i

UMP BE 3 C

LUMBER WORKER

OTTAWA, Jan. 8.—The biggest
news in the lumber industry since
the British government first placed
its huge war-time orders in the B.C.
market last October, came with the
announcement here today, that sixty
ships have been assigned to move
B.C. lumber cargoes. Although ad-
ditional bottoms will be required to
move the entire British war order
placed last October, the glut in ship-
ment of B.C. lumber will be broken.
It is estimated the assigned ships
will be able to transport a total of
over 500,000,000 feet. While lumber
operators in B.C. tried to appear
still pessimistic about the situation,
the Hon. C. D. Howe, minister of
transport, insists that the sixty ships
are all new charters for January and
February, in addition to the charters
made last fall.

Interviewed on the question of the rail
rate, the Minister said that there has
been no new development in the effort
to secure a reduction of freight charges
for overland shipment.

While the ship-shortage cast a cloud
of insecurity over B.C.'s major industry,
in recent weeks, practically all camps
have swung into operation again. With
the shipping problem solved for the im-
Inediate future at least both workers
“Gnd operators began to worry about the
other determining factor, the weather.
And while this item could not be im-
Proved on in Vancouver today, there are
reports in town of slight snow falls in
the big timber country of Vancouver
Island. However, the weather-man is
not likely to retard Paul Bunyan’s stal-
warts long, particularly while the mar-
kets remain brisk and prices unsually
profitable.

The market for cedar logs is opening
up again although it has been slow in
recent months due to the quota-shut-
down during the latter part of Decem-
ber, Hemlock and Douglas Fir are still
active, as sawmills are still cutting stead-
ily. B.C. camps and mills exported 1,-
$11,617,000 board feet of lumber and tim-
ber during the 11 months prior to De-
cember, which brought the lumber ex-
port up to an all time high. Despite pre-
vious shipping shortage exports were up
% of a billion feet in 1939,

Log prices remain high at $12, $17 and
$19 for standard fir rafts, with clears a
dollar higher. Cedar logs $19 and $24,
and camp run booms $10, $16 and $22.
Hemlock prices stand at $11 and $12,
with market conditions steady.

PATRONIZE OUR
ADVERTISERS!

WEST

and Stand rear c=

rene 0445 9401

SOME BC IWA
CONV. DELEGATES

The Third Annual Convention proved
to be the most representative yet on
record. Delegates were present from
practically every major operation along
B.C’s 600-6dd miles of coastline, and
from as far inland as Kelowna. At the
gathering which was notable for its
atmosphere of optimism, the “Conven-
tion Shots” below were included among
those taken by Vancouver's two dailies,
the Sun and Province.

|

E, Chew H. Chernoff
Sec’y Local Pres. Kelowna
1-186, Kelowna Local 1-186

S. Dearden

H. Delmas
Rec, Sec’y Vice-Pres.
Shingle-Weavers Shingle-Weavers
Local 1-118 Local 1-118
Victoria Victoria

PUBLIC MEETING

(Continued from Page One)

Ask for “GEORGE”

Demand that every man of $10,000 a
year or more income be called in the
first draft and before the youth, When
hitisis done,” he continued, “then no-
body will want to fight. To do this you
have to have a corporation around which
to organize. Right now there is an at-
tack against the lobar movement. It is
necessary that labor organizations in my
country and yours as never before in
history are built up and strengthened.
Instead of being subversive, as claimed,
those who would organize workers for
higher wages and better working con-
ditions and who also organize workers
for political action, are the 100 percent
Americans all over the North Ameri-
can continent,” Costigan concluded.

Chairman of the meeting was Inter-
national President Harold J. Pritchett,
who renewed his U.S. permit of entry
and returned to Seattle last week-end
to carry on his duties as leader of
the LW.A,

TAXI

Reasonable Rates
West Hotel, 444 Carrall Street

January 9, 1940

A To Initiate CIO Conference

Social Security Fe For All Our
Citizens, |WA Aim In BC

VANCOUVER, B.C—One of the most]

important decisions of the Convention
was the resolution instructing the in-
coming Executive Board to intitiate a
conference within a month of all CIO
affiliates in B.C. for the purpose of con-
solidating organization in the basic in-
dustries, and petitioning CIO President
John L. Lewis through the Canadian
Committee for Industrial Organization
for the appointment of a Regional Di-
rector and Regional Office in B.C. This
was considered by the officers to be the
first step in the organization of a Pro-
vincial Industrial Union Council for Bri-
tish Columbia. In the discussion of the
resolution reference was made to the
splitting tactics of the Trades Congress
last fall, which has been followed
through by the local Trades and Labor
Council in their arbitrary suspension of
the LW.A. “While the obvious split in
the house of labor is not to our liking,
and is not our responsibility,” declared
Delegate Morgan “we cannot hide our
heads in the sand any longer. By their
expulsion order, which came at the dic-
tation of Bill Green and his reactionary
henchmen who seem to fear the organ-
ization of the basic industries the Trades
and Labor Council has forced this move
on us.”

