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May 17, 1943

Local 1-80 Purchases $3,000 Victory Bond

An outstanding contribution to Canada’s Fourth Victory

ere.

Loan was made by members of IWA Local 1-80, meeting in

Duncan last Sunday, when Secretary Valley was instructed
to purchase three thousand dollars’ ($3,000) worth of Victory

Bonds. One of the largest loans tog
be subscribed by a local unién in
B.C, during the current drive, it is
one of which the IWA membership
can be justly proud. Local 1-357 at
New Westminster purchased a fif-

teen-hundred-dollar ($1,500) bond
earlier in the drive and practically
all other locals and the B.C. Dis-
trict Council subscribed as much
as their treasuries permitted.

Cowichan Fi

rst Payroll -

Division To Fill Quota

DUNCAN, B.C.—“Cowichan Payroll Division was the first
over the top in the British Columbia - Yukon District in the

Fourth Victory Loan drive,” Ferguson Hoey, unit organizer,

announced last week.
“Congratulations are due to the

Cowichan Division, for this is the
second consecutive year that they
haye led the province, Success of
the drive to no small degree is due
to the good work of Mr. Hoey and
his associates in cooperation with
the officers of Local 80, sub-locals
and particularly he job stewards,
who actively supported and, in
most cases, directed the drive in
their respectitve areas,” stated Ni-
gel Morgan, IWA Board Member.
“The success that they achieved is
an example that could well be fol-
lowed elsewhere.” -

Industrial Timber Mills came
through particularly well, having
a total of $42,000 on May 3rd, as
compared with their previous rec-
ord of $35,140 in the third loan.

Their final official figures are ex-
pected to be considerably higher.

H, W. Hunter Mills had -reached
a total on May 5 of $14,004, which
is $5,500 over their quota.

At Chemainus, IWA officials re-
ported May 7, that their drive was
$2,000 over their quota of $30,000.
War Savings in Chemainus mills,
according to Sub-Local Secretary
Alf Jones, is one of the highest per
capita in British Columbia. The
Meads Creek camp of the Lake
Logging Company, the Shawnigan
Lake Lumber Company, Wellburn
‘Timbers and B.C. Cement, are also
well over the top.

Worthy of special mention is a
subscription of $4,508 from men of
the army unit stationed in Dun-
can,

Crew Appreciates
President’s Visit

Dear Brothers,—I have taken it upon myself with the sanc-
tion of the Press Committee to write a few lines from here.
Since the last letter from here, we had a visit from our
District Council President Brother Pritchett. I have no doubt

in my mind that his visit could

not have been made at a more

opportune time, coupled with the Victory Loan’ Drive and the

need of a visit from an official o:
interest in the need for the loggers®.

to get behind the IWA in its fight
for union recognition, The time
was never better especially after
the victory that labor won at the
last session of the B.C. legislature.
This is a powerful weapon. and
should not be abused, we stand not
only to gain in members but also
in public opinion which is one of
the things that labor cannot win
anything without.

It is my sincere hope that every
brother who reads this gets behind
his Job Steward and brings in at
least one new member and to try
and make every bunkhouse on this
coast one hundred percent union-
card conscience, It sure looks swell,
brothers, to walk into a bunkhouse
and see that card. That really
means something, especially to the
old-timers that havo given their
all in this struggle for union rec-
ognition. I know that it sure hurts
the boss loggers to see that 100
percent ecard and don’t ever for-
get it brothers. Agdin, I ask you,
Brothers, get behind your Job
Stewards and tack that card up
in your bunkhouse. I take this op-
portunity to congratulate the bro-

£ our organization, to stimulate

thers in the Batco Co. camp in
showing the way to the rest of us
that so far have not been able to
convince the majority of the boss
loggers that they stand to gain as
much as the men would, if they
signed union agreements. There is
only one thing for us to do, Bro-
thers, that is to keep up the fight,
pay our dues regularly, attend
meetings, and see that our camp
committees and safety committees
function at all times.

We here at Kelleys certainly ap-
preciated Brother Pritchett’s ad-
dress. I have heard it said since
Brother Pritchett sold at least 50
percent of the bonds so far sold.
There are only eighty men in this
camp and so far $17,000.00 has
been sold and the committee still
has a week to go. The help that
Brother Pritchett has been to us
in this regard has been invaluable.
We hope to see him again before
he leaves the Queen Charlottes. We
We have about 95 percent of the
men in camp in the union; there
is only the odd one that has not
been in camp long enough to join

and a few behind in dues, through

Alberni May Day Rally Proves.
Success; Loan Drive Boosted

The Workers’ Rally, on behalf of Canada’s Fourth Victory
Loan, sponsored by the membership of the International Wood-

workers of America, on Sunday afternoon, brought a huge}

gathering of citizens of Port Alberni, Alberni and district, es-
timated to be well over a thousand. The affair was held on

Argyle Street at 4th Avenue,
erected by members of the Brother-?
hood of Carpenters and Joiners of
America, with lumber being don-
ated by Bloedel, Stewart & Welch
Limited. The stage was appropri-
ately decorated with the United
Nations’ flags, and red, white and
blue bunting. The front of the stage
was covered with slogans, the
main slogans being: “Back the At-
tack,” “Everything for Victory in
1943,” “Buy Bonds,” and “Absen-
teeism Aids Hitler.”

