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By “JEEP”

A gala sports day was held here on July 1st under the auspices of
Lions Club, in which local members of Sub-Local 1-80, Ladysmith,
played a prominent part. The city was well bedecked with flags and
other decorations, and an Army Band from Victoria led what must have

been the first “Gasless Parade,”

‘The day commenced with kiddies’ sports and in the afternoon the
loggers’ sports were the chief attraction. The big event was the bucking
contest. This was witnessed by a large crowd who showed keen interest
all through it, as the “big raw-boned” loggers went to town—Swedes,
Finns, Scotchmen, and Geordies participating, The diameter of the log

(fir) to be bucked was twenty-five

inches, and the first prize went to

Fred Swenson, who was timed at one minute and 17% seconds. Bill
Miller was second. His time was one minute and nineteen seconds,
and Eric Sundberg was a close third. Also competing in this event were
Ray Young, Herman Halme, Sven EU, R. Willigan and Hugh McKenzie.
Rumor has it, that without the “meat rationing” the time would have

been cut down quite a bit.

The next event was rope splic-
ing. Fred Passman won this easy,
splicing a one-inch line in two
minutes and twenty-eight seconds.
Herman Halme was second with
two minutes and fifty-six seconds,
and “Pinky” Davis came third
with three minutes and eighteen
and three-fifths seconds, Also com-
peting in this event were Andy
Aitken, Wm. Scotty Sutherland,
Archie Lewis, Bert Laird, E. Nasi
and Mauno Pelto. The chopping
contest followed the splicing. The
timber chopped was a twelve-inch
squared timber, and Fred Swens-
son duplicated his bucking event
by winning in the time of three

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minutes aiid forty-five seconds.
Bill Miller was second and Eric
Sundberg was third.

The chokermen’s race followed
and this race was interesting. Keen
competition was witnessed and the
judges had their hands full. Any-
how, the first prize went to the;
youngest chokerman competing in
the person of Len Brown, Charlie
Russell was second and Andy Ait-
ken third.

An interesting feature of the day
was the falling of a thirty-inch Ce-
dar Log, three spring board height.
This exhibition was given by Vik-
ing Johnson and Erie Sundberg,
who were applauded enthusiasti-
cally by the large audience pres-
ent. Viking and Eric, I understand,
were amply rewarded for their
good work.

Other features included married
ladies’ race and nail driving con-
test. This caused no little excite-
ment.

The prizes for all events were
first class, and well worth compet-
ing for. All prize winners are mem-
bers of the Local IWA, so our
union received a little boost, which
all goes to help build up a good
and strong organization.

Next year (1944), I have been in-
formed, the Lions Club of Lady-
smith intend to hold a World’s
Championship contest at the local

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VANCOUVER, B.C.—“The first proposals submitted by the

operators which may provide

a basis for agreement in the

two-year-old QCI dispute were received Saturday,” announced
Secretary Dalskog of the loggers’ local. “The proposals of the
management will be given careful consideration at meetings
of the union over the weekend,” he said, “and some recom-
mendations to help make the managements offer a satisfactory
settlement will be presented to the next joint meeting, scheduled

for Wednesday.”
Since announcement of the

award of the QCI Conciliation

Board, recommending recognition of IWA Local 1-71 and the
consumation of a collective agreement, three meetings have
been held under’ the chairmanship of G. R. Curry, Federal
Industrial Relations Officer of the Government, with represen-

tatives of management and the
for the union have been Onni Par-
ta, Dempsey Hofstad and Joe Roc-
chio from the QCI camp; Ernie
Dalskog, secretary, local 1-71, of
which the QCI crews are members;
District President Harold Pritchett
and International Board Member
Nigel Morgan. The operators have
been represented by R. V. Stuart
of Stuart Research; F. R. Anderson
of J. R. Morgan Ltd; Thomas Kel-
ley of Kelley Log; and J. A. Young
and Mr. Jackson of Pacific Mills.

