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LOCAL 1-118 STAGES SOCIAL

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1. COMPOSITE PHOTO OF THE HEAD TABLE at the
Annual Banquet and Dance held by Local 1-118, TWA, Vic-
toria, February 2, at the Ingraham Hotel. The Banquet is
held by the Local Union in appreciation of the work done by
the job stewards and committee members. Main speaker of
the evening was Regional President Jack Moore. Speaker in
photo is Joe Morris, Canadian Labour Congress Executive
Vice-President. Head table group from left, Mrs. Bob Thomp-
son; Bob Thompson, Local 3rd Vice-President; Mrs. Lowe;
Bob Lowe, Local 1st Vice-President; Joe Morris; Mrs. Pon-
tions; Murray Drew, Local President; Ralph Pontions, Educa-
tion Chairman; Mrs. Drew; Regional President Jack Moore;
Jack Burt, Local 2nd Vice-President; Mrs. Burt; Jack Groves,
Local Recording Secretary; Mrs. Groves.

2. AFTER DINNER SPEECHES, Close attention is given the
speakers by the approximately two hundred job stewards,
committeé members, their wives and friends who attended
the gala affair.

3. THE BALANCE OF THE EVENING was ‘given over to
renewing old acquaintances and dancing.

4, CHECKING ON THE MONEY taken in on the sale of

tickets for refreshments at the Dance are Cy Smith, left, and
Roy Troutman.

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FOLLOWING CRACK-DOWN

Life is Real — Lite is Earnest
For Poor Japanese Company Man

TOKYO—For months Ja-
panese have been humming
a hit song about the pleasures
of a company man whose life
is a round of drinking and
automatic promotions.

Now they have been told
it’s time to start whistling
another tune.

The warning came from
the advisory group to Prime
Minister Hayato Ikeda. The
group's goal is to develop
“human resources” and it
said that while drinking part-
ies may be okay, the senior-
ity system has to go.

the easy low cost

MONEY ORDER

available at

IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE

send money

In most Japanese compan-
ies getting to the top is only
a matter of time. Age counts
more than ability. And since
nobody gets fired the bright
and the dull move up the

ladder to executive offices at
the same slow pace.

SAFE

way fo

is by

man—once they’re in they

Of course things are chang-
rarely get kicked out.

ing in modern Japan but, the
Economic Deliberation Ad-
visory Council said, they’re
not changing fast enough.

Actually the trouble starts

The council’s re6éommenda-
tions would call for Japan

to change its whole way of
thinking. Like other aaa

back in high school, the coun-
cil said, where so much im-
portance is placed on getting
into the “right” university
that failures sometimes com-
mit suicide.

Admission to such prestige
schools as Tokyo, Waseda and
Keio universities guarantees
a young man’s future—and
often the future of his sons
who follow in his footsteps.

Japanese college boys
hardly crack a book during

. their four years at school be-

cause — like the company

Westminster

CREDIT UNION DIRECTORY

IWA Credit Unions and other Credit Unions
supported by IWA Local Unions in B.C.

Alberni District Credit Union, Head Office: 211 Argyle St., Port
Alberni, B.C. Alberni Branch: 280 Merrifield St., Alberni, B,C.

IWA 1-217 Savings, Broadway & Quebec Streets, Vancouver 10.

IWA (N.W.) Credit Union, Room 21, 774 Columbia Street, New

Local 1-118, IWA (Victoria), 904 Gordon Street, Victoria
Chemainus & District Credit Union, Box 229, Chemainus
Courtenay Credit Union, Box 952, Courtenay
Clearwater and District "Savings and Credit Union, Clearwater
Duncan & District Credit Union, Box 717, Duncan

Prince George & District, 1046 - 4th Avenue, Prince George
Nanaimo & District Credit Union, 499 Wallace St., Nanaimo
Ladysmith & District Credit Union, Box 154, Ladysmith, B.C.
United Labour Credit Union, 1475 East 43rd, Vancouver
Salmon Arm Credit Union, Shuswap Ave., Salmon Aras B.C.

countries, Japan pays hom-
age to the aged and the es-

tablished.

’ The council wants to elim-
inate another honored tra-
dition—copying foreign pro-
ducts. It said that while look-
alikes may be cheaper than
the original products, they
don’t take any creative im-
agination to manufacture.

Japan’s future, the council
said, depends on developing
a spirit of creativity in the
public and among business-

men.
—NEW CANADIAN