A Guard of Honor was formed
by the Red Cross Corps and the
ARP. Music for the occasion was
provided by the High School Boys’
Band, who gave a splendid per-

where a platform had been

forces, Mr. Damery, in turn, on
behalf of the Mothers and Fathers,
presented the bouquet to the mem-
bers of the Armed Forces, who are
patients in the Port Alberni Hos-
pital.

The meeting was opened by Mr.
Walter Yates, President of Local
1-85, IWA, who gave a short ex-
planation why the IWA sponsored
the Rally, stressing the fact that
the IWA was 100 percent behind
the Victory Bond drive and called
upon the Workers in the district to
subscribe to their utmost.

The Rev. Glen Stevenson gave
the invocation in the place of Rev.
F. H, Golightly, who was unavoid-

Shown above is part of the huge crowd which packed
the Brockton Point Oval to celebrate May Day. On the
right is Labor’s Victory Pylon.

formance. Community singing was
led by Mr. Bob Evans, accompan-
ied at the piano by Mrs. Nelson
Ball.

To the accompaniment of a vo-
cal solo by Miss Cecil Pepin, Mr.
George Dowling, on behalf of the
International Woodworkers of Am-
erica, presented a bouquet of
flowers as a token of appreciation,
to Mrs. Damery, who was acting
on behalf of all the Mothers and
Fathers of the district who have
sons and daughters in the armed

ably absent. Mr. Stevenson was also
one of the speakers: he particu-
larly stressed the importance of
unity between the church and
labor, saying, that in his opinion,
this would make for a better world
order after the war.

Greetings were brought to the
Rally by Mayor Hamilton of Port
Alberni, Mayor Tingey. of Alberni,
and Mr. James Mowat, MLA. They
all stressed the importance of the
Victory Drive and the maintain-
ing of a steady flow of munitions

the seasonal sickness that strikes
our organization after the holidays
every year.

There was a brother hurt here
Tuesday; a limb hit him on the
shoulder. The result was a probable
fracture of the shoulder blade.
(Cure: Watch those limbs, broth-
ers,) There was also a Brother L.
Bergren, who had to be flown out
of here to Prince Rupert in a
very grave condition on account of
serious kidney trouble, I must say
that RCAF certainly has been very
good and prompt in sending a
plane whenever and wherever it
may be needed.

Our balloting committee has fin-
ished its job on the $2 assessment

to the International. The result
was a very strong majority vote in
favor of both propositions.

In closing I again ask you, Bro-
thers, to get behind your union and
fight for your just rights and keep
the ball rolling that was started
by the Brothers at Batco Develop-
ment Co, This should be a banner
year for the IWA. Don’t let us
slacken ‘our fight now, brothers,
but hit the iron while it's hot and
show the boss loggers that we
mean business.

Yours for bigger
union agreements,

Fraternally,

Chairman, Camp Comittee.
CARD NO, 5134.

and better

and supplies to our armed forces
so that Victory will be achieved.
Mayor Hamilton, in particular,
praised the Woodworkers of the
district for maintaining constant
production, He also condemned the
government department that ar-
bitrarily shut down a plant, em-
ploying thousands of workers man-

ufacturing planes, so vital to our
war effort.

Mrs. Andy Hogarth of the Court-
enay Local, Ladies’ Auxiliary, IWA,
who was the guest speaker, out-
lined the meaning of May Day, say-
ing that it was the day that Labor
took stock, counting their gains
and mapping the road they would
follow for the coming year. This
year Labor's main slogan was,
“iverything for the Offensive”
until victory over Hitler was won.
She poionted out why Labor should
back the current Victory Bond
drive, that the winning of the war
was more vital to Labor than to
any other section of the people.
Complimenting the people of this
district on the unity that has been
achieved as shown by the attend-
ance at a rally of this nature, she
showed where the same unity is
necessary throughout the entire
nation and among the countries
that comprise the Uited Nations if
Victory is to be achieved, Saying
that Labor, fully aware of what
was at stake in the war, has cheer- |
fully borne sacrifices and would
accept more if necessary, but they
were in no mood to be fooled and
their desire to win the war trifled
with. They also wanted their just
share of what was available in
the country and could be spared
from the Nation’s war needs. One
of Labor's chief demands was the
opening of a second front in Eur-
ope, saying that in Labor's opinion
this would bring the war to its
speediest conclusion. She also
stressed the importance of women
in the war effort, comparing wo-
man’s position under fascism with
their life in a Democracy where
women are participating in the
war equally with their men-folks,
in the Armed Forces and on the
Production front and if the gov-
ernment would cooperate more by
establishing day nurseries for the
care of children, many more thous-
ands of momen would flock to
the production lines, Women are

the greatest reserve of manpower
in the country.

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