Page Two THE B.C. Roe eccccececececceccccny ‘ Members Attention! # Copies of the new International Con- {stitution are available to all Union 4 4 members. Send in your order now! ¢ ‘ Ernie Dalskog, Secretary, , LW.A. Local 1-71. q PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS! Meet Your Friends at MANITOBA HOTEL 44 W. Cordova St. Outside Rooms — Elevator Service Steam Heat — Reasonable Rates Centrally Located SEy. 8580 N. J. THOMPSON, Mer. SCANDIA CAFE 217 Carrall St. “The place to meet your chums at meal-time in town” D ‘ g s s ’ ’ ‘ o g 6 s t 5 ’ , s ’ é , ' ‘ , , ’ ’ 4 “phe greater the difficulties are, are stronger we resist, The final victory must be ours.”—Dr. P, D, Chang, in “China Today. HANEY TAILORS 62 East Hastings St. Phone SEy. 9417 Vancouver, B.C. WE GUARANTEE A PERFECT FIT AND COMPLETE SATISFACTION! (= “Styles for Young Men and Men who Stay Young” 301 West Hastings St. THE BARBER SHOP in Balmoral Hotel 159 East Hastings St. ALWAYS GOOD SERVIOE UNION SHOP Alf Lindahl, Prop. DENTISTS LLEWELLYN Dr. R. Douglas Phone SEy. 5577 Corner Richards and Hastings Hotel West Ltd. 444 Carrall St., Vancouver, B.O. Hello, Everybody, — Well, here we are again, and Spring is really in the air. We certainly are getting the breaks as far as good Spring weather is concerned. If only every- thing was as nice we could all have a wonderful time, ain’t it a fact? A few casualties arrived since. last issue. Nils Kravik came in with a sore throat, and Viking Hagvik came in with a sore shoulder; let's hope that they are O.K. again shortly. Pete McCulloch, Bill McWilliams, Otto Asplund and Cliff Redmond all dropped in for a stay, as well as our friends of the “NAVY” John McCuish and Ted Gunrud, who by the reports we hear had a very suc- cessful trip. Nice going, boys. ‘Among the departures since last issue we find the names of our good Sanstrom, Fred Barry, and Leo West. Leo by the way ‘appears to be fully recovered from his accident and left here in good spirits. By the way, boys, don’t be afraid to drop us a line line at any time should you happen to want anything from town; we will be only too pleased to ac- friend Bill Hyde, P. commodate. ' So until next issue, AS EVER, TRADES COUNCIL UPHOLDS AFL SPLITTING, EXPULSION ORDER LUMBER WORKER __ ' By a vote for expulsion of Communists and Communist sympathizers of 2861 for and 1628 against, the Vancouver Trades and Labor Council upheld the order of William Green, President of the American Federation of Labor, issued on Feb. 20 and put to a referendum ballot of the affiliates of the Council. Highlights of the April 2nd meeting when the results of the ballot were given by C. Pritchard, Chairman of the committee ap- pointed by president Jamieson, were the expulsion of Journeymen Tailors’ Union, Local 176, which has held a seat in the Council for 50 years, and the Inland Boatmen’s Union. Both of these unions are CIO affiliates. SPICER’S CAMP GAINS HOIST News received at Union Head- quarters of another slight wage in- crease this month, when a 25 cent day raise was given to all the rigging crew at Spicer’s Camp. The fallers are still temporarly Iaid off because of being so far ahead of the rigging crew, although production is going ahead full blast. The camp s cutting chiefly cedar, with a small percentage of hemlock. The wage increase will be retro-active to March Ist. CIO Wins 1937 Steel Strike The most important decision of the National Labor Relations Board (U.S.) was recorded this week when the Su- preme Court upheld the, ruling of the Government Labor Board forcing the Republic Steel Corporation to reinstate and pay back wages to 9 thousand stri- kers who participated in the bloody “Little Steel Strike” of 1937. Labor Board officials said a plan was under way to have a staff of checkers in the field within two weeks to work on back pay claims. The order against Republic Steel, the largest re-instatement case ever decided by the Board stated the corporation was guilty of unfair labor practises and or- dered it to dis-establish certain com- pany-dominated unions and to rehire with all back wages, all workers de- clared to have been discharged for union activity. The Corporation claims that seven and one-half million was spent in extraordin- ary expenses which it incurred during the strike. Bill Donavon, District Director of the $.W.0.C. (CIO), which called the strike in 1937, after Republic and other inde- pendent steel producers had refused to bargain with the union, said the Court's order was probably the greatest victory ever achieved by organized labor. SBy. 9401, SEy. 9402 There are 72 unions affiliated with the council, 29 o fthem giving the majority vote for expulsion, with 19 voting against. The ballots of three unions were rejected, and nine unions sent in letters