BC Lencee® Worece ——— NION BULLETI Published Bi-Weekly by the B.C. Coast District Council, LW-of A. SS VANCOUVER, B.C., SEPTEMBER 5, 1939 No. 216 PRESIDENT SAYS NEED FOR UNION GREAT IN B.C. LUMBER VANCOUVER, B.C.—International President Harold J. Pritchett ar- riving here on Union business last week stated that the most outstanding thing he noticed on his arrival back in Canada was the highest lumber pro- duction on record, which in turn means the highest profits. “Also I notice B.C.’s notoriously high death rate is shooting for a new high record,” he continued, giving hearty endorsation of the tentative plans underway for VANCOUVER, B.C.—Serious consider- ation is being given by officials of the 1.W.A. B.C, District Council to the possi- bilities of establishing airplane service for rushing seriously injured loggers from far-away isolated camps to the best hospital and surgical facilities. Sugges- tion of the scheme came from Interna- tional President Harold Pritchett, after reading of several instances where such a servce might have heen the means of saving a life. (One particular case is printed on page three under the captjon, “Harrison Lake Needs Better Medical Facilities”.) Already one conference has been held between Council officials and ® management of a local plane service, | and it is likely a proposal will be put to the coming District Convention at the end of this season, to have loggers estab- lish a fund through regular contribu- tions to enable the B.C, District Council to have a plane at its call at any time to remove seriously injured loggers. Camp Committees elected by the Union would have to be set up to decide whether the plane was necessary, and to get word to the District Office by phone. In a radio broadcast this week; Nigel Morgan, Dis- trict Vice President, declared, “Of course the scheme is still in the formulative stage, but if we want such a thing, it can be worked out and collectively we can build it just as we are building our Union. Already considerable interest hhas been expressed in the scheme by some local business-men.” _ Nourishing Food? Relief recipients in South Pasadena have received a grim set of suggestions from the local relief office, The docu- ment is a detailed explanation of how to Considering Air Service INTIMIDATION CASE DISMISSED, ORGANIZATION GOES FORWARD Weakness of Assistant Prosecutor Evans Wasson lost for International Wood- workers of America the first test of the new Amendment to the Criminal Code, pro- tecting workers against discrimination, Intimidation charges which were laid by Vice-President Nigel Morgan, were dismissed by the Magistrate when they came up in City Police Court last week after the trial had been remanded for three weeks. Wasson was never at any time sure of himself and questioned his witnesses in a half-hearted manner, which failed to establish a prima facie case. D. N. Hossie, counsel for the company, knowing the calibre of Wasson, took every advantage by continually raising objections thus avoiding many embarrassing questions and angles which the management obviously wanted to hush up. Strong objections were made by the company to any discussion of the so-called “adjustment” which resulted in the laying off of 50 men, or to the strong opposition voiced by employees to the company’s actions. is ciate : 2 While only half the Union's subpoenaed witnesses were called and considerable confusions was created by the Prosecutor's hesitation and feeble examining of wit- nesses, the case has been a stern warning that no infringement of labor's democratic right will be tolerated by the I.W.A. ‘The foreman, who was called as an agent of the company, admitted under question- ing, “Yes, I am a foreman at B.C. Plywoods Ltd.” Asked if he had the right of hiring and firing, he replied to the affirmative, “Yes.” He admitted having gone to the men and telling them they’d better sign up against the union or else, but claimed he did it on his own, and denied that he knew there was any attempt under way to organize a union. He admitted he had been “given permission by Mr. Ballantyne to let Mr. Readhead and others go around and get the men signed up.” He said, “I met Mr. Ballantyne in the alleyway beside the plant and he told me.” .. . Later under ques- tioning he admitted “The men were very dissatisfied with the Committee (company controlled),” also that the man he had told to sign had said, “I’m not signing the petition although I guess I’m going to get fired.” One witness, Don Cameron, was called and testified, corroborating the evidence of Peter Brodie that “I was approached by the foreman who told me in the presence of Don Cameron and Ed Morgan that Ballantyne had just told him that he has got to have 100 per cent of the men’s names on this list that is going around, and if he doesn’t he will shut the plant down