Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 21, 1969, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press saturday june 21, 1969 17 strike hit company threatens to pull out of Edmonton by Ken pole Edmonton up seven weeks of strike action against one of Canada s major aircraft parts manufacturers has reached proportions that have alarmed the Edmonton business Community. What started out As just an Ideal commercial location frontage in Dublin avi., close to notre Dame ave. Zoned m-3 with track age. Call c. R. Simonite or w. Von Helmolt 942-8261. C. E. Simonite Ltd. Div. Of most my Trutt Holt Renfrew vie president j. Evan Church Lenard m. Shavick president announces the appointment of j. Evan Church As vice president operations Holt Renfrew and co., limited. Or. Church who obtained his Bachelor of Commerce degree from Mcgill University in 1951, has had extensive experience in merchandising and store management in Winnipeg and Montreal. Other strike has mushroomed into a situation that has the company Northwest industries Ltd., threatening to pull up stakes and move out of Edmon ton. And the 400 members of the International machinists association have been just As hard nosed As the company and Are sticking to their demands for higher wages. We Are said com Pany president e. L. Bunnell when he threatened to shut up shop and move earlier this week. Although he would not specify a particular place he said it would be to an area More hospitable in terms of John Mcnevin executive Secretary of the Alberta federation of labor stepped into the fray Here at a meeting of the machinists local involved. Recent attempts by North West industries to intimidate their employees to return to work will be met by stiff resist Ance by the Trade Union move or. Mcnevin said. When a company that is being subsidized by the Federal government starts strike breaking then our federation will demand that the subsidies be dropped. Or. Mcnevin said Northwest has to cease its intimidation and get to the bargaining table. School buses new int used Alie for campers Welles Wayne bus sales 827 Bird Hill re. On Hwy. Phone 533-8746 but getting anybody to a bar gaining table has not been easy since the workers walked out april 30. Northwest a subsidiary of Ca Nadian aviation electronics Ltd. Of Montreal offered 69 cents More an hour Over 27 months which would raise journeymen s wages to in three increments. The Union wants 80 cents to give the work ers parity with airline employees. Or. Bunnell said if we were to pay those rates we would t have any he said that Northwest is nearing the Point of no return. Once we Are past that Point it is not a question of fewer jobs but no jobs at and if that happens 600 peo ple will be directly 400 strikers and 200 manage ment and office personnel. Just How Many others would be affected indirectly in supportive industries is hard to say but estimates put it Well Over n. G. Bezanson business manager for the Union said there was no guarantee North West would not move its facilities anyway. The company recently bought air Canada s overhaul Bass in Winnipeg facilities spacious enough to accommodate its de snowmobile Dealership limited number of Deak Riipi new available for Man. And Saik. For proven top line swedish now Moabite. Must be financially responsible. Allen quiries acknowledged. Box 9 postal station of Winnipeg Man. Management position wanted professional Engineer chemical desires manage position in an Industrial or Busi Ness operation in the Winnipeg area. Broad Engi Neering experience includes supervision Long Range planning economic analysis Plant operations and analysis design training Etc. Resume available. Reply giving details to Box 749, free press warehouse distribution manager one of Western Canada s most progressive distribution centres requires a warehouse manager to take charge of a Square foot warehouse with personnel involvement of 85 employees. The Man filling this position must be capable of coordinating the flow of merchandise through the distribution Centre to the firm s outlets. He will have a fresh modern approach to Ware housing and distribution and May already be a member of a material handling association. Salary will be negotiated based on experience and ability. Apply Box 558 free press Inkster Walker Westbury Irish Hughes barristers solicitors 102 North american life building 219 Kennedy Street Winnipeg 1, Manitoba announce that Manly s. Rusen will be associated with them in the practice of Law from july 1st, 1969. Hats off to free press want ads each Day the free press want ads earn cheers from thousands of people who want to buy sell or Swap something and for Good reason these Small ads bring buyer and seller together in a hurry. The volume of advertising on the free press