Organized labour will conduct its second nationwide campaign for a safe and sane Labour Day holiday.

The objective of the campaign is to reduce the usual toll of hundreds of deaths and thousands of injured men, women, and children resulting from traffic, home, and recreation accidents. Most victims who suffer the pain and sustain financial losses from Labour Day tragedies are workers and their families.

Safety Council

P. L. Siemiller, vice-president for labour of the National Safety Council, in commenting on the accident situation over Labour Day said, “Labour Day was established as a national holiday to recognize and honor the workers of our country. Gather- ings, pichics, and parades of workers and their families to ap- propriately commemorate Labour's progress are in the spirit of the holiday.

The needless tragedies resulting from accidents during the Labour Day week end are a desecration of the purpose and spirit of the holiday.”

Labour Press

The labour press will urge safety in driving and recreational activities. Labour leaders will

emphasize safety in talks on radio and TY. Local union officials will urge safety on the streets and

WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

Labour Day Drive On Safety Set

highways and elsewhere in Messages to members at meetings

and through local union publica-

tions.

Campaign publicity will empha- size the hazards of excessive speed and driving after drinking and other major causes’ of serious traffic accidents. A fact sheet on water safety will emphasize pre- cautions required to safeguard small children from drowning and other precautions to be taken in swimming, boating, and fishing.

High Toll

Co-operation of churches, em- ployers, and government officials and local councils will be enlisted. Churches are requested to point out the significance of Labour Day, the high accident toll, and the need for safety, at services be- fore and during the holiday.

Local union safety committee- men have an important part in the campaign. To assist local unions in conducting an aggressive Labour Day safety program, the Labour Department of the National Safety Council will pro- vide a packet of materials.

Free Packets

These packets will be sent automatically to labour members of the Council and will be avail- able free to non-member unions and: other organizations on re- quest. These should be addressed to the Labour Department, National Safety Council.

DEATH UNDER 13 TONS

Age: 5% years' old

Experience: 20 years

The Blasting Foreman walked up the grede past a shovel which was loading a dump truck and directly Info the path of an empty truck which was backIng Into posItion ready for loading, As the foreman walked directly counter to the direction of travel of the truck and was behind it at all times, the driver had no opportunity to see him, There Is no evidence to indicate the reason that the foreman did not see the truck

bearing dewn on him,

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IWA REGIONAL SAFETY DIRECTOR, John T. Atkinson, right, and Howard Webb, Financial’ Secretary of

Local 1-424, IWA, Prince George, attending the safety meeting held at the Eagle Lake Sawmills, Giscome, July 13. Over one hundred employees attended the meeting to hear John T’s safety message. The large turn- out by the crew was made possible by the Company shutting down the shift early. A similar meeting was

addressed by John T. on the night shift.

CLOSE-UP PICTURE of Howard Webb, Financial Secretary of Local 1-424, IWA; left, Jim Jeffers, Personnel Manager, Eagle Lake Saw- mills Limited; centre, and John T. Atkinson, IWA Regional Safety

Director, following the safety meeting held on the Plant premises. Photo by Hal Vandervoort — ‘The Citizen.”

All British Columbia school busses will have special traffic signals when children return to classes this fall.

The buses will have either flashing or a “semaphore” device to warn motorists. Motorists must stop behind all buses displaying these signals, unless they are in built-up business or residential areas.

Red flashers will be placed on the roof of the buses, front and rear. The “semaphore”. will be an arm swinging out from the driver’s side with red lights showing both sides.

All police departments have been told to enforce this new regulation under the Motor Vehicle Act.

Reflect About Instant Action Now. To Save Yourself Trouble Later

Are you keeping up with the pace these days? : 3 i We eat rent tg tea and mashed potatoes—instant pep pills and tranquilizers— appetite

killers and builders.

We get instant TV and radio reception with commercials full of instant soft-soap and baloney. Quiz

shows give us instant snow-jobs.

Credit cards put us in instant debt. People on the street give us instant advice or snobbery. On the road we get instant discourtesy, bravado and foolishness. This help causes instant traffic jams and instant

aggravation.

The stores are full of materials, gadgets and devices to give girls instant sex appeal. Instant sin isn’t

hard to come by in many varieties.

At home we can get instant subjugation, rebuke, sarcasm and mistrust from the spouse. The kids

instant disrespect and disobedience. toss tne Seas cpemaalnen in instant criticism and reprimands. The Internal Revenue Service subjects

instan tax withholding. ° “We onthe tell instant to give instructions or follow instructions, but we have an instant, to do

it over or clean up the mess.

If it can't be done and mental cases.

Periodically reflect an instant on your actions, because the miseries last a lot

in an instant oblivion and sometimes create instant widows, orphans, welfare

longer. —Robert D. Gidel

Time Out

The man and his wife had been waiting in their stalled car when the highway police drove up.

“Glad you're here,” said the husband, stepping out of the car. “Now, J’ll acquaint you with the cause of the trouble.”

The officer nodded politely to

He Died with Safety at his Side

Photo by Hal Vandervoort — “The Citizen.”

the woman. “Glad to know you, ma’am,” he said. * * *

A Texan got into a poker game with some Englishmen. The cards were dealt and the Englishman to his right bet “One pound.”

Looking at the four aces in his own hand, the Texan said, “Ah don’t know how you-all count your money, but ah’ll raise you a ton.”

* * *

Friend: “So you were asked for an opinion of that amateur’s playing. What do you think of it?”

Master Musician: “He plays in the true spirit of Christian charity.” 5

Friend: “What do you mean?”

Master Musician: “His right hand does not know what his left hand is doing.”

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A Central American was de- scribing his country to a North American woman.

“Bull fighting is our popular sport,” he told her.

“Isn’t it revolting?” she asked.

most

“No,” he smiled, “that’s the second most popular sport.” * * *

. . .. Two morons were sitting on the edge of a room. One of them didn’t fall off because he was more on than the other. * * *

Young man to psychiatrist: “My trouble is, I’m from Texas, and I’m ashamed of it.”

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On a sunny June afternoon the deceased was preparing to test anew boat for which his company had the agency. He attached a 35 h.p. outboard motor and steering system and jumped Into the boat with a D.O.T, approved Ilfe Jacket In hls hand. He placed the llfe jacket on the seat beside him and took off for open water. About half and hour later his boat was found elrcling with

full power on and unoccupied. The life facket was still on the front seat Is surmlsed the deceased was attempting some sharp turns when he was nese

out of the boat. Two foot waves were observed by boatsmen In ot is about the same time. The 11 ft. 6" boat with a 54" beam,

It

her craft at a depth of 24"

and a transom of 15" deep was serlously overpowered.

The tragic part was the fact that the deceased had not put on his life before testing the boat. If he had been wearing his IIfe Jacket, he w,

Jacket ould

surely have been picked up as there were numerous craft In the Immediate

vicinlty.