for a month or more.” 2 Nigel Morgan, District Vice-President of the I.W.A., stated this week, “We were not out to get the foreman or for that matter the company, we were fighting to pre- serve our democratic right to belong to 2 union of our own choice.” ‘This case is definitely a step forward. We are going to bring the weakness of the enforcement of this Act to the proper authorities and to those who sponsored the Bill, so that we can establish our legal right in fact as well as on paper. We have just concluded a victorious struggle to gain this legal right on the statutes, and we intend to see through our organizational strength and that of the trade union movement as a whole that it is enforced. Now that we have shown the company that they cannot get away with intimidation, we shall press forward with the organization of this aeawext meeting of the Plywood and Veneer Workers’ Local 1-217 will be held at I.W.A. Headquarters, on the fifth floor of the Holden Bldg., Sunday, September 10th, transform the pickings from garbage cans into “nourishing” food. — The Nation, (South Pasadena is in California, and California is the place where every year millions of oranges are deliberately de- _stroyed.—Editor), 2,000 MINERS STRIKE NEW GLASGOW, N.S.—Two thousand _ Cape Breton miners came out on a protest strike last week, because the Acadia a boy from a chain running job him by another boy and putting different job at reduced wages. changed it to Hitler, “Heil Schricklegruber” Bide é McCARTY INJURED IN "TIMBER WORKER’ SOLD IN VANCOUVER AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT Arrangements have been com- Our condolences go to International Secretary B. J. McCarty, who had the pleted this week with the follow- ing newsstands to carry our Inter- misfortune to break three ribs and have a compound fracture’ of the left leg in national publication, “The Timber Worker”: a car accident on Saturday, while travel- ling to address a Labor Day Celebration at Ione, Washington. Brother McCarty Flack Block Newsstand, 163 W. Hastings St.; John Green’s News- stand, 205 Carrall St; New Age who is at present detained in the Ione Hospital, declares he will shortly return to his home in Seattle, and will move his office to his apartment, from where Bookstore, 50 East Hastings St.; Nordic Tobacco Stand, 142 East Hastings St.; Larry’s Newsstand, 117 E. Hastings St; Smoke Shop, particularly taxing at this time prepar- ing for the International Convention. Woodworkers of B, C, join with others throughout our International in wishing othe establishment of airplane service to save the lives of injured loggers, “I no- tice a general enthusiasm for organiza- tion, for which I believe the establish- ment of your weekly ‘Green Gold’ radio broadeast has helped a tremendous amount,” he stated. Speaking of the necessity for main- taining trade union unity in this country, Pritchett maintained the Canadian labor movement should not allow itself to be divided by the top leadership of the AFL, “We will do our utmost to maintain unity of the Canadian trade union move- ment and will strive to keep William Green and his splitting tactics out of Canada,” he stated. “A unified trade union movement is the best guarantee the Canadian peo- ple have to maintain and strengthen democracy, and this also holds good on the question of peace or war,” Prit- chett continued, President Pritchett last week installed the charter and officers of the new Ply- wood and Veneer Workers’ Local 1-217, later addressing the meeting on the need for organization. The meeting recom- mended that the District Council estab- lish a Trade Union Class to meet once a week and train workers how to help themselves through organization. On Aug. 3ist a Loggers’ Meeting was held in the Orange Hall, under the sponsorship of Local 1-71. Last Sunday President Pritchett, accompanied by District Vice President Nigel Morgan addressed a meet- ing at Lake Cowichan and later attended the special Labor Day Dance sponsored by Local 1-80, On Wednesday, Sept. 6th, President Pritchett will deliver an address from Kelowna over Station CKOY. A 8 o'clock the | same evening he will jj address a public meet- | ing in the Kelowna 1.0, OF, Hall, which has been organized by Ke- ‘|lowna LW.A. Local 1-486. Mayor O. L. Jones will be the chairman of the meeting On Sunday, Septem- Uber 10th, Pritchett is scheduled to address a Marold Pritchett pecting organized by the Nanaimo Local of the United Mine Workers and sponsored by the Upper. Island Central Labor Council, in the Na- naimo Miners’ Hall at 8 p.m. Tentative arrangements have also been made for other meetings, Two deadly dangers menace civiliza- tion—Fascism, which kills freedom, and he can carry on his duties, which are Brother McCarty a speedy recovery. 1526 Commercial Drive. war, which kills men—Jacques Duclos.