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Allison Log
Selling Out

Negotiations are now nearing
completion for Aero Timber Ltd.,
government organization estab-
lished for the purpose of pur-
chasing airplane spruce, to take
over the Allison Logging Com-
pany operation, largest spruce
camp on the Queen Charlotte Is-
lands.

Official announcement of the
deal is expected in the next few
days,

R. J. Filberg, head of Aero
Timber Limited, is now in the
Queen Charlottes, on a tour of
inspection, having left Vancouv-
er by plane Wednesday morning.

. He is expected back in Vancouy-
er in a few days.

1,600 Output
Groups Hike
Production

WASHINGTON. — Labor -man-
agement production committees in
1,600 American factories, mines, col-
lieries, railroads, mills and war
plants’ have boosted production to
beat the Axis as much as 35 per-
cent, the War Production Board
announced this week.

“The WPB has received more
than 200 unsolicited reports of pro-
duction increases,” the agency stat-
ed, “These reports noted increases
as high as 35 percent and higher.
In addition, there have been hun-
dreds of other reports on successful
salvage drives; on the elimination
of waste; on the speeding up of
operations; on the climination of
the combination of operations; on
the substitution of more readily
svailable materials; on improve-
ment of production and on the re-
duction of absenteeism.”

LABOR FORUM
CBC BROADCAST
MONTREAL,—Wage ceiling and
wage floors will be the main dis-
eussion topic of National Labor
Forum on the Dee. 9 program which
will be carried over the CBC from
‘Vancouver on the- national net-
work, 9:00 to 9:30 p.m. P.D.T.
‘Those taking part in the discussion
will be: Drummond Wren, secret-
ary of National Labor xorum; Rob-
ert Haddow, international repre-
sentative, International Association
of Machinists; Paul Fournier, pres-
ident, Montreal Trades and Labor
Council; Ivan Campbell, represen-
tative, United Steel Workers of
America.

CONVENTION

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this district. Members are urged
through their localy and sub-locals
_ to submit resolutions which should
be in by Wednesday, Dee. 30, to-
gether with one copy of all cre-
dentials,

Nomination for election of officers
will also be made at this Conven-
tion in prepartion for the annual
veferéndum ballot.

COMFORT and
SERVICE
_ At Moderate Prices

THE B.C. LUMBER WORKER

December 7, 1942

0.CI. DISPUTE

(Continued from Page One)

content amongst the companies’
employees, but will further obstruct
vitally needed war production.
Undoubtedly this latest act of the
Queen Charlotte Island operators
will create sharp resentmnt among
their employees; but in spite of this
latest manoeuver, the union appeals
to the Queen Charlotte Island log-
gers to be patient and to exercise
their common sense. In spite of the
obstacles that have been placed
in the way of all-out production,
we must not be like the operators
and forget that our main fight is
with the hateful forces of Hitler,
Mussolini and Hirohito. The sin-
cerity of our efforts in that direc-
tion will be upheld and those re-
sponsible for these obstructive,
provocative actions will be held in
judgment by the Canadian people.
In view of the operators’ com-
plete about face, there is no alter
native but to place the entire dis-
pute before the Conciliation Board,
which will sit to commence ts hea:

Loggers’ Friend

Dies at Ladysmith

Many friends amongst the log-;
gers were saddened to hear of the
death of J. D. (Dominic) Giovando,
popular proprietor of the Hotel
Europe at Ladysmith, He was a
good ‘friend to the boys and never
failed to give assistance to those
in need, He also helped a number
of our members to finance the
purchase of their homes—Requies-
cat in pace.

J. D. Gloyando died on Saturday,
Nov. 21.

ing on Jan. 4, 1943, in the Court!
House, Vancouver. |

Pres, Pritchett Candidate for Alderman

Harold Pritchett, district presi-¢:
‘dent of the IWA and secretary of
the Vancouver Labor Council, who
recently announced his candidature
for the Vancouver Parks Board,
this week filed nomination papers
as a candidate for alderman.

“My action is consistent with the
stand for labor unity I have taken
from the outset,” Pritchett said
in a statement to the press.

labor yote.

“The withdrawal of Victor Cou-
sineau on a technicality and the
decision of the CCF not to name
another candidate have made it
possible for me to stand for coun-
cil. I believe that my decision will
be welcomed by the trade union
movement generally, since it will
help to rally a united vote for the
labor candidate and strengthen the
possibility that after December 9
the working people of this city
will be represented by alderman
pledged to serve their interests and
give labor full partnership in our
civic war effort.”

At the meeting of the District
Council this week, Pritchett’s can-
didature was officially endorsed
by the IWA, and fifty dollars con-
tributed towards his election as a
Labor candidate, Donations from
IWA locals, camps and mills will
be appreciated and should be sent
to Pritchett’s Campaign Manager,
John Stanton, 503 Holden Building,
Vancouver, B.C.