classified pages provides readers with a hug ii responsive Market place for jobs services buying Selling and swapping opportunities of All kinds. Read and use free press want ads. 943-9331 Sheet Metal co. Ltd. 735 Madison St. Piki Atli in shot Jimut inf for Sale Bird Lake Camp . Man. Family resort fishing writ to a. Schwanke 320 Linen ave., mpg. Is Bow Valley industries Ltd. Notice of preferred dividend is hereby Given that the regular quarterly dividend for the Quarter ending the 15th Day of july 1969 of Twenty seven and one half cents per share upon the outstanding cumulative redeemable preferred shares series a of the Coj Spany has been declared payable on the 15th Day of july t969 to holders of record at the close of business on july 2nd. 1969. Dated at the City of Calgary in province of Alberta the 16th Day of june 1969. By order of the directors h. K. Lazelle Secretary treasurer. Park realty Ltd. Announcement George j. Lis the management of Park realty Ltd. Takes pleasure in announcing that or. George j. Lis has joined their residential sales staff. A Success Ful businessman for Over 30 years or. Lis has had Many years of experience in the construction and building Fields. A Long time resident of St. James George invites your inquiries As to your real estate needs and requirements for purchasing Selling or the custom building of residential property. Kensington Homes Kent Smyth Kent Smyth was declared the Winner in Kensington Homes Competition for the largest volume of new Home sales achieved by any sales Man in the Kensington organization during the period Jan. 1 to june 1, 969. The majority of or. Smyth s sales were made in the Gar Den Quarter of Kensington Square in the Park City of Transcona. Or. Smyth his wife and family will spend a weekend at Minaki As his prize. operation. During the last 18 months it has signed a contract with the Lockheed aviation corp. To Supply components of the 1011-a jumbo Jet As Well As another to Supply Tail sections for the British built Handley Page Jet Stream Turbo prop air Craft. These contracts. Northwest s first big step in the highly com p e t i t i v e aerospace Industry have been endangered by the strike said company officials. Both Lockheed and Handley Page have delivery schedules of their own to meet and the con tracts would be cancelled automatically if Northwest failed to meet deadlines. As Well there s the possible direct effect on Edmonton s Economy and the Chance that withdrawal of a company like Northwest would have on other industries thinking of locating Here. Leo Leclerc the City s Indus trial development coordinator says he has asked for a meeting with two government ministers in an Effort to Settle the strike. Our department is extremely concerned about the possible loss of this Industry and its 600 jobs to another or. Leclerc said. He said he May j ask labor minister Ray Reier son or Industry minister Ray i Ratzlaff to intervene in the strike. I neither minister however was available for comment. J or. Bunnell said he had hoped to rally civic and Provin Cial officials into persuading the machinists to go at the problem from a different tack. And he said about 100 of the striking workers want to return to their jobs but Are held Back by their fear of the Union and possible retaliation. Or. Bunnell has accused the machinists of picking Northwest i As a test Case because the Union i has not been too successful in i Canada this year. There was no comment from i the Union. Federal Reserve system blamed Copenhagen special by economic Council chairman Paul w. Mccracken s statements suggesting they had mis behaved and had been a source of inflationary pres sures american Bankers responded Here with some Finger pointing of their own. At the american Bankers association monetary con Ference the Bankers Laid the blame at the door of the Federal Reserve system for giving them the wrong signal last year. William h. Moore chair Man of the Bankers Trust co. New York told re porters the fed was so afraid of Over kill that they made Money quite easy. By the time they decided on a restrictive policy we were committed beyond a Point we had contracts to make or. Mccracken wednes Day criticized the fed but in effect challenged As Well the statesmanship of the banking Industry for failing to ration Bank credit properly. Or. Mccracken Chi tied his friends from the financial who disbelieved that the administration would really pursue a Dis inflationary policy and thus made commitments to lend funds that were not readily going to be a leading mid Western banker thursday night observed privately of course we had doubts about what they were doing in washing ton when the fed eased Money policy and even lowered the discount rate when the surtax was or. Moore said that there was