Ever since the inception of this col-
umn your humble and experienced cor-
respondent has always tried to bring you
the actual facts as he sees them. Every
story written in this column was first

and foremost from authentic sources.
‘You have to agree that “the truth is
nothing but the truth’ was our motto.
In spite of my efforts to carry first hand
information with all necessary proofs,
some of our readers have doubted some
of the veracity of my notes, Most doubted
storiés were about “Paul Bunyan.” On
the basis of this I have made intensive
research about the authenticity of Paul
Bunyan’s actual existence and stories. I
spent years of research work on this
subject at the cost of thousands of hours’
of work and finally I am rewarded with
absolute proof of his definite existence.
In recent years the Minnesota archeolo-
gists have discovered his tomb and there
he was resting, as if _
in a trance, natural
as if alive. The log-
Bers of Minnesota
erected a monument
— a replica of his
powerful body, and
here is a picture of
his actual being, The
archeologists tried to
extricate him from
his resting place.
‘They used all the
holds known to lift
him, such as a block
and a half to a luff and a whip,
They finally gave it up as a bad job
as they only succeeded in turning him
over—and behold! underneath him lay
a document which was just made public.
It was in an elaborate script written on
building paper. While I have a photo-
static copy at hand, space does not allow
me to reprint it. I will omit the preamble
and give you in rough words the gist of
this document:

“Boys,” said Paul, “never mind talking
about my feats and might, You boys have
more power and energy yourself if you
only get together and organize in a trade
union. The time is near at hand when
you have to take the bull by the horns
and stop the big’timber owners from
making slaves out of you. Organize!
Organize! and get union agreements!”

Now, boys, while this document is a
bit late to reach you, it is still a real piece
of good advice. What tickles me is the
fact that you have already taken heed of
your plight and have made remarkable
Progress towards a unionized industry.
The mill men are now following your
footsteps. March along and you will write
the best union agreement ever written
for your industry in B.C,

Join Your Friends at
COURTENAY HOTEL

THE B.C.

LUMBER WORKER

June 6, 1942

Joint Production Committees
For All Coast Shipyards

Within the next week, production com-
mittees will be established in all four
shipyards in the city, comprising repre-
sentatives of all unions, management and
the government, to iron out production
problems in shipbuilding and discuss
what can possibly be done to increase
production in this industry.

Selective Service Director E, M, Little,
on his recent visit to the city, recom-
mended setting up of such industry coun-
cils as the best means of making the
scheme for selective service work.

“Greater. production of ships very evi-
dently is the desire of both employers
and employees represented at the meet-
ing,” he said. “With a new advisory
voice in production, I believe the em-
ployees will respond to the added re-
sponsibilities,”

“This is a new development in Ca-
nadian war industry which, it is hoped,
will be copied from one end of the coun~
try to the other.”

Officials of the unions feel that had
production committees been established

some months ago, as recommended by
organized labor, problems in shipbuilding
production could have now been ironed
out completely and an increased number
of ships built in the yards.

The industry council for the shipyards
will consist of representatives elected
from all eleven unions in the yards,.rep-
resentatives of the management of ship-
building companies and the government.

In addition, committees in each plant,
and in each department, will be estab-
lished to deal with departmental and
plant problems, while the main council
will meet regularly to cope with problems
arising in the industry generally.

A joint conference of all unions in all
shipyards in the city has been called for
next week-end to consider the working
of the seven-day production plan, and
to consider proposals from labor for in-
creased production. This conference has
been called in view of the dissatisfaction
in the yards at the working of the plan
and the fact that a vote is being taken
on it among members of the Boiler-

makers Union,

IWA Brief To Government

(Continued From Page Three)

As a court of last resort in labor dis-
Putes covering the operations involved
in the production of airplane spruce.

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

Such council must do most of its
work in the following directions: im-
Prove methods of work, improve planning,
better utilization of machinery, more
rapid conversion to vital war species,
training and retraining, increase self-
discipline and improve morale.

3. Proposed Inducements to
Workers to Return to Camp for
Production of Airplane Spruce.

One important point of disadvantage
to workers employed in spruce camps in
the Queen Charlotte Islands is the
exceptionally high transportation out-
lay; fares being $27.50 one way and $55.60
return. In view of the extraordinary
heavy work entailed in the logging of

spruce mainly in rough terrain and an|

extremely wet climate, heavy rigging is
necessary; and complete isolation from
humanity necessitates at least one rest
period per year. This then would create
a fare expenditure of over $100.00 per
annum.

(a) We respectfully propose fhat the
companies immediately consider the in-
troduction of the one way fare after a
working period of three months, and
fares both ways after a six-month period,
as practiced during the last world war.

(b) It may be well, as an inducement
to loggers to proceed in these isolated
camps under extraordinary working con-
ditions, to offer a special war bonus
to be collected in full at the end of a
complete operational period or in part
for the half period.

(c) Secondly, we respectfully propose
an improved refrigeration service, both

in transit and at camps, for the protec-

tion of perishable foods so essential to
maintain human energies and morale
this isolated area.

4, Remove the present competition
amongst hiring agencies and cen!
ize through joint union-employer hiring
for better distribution of available man-
power.

5. Fallers and Buckers.
Due to contract work, very few work-

ers have been broken in for falling and
bucking over a period of the last few
years, preferring to start on the rigging.
This problem of the shortage of fallers
and buckers could be solved by the in-
troduction of a guaranteed day rate to
induce workers to accept this line of
work. Such day rates should be sufficient
to remove this bottleneck of shortage of
fallers and buckers.

Provisions should also be considered
for periodical vacation periods, prefer-
ably with pay, to break the monotony
of work in these isolated camps, with
the guarantee that the men must return
to their jobs when the vacation period
ends,

Respectfully submitted:
Int'l Woodworkers of America,
B.C. District Council No. 1:
Harold J. Pritchett, President,
Ernie Dalskog, Vice-President,
Nigel Morgan, Secretary.

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