THE B.C. April 25, 1939 “LUMBER WORKER|Keep The Ball Nencowe, Be fine any et) Rolling LUMBER WORKER BLUBBER BAY STRIKE DONATIONS, APRIL 25 April 24th Previously acknowledged ATTENTION, MEMBERS OF LOCAL 71 All delegates of Local 71, IWA,_ whose credentials are dated on or © - ates. $6,886.46 Here and There with The Roving Reporter You know, I’m sitting here wondering what’s the matter with you dudes out there in camp. You're rough, tough citizens in town! Oh, sure! Your spit bounces! You could sharpen a slate pen- cil on your necks! You'd ride tigers and use rattlesnakes for whips! Yeah, you're good in town. But you get out in the woods you become very meek and mild. ‘That so-and-so of a push that you bawled out so effectively (in town) becomes “a pretty good guy” addressed “Yes, sir.” You start ducking behind stumps, You wouldn't dare to read the Lumber Work- er in public, The plain unvarnished truth is that you're scared! Of what? God knows! r . Sie hea tanes It’s Hard I find it very hard to get To Figure. your point of view. If you would only take the course which your own common sense must point out as the obvious one, what in time is there to be scared of? Suppose the industry was organized one hundred per cent—how much ducking would you be required to do then? But no, you're afraid of the blacklist, so you won't take eut 4 card—forgetting, evidently, that if a sufficient number of you took out ecards that the blacklist could not exist because we'd be hiring through our own hiring hall, Do you know that since the camps have swung into full production they are killing the boys off at the rate of two @ weeks? Why- Because we are not organized! Are you proud of it? You, no doubt, lay part of the blame for this condition to the fact that the “operators are bringing in‘green men every season— and to a large extent you would be cor- rect. But—if we were properly organized Would we allow the operators to con- tinue this practice? So, I repeat, are you | proud of it? ammo Who Fed Him You know there's 2 Red Meat? camp your camp. Go and sign up. Show a little of that courage and independence you make all the noise about in town. T could give you a comprehensive word picture of your intestinal fortitude in the past, but the postal authorities would bar anyhing containing that kind of lan- Suage—so you think it over, and then tell me. ae And now, Local 80 wants to know why I wasn’t present at their dance at Honey- Bay, Well, it wuz this way. I had “necktie all packed, had made ments to borrow a pair of shoes, iven my hair a change of oil, and all set to high-tail for the Nanaimo t—and then, by golly, nobody in the fice would lend me the fare! Believe It ~y Not. ) ERD) CERES ©) © GED () <> 0 <> OED O- By the time this issue of the bulletin reaches you the tickets for our enter- tainment program will be in the hands of the camp delegates. The B.C. Coast District Council has laid plans for extensive organizational work during the coming summer; con- centrating particularly on the unorgan- izezd districts of Vancouver Island, and organizational work in the sawmills and shingle mills of the province. Secretary Fred Lundstrum is already in the field and reports that he is meet- ing with uniform and encouraging suc- cess. Vice-president Nigel Morgan has been transferred from Victoria to Dis- trict Council] headquarters in Vancou- ver, and his long experience in execu- tive activities has already made itself felt in the smoother and more efficient operation and co-ordination of the activ- ities of the District Council. This, with an experienced and efficient worker in the field and the headquarters staff de- voting their energies solely to the cause of increasing and consolidating organ- zation in the woodworking industry in BG, we have already taken a long step toward the implementation of the pro- gram laid down at the last District Council convention. SUSTAINED EFFORT NECESSARY This step, however, must be completely nullified and be reduced to wasted ef- fort unless we immediately take another step—and then another; and another. We must drive, drive, drive! We cannot af- ford to remove the pressure for one in- stant. We cannot stand still. We cither move ahead, or we move backward—and the quality of our efforts determines the direction, Now, a drive such as this requires finances; and lots“of them—and frankly, we just haven't got. them. There are many explanations for this state of af- fairs—but explanations do nothing to alleviate the condition. Owing to’ the fact that the industry is a more or less sea- sonal occupation we have come to expect a certain dearth of funds at this period of the year, But this year, owing to an unusually protracted shut-down of log- ging camps, and many heavy but un- Instead they informed me that I was due to appear’in this issue of the Bul- letin and openly expressed the opinion that if I ever got over there amongst those go-getters on the Island I would, in all probability, forget all about my obliga tion to the paper, So, I didn’t get over— but I did write my column. Now I’m wondering who regrets the fact that I couldn't go the most deeply—me, or my readers, [COURTENAY HOTEL COURTENAY, V.I. x Recognized as Headquarters for Loggers G. TATER - - Building, 16 East Hastings Street, on avoidable drains on the funds of the Dis- ' Friday, April 28, at 8 p.m. Special trict. Council, we find the treasury com- pletely depleted. Extraordinary measures have been taken to assure the reflection, in added organizational activities, of every cent expended for this purpose. The head- quarters staff has been reduced to the irreducible minimum, and no opportunity for retrenchment has been overlooked. But we find ourselves faced with the pressing and vital neeessity for funds which will be immediately available. In this entertainment dive, if it is properiy supported, we have the solution to the problem. A GOOD INVESTMENT Every fifty-cent ticket you purchase makes fifty cents immediately available for putting back into the fight for com- plete organization in B.C. Not only do we benefit as an organization, but you benefit personally, Your ticket gives you entry to an entertainment which will be more than value received for your money. Not only that, but you participate in the grand drawing at the final dance in Vancouver on July 4, for one of these very valuable and worthwhile prizes: First prize, a trip to the World’s Fair at San Francisco, with all expenses paid; second prize, a watch valued at $70; third prize, $25 in cash. In addition to these prizes, the vendor of the ticket winning the major prize will be awarded & special prize of $15 cash. So, you see, any way you look it it, the purchase of one of these tickets is a splendid investment. Look for them. Buy five or six. Help yourselves and the organization at one and the same time. Nett tet tree THE BARBER SHOP { in Balmoral Hotei i I | 159 East Hastings St. ALWAYS GOOD SERVICE UNION SHOP Alf Lindahl, Prop. PALACE CAFE 41 WEST CORDOVA STREET 938 GRANVILLE ST. 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