The Fourth Victory Loan Needs Your Support AN APPEAL TO ALL WORKERS TO SUPPORT THE ?, - FOURTH VICTORY LOAN, BY H. PRITCHETT Fellow Canadians: Tt is my honor and privilege to speak to you today on a highly important phase of Canada’s war effort, namely, our government's Fourth Victory Loan. Our government is asking the people of Canada to loan one bil- lion, one hundred million dollars— no small change to say the least, British Columbia, as its share, is required to raise 110 millions of dollars. Ten million or more is re- quired of labor, or 33 percent more than was asked for in the last Bond Drive. Without a doubt, this is a big job, but you must admit that fighting fascism is also a big job, and our government is not asking for a gift, but rather a loan that will guarantee that when our Allies strike at the heart of Berlin, our forces will be superior-in man- power, stamina and fire-power to emerge victorious, Our valiant Russian ally has emerged from a marvellous and victorious winter offensive like- wise, our British, American and . French allies have obtained an ex- cellent ' victory in the African campaign. All indications point to the long-awaited Huropean offen- sive and the Allied forces are girthing themselves to strike at the heart of Berlin. But to wage a suc- cessful war against Fascism re- quires manpower, highly trained and fully equipped with the weap- ons of war, as good or better than the arms of the Axis powers. Such manpower, training and equipment involves billions of dollars for the purchase of adequate battle cloth- ing, adequate food, armaments and fire-power for our armed forces in foreign battle fields, embodying the ever increasing production of planes, tanks and guns; all of which must be éndlessly supplied to off- set a ruthless enemy to emerge from every battle victorious, and ultimately, a victorious war. The production of ships is equally as important and vital to success. In fact, every article, no matter how small or how big, which is derived from the natural re- sources of the country and fabri- cated through hard work and sweat, is a contribution to victory over Hitlerism and his satellites. And to achieve this victory necessi- tates the highest degree of under- standing and cooperation on the part of management, labor and the government; for the future of Can- ada—our very freedom as a nation depends upon the defeat of Hitler and his Axis partners, The tragic fate of once-proud France is an unmistakable warn- ing. Labor must recess its private fights. Management must ‘accept labor as a full partner as the best means of increasing production. The government must work dili- gently to remove the minor priva- tions which hamper the worker and his family in their daily toil. But the thing to remember is that the soldier, who is bleeding on the battlefields of foreign nations; the sailor and the merchantman, who at any minute face a watery grave; and the fighting airmen, whose life span is but a few seconds in battles of the past and of the future for air supremacy, are asked to make the supreme sacrifice; to give up everything, including their jobs, their loved ones, their homes, and face a horrible death. We workers in industry, who pro- duce the tools to maintain the life line to our gallant fighters, are asked to work and produce for victory, sometimes under most ad- verse conditions; and now we are called upon again to loan to the government a small paft of our earnings, a small part of our sav- ings, to produce the sinews of war to finish the job this year. The Allies are on the offensive. There is no room for blind op- timism. The enemy is still strong. One out of every fifteen Canadians are serving in the armed services. We all cannot go to war, but we all can back them to the limit with our money. The biggest headache we can give the Axis during the next: few weeks is to put this Fourth Victory Loan over the top in the shortest possible time. This is the biggest encouragement we can give the men and women in Canada’s armed forces; to see to it that the war government of Canada does not lack the financial sinews of war that it needs to build up the strength of the United Nations’ ef- fort, with which to open a second front and achieve victory in 1943. The success of the Fourth Vic- tory Loan directly affects the suc- cess of our war effort. Your life, your freedom, your right to de- termine your own form of govern- ment, your right to speak and think and worship as you will with- out anyone to restrain you or to make you afraid — these are the things you and I are fighting for. You would have not one of them in Germany today. You would have not one of them under that new order that Hitler plans for this world. There is a clear difference between Hitler's world and our democratic world. That is the real choice before us, and it is a very intimate and personal choice. It has nothing to do with whether Wwe like the government's record or not. It certainly has nothing to do with this or that official, and whether he is popular with us or not. It has nothing to do with whether we are militaristically in- clined or not. It is a question of whether we want to be free or don’t want to be free; and that is something which every citizen must decide for himself without as- sistance. Having decided for democracy, as no doubt we all have, it is then a matter for us also to decide and announce to the world — This is my fight. It is my rights that are in jeopardy .I have no thought of relinquishing any of them. My heart is wholly in this war. For be it remembered, No man is en- titled to liberty unless he has the will and the enthusiasm to love and defend it. We must choose our opponent, and we must choose the Axis, and together we must smash the Axis. In conclusion, may I urge every worker, man or woman, to pur- chase your maximum in Victory Bonds, either by cash or install- ment, and assure the victory over fascism that is justly ours. ’ April 19, 1943 THE B.C. LUMBER @prrte Morgan To Address Alaska Pine Crew On Thursday, April 29, Nigel Morgan, IWA International Ex- ecutive Board member, will ad- dress the employee sof the Alaska Pine Co. in New West- minster on the Fourth Victory | Bond Drive. The meeting will take place at 5 p.m. in the mill. One Australian In Seven Union Member WASHINGTON, D.C.