Page Two THE B.C LUMBER WORKER Local 1-71 Annual Meet Most Successful With the largest and most representative delegations in the Eas of the local, seventy-five delegates four camps, members and fraternal delegates to the Fifth Annual meeting of the IWA Local 1-71 met in the Holden Building Auditorium en- thusiastically on Monday to lay plans for the coming year. Foremost in all delegates’ minds was the threat of fascism to labor, brought even nearer by Japan’s attack upon the United States and British possessions in the Pacific, and the whole keynote of the convention was given by Secretary Ernie Dalskog in the officers’ report ‘when he stated: “We declare ourselyes as one with the government in an all-out war ef- fort to defeat fascism, realizing that fascism, whether of the Hitler or the Mikado brand, is the greatest danger to the working peoples of the world.” John McCuish, president, who has been on the MV “Annart” for the past few months in the Queen Charlotte Islands, was re-elected for the coming year, as was Ernie Dalskog, secretary-treasurer. Vice-Presidents elected were Al Fusle, Fred Litzenberger, Einar Hijeldiiess; Trustees, Chris Bergdahl, Hinar Eckman, Joe Clements; Warden, McGillivray; Con- ductor, Sam Allcock. Resolutions unanimously endorsed by the whole gathering carried out the key- note, pledging unreserved support in all civilian defense measures, particularly in industrial defense groups, and to “ex- ert all effort to increase vital war pro- duction both for home defense and for supplying our Canadian forces, and Brit- ish and Soviet allies in the field”; and asking that the government “grant labor’s demands for an equal voice in the carrying out of our war effort so that all our people and all our resources can be most speedily and effectively mobilized to meet the great task facing us as a nation.” Following are extracts from the of- ficers’ report presented by Secretary Ernie Dalskog: “Living as we do in the most westerly part of Canada, the danger to our se- curity is great and we pledge our or- ganization wholeheartedly to the de- fense of our country. In this defense of our country and towards the destruc- tion of fascism forever from this earth, Canada must rally all its manpower, its natural resources and its productive capacity... .” “More tanks, more planes and more guns, more coal, more steel and more lumber must now come in to play in our struggle to vanquish the little Caesars of Rome, Tokio and Berlin. Labor will show its patriotism by making this ob- jective paramount to all others. The " CIO in its recent Detroit convention de- clared in a resolution, ‘Labor appreciates more than any other group that in this grave crisis mediation and peaceful so- lution of our industrial disputes is of the utmost importance, . . .” “Our International has made a pro- * posal for such lumber industry councils and we should carefully consider such a plan for proposal. to our district conven- tion. In brief, industry councils would: Stabilize management-labor relations; BINGO & DANCING at the Swedish Community Hall 1320 Hast Hastings St. BINGO 8:30 DANCING 9 to 2 Music by HELGE ANDERSON EVERY SATURDAY ADMISSION 25 CENTS representing approximately twenty- would add labor's immense knowledge to the administration of war production; speed up the output essential now for the defeat of the Axis aggressors; and by dispensing with any occasion for antilabor legislation, industry councils would ‘contribute toward the national unity without which our survival as a free people is in deadly jeopardy.” “In making all these proposals here today we realize that the employers are making and will continue to make huge profits, but, brothers, fascism must be defeated first of all if we are going to survive as a free people with the right to organize and bargain collectively with the employer. “Labor is anxious to contribute to- wards the military victory over fascism, but our government has not as yet seen fit to take organized labor in its coun- cils and war boards, and we feel that labor, with its vast invaluable resources of skill, knowledge and experience, could contribute much more in the present emergency if it was taken into full partnership with industry, management and governmental agencies in working out plans for maximum production, maxi- mum efficiency and elimination of waste. We, as workers are vitally con- cerned with the