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UW professor speculates Peking fossils crushed What happened to the Peking man fossils IS one of the great mysteries of the 20th century. if not of all time. But Dr. William Roosa, University) Wa- terloo anthropology profes- sor, feels he may have the answer, The mystery of the missing fossils has been the subject of many-a, newspaper story over the past 30 years. Recently. the television series “Ha- waii Five-0" based an episode on it. According to the TV program the fossils were buried in a military grave at the time of Pearl Harbor. The story goes back to 1927 when the remains of a species of early man. pre- dating homo sapiens. were found near Peking, China. The remains- were estimated to be about 500.000 years old. At that time they were the oldest human fossil bones ever Hospital inquiry states new bargaining practices An industrial inquiry has recommended province-wide bargaining for public hos- pital employees as one means. of ensuring satis- factory health care for the people orontario and fair remuneration for. hospital workers. The commission was established by the Minister of Labour last year to examine the compensation practices respecting hos- pital employees in Ontario as well as the collective bar- gaining structure. D. L. Johnston, dean of law at the University of Western Ontario, was appointed chairman, with members. R. E. Alden, general in- dustrial relations manager of the Steel Company of Canada, and A. S. Tirreil. former labour official and labour consultant. Equality goal of - female status group Recommendations were based on the submissions from interested groups 'and individuals and on statistics provided by the provincial, ministries of Health and Labour and the federal After one year of perpetual motion, of challenges and confrontation, of victories and defeats. the Ontario Status of Women Council presented to the Legislature an accounting of the first tumultuous year. Laura Sabia, chairman of the council. said "Our goals are equal opportunities. equal responsibilities. and choic- es. The council tackled any- thing and everything that touched the women of On- tario from employment practices to property law. from homemakers to birth control, day care and sex role stereotyping. career counsellin'g and maternity leave. The private sector was challenged. as well as government, through the banks and the advertising found. Later. arrangements were made with the Chinese government to ship the bones to the United States. but they disappeared my- steriously about the time of Pearl Harbor and have never been found. “Back in about 1951, a classmate of mine at the University of New Mexico told me he had been a member of a detachment of marines to whom the bones had been entrusted." he says. "He said, how- ever, that when the marines pulled out of China-just belore Pearl Harbor-they left the bones in crates on the Shanghai docks and the fossils never left China, “I cant vouch tor hts story but every reference to the mystery thaLl have ever read refers to a mar- ine detachment who were to start out from China with them. The TV story also mentioned the ma- For future collective bar- gaining. the commission recommended that employ- ees ultimately be grouped into service. nursmg and paramedical categories. Where more than one union represented a category, they should form a council to deal with an accredited bargaining organization formed by the hospitals. If either hospitals or unions were unable to form their organizations with- in a reasonable length of time, the government should do so. by legislation if necessary. labour department. Repre- sentatives of hospitals and unions in the New Bruns- wick, British Columbia and Quebec were consulted. as were the Pay Research Bureau in Ottawa and federal employer and union representatives using its services. It Was recommended that bargaining on a province- wide basis should be imple- mented as soon as possible "We were appalled at the antiquated property laws of Ontario: they need- ed massive overhauling," said Laura Sabia. She re- ferred to the monitoring program of the council de- signed to change the "abys- mally destructive and de- plorably corrosive adver- tising that portrays women as simpering idiots or as mere sex objects". media. On birth control. she said that it is absolutely essential that both men and women have all the necessary in- formation available to them to control their fertility and it was imperative to the advancement of women. She commended the government for its recent statement on birth control and pledged support for the program. tines." Dr. Ftoasa said. Dr. Roosa says it IS well known among anth- ropologists that Chinese druggists used to grind up fossil bones, when then could get them. for their medicines. They used to call them dragon bones. these fossils were much valued and would fetch very high prices. He specu- lates that the Peking man bones were found on the Shanghai docks, possibly by dock workers, and sold to druggists. What would, have been a handsome sum to the workers might well have been a pittance. com- pared to the value of the bones. within the nursing and para- medical categories and service categories would have interim regional bargaining. -' "I can't prove it. but I think it's a very logical possibility." says Dr. Roosa. He says he's follow- ed the story for many years but to his knowledge no one has suggested this possi- bility previously. l The commission also recommended that arbi- trators base settlements on specific criteria differen- tiating" between the var- ious occupations within the hospitals and as they com- pare with similar ocCupa- tions elsewhere. rather than on government guidelines or ability to pay. A key recommendation provides that under a chair- man appointed by the Mini- stry of Labour. repre- sentatives of. unions and management should set up a comprehensive job evalua- tion system using bench- mark occupations in the hospitals. This scheme should also resolve equal pay for equal work problems currently existing in public hospitals and should in- clude a grievance procedure to maintain equity. Recommended changes in the arbitration process included the imposition of strict time schedules on all parties and more direct involvement of the Ontario Labour-Management Ar- bitration Commission. In the interests of consistency, it was recommended that a permanent panel of chair- men, receiving competitive salaries. replace the present ad hoc system. Under normal circumstances, chairmen should make wage items in settlements retroactive to the date of expiry of the last agree- ment. 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