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Secretary - - Fre> LuNpsTRUM

NIGEL MORGAN
_ MANAGER - - NELS ARSENAU

Room 506, Hoe Bioc., VANcouvER, B.C.

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EDITORIAL

TRADES COUNCIL
CONDEMNS
LEADERSHIP LEAGUE

We have made a survey of the cam-
paign being carried on by George Mc-
Cullagh through the medium of radio
broadcasts, to bring into being one Cen-
tral government for Canada, through
the medium of the “Leadership League.”
j We do not think there is any group
of citizens in Canada who has suffered
as much, or who has been subjected to
as much “passing the buck” between
the Dominion and provincial govern-
ments as the trade union movement.
However, while fully realizing the de-
plorable overlapping of governments and
the fact that Canadian people have far
too many governments, there are greater,
evils in the world today, and in our
opinion the suggested type of govern-
ment as advocated by McCullagh, falls
within this category. i

The trade union movement as repre-
sented by this council is strictly a non-
political organization. However, we
must and do subscribe to a system of
government that is “By and for the peo-
ple.” The scheme for National govern-
ment as advanced by McCullagh is a
complete negation of such trade union
principles—in effect it means “Govern-
ment by and for the big industrialists
and financiers” and not “For and by the
people.” It is an intent to have govern-
ment outside the influence of, and re-
mote, from the people; to be unhampered
by electors like the Nazi government of
Germany,

Trade unionists, believing in democ-
racy, must have no truck or trade with
the theories of Mr. McCullagh being ad-
vanced solely in the interests of “Big
Business” if they want to keep democ-
racy in Canada,

(Report unanimously
endorsed).

received and

If you are not receiving a bundle of
the Union Bulletin (B.C, Lumber

Worker) in your camp please advise the
Circulation Manager at 506 Holden
Building, Vancouver, and a bundle will
he forwarded, There is no charge to
Union members and provision is made
for free distribution.

bCarrall Street

THE B.C.

LUMBER WORKER

Page Three

Towards The Future;
A Prisoner’s Message

Here in my prison cell I sit,
Left to my meditations;

Of wordly things— a future job.
And also my relations.

But uppermost of all my thoughts
Are centered in this prison;

And men who need a break in life
To earn an honest living.

‘The parasites are want to prey
Upon the honest workers

And those denied a chance to work
Are looked upon as shirkers.

Throughout this land of ours we find,
Much needless destitution

Wherefore then have we not e’re this
Arrived at a solution?

Our cities filled with youth to whom
Hunger holds no appeal—

Deprived of all that youth demands
Soon learn to rob and steal.

And those who form a union
And fight for what is right—
The forces that the state commands
Crush down with all their might.

But brothers though they crush us now—
Send some of us to gaol.

Let us unite and stronger grow,
‘This way we cannot fail

Cast petty differences aside—
A common goal to reach

With equal rights for all who toil,
This is our creed to teach.

For those who buy our labor power
And when we're old discard us
Our future Canada holds no place

One option holds regardless.

That they must work and share the
fruits
‘The heritage of the masses
Relinquish that which they have robbed
We'll tolerate no classes.

To those within these walls tonight,
‘This message I convey,
United only for mankind
Can we attain our day.
—Blubber Bay Striker.”

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ORGANIZE FOR
ECONOMIC DEMOCRACY

By H, BERGREN

We have legislation, both federal and
provincial on the statute books protect-
ing the rights of labor, making it com-
pulsory for the employers to bargain col-
lectively with their employees and many
other laws protecting the rights of labor,
such as the eight-hour day minimum
wage act, the compensation act; the
latest addition being a federal act mak-
ing it a criminal offence for any employer
to discriminate against any’ employee for
being a member of a trade union.
WORKERS BEING SUPPRESSED.

How much of this progressive legisla-
tion is being enforced? In the logging
camps and lumber mills of British Co-
lumbia today we cave thousands of peo-
ple denied the fundamental rights of
freedom and democracy, guaranteed by
the laws and constitution of our country.
Freedom of expression and assembly is
just as effectively suppressed in these
places as it was in the old Tsar's Russia
or present-day Germany and Italy, where
the trade union movement and organiza-
tion of labor has been suppressed and
prohibited by the reactionary forces in
power,

These fetters of oppression imposed
upon the working people in the wood-
working and other industries. through
the efforts of the reactionary associations
of employers such as the Loggers’ Asso-
ciation, the Shipping Federation, Lumber
Manufacturers’ Association, etc., can be
broken only through the united initiative
of the wage earners in the basic in-
dustries to organize,

ORGANIZED OPPOSITION NEEDED.

So long as we are satisfied to live under
these conditions of social oppression our
privileges and rights given us by the
constitution and laws of our country will
not protect us, Instead of a free people
We are comparable to the slaves who built
the Egyptian Pyramids to the glory and
fancy of their masters, Instead of build-
ing monuments to the future we are
building fortunes for our masters while
we are hungry. Our country is going
along the road of economic ruin and dis-
aster which is already being exemplified
in the growing number of unemployed,
the waste in production, the disappear-
ance of our forests, the drying up of the
streams, diminishing supply of fish, grow-
ing economic insecurity for ourselves and
our dependents.

We are a free people living in a demo-
cratic country, Democracy can become
a force both dynamic and revolutionary
by us workers in the basic industries
waking up to the realization of the po-
tential advancement in human liberty,
wealth, welfare and opportunity, that are
not only possible but imperative if the
forces of reaction are to be defeated and
democracy extended. This can be accom-
plished by trade union organization and
unity at the polls by those working in
the basic industries,

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