THE BC LUMBER WORKER

THE CASK- OF ANARCHY
(With apologies to P. G, Shelley)

As I was going to the Loggers’ spree
There came a whoop from o'er the sea,
And with great power, called O.P.,

It made me stagger in proesy. +

I met Dalskog on the way,

He'd just arrived from Menzies Bay,
Very tight he looked, yet trim,

Seven “hay bags” followed him.

All were fat, and well they might
Be in admirable plight

For one by one and two by two

He tossed them crocks of Pilsener’s brew
Which from his pack sack he drew,

Next came Griff and he had on
Like McCuish, a derby brown.
His big tears, for he was tight,
Turned millstones in the night.

And the little “hay bags,” who

Round his feet staggered to and fro,
‘Thinking all the tears were crocks
Had their “brains” knocked 20 blocks.

And many more loggers played

In this ghastly masquerade,

All were tight, even to the eyes,

With Sterno, Goof and Diamond Dyes.

Next came Hjalmar, he was pale,
With “White Horse” and ginger ale,
He was full, even to the lips

Like Death in the Apocalypse,

Morgan wore a kingly frown

And in his grasp a cork-screw shone,
And on his brow this mark I saw,

I am God, and King, and Law.

Pritchett—stately and fast,

Thru the Embassy Hall he past,
Trampling in a mire of brew
Bottles, glasses, and puke and stew,

And a mighty troop around,

With their trampling shook the ground,
Waving each a foaming mug

Or sprawling peacefully on the rug.

President Roosevelt declares that he is
“delighted” with the news that bis troops
have broken the North American Avi-
ation plant strike, He is also no doubt
delighted with the compliments he's
getting from the Morgans and DuPonts.

PACKSACK FOUND

A packsack left by one of the
Lake Log crew on the bull-car at
Lake Cowichan was taken to the
Nanaimo Bus Depot, where it
can be claimed by the owner.

DENTISTS

LLEWELLYN

Dr. R. Douglas

Phone PAc, 6949

“x

July 22, 1961

J. L, Cohen, K.C.:

Ottawa:
“(1) I have suffered five heart

attacks, the first occurring toward
the end of March, when I spent nine
days in the hospital, I~was dis-
charged and had another attack in
the month of May. Since that date
I have been confined to bed but have
nevertheless suffered three further
attacks and they are now recurring
at shorter intervals and with greater
severity;

“(2) I have been under the medical
care of Dr. M. Braunstein, Medical
Arts Building, Montreal, since the fall
of 1938, and he can be referred to
for my cardiograph record and med-
fcal history. I have given this in-
formation to the authorities but to
my knowledge they have not taken
advantage of it;

“(8) Since my second admittance
to the hospital on May 8 my weight
has dropped from 128 to 118 pounds.
This steady decline is causing me deep
concern.

“It is my firm conviction that re-
covery will be impossible under the
present circumstances and I would,
therefore, urge that you seek permis-
sion for my own physician to examine
me with a view to securing my re-
moval to other surroundings, where
my health, and possibly my life, would
not remain in constant jeopardy.”

No one will deny that a letter of
such a disquieting nature should have
been delivered without delay. A man’s
life was at stake, yet it was not re-
ceived by Mr. Cohen until June 30.
It was delayed eleven days by de-

Sullivan's Life In Danger;
Workers Demand Release

On June 17, J. A. “Pat” Sullivan, interned president of the Cana-
dian Seamen’s Union, addressed the following letter to his legal counsel,

“T am sure that Mr, Ferguson (acting president of the Canadian|
Seamen’s Union) has informed you about the state of my health. How-
ever, in view of the fact that I am not receiving the type of treatment
or care that might lead to improvement, I wish to present the following
information, which I would like you to lay before the authorities at

partment of justice officials.

Sullivan’s report on the condition
of his health is fully corroborated by
a man recently released from the same
internment camp. For weeks Sulli-
van's fellow internees have been
greatly alarmed by the steady decline
of his health, but the Ottawa authori-
ties have shown a callous indiffer-
ence and kept the facts from Sullivan’s
wife, from his union, froni his lawyer
and from the Canadian people.

Contrast this with their solicitude
for the millionaires James and Leon-
ard Franceschini, both of whom were
interned because of their known sup-
port of fascist organizations. These
men have been “unconditionally re-
leased,” and have had their millions
returned to them, but Sullivan the
anti-fascist, the able and courageous
leader of Canada’s seamen, is left to
die in an internment camp, where he
has been held without trial for over
a year, and where he will remain
until the Canadian labor movement
compels the Ottawa government to
release him,

Sullivan’s life is in danger. There
is no time to lose. Let every trade
unionist, every Canadian who be-
lieves in justice, make his voice
heard and heard now.

Raise this Issue in every mine,
every shop, and every factory, from
New Waterford to Victoria, De-
mand the release of J, A. “Pat”
Sullivan NOW!

—‘“The Canadian Tribune.”

Balmoral Barber Moves
Alf Lindahl, proprietor of the Bal-
moral Barbers, long a patronizer of
the Lumber Worker advertising col-
umns, announces removal to “Fred’s
Barber Shop,” $34 Main Street.

Army Carpenters

SYDNEY, N.S.—Skilled union carpent-
ers are idle while soldiers receiving $1.30
a day are doing the work they should be
doing, the local union, United Brother-
hood of Carpenters and Joiners, AFL,
charged last week. Such a situation was
not helpful to army and labor morale, the
union said,

International Convention
In Nearby Everett, Wash.
SEATTLE. — The International
Executive Board Monday chose
Everett, Wash., as the scene of
the fifth annual convention of the
International Woodworkers of
America. The convention will
begin Wednesday, October 8, 1941,

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VOTE TO STRIKE

MONTREAL, Que.—Nearly 5,000 air-
craft workers in four plants, members
of Local 712, International Association of
Machinists, AFL, voted to strike last
week unless their demands for a five-
cent hourly wage increase, closed shop
and time-and-a-half over 44 hours are
granted, Action will be withheld until
a conciliation board meets,

Ten-Cent Increase

BUFFALO, N.Y.—Hourly raises of 10
cents for 7,700 employees of the Bell Air-
craft Corp, are provided in a new con-
tract won by the CIO United Automobile
Workers. The agreement follows four
weeks of negotiations,

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