a time earlier this year when we would have welcomed a letter from the fed comparable to the one Pacific countries target for exports Toronto up Canada should be Able to increase her exports to Pacific rim countries by about this year a total of something like says a. G. Knee Wasser senior Deputy minister of the department of Industry Trade and Commerce. He told the Canadian Export association his department is spending nearly on Trade missions and Trade fairs this year compared with 000 in 1968. We intend to exploit new prospects aggressively and with he said. Canada is opening a Trade commissioner s office in Indonesia within a few weeks. Or. Kniewasser said and is updating Trade agreements with Australia and new zealand in order to Cut the erosion of common wealth preference tariffs for Ca Nadian exports. But he said Canada s Best Hope for increased exports is probably because of Canada s participation in expo 70 at Osaka next year. Canada is better and More favourably known in Japan today than Ever or. Knie Wasser said. He said there Are indications that Japan will lift some of her import quotas on a variety of manufactured goods within the next 18 months. Canada should then be Able to Export such products As electronics components processed food construction materials farm machinery and pharmaceuticals to Japan he said. At present Japan is Canada s third largest trading partner. Trade was slightly More than last year. But can Ada already exports about twice As much to in raw and processed As she imports. Or. Kniewasser said the growth potential for Canadian exports of materials to Japan is i heir says tax exempt foundation runs Empire Horseheads . Cap Huntington Hartford heir to the great Atlantic and Pacific Tea company Fortune has charged that the a and p is controlled by a tax exempt foundation founded by his Uncle. The John h. Hartford foundation holds 33.7 per cent of a and p Stock or. Hartford said and runs the furthermore or. Hartford said there is a conflict of interest i that a and p officers Are trustees of the foundation. Or. Hartford said at the an Nual stockholders meeting in this Community near Elmira that he will seek Federal government action to curb what he called abusive use of tax exempt foundations in ownership of Public corporations. He suggested a limit below 20 percent on the amount of Stock a foundation can hold in a corporation. Melva w. Aldredge a and p chairman said he is the Only Active company officer now serving As a trustee of the foun Dation. On other topics or. Aldredge said that about half the com Pany s fire loss during the last six years has been covered by insurance. Fire loss in the a and p buildings in North and South America has averaged about a year in the last six years. There was Little comment at the meeting about recent re ports of mafia efforts including burning stores to Force a and p to Stock an unnamed Brand of detergent. The 540 stockholders at the meeting re elected 16 directors and selected Independent Audi tors. Stockholders also voted to Cre ate a new class of preferred Stock without Par value and to increase the common Stock to from shares at the same Par value of no govt. Guidelines for Loans Ottawa up neither the finance department nor the Bank of Canada has issued guidelines to the chartered Banks on How they should allo Cate funds to borrowers in the present tight credit period says a finance department spokes Man j however it is the Bank of Canada which finance minister Edgar Benson is said to when credit is tight Small borrowers should get preference from the Banks Over Large borrowers. Similarly the needs of borrowers in slow growth areas should be Given priority Over those in rapidly i developing areas. Or. Benson said the spokes Man understands that the Banks Are following such poli cies in the current situation. There have been reports that or. Benson in private talks has urged officials to adopt a regional approach to lending giving borrowers in Low income areas pref3rence Over those in More prosperous areas such As Toronto. The spokesman did not deny the reports. Issued during the 19g6 Money crunch urging Banks have done some it probably would have been or. Moore said but it probably would have done some the Mccracken banking Community Exchange illustrates what has been a general uncertainty in the United states and abroad Over the Nixon administration s single mindedness in controlling inflation. Some have Felt that the desire to control inflation was present in Washington but that fear of provoking new civil disorders would prevent effective action. And Many businessmen state unwillingness to use Jawbone techniques against big wage and Price boosts As an open invitation to business and labor to get what they could while the getting was lately financial officials have become More con Vinced of the Nistra t i o n s determination Al though one consequence of it has been to drive eurodollar rates sky High and put some european economies under pressure. But Many Bankers Here have a sneaking suspicion that at the first signs that its anti inflation policy is working or. Nixon May Cut and run. Alfred Schaefer chairman new Jaguar Model a a a roadster prestige car 1968 convertible steel Grey color. Factory service and warranty included. Depreciated Price. Private Sale. Phone 947-0085 bet. 9 . 