< Bige Pour THE B.C. LUMBER WORKER May 23, 1942 a Union Organization Will Help War Production By D. M. BARBOUR ' IWA Int'l Representative COURTENAY, B.C.—As the world war grows in intensity and fury the workers in the lumber industry are realizing they must organize into a trade union in order to assist more fully in the winning of the war. Only %, full partnership in the war effort will give labor full partnership in the peace effort, which is very desirable when that time comes so the great force of destruction can then be turned to construction without any lost motion or delay. Only by full representation, from an organized industry, on Industry-Councils comprising government, labor and management, . can the full effectiveness of that industry be achieved. To the workers in the lumber industry the answer is plain, as there is only one trade union in this industry in British Columbia. In this area more and'more workers are taking an active part in building and maintaining our organiza- tion. This means the future well-being of the IWA is assured. Although the op- erators; through their organization, have used every trick in the book to keep or- ganization out of the woodworking in- dustry as prescribed by the IWA, they; have been unsuccessful. Such remarks as R, P, Bell, Director- General of Aircraft Production, Depart- | ment of Munitions and Supply, made in a speech to the Quebec War Labor Or- ganizing Committee in Montreal lately: “Soldiers of production in the front lines of defense—like hell!” reminds me of an incident that really happened in the little village where I was born back in New Brunswick. In those days the organ in the church of that little village needed two to operate it, one pumped air while the other played. Now it so happened that the boy who pumped the air was considered by the villagers as not being quite normal as far as brain power was concerned and when he boasted that he played the organ the villagers only smiled. However, the preacher did not take that attitude and one day took the lad to task for telling such untrue stories, maintain- ing that he and not the boy was the one who veally played the organ. ‘The boy did not argue the point with the parson then, but the following Sunday, right in the middle of Doxology, while the congrega- ‘he greater the difficulties are, the stronger we ‘resist, The final victory |. must be ours.”—Dr, P. D. Chang, in “China Today.” HANEY TAILORS 62 East Hastings St. Phone MA. 5834 Vancouver, B.0. WE GUARANTEE A PERFECT FIT AND COMPLETE SATISFACTION! tion was singing lustily along with the choir, the boy stopped pumping air: into the organ, and as the strains of that famous old hymn came abruptly to a stop, the boy arose from his place of concealment behind the organ and asked the parson, “Now who the hell is playing the organ?” There is a point to this true story which I hope is clear to all who read it, yet lest some should infer that the struggle carried on against Fascism by the 26 United Nations has something in com- mon with a church service, I wish to point out that the workers, unlike the boy who pumped the organ, must argue it out NOW, must come out of their places of concealment NOW (some may be concealed in internment camps in Canada) thus proving, as they will prove given the chance, to be an integral part of the war effort, by assisting the smooth, uninterrupted flow of munitions, continu- ing until the end, to those theatres of war wherever they may be, in the fight against fascism. The victory over fascism is the reward for pumping NOW and anyone who wishes to take the view that the parson was the only one who played the organ may find themselves as dumb- founded as were the self-satisfied mem- bers of the congregation, as well as the person himself on that memorable Sun- day evening long ago. MALASPINA GARAGE (Opposite Malaspina Hotel) NANAIMO, B.C. > Fleet of 10 New 1941 CHEV. U-DRIVES REASONABLE RATES... PROMPT SERVICE Modern Annowneing . .. A “Double-Header” Mid-Summer Logger’s Ball FRIDAY, JULY 3rd, 1942 © CROATIAN HALL 4x HAST. AUDITORIUM i One Ticket will Admit you to Both Dances | Valuable Prizes yk Refreshments y Good Music Old Time The setting up of the Pacific Coast Rangers in this area, thanks, perhaps, to the Canadian Legion’s call for “Total War,” has been aptly described in the newspapers as “hornet nests,” and the loggers here are seeing to it that the hives will not be empty or contain any drones. While the loggers are offering their best effective measures to protect this coast against invasion, some oper- ators are putting up on their operations, signs, “Private Property,” “No ‘Tres- passing,” etc. Which is the best defense? While some of the men may feel a bit foolish as regards training and after a Jong hard day’s work it is not easy, yet if the future holds an invasion we would then realize, too late, how foolish it would be not to take as much training as pos- sible NOW. One would be fortunate in- deed, if a successful invasion occurred (remember Singapore), not to be able to contemplate past mistakes. Let us unite in a common cause, re- gardless of what part of the world we first saw the light of day, and do every- thing that lies in our power to destroy Fascism from the world forever. As the menace of fascism is a world threat, and has been for quite some time, then it surely is a matter for the workers of the world to fight against it wherever they may be now. The IWA, in meeting, in convention, and in all its papers, maintains 100 per cent opposition to the Axis powers and will never cease to struggle to bring about the earliest possible defeat of Hitlerism, the spearhead of fascist ideology. In the hard days that lie ahead of us, let us realize more fully what organized labor has done for us, what it can and will do if we all do our share and adopt the slogan, “Forward, citizens, to the firing line,” even if that firing line, to the civilian, means the shop, the factory, the mill, the farm or the mine. SEA FOODS ARE GOOD FcoR you | «+. and you'll like them at THE “ONLY” FISH THEY ARE ALWAYS FRESH! 20 East Hastings Street “_ 100% UNION HOUSE % { Se | NEWLY OPENED .. . OVALTINE CAFE 251 East Hastings Street Substantial Meals - Reasonable Rates; Lunches Put Up - UNION HOUSE! ee Meet Your Friends at MANITOBA HOTEL 44 W. Cordova St. Outside Rooms — Elevator Service Steam Heat — Reasonable Rates Centrally Located PA, 0267 N. J. 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