‘Committee
Increases

H. J. PRITCHETT
President, IWA District No. 1

“A few weeks ago I was urged
byy Vancouver Civic Labor Com-
mittee to stand as an aldermanic
candidate. At that time I reserv-
ed my decision pending the out-
come of the CCF nominating con-
vention, When the COF, rejecting
all suggestions that it leave a vac-
ancy in its aldermanic slate, nomin-| 5
ated four candidates for city coun-| P d t O
cil, I entered the park board con-| fro uc | n
test, where the CCF has not named] NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C-
a full slate, to avoid dividing the Since the institution of a joint

labor-management production com-
mittee in Allards Foundry here,
| production, on some castings, has

Vancouver To Have
A New Youth Centre

AUXILIARY CORNER |)

Lake Cowichan Auxiliary meets regularly every two weeks. Since
July they have a decided increase in membership. Every second week,
after their business meeting, they hold a social. On October 18, they
put on a concert, in which the children of the community took part, in
the Union Hall. On October 24, a dance was sponsored by the United
Organizations in Lake Cowichan Community Hall. The sum of $226
was made clear for a worthy cause. A donation of $45 from the Girls’
Club was turned over to the Auxiliary for their “Hospital Fund.” The
Lake Auxiliary members are also catering for the dance to be held on
Saturday, Dec. 14, by Sub-Local 1-80.

* * * .

_ Members of Courtenay Auxiliary along with other organizations,
under the direction of Mrs, Harrison Brown of Denman Island, have
set up a committee to work on Russian War Relief. A very successful
tag day was held on Nov. 12. The members are knitting and sewing and
taking a very active part in the committee. The Auxiliary is planning
a Telephone Whist for Dec, 4, At the meeting held in October, Mrs.
Barbour, who was a delegate to the Federated Auxiliary Convention in
Spokane held in September, gave a splendid report of the activities of
Auxiliaries in the USA.

Lake Cowichan

OLD TIME DANCE

Sponsored by IWA Ladies’ Auxiliary Local 1-30

SATURDAY, DEC. 12th
9:30 p.m.

Lake Cowichan Union Hall
Tickets, including Valuable Prizes . . .10c Each or 3 for 25¢

increased as much as 500 percent.

An outstanding instance is truck
wheels. Formerly these took one
hour and forty minutes. Now the
time has been cut to twenty min-
utes. Greater cooperation between
moulders and helpers has been
mainly responsible for achievement
of this outstanding increase in .pro-
duction,

Success of the joint production
committee at Allards has encourag-
ed workers in other Royal City
foundries and steps are now being
taken in Heaps Engineermg and
Westminster Foundries to organ-
ize similar committees. Both CCL
and AFL unions are cooperating

The Labor Youth Federation
will open a new “Youth Centre” at
560 Granville St., Vancouver, on the
night of Dec, 11, with an “open
house.” The program will include
music, dancing and refreshments
and the public are cordially in-
vited. The Centre is designed to
provide a place of recreation for
young men and women in the
armed forces and in industry.
Plans are being made to have reg-
ular dances for men and women -
in uniform and swing shift dances
for young people in war work.
Facilities for letter-writing will be
provided as well as library and
radio. The club room will be open-
ed every day and evening.

The Federation Financial Drive
from December 1 to’ January 15
during which period they hope to
raise the $600.00 which is needed
to help defray the cost of equip-
ping the centre.

The Youth Centre is being spon-
sored by Mayor Cornett. Other
patrons being Harold Pritchett,
secretary of the Vancouver Labor
Council; Danny O’Brien, general
organizer of the Canadian Congress
of Labor; E. E. Leary, president
of the Vancouver Labor Council;
Chuck Saunders, president of the
Dock and Shipyard Worker:
Union; R. K. Gervin, business agen
of the Street Railwaymen’s Union;
Jack Whent, president of the Aero-
nautical Lodge, No. 756; Wm.
Burgess, secretary of United Fish-
erman’s Union; Bob Stewart, Am-
algamated Building Workers.

On Monday, Nov. 30, the LYF
held an Information Please Night
at the Centre. The public were in-
vited to attend to try to stump the
experts with questions on the Sec-
ond Front, The experts included:
Rev. W. H. H. Norman, H. J.
Pritchett, secretary of the Vancou-
ver Labor Council, CCL; Mrs,
Sheila Thompson, YWCA; Darshan
Singh, East Indian University stu-
dent from Victoria; and Ed. Wy-
bourn, YMCA.

The meeting closed with group
singing and dancing and refresh-

ments.
=
Bob Skelly, prominent in trade
union work in this city and former
IWA organizer at Fraser mills did
much of the preliminary work in
organizing the committee at Al-
lards,

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