't too badly littered yet, but co-operation of merchants would be needed to keep them clear. L RS A Toronto, Aug. 24--(CP) -- Toronto's "jinxed" fire pumper may be on the way out. Board of Control recommended Wed- nesday that funds be sought for the purchase of a new truck to replace the 22-year-old pumper. The pumper has been in two serious accidents in re- cent years. La Niagara Falls, Ont, Aug. 24 -- (CP)--fThe horieymooner is always right in Niagara Falls, When a De- troit couple lost their steamship, bus and rail tickets for the honey- moon, two police forces, a bus line, railways, taxi company, and the Greater Niagara Chamber of Com- merce all co-operated in finding the tickets and getting them to the couple inside of an hour, just in time for them to catch a train to Toronto, Constitutional Talks End, Progress Made Ottawa, Aug. 2¢ (CP)--The at- torney - general's conference on amending the constitution ended early Wednesday night after three days of sessions. Attending Government officers said good progress had been made in working out arrangements for constitutional - amendments, be decided upon finally at a subse- quent plenary Dominion-Provin- cial conference on the matter. The meeting decided, it was learned, that the plenary session will be held Sept. 25 at Quebec, accepting an invitation tendered last winter by Premier Maurice Duplessis. OTTAWA BODY IDENTIFIED Ottawa, Aug. 24--(CP) -- Police have identified the body of a wo- man, found in a wooded section of suburban Rockcliffe Par., as that of Anne Bedard, 47, Ottawa wo- man of no fixed address. Police, who said earlier "there is no doubt we have .a r-irder case on our hands," said it is not yet known how she was killed. They said the woman was well known to them and had served short jail sentences from time to time for vagrancy and other minor offences. the Greatest Value in Ginger Ales w GINGER ALES 30-OUNCE BOTTLES for 25° Rom, Rail Strike Poses Problem 0f Job Insurance Payment By JOHN LEBLANC Canadian Press Staff Writer Ottawa, Aug. 23 (CP).--The rail strike and consequent 'layoffs of wage-earners has posed a problem in the administration of Canada's Unemployment Insurance Fund. With those idle through the strike or consequent layoffs ' run- ning into the hundreds of thous- ands, administrators of the $580,- 000,000 fund are faced with the question of who is to draw benefits and who isn't. Officials of the Unemployment Insurance Commission said today the problem is still being worked out and it is not possible to gen- eralize on all points. No Benefits to Strikers But one certainty, they sald, is that no benefits will be paid to members of the involved unions employed by the railways. Bayments will be made to work- ers in other industries laid off because of slowed 'production as a result of the strike. i Biggest puzzle of the present stage, officials said, is the question of treatment for those railway em- ployees who are not on strike but who have been forced into idleness include around 175,000 members of the running trades-- those who actually operate the trains--as well as several ¢ther categories. How they are handled will hinge gn the eventual interpretation of an Insurance Act clause that says persons drawing insurance must prove that they are not participat- ing in, financing or directly inter- ested in a labor dispute. - The question of direct interest crops up for the laid-off employees because many of them undoubtedly would share in any wage-hour set- tlement gained by the union strikers. JE Merit Will Determine Commission officers said each class of employees would have to be dealt with on its merits, and it was not possible now to make a sweep- ing statement on how they will be treated. your fine Sng Meanwhile, they said the fund is in good shape to handle benefits over a prolonged period, provided the lack of transportation does not plunge unemployment into astrono- mical figures. Payments start nine- days after an employee has made application for help, top payment for married men is $18.30 a week, with $14.40 for single workers, be etm -- 1,400 JOIN ARMED FORCES Ottawa, Aug. 24--(CP) -- The Defence Der iment said Wednes- day 1,400 men have joined the three regular forces since the July 20 call for thousands more men to expand them. That would make their total about 48,200 compared to an authorized ceiling of 70,000. The new regulars are in addition to the 7,400 men who have Joined the Army's Special Force. 'Fair Deal' Demanded By Rail Leader Ottawa, Aug. 24--(CP)--A. R. Mosher, president of the Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employees (C.CL.) told local railway strikers +at a meeting Wednesday that the strike will last "until the railway workers on strike get a fair and honest deal." "It is not principle we are fight- ing for," Mr. Mosher said. "It is bread and butter and the opportu- nity' to rest and relax and spend more time with our families." He spoke at a meeting of mem- bers of the two Canadian unions on strike, the C.B.R.E. and the Canadian Express Employees. "If this crisis merited a special session of Parliament, surely the condition of the workers merits some consideration from the Cana- dian public," he said. Blames Railways He traced the beginnings of the movement for better