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“Every Reader a Correspondent”

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SAWDUST,
-REEN-CHAIN PETE

‘Well, boys, the organized wood-
workers of the IWA have won an- it was reported by W. a bennett secretary ‘of IWA Local
other victory. This time -in the oir he organization in C. an White Pine and B.C. Ply-
Queen’ Charlotte Islands where | WO iS progressing favorably, particulary in the former op-
is Io} have won their twenty- eration. New members are signed up every day and
two months’ fight for the right to e 51 percent for certification will soon be obtained in this
bargain collectively with their em- eatin :
ployers. They ha’ n| The Organizational Committes; Pine Lumber Co, and McMillan
ere an P' b-| at Canadian White Pine reports| Industries Ltd. ood Div.., are
of provocation placed in|that arrangement ave been| cordially invited to attend and
aa path by the Boss Loggers’| made to hold another mass m Heine vous He ends, a
tion, these men have down e meeting is under the aus-
the line and bares the way for the| 7& ™ the Canadian Legion Hall) 1225 of Sa Local 1-217 and will
of the men in the lumbering on Bhi Tune 20, at 8 pm. The| he under the chairmanship
indu: Th ittee has eteaey Boake of that local.

Local To Sponsor Rally

For Pine and Plywoods

New Hammond Local
Holds First Meeting

HAMMOND, B.C.—IWA Local 1-367 met here on Wednes-
day last for their first meeting since the instal ation. & is eir
charter last meni A good att
to discuss the bus: of the a The me: rebel a rey port by
ie financial seorelay, oot wa showed that a large majority
e employ gf the Hammond Cedar Co. L
Ses rs of the union that an ap-
plication for ae should Hendlig and immediate grievances
de withi crew at Hammond Cedar.
7 instructed to |The local elected five delegates to
make me peated at the earli-| attend the Midsummer Conference
est possible date and that in the] of istrict Council No.

within the ‘next 6

the operators are waging against

as arranged to have
m Van-

naimo on July 4.

tures to the company with a view
An interesting feature of the

Sam Guthrie, CCF MLA fro!

the IWA reminds me of a
in the old English history books,

It seems that there was a king

nay Harold ‘ritehett, eeeliaat ce
District No, 1 of the IWA

cently returned a toui a e
Queen Charlotte Island Eee
camps, will ak.

ployees at the Canadian White

his

the poor old
mething scandulous

se straw-bosses told ou
lay that as a king of
e was powerful snout
to stop the incoming tide of ¢

ly by co7

on his pedes-
yun

| about the inadequacy and unfair-

Living Cost Index
Will Be Studied

ae a been a ate in
‘Vancouver inion Bur-
eau aaah iain _ needs at cl
e cost of living

wi
ies. Me hear their

sabor S ‘ol
country have vigorous

BZ
ves

meeting was the showi:

eS
Qo

ation, The ims wel ‘Tnsids
Fighting Russia,” and a film
Labor ~-Management Production
Committees in England. Visiting
speaker District Secretary
Bert Melsn:

He evn Une
Mal

ughout the
sly protested
to the government, especially to
the national Labor Board,

et
Finland could not “isolate” herself

Goebbels’ Pre:

Conference:

unto,
By Suaphen

The Allies have from Russia, nor from the other

Scandinavian countries.

far
that the index is unfair, and pen-

court got ti.

alizes many

A MASS RALLY

for EMPLOYEES of
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: obth, at 8:00 P.M.
N HALL — 49th and Frase:
SPL AaIR me a PRTOHET President, TWA Distcict No. 1
SAM GUTHRIE, CCF MLA, Vancouver Island

JOHNSON

ae :
tis from his little escapade, Any-| of this deluded English monarch. Alaska Pime Meet
way, the straw-boss started | Canute learned his lesson and tho| Welll Atte
this whole thing had his head re-| lumbering operators in il eeting of the Alaska Pine
moved sat as a friendly warning] eventually learn, too. The bosses| Subjocal in New Westminster was
not to monkey around with the| will find that there is no force as| held last Sunday night and a v
king’ organized | good turn-out reported. zeae
there are some things that even| workers and that even the mighty| speaker of the evenin,
a king can’t do. boss loggers’ association will be] trict President Harold ae
Now this happened away back — interesting fil Ss a
Dark Ages, one the moat of unionization coming up and en- the Workers’ Educational
hire nf this tuinibecin, gulfing them and their Erer, pacae s enjoyed by ne
regard to th epee elie = who atte
of un! in the lumbering ORGANIZE B.C. Reports show that organization
industry is parallel to the stupidy LUMBER 100% in this mill is progressing favor-
ably wit isp ercentage of
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