THE IWA RE-BUILDS

AND HITS ITS STRIDE

WITH FASTER PACE
1949 - 1962

1949 The year 1949 was a year of reorganiza-
tion for the IWA. A magnificent effort was

| made by the officers and members to rebuild the or-
- ganization, which had been all but wrecked by the
Communists.

The first convention after the October 1948 back-
stairs revolution was the Twelfth Annual District Con-
vention, January 15-16, 1949.

The nature of the problems confronting the Union cre indicated
by the following excerpts from the report of the provisional officers
to the convention:

“Your provisional officers, upon assuming office, faced over-
whelming obstacles in their efforts to administer the affairs of the
Union. The former officers, before surrendering office, carefully plotted
to throw the affairs of the District Council into complete confusion.
Without authorization from the membership, these individuals re-
moved from the control of their successors, office recorcis, furriiure
and equipment, funds and in some cases the use of office space. It
was necessary to apply to the courts of British Columbia for permission
to repossess this rightful property of the Union. At this time we are
happy to report that approximately $15,000 of the funds, wrongfully
removed, have been restored to our control. On several occasions,

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BIG PAUL

When Big Paul Bunyan (“Mimi to
his very close friends) was through with

one of his projects, like scooping out

the St. Lawrence River or slashing the Grand
Canyon across what was previously

a perfectly good piece of desert,

he'd climb aboard his Blue Ox “Babe”

and lumber off home.

“Babe”, they say, was 24 axe handles and
a plug of tobacco wide, but any way

you look at it a big dumb ox was what it
really was. Which just goes to show

that for a big man Paul wasn't

smarter than the average bear. He should
have known that the best way to get
around B.C. ... quickly, surely, and
comfortably ... is aboard

one of B.C. Airline’s flights. -

Every other logger knows that.

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