for a contest, is he? With all these boss
loggers working hell out of us and de-
‘stroying our forests for the lousy (I
spelled that right, R. R.) dollars it brings
I should waste both my time and

_ the R, R’s in a private fight!

tart an argument against the boss so

that he can pick up what I missed and
"we can carry on a doube-barrelled fight.
_ Not a bad idea.
By the way, the Roving Reporter and
I were both in the office the day Bill
‘Anderson exposed the union busters and
boss loggers’ agents from his home town,
end that’s given me an idea, Anybody
who thinks the IWA is not going to be
the union of the loggers and millmen
of B.C. one of these days, has a poor
opinion of woodworkers. And believe
me, the boss is not among them.

Mr, Boss Logger has 2, mighty respect
for the IWA, and believe me, we can
take it for granted that when we went
into the IWA, Mr. Boss sent his agents
in along.

Say, fellows, have you ever read that
book “The Labor Spy Racket’? If you
- haven't, get it, That book should be in
the hands of every worker. Send 50
cents to any of the union officers and
somebody will see that the book is sent
to you, Or, if you prefer, send your four
its to the NeW Age Bookstore direct.
But get it!

‘That book tells, in extremely interest-
ing style, the story unfolded by the La-
Follette U.S, Senate Committee which
investigated the union-smashing tactics
‘of the boss industrialists. It gives the
evidence of labor spies hired by detective
agencies and placed in unions to break

-___ them, It names all the companies which

"subscribed to these agencies, and among

them names the Bloedel outfit across
the line. It doesn’t mention Canadian
companies, but we can rest assured that
there is no more love for the worker
in the hearts of the Bloedels or other
‘outfits here than in the hearts of the
Bloedels in the U.S.

Only a chump will believe that the
boss has not, or at least, did not, have
his agents among us. There is only one
to beat them fellows, and that is
get into the union, What say, Roving
‘Reporter, can I get an argument out of
you on this question?

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Bust my suspenders (there I go
again) if I don’t have to repeat what I
have said so many times already. “Idi-
tors may come and editors may go, but
the Bulleook goes on forever.” All you
‘old timers remember Al Parkin, the first
editor of the B.C, Lumber Worker. Well,
Al is coming back on the staff of the
Union, Not so bad for me, either. Not
like having to get used to a new guy;
I know Al, and remember his ways. I
ean tell by one look whether it’s safe
to barge ahead or whether it’s time to
duck,

Welcome back, Al, and I'l bet you
and I have many a pleasant fight to-

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Labor Success
In U.S: Courts

‘The following excerpts from recent de-
cisions handed down in U.S. federal
courts is the finest example of the re-
sults of properly directed and sustained
organizational activities which have
come to our notice for some time. We
would consider ourselves fortunate in-
deed could we successfully institute
similar successful actions in this prov-
ince, This is an example of the efficient
use of the organized strength of labor to
ensure progressive legislation. What has
been done in the States can be done
here, provided we use the same method—
organize industry. The workers in B.C.,
properly organized, would not be called
upon to contend with anything as
tragically ridiculous as Bill 94.

The report of the Wage and Hour
division Court actions follows:

“Federal courts have ruled in favor
of the government in six of the nine
court actions brought to enforce the
Wage and Hour Law, Administrator
Elmer F. Andrews announced today.
Action on the other three cases still is
pending in the courts.

Three of the cases were criminal
actions in which the defendants were
charged with violations of the wage and
hour provisions of the Fair Labor Stand-
ards Act; with falsifying their records
to conceal the violations; with failure to
Keep adequate records of employees’
hours of work and wages received, and
with transmission in interstate com-
merce of goods manufactured in viola-
tion of the Law.

In the first two of the criminal actions,
defendants in both cases entered pleas
of guilty both for themselves and the
companies they represented, and were
fined, No disposition has been made of
the third case. 5

‘Six were civil proceedings, and in four |
of them the Wage and Hour Division's
petitions for injunctions to prevent |
further violation of the law have been
granted. Defendants in none of the cases
contested the court’s action. Three peti-
tions for civil court injunctions still are
pending in the courts.

ALL SECTIONS OF US.

Geographical location of the concerns
hailed to court discloses that Wage and
Hour Division field inspectors are active
in various sections of the United States.
One case each was filed by the Division
or, at the Administrator's request, by the
Department of Justice, in Iowa, Maine,
and North Carolina, an@ two each in
Massachusetts, New York and Pennsyl-
vania.

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