‘This man Morgan always checks me up

_ about something every time he meets me.

‘Yesterday he said: “Say Old Timer why
didn’t you send in your column last
‘week Every time it’s not in the paper,
the boys raise hell about it. This week
we received a letter from one of our
star organizers, complaining about your
punctuality and sending in a Bullcook
column.”
Right here I got mad and asked
Morgan: “Is this guy a columnist? No.
Is he a member of the Guild? No. Does
he belong to the Fraternal Order of Bull-
cooks? No, Well, then,” says I, “what
business has he to try and write as a
columnist. Why, when any famous col-
umnist is indisposed and does not make
the dead-line, no one jumps in and sub-
stitutes, This gift of writing is just
restricted to us few well-known writers,
such as Brisbane, Morrow, Glass, etc.”
‘Mind you, I am quite elated when you
boys demand my wares. It certainly
proves to our editorial staff that you
have literary taste.
- T’'ye had many nice remarks about my

column. ‘The other day a lady from the

IWA Auxiliary comes in the office and
not knowing me, said: “Say, what
eccentric old writer contributes the Bull-
cook column?”

Pritchett and Dalskog were present
and right there I saw they were jealous
of my ability as a writer. Why, their
faces got red and they never even hardly
said anything about the old Bulleook.

Boys, I certainly was all swelled up
inside until I looked up the definition of
eccentric when I got home. This goes
to show you how little this poor girl
knew about art.

Which reminds me about the story of
the critic and the artist. The difference
between the two is that the critic does
not know how to do it but knows how
it should be done. The artist does not
know how it ought to be done but knows
how to do it.

Tn this case there was a famous French
painter, a member of the French academy
of arts, etc. Being a famous artist he
had the attention of the most famous
critics. Their criticism was almost iden-
tical and always on the same subject.

They would always say to him, after
looking at a new painting: too much
paint, too many trees, too much sky,
too many details, etc. This sharp criti-
cism finally got the old man down and
he went bugs. Being famous they did not
send him to a common asylum but con-
fined him to a private hospital and gave
him all his materials for painting.

A few months after, three of his major
erities walked in on him and there he
was, arms folded, in a daze, admiring
spotless white canvas.

“And what are you doing, my old
friend?” asked one visitor,

“Why,” said he, “I'm admiring the
greatest painting the world has ever
seen.”

“Why, I can't see any painting there,”
said the critic. “What is it?”

“It is the passage of ‘the Israelites
through the Red Sea.”
_ “But,” said the friend,
‘Red Sea?”
“Tt has retired,” said the artist.
‘And where are the Israelites?”
“They have gone through.”
“And where is the enemy?”
“They are coming!” was the answer.

Well, boys, keep on reading the B.C.
er Worker. Write often about your
your conditions, your union, Don’t
to drop the Bullcook more letters,
nd remember the story about the artist.
_ have a big job ahead of you, sup-
rt our war effort and build your
_ Show B.C, here that you are real

“where's the

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LITTLE TAILORS

THE B.C. LUMBER WORKER

Pago Five

of the operators’ expressed opposition to

disposal to get negotiations under way
on the more immediate problems such
as the establishment of an “industry-
council” to insure the important war
demands of the government are met in
full immediately, as well as to settle
other smaller grievances of the crews, on
which a mutual understanding can be
reached.

The operators, on the other hand, as
well as having refused to negotiate with
the organization, of which at least 80
per cent of their crew are members, have
committed a number of provocative acts
thereby making it extremely difficult to
obtain the co-operation desired by labor
in general and its employees in particular,
In spite of consistent appeals by the
IWA in the “B.C. Lumber Worker,” in
the weekly radio broadcast, “Green-
Gold,” and through letters to officials
of the sub-locals in each camp, workers
have been provoked by the operators
into leaving these camps to work in
other sections of the industry where they
are not subjected to such Hitler-like
anti-labor policies, where they are not
refused the right to meet their elected
representatives, and where they are not
brow-beaten and intimidated.

APPEAL TO LOGGERS.