—In Australia, one person out of every seven belongs to a union, Collective bargaining is the rule, and there are no large groups of unorganized workers. The workers have influence in the government. They con- trol the governments of four of the six states in the Common- wealth, and have a Labor Party in power in the national gov- ernment. Ladysmith Sub-Local Discusses Seniority By THE JEEP At the regular monthly meeting of Ladysmith Sub-local 1-80 held in Nicholson’s Hall on Tuesday, April 13, one of the largest turnouts in the history of this local was on hand to hear the proposed new agreement drawn up by the committee ap- pointed for that purpose. Bro, Atkinson opened the meeting and the routine business of the local was carried out. The financial report was read and satisfactory. reported on organization pointing out that the attendance at the meeting was ample proof that the campaign was progressing favor- ably. It was also reported that several of the Brothers were un- able to attend due to illness, A report from Bro. J. Ulinder concerning the. local Ration Board was heard, It was reported that applications for- increased rations for loggers had been made but that they had been rejected. The next discussion was on the new agreement with the Comox Logging and Railway Co. Secretary Glichrist read the proposed agree- ment clause by clause and consid- erable discussion took place on each point, The seniority clause was discussed most of all, and at times it got pretty hot, some Broth- ers favoring seniority like Batco agreements, others favoring flat seniority and so on. Now, talking personally on the seniority clause, I would like to say this—that flat seniority would be all right if every other camp in B.C. adopted the same plan, But at present flat seniority is out, and the only sen- jority that is workable is the one Secretary Gilchrist I would say like Batco seniority clause, or the seniority clause pro- posed in the new drawn-up agree- ment, which is a lot similar to the. Batco clause. It was decided to refer this clause back to the committee to try and fix it to please everybody (a hard job), and the committee would bring it up again for final discussion at the next meeting. - It was then decided tot call a general meeting of all employees of the Comox Logging & Rly. Co., at Ladysmith on Tuesday, April 27 at 7:30 p.m. in Nicholson’s Hall. At this time the agreement would have its final hearing and possibly a few adjustments made before being placed before the officials of the local logging company. Brother W. Hallinan reported progress being made in softball, and it was then decided to hold a dance in order to raise funds for the softball team. This dance will be held in the very near future when a large turnout’ of “Jitter- Bugs” and “Jazz-Bugs” will do their stuff. A committee of five was then appointed: Bros. W. Hal- linan, W. Haddow, A. O'Mara, F. Webby, and P. Teusz. - portation; in practically all camps in this to and from the job; Resolution re Transportation WHEREAS several cases have just arisen in which lumber operators, who are not maintaining cookhouse or other accom- modation and where living quarters are not available for their employees, are either charging or proposing to charge for trans- AND WHEREAS ‘acceptance of such an arrangement will mean a cut in wages and the breaking down of established working conditions; namely the long-existin; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that this quarterly meeting provision in effect province, of free transportation of IWA-CIO Local 1-80 representing loggers and millworkers in the Cowichan, Duncan, Shawnigan, Nanaimo and Nanoose Bay areas, go on record condemning this chiselling on transportation; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this meeting recom- mend to the membership in the few small operations affected, that they set May ist next as the deadline for the discontinuance of this new policy and that failing a return to the former recog- nized arrangement of free and safe transportation to and from the job, seven days’ notice be given and the opportunity which vantage of. ADOPTED UNANIMOULLY. ‘The meeting also voted to take the matter up with the Depart- troller and other government agencies ,and plang May 1st to publish ina box on the front page of the B.C. Lumber Worker and publicize over “Green Gold” any company continuing to charge for transportation to and from the job. This policy of starting to charge for transportation is of vital interest to every logger in this province, and workers at opera- tions continuing to charge after May ist are requested to turn in the name of their company to the IWA, 504 Holden Building, Vancouver, B.C. exists today of obtaining employment elsewhere be taken ad- * ment of Labor, the Regional War Labor Board, the Timber Con- * Lioyd Ross, state secretary of the New South Wales Branch of the Australian Workers’ Union, writes this in a new pamphlet, “Labor-in Australia,” released by the Institute of Pacific Relations here. Ross, who visited the U.S. re- cently and spent much time with CIO unions and their leaders, traces the history of the Australian labor movement from its beginnings 100 years ago in Small craft unions to a powerful, united industrial move- ment today. The first union was founded in 1833. From it have grown such powerful bodies as the Australian Workers’ Union, with 110,00 mem- bers, the Arms, Explosives and Ammunition ‘Workers, with 120,000, the Amalgamated Engineering Union, with 54,000. Seventy percent of Australia’s factory workers are in war production. The ~ Australian unions were among the first on deck against Fascism when it began its march of world “aggression, Ross points out. Australian workers called for collective security when Mussolini attacked Ethiopia, supported the Spanish peopje. in théir fight against Fascist invasion, boycotted Japanese goods, rpfused to load scrap iron to Japan, fought ap~ peasement in the Munich days. “Australian trade unions are rightly proud of the fact that we were aware of the menace of Fas- cism before any other group in the country, and that we were influen- tial in converting public opinion to the need for collective action against aggressors,” Ross writes. “There is a deep strain of inter- national working class solidarity in the Australian Iabor move- ment,” he says, adding that the unions Jook to close unity with labor of the United Nations, and that “the. best guarantee that the promises of the Atlantic Charter will be fulfilled lies in worldwide working class and democratic soli- darity.” Ross puts stress on the political power of Australian labor, pointing out that the Labor Party was a success from the early '90s, when workers found out that police and other ‘state apparatus were being used against them in strikes. ¢ "MONEY TO LOAN 4 § On Men’s Suits, Overcoats, Log- ¢ ging Boots and Sleeping Bags { San Francisco Tailors / 62 WEST HASTINGS ST. ‘ 4 4 Doors West of Beacon Theatre { Join Your Friends at COURTENAY HOTEL “The Loggers’ Headquarters” G. 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