Approval of the practice of political
action by trade unionists and action on
setting up political welfare committees
within all locals of the LW.A. in B.C.
were two of the points contained in one
of the important resolutions passed by
the B.C. District Council annual conven-
tion last week.

‘The resolution as finally approved de-
clared:

“The political situation on both the
national and international scene is daily
becoming shore and more threatening to
the continued existence of a free labor
movement; and whereas: this threat to
the rights of labor has been intensified
by the outbreak of war and the conse-
quent establishment of war emergency
measures, which have already resulted
in the arrests of trade unionists and the
attempt to place restrictions on trade
union activity; and whereas: political
action cannot be separated from, the ef-
forts involved in the struggle for better
wages and working conditions;

“Now therefore be it resolved: that
this convention go on record as approv-
ing the principle and practice of political
action, and further resolves for the set-
ting up of political welfare committees
in each local union and sub-local union,
Such committees to take on the work of
organizing the union membership for
political action.”

According to the London Times, the
greatest danger {s not the danger of de-
feat by Hitler. It is the danger of Bolshe-
vist revolution in Germany.

THIRD LOGGERS’ BALL
OUTSTANDING SUCCESS

The top-ranking social event of the
year for B.C. woodworkers took place
on December 29th last, when over 2000
persons attended the Third Annual Log-
gers Ball. Playing for the record smash-
ing crowd was the Ambassadors Orches-
tra, while Fred Marchese, manager of
the Hotel West and sponsor of “Green

Gold,” drew the lucky tickets. Prizes
went to the following: 1st, Fifty dollars ~
cash, Mr. Jack Cunferman, Spicers

Camp Superintendent (ticket no, 571);
2nd, Waltham Watch, Mrs. Cunferman
(ticket no. 4520); 3rd, a $35.00 Suit, M.
Terava, 656 E, Pender St, Vancouver
(ticket no, 4768); 4th, a General Electric
Radio, K. Korsarevich, 832 Heatley Ave.,
Vancouver (ticket no, 4757); 5th, a Pair
of Johnson’s Logging Boots, C. M. Hart~-
ney, Lake Log (ticket no, 2101); 1th, a
Hat, E, Viksten, 205 Carrall St, Vancou-
ver (ticket no, 501); 7th, a Bottle of
Scotch, Joseph Howe, 415 Nelson St.,
Vancouver (ticket no, 687).

Highlight of the evening came when
Fred Marchese drew for the third prize,
from the several thousand tickets in the
barrel, his own number; and then drew
a big hand from the crowd by tearing it
up and making a second draw, which
went to ticket no. 4768.

Finally a sincere yote of thanks to
those whose combined’ efforts went to
make this dance twice the success finan-
clally and socially of any previous LW.A.
function, 3

WAR THREATENS

(Continued From Page Three)

mportant and most basic industry to
show the progressive lead in uniting the
forces of labor, the farmers and all pro-
gressive forces to throw across the road
of reaction an unyielding barrier, he as-
serted. That barrier will be the deter-
mination of our people and particularly
our Union to continue to work for
greater social security, economic justice,
better housing, adequate old age pen-
sions, health insurance, equal educa-
tional facilities, jobs for the unemployed
in providing much needed conservation
services for our forest, fish and agricul-
tural resources, slum clearance and
other socially necessary projects; as well
as in struggling for the elimination of

-profits from war and civil rights for

all our citizens.

“In this, our Third Annual Conven-
tion, we must prepare a campaign to
press for the enactment of progressive
measures both in the coming Provincial
and Federal sessions of Parliament, We
™must prepare to use our ..political left

arm, as well as our economic right arm,”

Attention, Loggers!

Jack Matsui, formerly of the New
Lion Hotel, has moved to take over
personal management of the popu-
lar HOTEL EAST.

All communications regarding the
New Lion should be directed to Mr.
Matsui at the

HOTEL EAST

“Make It Home”
445 GORE AVE. SEymour 0308 .