Page Four THE B.C. LUMB ER WORKER .. B.C. LUMBER WORKER Bi-weekly Bulletin Published by B.C, DISTRICT COUNCIL International Woodworkers of America Managing Editor NIGEL MORGAN Boom 6504, Holden Bldg., Vancouver, B.C. Phone, PAcific 9727 Make Payments to: “LW.A, B.C. D.C,” Full Support to the IWA Program JR USEWHERE in this edition will be found a report of the elec- tion of officers for our Interna- tional Union, an election in which every member in good standing of our Union had the right to partici- pate in the secret ballot. New offi- cers have been elected and charged with the responsibility of carrying out the program drafted by the delegates from our various locals at the Fifth Constitutional Conven- tion of the IWA-CIO last month at Everett, Wash. ‘The immediate threat of fascist aggres- sion on the Pacific Coast which has been laid on our doorstep during the last week, has greatly increased the responsibility of our newly elected International Of- ficers — it has likewise greatly increased the need for the whole-hearted coopera- tion of the great membership of the IWA.. CAN be-truthfully stated that the program emanating from the Fifth Constitutional Convention is the most progressive ever formulated in the his- tory of the woodworking industry and is definitely a part of, and in line with the program of the CIO. This program represents the needs and aspirations of all labor both in Canada and the U.S. to achieve a better life for the common people. HIE five million affiliated members of the international CIO movement have pledged full support behind all-out war effort for the destruction of Hitler ism and fascism generally. To unite our strength in order to add our full effort to this great task is our greatest re- sponsibility today. The IWA in its Convention clearly demonstrated its determination to do its full part in the battle against fascist aggression. The highest degree of unity and co-operation from every District, every Local, every union official and every rank and filer, is essential if we are to carry out these responsibilities and the high objectives of our union. N THE carrying out of this program I organization is like life blood to the human being — therefore it is of the utmost importance that our Union con- tinue to grow and become stronger to meet the critical times that lie ahead. This is not only a matter of national de- fence but an essential part of the whole program to advance labor's interests and defend its rights. Let us therefore unite our ranks and support all those who uphold the strug- gle to protect democracy and eliminate fascism, not only from the Pacific, but from Europe and the face of the earth forever, (Signed) NIGEL MORGAN, Int. Executive Board Member, IWA-CIO District One. ALL-OUT AID (Continued from Page 1) which the danger of a bombing attack is imminent, wey While tho IWA-CGIO and Jabor as a whole are strongly opposed to any at- tempts to stir up racial prejudice, we swelcome the announced intention of the Government to demobilize the Japanese fishing fleet. There is an old saying that you can’t have an omelette without breaking the egg, and so while this policy will undoubtedly bring hardship on a number of innocent Japanese we recog~ nize it as a necessary precaution against fifth columnists. ClO REPORTS GREAT GAINS DETROIT.—The impressive record of gains rolled up by the CIO during the past year is an eloquent testimonial of the correctness of the militancy and con- ‘sistency with which the CIO’s basic or- ganizing principles have been applied, the Committee on Officers’ Reports’ de- clared in summarizing the organization program of the past year, at the CIO national convention, “The record of our affiliates in raising wages for their members shows that the CIO is fully worthy of the trust placed in it by the workers of the nation,” the report stated. “Since our last convention President Murray notes, the CIO has won wage raises of more than $1,250,,000,000 annually, Outstanding in these increases is the wage raise won by the UMWA and the abolition of the Southern differentials. “Thousands of contracts have been re- newed on improved terms; hundreds of new agreements won. Wage increases, union security, improved relationships between workers and employers have marked each of these successes. “In winning these gains, the CIO is acting,” as President Murray points out, “in the true interest of the nation and of a sound and unified defense program. A period of rising industrial activity, marked by greatly increased profits, has also been marked by a greater share of those increased profits going into the hands of the workers who created them. “The CIO submits that this is a contri- bution to the welfare of the entire Am- erican people unequalled by that of any other organized group in the nation.” “The drive to organize the cruelly ex- ploited workers of the South becomes a Major organizing task of the CIO, The drive to complete organization in the non-ferrous metals industry, in the oil industry where the CIO faces the might of Standard Oil, and the drives to carry full organization to the white collar, the government and other partially organ- ized fields are all under way as we meet here, “We can be sure that these workers will be brought into the CIO, with all the protection and all the improvements in living conditions that CIO membership has meant to other industrial workers.” ed timber and valuable mining claims in this Province were taken over by Japa- nese interests during the past decade. These companies, for which a number of prominent B.C. industrialists are “fronting,” are actually owned and con- trolled by the Mitsui and Mitsubishi in- terests, two of Japan's Big Families. These properties should be immediately seized by the Canadian Government and operated in the interests of an all-out war effort, instead of being allowed to exploit Canadian workers and resources for Japanese war purposes. The Canadian people will welcome as full allies the brave Chinese people whose struggle against Japanese aggression they have long supported. But here in B.C., now