At the first two meetings very
little was achieved, due to the

Former Logger In
Merchant Marine

Radio Officer Bud Andrews well
mown to many Queen Charlotte
Island loggers, dropped into the

Poffice the other

day, Bud joinea
the Merchant
Marine in Aug-
ust, 1942, after
completing a
course in radio.
He was an act-
ive member of
the IWA having
worked at Kel-
ley’s and Mor- ~
gan’s camps in .O. “Bud”
the QCI. He Andrews
told us tha the Merchant Marine
is now organized on a craft basis
with a union for the engineers,
ete, but he feels it would be very
much better for everyone if the
men were organized into one in-
dustrial union. At present the men
receive a bonus of 35 percent of
their wages which is very unfair
and causes a lot of dissatisfaction.
The British Merchant service on
the other hand gives a bonus of
£10 (about $45) per month and
there is a moyement among: the
British Merchant men to have the
bonus continued after the war.

Union. Attending the meetings

companies’ refusal to implement
the ruling of the government con-
ciliation board which declared that
“the employers should enter into
an agreement with the local union
1-71, International Woodworkers of
America, for a period of one year.
... Collective bargaining and writ-
ten agreements with democratic
unions under thier own selected
leadership is the best machinery
for producing and maintaining 4
condition of harmony in industry
whilst at the same time providing
a means of expression of opinion
and protection for the employees.”

... The decision of the board also
quoted Hon. Norman McLarty,
minister of labor in 1941 and now
secretary of state, while explaining
the government's policy on labor
as stating: “Employees should be
free to organize in trade unions
free from any control by employers
or their agents. Employees should
be free to negotiate with employ-
ers through representatives of their
own choosing with a view to the
conclusion of a collective agree-
ment.”

IWA representatives are insist-
ing on implementation of the goy-
ernment conciliation board’s award
and the signing of an agreement
between the company and the union
as recommended. Failing the reach-
ing of an understanding at the
meeting Wednesday, the union
will be forced to request the Fed-
eral Department of Labor to con-
duct a strike vote. The union has
been endeavoring for two years to
obtain an agreement through ne-
gotiation and in all that time, not
one day or even one hour has been
lost through work stoppage, and
now a government conciliation
board, under the chairmanship of
His Honor Judge Harper, has ruled
in favor of the union. If the op-
erators refuse to accept the de-
cision of that government board,
no other course will be left open,
in spite of the IWA’s sincere de-
sire—demonstrated throughout this
dispute and sometimes in the face
of provocation—to avoid such a

ful Wednesday’s meeting will lay

the basis for an agreement, which

Compliments of

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CATERING TO THE LOGGING INDUSTRY
BILL ROBINSON, Prop.

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Ladysmith, B.C.

situation. “IWA officers are hope-|j

CAMP ACTIVITY

By ROVING REPORTER

Smith & Osberg, Palmer Bay:
About 35 men or'so will be through
this year. Bunkhouses old and not
so good; new ones will be built
on the next claim. Grub is fair
under the present rations. Quite a
number of union men in camp.

Western-Log., Forward Harbor:
Clean bunkhouses; fair grub; work-
ing conditions good. The camp is
organized; 27 out of 32 men in the
union.

Topaz Timber, Topaz Harbor:
Will be through this year some-
time. Small crew, only 12 men.
The camp is in fair condition.

Port Neville Log, Port Neville:
Bunkhouses old and in poor condi-
tion. Wages are low in most brac-
kets. Not highball, but rigging hay-
wire.

K. & W. Logging, Forward Bay:
Bunkhouses have beeri moved on
shore and the camp looks better.
Some addition to camp is to be
built. A road crew will be work-
ing there over the summer, put-
ting in a truck road.

M & M Logging, Forward Bay:
Good bunkhouses and clean, C!
nese cook. Chinese fallers have a
separate camp. One Chinese faller
was killed this week by a “School
Marm.”

Port McNiell Log, Port McNiell:
Same old bunkhouses there yet,
very small crew.

C. & A, Port McNeil: They
are building a new wharf and log
dump. Approximately 75 men in
camp. Fallers are complaining
about alot of brush. The superin-
tendent at Pioneer was down and
put pressure on the management
of the C. & A. not to allow the
Loggers’ Navy into camp. It seems
that the C. & A. is obligated to
the Pioneer Co. for the use of
the wharf and logging road.

would do more today than any
other single thing to create con-
fidence between management and
Jabor and develop mutual coopera-
tion, which would immediately re-
flect itself in increased production
on the vitally needed Sitka spruce,”
concluded Secretary Dalskog.

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