Local and District officials of the IWA
again appeal to the Queen Charlotte
Island loggers not to let themselves be
provoked by the management into leav-
ing the job but to see it through and
give their united support to the program
of the union, seeking negotiation and
mediation of their just demands. Indi-
vidual “pulling-out” will not only inte
fere with Canada’s war effort, and there-
by bring fascism closer to British Co-
lumbia, but it will also seriously hamper
the obtaining of a just settlement of the
points under dispute. The action of the
operators in denying the workers the
right to meet their democratically-
elected officials, although this has been
an established privilege for many years
and one which union officials have never
misused, is definitely interfering with
Canada’s war effort. Spruce production
is already behind schedule as a result
of the “business-as-usual” attitude of
the employers and their continued un-
co-operative attitude. The government
should demand and end this sabotaging
of Canada’s war needs. The action of the
Assistant Timber Controller, D, H. Rosen-

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a “union agreement,” the IWA has even

gone so far as to state that, while we are of the firm opinion that this demand is a
basic democratic right and while the crew themselves have stated that such an
agreement would do more than anything else to guarantee production, the Union
is prepared to make the question of “union recognition” a secondary issue, which
can be discussed after other points have been settled.

The IWA has used every means at its?:

berry, in sending a telegram to be posted
in Queen Charlotte Island logging camps,
which says in part:

“DANGER OF SABOTAGE IN
VARIOUS GUISES IS EVER PRES-
ENT STOP DON’T BE MIS-LED
STOP POSSIBLE SABATEURS NOT
ALL JAPS.”

In view of the above facts, it cannot
be interpreted as anything except an
unwarranted and slanderous attack on
organized labor and one which certainly
is not helping to achieve that all-out
co-operation and unity which should be
the first concern of any government rep-
resentative.

This week the IWA protested the above
action to government officials at Van-
couver and Ottawa. In taking up these
problems, Union officials received the
support of Harold Winch, MLA, Leader
of the Official Opposition in the B.C.
Legislature, and Arthur Turner, MLA,
Provincial President of the CCF. Winch
and Turner, as well as referring the
matter to CCF members in the Federal
House and officially protesting the action
of Timber Controller D, H. Rosenberry,
have been active in trying to bring the
position of the Union together in negoti-
ations, In order to clarify the position of
the Union the following memorandum
was drafted and submitted to the oper-
ators through F. E. Harrison, Western
Representative of the Department of
Labor, and Harold Winch, MLA:

MEMORANDUM.
Recognizing the .common interests of
the company and its employees in guar-
anteeing united effort in the destruction
of the Axis powers, and recognizing
further that the relationship of goodwill
and mutual respect between employers
and employees can contribute greatly to
the maintenance and
production, and wishing to establish a
more formal and constructive channel
for the adjustment of grievances than
has heretofore existed, in consideration
of the above, the employees’ representa
tives submit that, production being at
this time most vital, we in good faith
pledge:
1.That we, representatives of employers
and representatives of employees, make
every effort to influence experienced
skilled workers to leave less essential
employment and proceed to the Queen
Charlotte Island area to guarantee
the airplane spruce production de-
mands of our government and that
joint representation be made on all
matters of priority;
. That we secure from all present and
future employees in these vital spruce
camps a written pledge, copies to be
filed with the federal government, of
their sincere intention to remain at
work for all logging seasons for the
duration,

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IWA Memorandum To Operators
Offers Solution To Situation In Q.CL.

Labor appreciates more than any other group that in this grave crisis mediatio
and the peaceful solution to industrial disputes is of the utmost importance to the
Canadian people. For the past six months the membership of IWA Local 1-71 in the
Queen Charlotte Islands, and elected officers of the Union, have done everything
possible, not only to promote harmonious relations with the management but also
to meet the demand of the government for increased production. In fact, in view

BARGAINING RELATIONSHIPS.

The highest degree of success of the
above-mentioned proposals will depend
entirely on the sincerity of both parties
in utilizing their full influence to con=
vince all concerned by word and by
example that production of airplane
spruce is vital, and to eliminate any
and all apprehension in the minds of the
workers,

In this regard, we respectfully pro-
pose that the employers enter into a
collective bargaining agreement with
their employees, embodying grievance
committee procedure, safety committees,
camp freedom, assurance on the part of
the company that there will be no dis-
crimination for union affiliation, pay-
ment of legal money orders, seniority
for faithful service, leave of absence for
just cause, ete, etc,

Further, to continue and improve re-
lations and to guarantee the highest
degree of success, we respectfully sub-
mit the following:

1.That the employees select three rep-
resentatives and the employers a like
number, together with a representa~
tive of the federal governmnt, who
will form a council to be charged with
the responsibility of meeting regularly
and actin;

(a) To adjust labor supply to camp
facilities and requirements;

(b) To direct the training of new
skilled workers;

(c) To act as @ court of last resort in
labor disputes, covering the oper-
ations involved in the production
of airplane spruce.

Such a council, having given careful
consideration to any and all matters be-
fore it, would, within reasonable time, an-
nounce a decision, such decision to be
binding on all parties involved.

To date no reply has been received
from the management, but the Union is
advised that the operators are preparing
counter-proposals,

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