THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER ;

Labour College Dream
Comes True In Canada

By MURRAY DREW
President Local 1-118, IWA

The Labour College of Canada, long a dream of the

Canadian labour movement, has finally come into being and

the first class has graduated.

The College as far as I was
concerned was a dream come
true, and I could say the
same for most of the other
students who attended. This
was an opportunity presented
to us by people of vision.

Most of the students at the
College received their basic
education in the 1930’s, a time
when a college education did
not come easy for obvious
reasons. For most of us, our
education came the hard way,
through the every day walk
of life, and for this reason
most of us appreciated all the
more the opportunity to at-

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promise to some of you, I am
sending your marks in the
Theory and Practice of Un-
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time, I would like to take the
opportunity of conveying my
personal congratulations to
you individually and to the
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MURRAY DREW President of Local 1-118 at work on the

essay he was required to submit while attending the Labour

College in Montreal.

the college sessions. Whatever
criticism we may receive
about the college, we cannot
be seriously criticized on the
grounds of the quality of the
students. To me it is almost
a miracle that we were so
fortunate in the selections.
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has been established which
will be a guide for the future.
Sincerely,
H. D. WOODS,
Co-principal.”

In all, the College had 11
professors. There were two
English and one French
speaking class, and there is no
doubt in my mind the credit
for most of the achievements
of the students should go to
the patience and understand-
ing of the professors. They
also gave of their own time
to have extra sessions at the
dormitory to go over subject
matter not too clear to some
of us. One in particular was
Kari Levitt, Professor of Eco-
nomics who made graphs of
Canada’s national accounts
and had them mimeographed
for the convenience of the
students.

Another was Saul Frankel,
Professor of Political Science
who gave of his time to ex-
plain some of the political
problems in Quebec insofar
as the separatist movement
and confederation were con-
cerned, and their implications
and dangers in respect to the
British North American Act.

(It is worthwhile at this
time to mention the fact the
professor outlined to some of
us from B.C. of the mistake
the present government made
in taking over the B.C. Elec-
tric in the manner in which
they did, in respect to the
Rritish North American Act.
Bear in mind, this was before
the Lett Report was made
public).

There seems to be a thought
in some people’s minds that
the College was designed, or
meant, to turn out business

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TED TAKACS popular staff
member of the Canadian La-
bour Congress is leaving the
CLC to join the International
Chemical Workers Union as
one of their representatives
in Alberta, Ted spent the past
four and one half years work-
ing for Congress in the Okan-
agan and Edmonton areas. He
first got his labour experience
as a Business Agent for the
Laborer’s Union at Kitimat.
His many friends in British
Columbia wish him well in his
new job.

agents for unions. This is not
true. However, the College
does give the student the op-
portunity for some study in
the basic subjects such as
sociology, history, economics
and political science, that are
related to one another, and
are also related in respect to
the work of a business agent
in his every day duties, or
for that matter to the work
of taking an active part in the
union movement. It is amaz-
ing to see just how these sub-
jects fit into the every day
life of a union member.

Several weeks have gone
by since we graduated and
with every day one realizes
the importance of the seven
weeks spent at the College
with regard to his union ac-
tivities.

The IWA had four mem-
bers at the first session, three
from this Region and one
from Region 2: Syd Thomp-
son, Lee Gesi and myself from
this Region, and Wilf Chal-
mers from Region 2.

It is my hope, and I can also
say the wish of the others
from the IWA, that we try
in the future years to send
more of a representation to
the College and so contribute
to making this a successful
venture insofar as the Labour
Unions in Canada are con-
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