Inspector urges higher pay : 24. sought job, none janitor’s teacher’ s COURTENAY, B.C. Higher wages and better working conditions for teachers are needed to overcome the present shortage of school teachers in British Columbia, school inspector C. I..Taylor told a joint meeting of Courtenay elementary and high school Parent-Teacher ‘Associa- tions last week. “A fortnight ago District 71 school board ran two advertise- ments,” said Taylor. “One was for a teacher to fill a position in Cum- berland, the other for a janitor for the new elementary school. The board received 24 applications for the janitor’s job, but not a single one for the teacher's position.” British Columbia has attracted teachers from other provinces by offering higher salary schedules, said the speaker, and added: “But this is only a temporary measure. It leaves other provinces impoverish- ed. At present 1,700 teachers out of the 1951 total of 6,200 teachers ‘in B.C. were trained in other prov- inces.” -« A sharp increase in school en- rollment will take place next year, some 10,000 pupils. This increase will require 300 extra teachers. “Except for the depression years, there has always been a_ teacher shortage in Canada,” Taylor point- ed out. “Such short term measures as granting permits to’ unqualified persons, shortening training courses, lowering entrance standards, have been used to fill gaps in classrooms. ‘As long as these methods continue there will be a low standard for the group as a whole. “TLow standards tend to depress salaries. Teachers find it difficult to present a case for professional status when many in the group are obviously not of professional rank. Low salaries have been a major . factor in keeping likely students from entering teaching.” Parents, teachers and members of P-TA’s can do something to help overcome the teacher short- age, Taylor believed. “IT would suggest, first,” he said, “that we support any move to im- prove salary conditions and especial- ly salaries paid to the better quali- fied teachers in our district, and that we encourage our teachers to. further their professional training. “T suggest that we help improve working conditions of welcome our new . teachers; , help them feel they belong and are ap- preciated by the community.. teachers. | Shutdowns put 1,000 out of jobs More than 1,000 mine and smelter workers have been or will be laid off before the end of December, according to a front page story in the December 15 issue of Union News, B.C. organ of the Interna- tional Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers. The union papers quote figures given to the union and the Labor Relations Board by C. Mitchell of the Mining Association of British Columbia. Lists of mines that have recently shut down or are on the point of shutting aown were given as follows: : VY Mastodon Zine Mines Lim- ited, employing approximately 100 men, including construction crews, shut down December 1. VV Kootenay Base Metals, shut down December 1; Kootenay Belle closed December 15; ‘Cronin Babine closed; Van Roi closed; Cody-Reco Mines Limited closed; Doreen clos- ed; Field operation of Base Metals Mining Corporation closed; Sil Van closed; Jackson Basin closed; Sheep Creek Paradise operation reduced to development, milling stopped; Wstern Exploration stopped mill- ing; Western Mines Limited .dis- continued underground operations; Island Mountain (gold) discontin- ued all exploration and develop- ment. V In addition to the foregoing, Canadian exploration has laid off in the neighborhood of 200 men, with a similar number laid off by the CM&S,at Trail. It was also reported that the CM&S will not start milling at the HB until at least spring. PERUSE ERB i 4 f 4 4 f 4 4 4 4 f f 4 f f Season’s Greetings : ROSENQUIST & JONSSON - & DECORATORS : SAE EEA RE ENR REAR IR GR ORT TAIT TV TORR GRR ALARA ANA RA RARE SARA AIA TIAA A 594 RICHARDS Peat a x 6 EAST HASTINGS ST. tanta ee lose PSG 314 Dominion Bank Building cma cas aes SAE ASTANA AAA A NE A I NA I NE SARA A EEA A AEA ATA NA BANAT OAR NT MINERVA CAFE Wishes Mercy Xmas & Happy New Year to All Christmas & New Year's Greetings 4 ) i SMILE CLEANERS & LAUNDRY =—s & ONE-DAY SERVICE : PA. 4418 4 & TA. 8618 SAAR NA EA ETRE EEA ESE EA EAI ELSE SARA RA RAAT AA OD SNA Xmas Greetings to All Friends KAY’S CHINESE HAIR LIQUID Hair Liquid For Growing Hair and Dundruff ¥ $1.85 and $2.85 — Inquire at Once ¥ Vancouver, BAC. SANA NA SARA NAG EAEAEAEAEAETEA EAE AAA I f PRA RARE, ee a One of Burnaby’s finest beaches was ruined when Shell Oil established its plant and storage tanks on Burrard Inlet north of Sperling Avenue. The company has since enlarged its property for construction of a new cracking plant (above). Oil sludge has made the beach useless, however, for the rapidly growing Capitol Hill- Lochdale-Westridge district. Issue before council Oil company threatens Burnaby’s last beach BURNABY, B.C. Burnaby citizens face a continu- ing fight to prevent their remaining park sites and beaches from being handed over to the oil companies by their municipal council, which seeks to justify every new land, grab on the plea of “encouraging industry.” A warning that Burnaby may be close