protection of industry, of our homes, with the defense of this coast, where the threat of invasion and raids is imminent. We must have anti- aircraft guns. We must have air raid shelters. We are told that blackouts are necessary gnd if blackouts are necessary then so are shelters, and shelters can- not be constructed overnight. The work takes weeks and months. Forces for other air raid precautions must be de- veloped. Home defense must be organ- ized. These things take time and effort and if there is no preparation made if @ raid and invasion takes place then it is too late, “We, as loggers, are vitally con- cerned with this, especially in view of the fact that a great majority of our membership are working in the most exposed westerly part of Canada, the Queen Charlotte Islands and on the west coast of Vancouver Island which is sparsely populated and without suf- ficient means of defense. It would be an easy matter for the enemy to estab- lish bases in those parts. Who, may we ask, are more fitted for defense than the loggers under the conditions that exist’ by the nature of the country, than they who by their occupation must be in the best of physical condition and (Continued on Page Four) 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. | Always a Friendly Welcome at the STANLEY HOTEL 21 W. Cordova Reasonable Rates BUCK AND HARRY MUNN Proprietors Total Receipts For Boat Fund Complete list of donations to the Boat Fund as at December 20, 1941: Kelley's Camps ... $346.00 B.C. Pulp (Spry) Camp . 196.65 Camp B-40 175.40 Morgan's Camps 154.78 Gibson’s Camp, Chamis Bay ..... 149.40 Allison’s Camps .... 105.76 Camps A-35 (Carstairs) 88.00 Bell & Campbell’s Camp .... 76.50 67.25 60.50 59.23 57.00 -- 55.00 55.00 53.00 52.00 47.95 47.00 44.50 43.15 41.50 39.50 37.50 36.00 34.00 31.00 28.35 27.00 25-00 23.41 21.25 20.90 20.50 19.00 17.00 16.00 13.00 12.00 Vancouver Bay Camp Gustafson’s Camp ... Niemi’s Camp ............ Soderman’s Camp ... Albert Moore’s Camp .. Nitinat Lake Camp .. Maigrot’s Camp ... Moore Bay Camp (Lundeen’s) H. & R., and Clark’s Camps. Doe Gildersleve’s Camp ... La Farr’s Camp Seymour Camp A. Ring’s Camp Port Neville Camp . Dumaresq’s Camp McIntyre’s Camp Carson's Camp Ashley’s Camp ©. & A. Camp . Loose Lake Camp P. & O. Camp .. North Coast Camp O’Brien’s Camp Brown Bros, Camp O™Malley’s Camp Zoney’s Camp .. Ocean Falls Boom Crew Drury Camp .. K. & W. Camp Olson’s Camp .. Bob Hope's Camp 10.00 Richardson & Hayward’s Camp 9.00 York’s Camp 8.00 Erickson’s Camp 70.0 Anderson’s Camp 7.00 Johnson's Camp 7.00 Western Camp 5.00 M. & M, Camp ... 5.00 Consolidated Camp 3.66 B. & K. Camp, Sechelt -. 3.50 Spring Creek Camp 3.00 Matheson’s Camp - 2.00 G. H. Moore’s Camp 2.00 Lee's Camp ... . 2.00 Individual Contributions ......... 262.27 Total to Dec. 20, 1941... $2784.01 Note: Since closing the books for the year, a further donation of $22.00 has been received from McIntyre’s Camp. | CAMP ACTIVITY | Camp 8 and 6 Youbou — Going back January 2. Bloedels, Stewart and Welch, Menzies Bay, Franklin River — Going back Sun- day, January 4, Pioneer Lumber Company — Opening Sunday, January 4. Ashley—Taking men out. Port McNeil Log reported going back the first of the week. It is reported that the Queen Char- lotte Island camps will be taking men out around the middle of January, Some camps around Harrison Lake gone back to work already. Song of the Swede Logger ‘Ay yoost coom down for a look at de town wid a yavla stake to spand, ‘And Ay tank Ay go to de Alamo wid my raiggin’ slingin’ frand. ‘Ay tank Ay take my yavla stake vair Ay find de vimmin and Vine, And Ay tank Ay’ll look for de dame dat took dat last big stake of mine. - So ve yazz right down to skidroad town, wid de Yarvis Inlet crew, ‘And ve yip and yall, and ve raise old hall, and ve drink de whole night tru’. ‘And today Ay look like dat big, fat cook ven he comes from a veek-end yag, ‘And ‘Ay got a boomp like a hemlock stoomp, and a head like a big beer keg. And somevun take my yavia stake in one of the yoints uptown; And svipe my shoes, and drank my booze, and boomped me on de crown} And take my hat, and go like dat, and~ sock me in de eye; And says, “Too bad, dat’s all he had, dat Svenska poiga guy.” So Ay tank, ba goom, Ay go back hoom, wid de Yarvis Inlet crew; And Ay’ll saw de spruce, and chew de snoose, and tank of de stake Ay blew. 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