working con- ditions and higher wages and blam- ed the railways for the present strike, which, he admitted, is a "paralysis of national economy." He also said he wanted it made clear that no separate negotiation will be undertaken by either of the two Canadian unions or the 15 in- ternational unions involved in the strike. John Quierido, general chairman for all hotel employees in Canada, spoke briefly after Mr. Mosher's talk. He told the meeting that due to extra services having been applied for by Chateau Laurier Hotel offi- cials, the union was forbidding its "special services" employees from doing more than was called for when the strike notices went out. Must Make Own Beds He said that these employees, working only because of possible danger of fires or other emergen- cies, were being asked to do work which they normally would not be expected to do. "Therefore," he said, "from now until the stirke is over no beds will be made unless the guests made them and the cafeteria will be clos- ed down tight." UNIONS ORGANIZE FILM UNIT Ottawa, Aug. 24--(CP)--A Na- tional Trade Union film committee has been organized in Canada, it was announced Wednesday. Its pur- pose to make available to all 'trade unions in Canada films and film strips suited for union use. By WILLIAM STEWART Canadian Press Staff Writer Levis, Que., Aug. 24 (CP)--Pen- ny-wise people from Europe, the United States and all the Cana- dian provinces come here today to sing the praise of Alphonse Desjardins and his 10-cent idea that grew into a $200,000,000 little folks' banking business. . The visitors are international, national, provincial .and parish ex- perts in the operation of Credit Unions--people's banks--which in Quebec Provinee in 50 years have jumped their membership from 84 to 561,184 and their assets from $8.40 to $210,000,000. Plays Host To Leaders The little-known town of Levis, overshadowed by Quebec City across the St. Lawrence River, is playing host to the Credit Union leaders of the world because it is here that Desjardins started North America's first people's bank. It was in 1900 after the modest reporter of parliamentary debates, worried by speeches about loan- sharks, set out to teach people how to be their own bankers. Desjardins operated the first Europe, U.S. and Canada Flock To Levis For Meeting bank on a system of 10-cent week- ly contributions by 84 members in Levis. This principle is the one that still applied today in more than 1,000 Quebec Province Credit Unions that make loans to their members for doctors' bills, house repairs and building, and for all kinds of other problems solved quickly by ready cash. Give Many Services The Quebec Credit Unions also have fire, theft, life and various other forms of insurance at low rates. To commemorate the half-cen= tury anniversary of the first Caisse Populaire Desjardins, operators of the present Credit Unions at Levis invited people active in the pop- ular savings movement to come here for a four-day convention starting today. Convention organizers say that --railway strike or no railway strike--more than 5,000 people from the United States, the 10 Canadian provinces, Denmark, Sweden, Bel- glum, France, Great Britain and Italy will be here for meetings lasting until Sunday night. Travel problems will be solved, the ore ganizers say, by co-operation. 3,020 In Atik Atikokan, Ont. Aug. 24--(CP)-- Food supplies in this northwestern Ontario mining town--isolated by the railway strike--will last only until Monday, Towns Secretary F. A Cox said Wednesday. Meat and milk already have been used, he said. The only bakery in the town of 3,000 has plenty of flour but its yeast is almost ex- hausted. Atikokan, which has no road out- {let and no regular air service, has | appealed for a "Mercy train" on the s rikebound Canadian National Rail- ways line. Mr. Cox said it hoped th. [train may run tonight. Railway Will Co-operate (Donald Gordon, C.N.R. presi- dent, said in Montreal he has reco- |mmended to the rail unions' strike |committee that a mercy train be sent. Union Leader Frank Hall of the 15 international unions on | strike said in an interview his unions "will give co-operation where any real emergency exists.", "We intend to ask the railway | men here to unload th' train when |{it comes," Mr. Cox said. "After all, it is necessary for them to have food las much 'as anybody else, so we are jcertain they will not mind doing the {job." | okan Nearing Want Ask For Mercy Train D. Wright, chairman of the Retail Merchants committee of the Chamber of Commerce, said all merchants have been advised to order supplies and to ask suppliers to have the orders put on the | mercy train. | The town's two milk distributors already have ordered, 250 cases of milk, Want Plane For Emergency Mr. Wright said he feels the Fed- eral Government should place an R.C.AF. amphibious plane in Ati- kokan as a precaution against emergency. "They'll send out 15 planes to look for one person who gets lost in the woods," he said in an inter- view. "Well, there are 3,000 of us lost in the woods here." Atikokan, whose big industry is the nearby Steep Rock Iron Mines, is about 100 miles west of the Lake= head on the C.N.R. Line through Fort Frances to Winnipeg. 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