6 p.m., Winnipeg time. Business manager to assume Complete financial and administrative control of medium sized medical clinic. Applicant should have a Good business background and possess a . Degree or equivalent. Starting salary to commensurate with experience. Box 646 free frets or. R. V. Bud Borlase sates manager Parkland Ltd., is pleased to announce the appointment of or. Harry c. Stein As sales representative new Home sales division of the company. This appointment Marks another step Forward in Ltd., policy of continued expansion to meet the growing demand for new Homes in Westdale. The Parkland sales office is located a 550 Dale blvd., phone 888-8202. Macleod appointment the appointment of or. T. K. Ken Holte to the Posi Tion of general merchandise manager Macleod is announced by or. D. R. Gib son executive vice presi Dent. Or. Holte started his career with Macleod in 1946 and has served As buyer group merchandise manager and. Most recently. Sales promotion and advertising . In his new position or. Holte assumes Lull responsibility for ill buying and merchandising activities of Macleod. Macleod operates 240 family shopping centres from the Lakehead to Central British Columbia. Of the Union Bank of Switzerland Zurich d Dangleterre told this Cor respondent you americans Are a strange Peop a you always want to move ahead. The first 500 unemployed you say recession. I think it s the american wild West Parkland Ltd. Announcement Stop compare Dat Sun manager wanted exch Ive men s Wear Thompson area Man. Contact or. Haverluck Dauphin 638-6646 pay less 24-hr. Day Ftfe thus fico Fajr if my Gladstone flt san motors 775-4545 741 to Staci of Victor Export shipping forum june 24, noon to p.m., fort carry hotel la Verendrye room transportation experts from air lines railways Highway carriers steamship lines and forwarding agents will provide panel for a free discussion of your particular Export shipping problems. Tickets including luncheon can be obtained by ing 946-7589. Manitoba Export corporation department of Industry and co must fee accountant required aggressive and expanding Winnipeg automotive Dealership requires an accountant to prepare Finan Cial statements budgets and supervise office staff. Applicant experience in automotive and electronic accounting to desirable but not essential. Starting salary is dependent upon qualifications and experience. Apply in writing to . Consultants Ltd. 415 191 Lombard ave., Winnipeg 2 new ice less refrigerator for autos boats campers no ice required. No Gas flame or heat required no electricity no compressors. Works on an entirely new principle actually 3 scientific break through. When attached to your car truck or in Board motor gasoline passes harmlessly inside special coils producing refrigeration with no fuel loss. Absolutely odourless completely Safe. More usable space by eliminating ice. Convert your ice Box into a refrigerator distributors wanted for exclusive territories in Western Canada United ventures. 444 Rotten St. Vancouver . Founded 1880 assets 000 capital and reserves 5 year debentures 8 v4% 3 and 4 year debentures 8 1 and 2 year debentures minimum amount write to credit fancier 286 Smith St., Winnipeg or Call 942-5515 member Canada Deposit insurance corporation business education appointments g. H. Laughton g. A. Filmon or. H. C. Wainwright president of Success commercial College ind of the Angus school of Commerce is pleased to announce the following appointments. Or. G. H. Laughton has been appointed the executive vice president of the Success commercial College Ltd. And the Angus school of Commerce. Or. Laughton s new duties include responsibility for curriculum development. Research Public relations and co ordination of All programs of both the Success commercial College Ltd. And the Angus school of Commerce. Or. Gary a. Filmon been appointed executive director and registrar of Success commercial College Ltd. Or. Filmon will plan direct and control the general operations of he College. Or. Kilmon received his Bachelor of science in civil engineering and his Muster of science from the University of Manitoba. Prior to his new appointment he held an executive position with Underwood Mclellan and Aiso cites. Limited ;