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THE B.C. LUMBER WORKER

Lake Log Crew Back Victory Bond

To the Editor:

At a special meeting held at Lake Logging on February 20, a motion
was passed that every member of the union who could possibly do so
should buy a Victory Bond in the Second Victory Loan.drive. The Camp
Committee informed Mr. E. M. Olts, superintendent, of their intention to
handle bonds, and he gave them splendid co-operation, going to Duncan to
procure material and information necessary to get the drive started.

CONDITIONS BAD
AT SALMON RIVER

Conditions at Salmon River Log Co.,
Kelsey Bay, are not all good, according to
a report received from one of our mem-
bers this week. Rigging men are tray-
elling in and out all the time, and the
fallers can’t make any decent wages.

Camp conditions are very poor. There
are not enough bed clothes to make a
change, and no dryhouse. The food, how-
ever, is not so bad. There are 175 men
working, three loading sides, and around
16 to 17 sets of fallers.

When a crew came down from camp,
they were taken to the wharf at 7 p.m.
and left there to wait for the boat, which
arrived at 5 a.m. the next morning, with
no shelter or cover in which to wait.

In order to keep warm during the
night, the men had to build a fire on
the road. :

May we suggest to Dewey Anderson
that, without very much expense, he
could build some kind of shelter for-the
boys to-wait in when they go to town?

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As a result of this excellent work,

Victory Bond sales amounted to
$12,250, with nearly everyone con-
tributing. The slogan during the drive
was, “We won’t tell you why you should
buy a bond; you tell us why you
shouldn't.” The drive was also helped
a great deal by the efforts of Brother
Nigel Morgan and the “Green Gold”
broadcast weekly over OJOR.

Last fall, an ARP committee was
formed to make the blackout as effici-
ént as possible and to suggest means of
reducing hazards around the camp dur-
ing the enforced darkness. With this
idea in mind, railings were erected
around sidewalks to prevent falls. Since
coming back to work this year the com-
mittee has been attending the first aid
lectures weekly.

‘This camp commenced operations about
January 20, but is working only two
tracksides and a cold-decker. The crew,
as usual, immediately got its various
committees functioning — even the Press
Committee awakened from its slumbers.

The Camp Committee, most important
of the committees, meets regularly every
week and sometimes has “emergency
meetings” as different questions arise.
Around these parts, it’s quite an honor to
be a member of this committee and you
certainly miss most of the fun if you are
not elected to it.

Second in significance is our Safety
Committee, which is as vital to the wel-
fare of the crew as any other and is one
of which we are justly proud as we
have always ot the full cooperation of
the company and the crew. As proof
of the efficiency of this committee we
can proudly say that we have not had
one fatal accident in the rigging de-
partment for six years and no fatality
in any department of the operation for
two years, This shows that a well-

functioning Safety First Committee,
elected by the crew, always on the
alert for hazards, will pay big divi-
dends.

The Library Committee is handling the
wok of the union Library very satis-
factorily, and is quite busy these winter
evenings, as the long nights tend to
arouse the burly timber beasts to elevate
their intelligence by perusing the offer-
ings of some of our familiar authors,

Camp delegates have a snap here as
non-paying members are about as rare as
29 at cribbage. It seems that long, long
ago there was one here but he left, There
is one regular monthly dues collection
which is checked off at the office and
those wealthy members who are mostly

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With Help Of hes Organizer

CHILLIWACK, B.C.—Quick action on
the part of the crew, assisted by meal |
Morgan, IWA Int'l Executive Board mem-
ber, obtained a satisfactory settlement
to a dispute which arose at B& K's
Vedder Crossing Camp on the question of
the fallers’ bushel-rate.

At a meeting of the crew held before
work commenced at 7 am., a “holiday”
was declared last Monday and a com-
mittee instructed | to proceed to Vancou-
ver to get the help of an organizer from
the District Office.

Addressing a meeting of the crew at
Vedder Crossing on Monday night, Nigel
Morgan outlined the benefits of unionism
and explained the cost-of-living order-in-
council PC 8253, with the result that all
the crew were signed up with the excep-
tion of two.

‘A Camp Committee was elected at that
meeting and arrangements made for
future meetings. In addition, the sup-
erintendent was invited to the meeting
to discuss the plecework grievance, and
an understanding reached which was
later approved by unanimous vote of
the crew.

single and have an odd dollar in their
pockets sometimes pay in coin of the
realm, Non-union members who come to
camp are initiated “tout suite” and give
us no trouble.

We would like to take this opportunity
of thanking Dr. Douglas for making the
“Green Gold” broadcast possible. He may
not receive much mail from this camp,
but he certainly gets a good audience,
judging from the number of men who
gather around the various radios in camp
at broadcast time on Tuesdays.

‘That is all we have to report for this
time, but we promise to send regular
reports in future,

Fraternally yours,
PRESS COMMITTEE,
H. Lehti, W. Sutherland,

EDITOR'S NOTE. — Congratulations,
Lake Log Press Committee! This is what
a camp press report SHOULD be like,
and also is an excellent example of the
cooperation and splendid work possible
in an ORGANIZED camp, Other camp
press committees, please note!

DANCING

at the
Ih Community Hall
1320 East Hastings St.

DANCING 9 to 2

Music by ~
HELGE ANDERSON

EVERY SATURDAY

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Dispute Settled

CAMP ACTIVITY

The Loggers’ Navy, “MV.
Wayne, left this week for the eee
mainland and northern Vancouver Island
camps. The “Laur Wayne” will sail
direct to Seymour Inlet and work from
there south calling in to Wells Pass,
Simon Sound, Knights Inlet, Minstrel
Island, Johnsons Straits, Lockborough
Inlet and Yuclata, Ernie Dalskog, Secre-
tary of IWA Local 1-71, will be in charge
of the “Laur Wayne,” with Charles Mit-
chell as his assistant, Sointula will be
headquarters for the “Laur Wayne” for

the next few months,

M. & M,, Forward Bay.— Reports crew
coming and going, Big turnover because
of being cheap. After month of work
crew is sent down which has the boys
wondering if the company has an ar-
rangement with the U.S.S. Co.

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©. & A. Log, Port McNeill—Board up
to $1.65 per day, Conditions generally
bad; food poor and no proper bunk~
houses. Reports say, “No good.” (Hdi-
tor’s Note: Why not have the Wartime
Prices and Trade Board investigate the
increase in the price of board?)

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LOG PRICES —

Fir . $13.50, $18.50 and $25.50
Hemlock seveee $13.50
Cedar (Shingle) | “13650, $20.50, $26.50

“MLV. Annart” reports visits to Q.C..
camps proceeding in spite of “concen-
tration-camp-like” restrictions by oper~
ators, which are deeply resented by the
crews.” Camp Committees are function-
ing in all camps and protests are being
sent to managements and government
over provocative action of companies.

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