THE BC. LUMB ER WORKER aging? Bulletin Published b: 4 B.C. DISTRICT COUNCIL be International Woodworkers of America Managing Editor ie NIGEL MORGAN ‘Room 504, Holden Bldg., Vancouver, B.C, Phone, PAcific 9727 ise Payments to: “LW.A., B.C. D.0.” TABOR URGES ALL- -OUT WAR PROGRAM ‘With the provincial elections over and the opening of the legislature imminent, organized labor is looking towards the first session of Parliament with interest. British Columbia faces a political crisis, Premier Pattullo's unpopular policies ‘were repudiated overwhemingly by the people in the last election, but not de- to the extent that either the Conservative or CCF parties obtained a majority. There is talk, on the one hand, ‘of a union government, and on the other hand of a Liberal-Conservative coalition. ‘Through the overwhelming vote cast for opposition parties, the people de- monstrated their discontent with the Pattullo government’s policies and re- jected the Liberal party's appeal for en- dorsation of the government's provincial war effort, They demanded, through their votes, policies which would answer their immediate needs and full utiliza- tion of our provincial resources in con- tributing to the national war effort. The International Woodworkers of America, in common with all organized labor, has pledged its best efforts to- wards increased production and indus- trial harmony calculated to promote an all-out war effort in the logging in- dustry, Woodworkers throughout the prov- ince, are now looking to this first ses- Session of Parliament for the expression of their desires, indicated by the pro- Vineial election result. 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Cordova St. | = LUMBER WORKER $rolicies are now detrimental to our war effort and must be changed. Through the trade union movement, woodworkers, with all organized labor, should demand that Premier Pattullo, apparently determined to continue in office with a Liberal minority govern- ment, respond to the will of organized labor by announcing a program for a democratic provincial war effort that will unite the people in the common task of working for victory. Only such a program, embodying proposals to meet the people’s needs can rally popular sup- port so that any party or group in the legislature daring to oppose it will for- felt all confidence. Organized labor has made its voice clearly heard in a demand for an in- creased war effort, to mobilize B.C. industry and resources with war nec- essities and not profits as the deciding factor. Leading the way in these demands, in their readiness to promote increased production and harmony in essential war industries, organized workers in B.C. have a right to know how Premier Pattullo intends to satisfy their demand for recognition of their rights and an equal voice in direction of the war effort. They want to know how he plans to redistribute taxation to make equality of sacrifice a fact, how he in- tends to end profiteering, waste and inefficiency which is now holding up our war effort. These are things to which woodwork- ers want an answer, to which they are entitled to a full statement of policy from the provincial government, Having told the government what labor wants, woodworkers must now give leadership in the struggle for real- ization of the people’s demands. DENTISTS LLEWELLYN Dr. R. 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D. R. Margesson and Lord Halifax, British ambassador to the United States, and “others who, to say the least, have displayed hesitation in pressing forward for the defeat of Nazi Germany, should be removed from all responsible positions in the government.” e pane the action to the word, Brit- ish workers are stepping up produc- tion, In many vital war industries out- put is increasing as bottlenecks caused by wasteful and inefficient methods are removed. The South Wales coal mining industry is only one example where, as a result of joint proposals worked out by the miners and the mine management, production has been increased. Coal Is essential to feed the steel plants which supply Britain's vast armaments factories. “More coal,” was the demand, and early in September delegates from South Wales pit production committees, meeting under the leadership of Arthur Horner, president of the South Wales Miners Federation and chairman of the South Wales district of the Communist party, met*in a production conference. There was only one question on the agenda—what practical measures could be taken in the pits to step up produc- tion, Today the pit production committees are virtually revolutionizing the coal in- dustry in South Wales .While disputes HASTINGS STEAM BATHS 764 EAST HASTINGS ST. Government Registered Masseurs in Attendance J. WEPSALA, Prop. 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Z The important point is that while production has been increased as a result of this joint effort, the miners’ working conditions have also been im- proved. ° (ERE 1s a lesson.for Canadian work- ers in this, a lesson too, for the King government. Canadian production is a tremendously important factor in the world struggle to defeat Hitlerism. The fact that our factories, our produc- tion lines, have not come under direct artillery fire, as the factories'in besieged Leningrad, or air attack, as in battered London, does not make the threat any the less nor decrease the urgency of the need for increased output. In Canada, too, there are bottlenecks—far too many of them, They can be overcome, and the quickest way to eliminate them is through adoption of a labor policy that will give the workers a voice in production and at the same time assure them protection of their rights. Lack of such a policy is the biggest bottleneck ‘of all. 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