instead of the ballot authorized by the council and were also disallowed. Of the total unions, 22 made no returns whatever. Strong opposition was voiced by dele- gates to the expulsion order, many of them asking “who would be the judge to decide who was a communist or commu- nist sympathizer?” President Jamieson, when asked this question, answered, “I will.” When A. Fordyce make a notice of motion, that the slogan “to each union member the political party of his choice,” be removed from the masthead of the Labor States- man, the monthly publication of the Trades Council, President Jamieson agreed that it would be removed. It is expected that further expulsions will take place before or at the next Coun- cil meeting. However, there is consider- able opposition to the whole campaign, as numerous delegates voiced the opinion “that a dangerous situation may develop, causing a breach in the ranks of labor, and hindering the development of or- ganization.” Local unions have been circularized with the autocratic demand they “purge” their delegates immediately and interest will be focussed on the next meeting of the Council on April 23rd. REGULAR CHECK OF LOGGIN GEQUIPMENT IS DEMANDED PORTLAND, Ore.—The high price of lumber as measured in human life under the present laxity in enforcement of state safety regulations led the Portland Industrial Union Council last week to demand that the Industrial Accident Commission send an inspector to make a regular check-over on all equipment used in the logging industry. ‘The action was taken after Sig Olson, prominent member of IWA Local 5-3, cited the high death rate in the woods and said that the state safety code js being violated in many instances. The Advocate A staunch and consistent Trade Union Supporter. Help us become more ef- fective. SUBSCRIBE! DONATE! Room 20, 163 West Hastings Vancouver, B.C. WEST Cars Fully Insured . Office and Stand Pes oie Phone ve CAMP ACTIVIT It is reported this week that & R. Log Company at Squ have completed their present about ten weeks time. The Katoe Logging Co. at Harri Lake is employing about 35 men, wor! Ing a cat-camp with onedonkey cold decking. According to information r ceived, pay is rated by experience, ing at 40 cents per hour. Four ganj of fallers are employed at $4.50, and o gang is contracting for 65 cents thousand, Board is $1.20 per day. TI men live in tents with cedar shake fl ing. There is no wash house, the bull- cook bringing water into the tents for | washing. The camp is situated at the north-west end of the lake, z Mielty Bros, at Hoya Sound are work- ing about 35 ment with two cold decks and one side loading. Four sets of fallers _ are at work. Board and camp conditions _ are fair although there are a large num- ber of men coming nd going each week. Albert Moores Camp at Winter Har bor is working an A-frame, a cold decker and skyline with about 35 ment. Bunk- housese are fair, the grub O.K, with board at $1.35 per day and a monthly — hospital fee of $1.00. There were about 20 men coming and going last month, which is mainly fault of the foreman, who is hooking, high-rigging, running camp, and also running donkey WHEN HE WANTS TO. Besides the aforemen- tioned jobs, he spends his spare time making life miserable, according to re- cent complaints reaching Union Head- quarters, Erickson’s Camp near Porty Hardy, a small gyppo will be starting up soon with _ one side. Dumaresq’s two camps on Seymour Inlet are running full. blast. Ashley's at Port Hardy, and Zoney’s Camp on Seymour Inlet are also oper- ating at capacity production. Gustafson Bros. a tJervis Inlet will be closng down on the 18th, as the claim is finished and the machinery nd equip- ment isbeing moved to the beach, while the Company is looking for new claims. Niemi Log Co. at Sechelt is working three machnes and 8 sets of fallers. The fallers seem to have done fair in small timber, but the board is reported to be badly in need of improvement. A meet ing was held in this camp on March Sist, at which it was agreed the food was pretty putrid, and a delegation elected from the crew to take up the grievance. Since then there is reported a slight improvement. ‘The Pacific Mills new operation in the Q.C.I. is reported to have hired its crew. The following camps are all reported running near capacity: C.R-T., Bloedel, Stewart and Welch, at Menzies Bay, V.L. & M, Camp 7, at Fanny Bay, Mal ahat Log at Port Renfrew, Island Log at Jordan River, Comox Log at Lady- smith, Franklin River and the Grea Central Lake camps. Sproat Lake running ful Iblast with cold decks ing double shift, while APL. Camp VL. & M, Camp 8 at Lake Cowic and Lake Log, are operating on a p Ask for “GEORGE” . seymour 0445 9401 2 tially curtailed basis. * TAXI . - Reasonable Rates West Hotel, 444 Carrall