to losing its last beach on Bur- rard Inlet was contained in an ap- plication considered by councillors at their meeting this week. The ap- plication, from Canadian Bechtel, sought permission to erect two dol- phins at the site of a proposed load- ing wharf. The loading wharf, at the terminus of the new Trans- ‘Mountain oil pipeline, would affect a waterfront property at Barnet where council earlier this year pro- posed to establish swimming and small boat facilities. (CCF Councillor George Isher- wood, who took a leading part in the campaign last year to give Standard Oil an easement across Confederation Park despite consid- erable public opposition in North Burnaby, argued for Bechtel Can- adian’s application at this week’s council meeting. Cost of transferring the loading wharf to another site, he claimed, would involve an additional ex- penditure of hundreds of thousands of dollars (the 718-mile pipeline is costing $90 million). A PAR PE PAK BIN PS RK PAK PASE PRPS Season’s Greetings SILVER’S LADIES’ WEAR 1470 Commercial Drive HAstings 5432 BS) i i i i i i i i : k 4 K x 4 x x x x 4 i Le SPA ARK BK PSS BK PK A IS Pointing out that the oil com- panies “have nearly all the fore- shore now,” NPA Councillor C. W. MacSorley urged that the pro- posed wharf be shifted to another location. This, he said, “is the last piece of waterfront we own.” ‘Councillors W. P. Philps and Ger- ald Charlton were delegated to in- vestigate the posibility of exchang- ing the present site for another in an effort to preserve swimming facilities for future development. In the municipal election this month, OCF candidates assumed considerable credit for having pre- served the council property for pub- Fishermen ask public support An appeal to the public to help get herring fishing started in the next fortnight was made by United Fishermen and Allied Workers Un- ion in newspaper advertisements this week. The appeal asks readers to support the request of the her- ring fishermen to the provincial government to establish an arbitra- tion board under Section 25 of the Fisheries Act before Christmas. The union ads give these facts on the current dispute between her- ring fishermen and the Fisheries Association: @ last season each herring fish- erman received $1.03% per ton of herring; the lowest share on a her- ring packer was 96%c per ton. The companies made good money, the men good earnings. No one was hurt. @ tLast year 197,339 tons of herring were caught; 107,103 tong before Christmas, 90,236 tons after the New Year—the whole adding a value of about $11 million to the economy of B.C. @ This year the highest offer made at any time to the men by the companies has ranged from 75 cents per ton to a fisherman to 60 cents per ton to the packer deck- hand. @ The companies claim mar- ket prices justify these terrific cuts. Herring oil prices are presently at about 1949 levels and about five cents a pound below last year’s prices, but herring meal prices are strong, justifying a reasonable an- ticipation that sales return from meal will be higher than ‘obtainable last year. @ ‘The Fishermen’s Union of- fered the companies to fish for a range from $1 per ton for a fisher- man to 80 cents a ton for a packer deckhand, plus some reduction in seine boat crews. @ On November 25 the union applied to the provincial govern- ment for the immediate appoint- ment of an arbitration board, or the understanding that herring fish- ermen would go to work pending arbitration on prices. @ The Fisheries Association has: rejected the basis of arbitration proposed by the union, but have made no proposals as to the scope of arbitration. “Do the companies seek to dras- tically cut payment for labor im order to gain higher profits for themselves?” asks the Fishermen’s lic use. Union. Mine-Mill issues album of great Robeson rally Canadians who attended the mem- orable Peace Arch rally last May to hear Paul Robeson sing will soon be able to buy a permanent record of the event in the form of an album of recordings, “I Came To Sing.” The album is being issued by the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, which spons- ored the rally. - Purchasers will have the choice of an album of three standard 12- inch recordings, costing $6, or one LP 10-inch recording, costing $5, each running 32 minutes of the pro- gram at the rally. Because the recordings will not be available until mid-January, the Mine-Mill district office at 111 Dunsmuir Street here is offering gift certificates to those wishing to give the recordings for Christmas. These certificates are also obtain- able at any Mine-Mill local office. These recordings should not be confused with the new Robeson album now being prepared by an in- dependent company for general dis- tribution, the Gift certificates for this album, which contains a selection of Robeson’s songs, are available at the People’s Cooperative Bookstore, 337 West as announced in Pacific Tribune last week. Pender Street, Vancouver. STANTON, MUNRO & DEAN Barristers - Solicitors - Notaries SUITE 515 FORD BUILDING 193 E. HASTINGS (Corner Main & Hastings Sts.) MARINE 5746 PACIFIC TRIBUNE — DECEMBER 19, 1952 — PAGE 7 antimti deisel Nicest fr.