that the war has suddenly drawn close to us and we face the immi- nent danger of attack, labor will not lose sight of the fact that the vital front is still the eastern front. Rather, it will properly recognize in Japanese aggres- sion a desperate effort to weaken that front, Spurred by the added realization of the fascist menace to our national independence and individual liberties, labor will redouble its efforts on the production front — efforts that can most effectively be aided by the government's recognition of labor's demand for an equal voice in our war effort, which in this new critical situation, becomes more imperative than ever. IWA-CIO DISTRICT COUNCIL No. 1, (Signed) HJALMAR BERGREN, President. ERNIE DALSKOG, Vice-President. NIGEL MORGAN, Important large tracts of Crown Grant- Secretary-Treasurer, The Labor desperately in need of an its effect on the Japanese, materials, What gigantic forces the Nazis are using against the Red armies on tho eastern front was recently revealed by Lord Beaverbrook. The German high command, he stated, threw 30,000 tanks into the campaign against the Soviets, and 14,,000 of these against Moscow alone. To Lord Beaverbrook’s estimation of the Nazis’ tank strength on the eastern front the Stockholm correspondent of the Lon- don Daily Telegraph added the informa- tion that 10,000 planes were being used in the drive against Moscow, comprising only two of the Luftwaffe's known five air fleets. This would give Germany a minimum strength of 25,000 operational planes, including, probably, most of its reserves deep behind the front lines, many of which are now being diverted to the Libyan front. Knowing what terrible blows were struck against British industries last year when there were rarely more than 500 Nazi planes in the air over Britain in any one night, the full significance of these figures becomes apparent. They are and indication not only of the fury loosed upon the Soviet people, but of the storm that would now be raging over Britain were it not for the Red armies’ resolute defense, which bends to absorb the shock but does not break. Hitler used only a fraction of his total military strength against the Lowlands, France, Yugoslavia and Greece, but his political offensive to divide the democracies a failure, his mili- tary offensive against the Soviet Union proceeding only at terrific cost, he has been forced to fling virtually his entire force into the eastern campaign. Now the British have struck into North Africa and Hitler must either sacrifice his army in Libya—with all that defeat would mean in the reaction upon the !Italian people—while he concentrates his forces against Moscow, or divert reserves to Libya which might turn the scale on the eastern front. For the first time since the war started, Hitler no longer has the full initiative, While the Soviets are hurl- ing the Nazis out of Rostoy and lessening the threat to the Caucasus, their British allies are decimating the German-Italian forees in Libya. And, on the third, the internal front of occupied Europe, the Serbs, the Greeks, the Poles, are immobi- lizing forces that Hitler can ill spare. ‘The shape of allied victory is begin- ning to form in the darkness that has overwhelmed Europe. But it is still far off. The need is now for height- Nanaimo Steam Baths Private Rooms, Open every day, 1:00 to 12: pm. Experienced Masseurs. Excellent Service, 326 Wallace St. Phone 1486 NANAIMO, B.C. MALASPINA GARAGE. (Opposite Malaspina Hotel) NANAIMO, B.C. = Fleet of 10 New . 1941 CHEV. U-DRIVES REASONABLE RATES... PROMPT SERVICE by Evan Lane [pees Moscow as this is written the largest single concen Nazi forces yet to be employed in any one offensive is’ complete and tighten the encirclement of the Soviet capital. Spur the fear of being forced to conduct a winter campaign in the op impressive victory, the German high command is end wear down Moscow's valiant defenders by sheer weight of Viewpoin DISTRICT CONV! (Continued from Page One) »There are two distinct but related parts to this fight Hitlerism which will require consideration by the delegates. 0 the rendering of all possible aid Britain, the Soviet Union and © —the countries bearing the brunt of military resistance to world fase ‘The other is the production of a d ocratic defense program that will as- sure maximum production and an out war effort, and at the same ti guard democracy against pei of that program into anti-demo channels by Hitlerite elements in Canada. All Locals, Sub-Locals, Camps Mills are urged to elect their delega’ immediately and send in credential f resolutions or other matters to come fore the Convention to the District S tary. A number of prominent spe‘ have been invited to address the di gates, including the Mayor of Vancou and the new International Officers of IWA-CIO, Arrangements are also bein made for a Convention Banquet picture show on January 3rd, and | Loggers’ Victory Mass Meeting to clude the session on Sunday, Janual 4th, ened activity on the production fro to break the profit jams that ar holding back the flood of the pe democratic energy. The need now for governmental policies that remove the undemocratic me cluttering the way. Hitler has taught the world a lesson in what production means in ern war, a lesson that only the Sovit learned before it was forced on Criminal policies allowed him years which to prepare and perfect his ¥ machine. Now that the lesson has learned, it must be applied—and are no years for preparation. methods were those of fear and & the methods of the slave-driver, can democratically be met only by ting labor to its rightful place of equ in the war effort, by inspiring the wor ers of Canada to feats of production possible within the fascist system. Be tween allied production and the fore production of Hitler’s Europe still a great gap. The closing of to supply the allies’ military needs measure of victory. ps ther Scandinavian D, in the HASTINGS AUD! 828 BH, Hastings EVERY WEDNESD: HELGE ANDERSON’S 01 Admission 25¢ ‘Ladies he “The greater the difficulties are, stronger we resist. The must be ours.”—Dr, P. D. c!