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THE B.C.

LUMBER WORKE

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September 6, 1943

LETTERS

Camp Comments

“Every Reader a Correspondent”

REPORTS

Youbou Camp 6 Enjoys
President's Aniy. Address

The first milestone of organiza-@dent to this Sub-Local was greatly

tion of this camp under the IWA
was passed on Saturday, July 3ist,
when this camp played host to
Harold Pritchett, our District Presi-

dent.

With representation from Youbou
Sawmill Local and Camp 6 Ladies’
Auxiliary, we gathered in the Com-
munity Hall to hear our District
President give a wonderful ad-

__dress.

Preceding Pritchett’s address,
Brother G. Grafton spoke briefly
on organization in the Alberni area,
telling us the strides they are mak-
ing in bringing that area up to the
desired 100 per cent.

Brother Wilf Kileen, Secretary of
Youbou Sawmill Sub-Local was
then introduced and at this time
presented our chairman, D. Mar-
Shall, with a gavel as a token of the
strong unity that binds our Sub-
Locals together. He also spoke
briefly on the recent wage scale
that covered every classification of
work in the mill operation.

The visit of our District Presi-

appreciated as it also marked the
anniversary of our union under the
IWA (one year in the open, 100
per cent and still going strong).
Brother Pritchett’s address was
well received and proved to the
rank and file that he is the right
man in the right place and with
his guidance there are no fears of
a backward step. The clear and
concise manner in which he de-
livered his address made it very
clear ‘to the brothers here where
the “nigger in the woodpile” was
to be found. His remarks on a
working Production Committee no
doubt cleared up the minds of
everyone present in the hall. He
also spoke ably in regard to an
all-out war effort for the defeat
of fascism, in calling for all work-
ers, irrespective of their trade or
caling, to put their-shoulder to the
wheel to stamp out the evils of
fascism in order that we may estab-
lish what we are fighting for —
a democratic world.
Press Committee,
Camp 6 IWA Sub-Local 1-80.

CIO UNIONS?
Production
Record Good

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Chief
of U.S. War Production had high
praise this week for the United
Steelworkers of America.

Chairman Donald Nelson of the
War Production Board announced
that he had sent messages to Presi-
dent Philip Murray of USA and
CIO and to Henry A. Roermer,
president of the Sharon Steel
Crop, of Sharon, Pa., congratulat-
ing both labor and management on
their splendid cooperation in
achieving a new production record
last month. Nelson said:

“This record was achieved in
spite of hot summer weather which
ordinarily is a deterrent to in-
creasing production,

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FRED R. MARCHESE, Mgr.

Nanaimo-Nanoose
Sub-Local Set Up

NANAIMO, B.C.—Loggers and
millworkers in the Nanaimo-Nan-
oose area meeting in the Pleasant
Valley hall last Sunday afternoon
established a Sub-local of IWA lo-
cal 1-80 to facilitate the organizing
of the remainder of the wood-
workers in this district. Officers
elected were: President, Fred Mc-
Masters; vice-president, Blil Jones;
financial secretary, Ross Myers; re-
cording secretary, W. Smith; war-
den, Ben Farkus; and trustees,
Bros. Dwyer, Higgins and Vick-
strom. ~

The meeting was organized and
was under the chairmanship of Geo.
Grafton, Local 1-80 organizer. Dis-
trict Secretary Bert Melsness gave
a report to the meeting on the
recent International Convention
and also reported on the Queen

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jPete’s “Bucko”
Camp 3 Mascot

“Bucko” is rather a strange name
for a doe, but that is what Pete
Johnson of Camp 3, Youbou, called
her, when he found her two years
ago as a few days’ old fawn in
Shaw Creek.

He took her to camp and raised
her with a bottle until Xmas, when
he left camp for his holidays. He
considered that Bucko was now
big enough to stand on her own
feet, so he took her in the speeder

and set her off at her birthplace.

But Camp 3 seemed to have a
jot of attractions for her, because
in the spring she showed up again
and stayed with the whole summer,
getting fat from what the boys
brought her from the cookhouse.

Around Xmas last year she dis-
appeared, and last winter we only
saw her a few times when we were
working in the Nitinat, which she
quite likely preferred {o Shaw
Creek, where there is always a lot
of snow in the winter. In the early
spring she appeared again in camp,
just to disappear after a few days
and we did not see her any more
until last last Sunday ‘afternoon,
when one of the boys saw her
around the filing shack. She un-
doubtedly wanted to show us her
new acquisition—her fawn. ‘The
proud mother paraded up and
down the track, eating the cookies
Pete brought her, but she could
not persuade her young to come
any closer than about 75 feet. There
it was, standing and making little
noises to tell its mother that it
was afraid of those strange beings
walking on only two legs.

One of the boys who always has
a camera ready for cases like this,
took a picture of Pete and Bucko,
which we have reproduced above.

Charlotte Island dispute. The meet-
ing adopted a resolution requesting
that the federal department of la-
bor move immediately to bring
about a settlement or to take a
strike vote as requested by the
union some five weeks ago and on
which no action has been taken
up to the present.

A curtailed midsummer layoff in
the woods last month brought good
results in log production. Unoffi-
cial scale for July was 170,000,000
feet bm. or only 10,000,000 feet
short of July last year.
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JOHN STANTON

Barrister, Solicitor, Notary

603 Holden Bldg.
16 East Hastings

MAr. 5746

Hastings Steam Baths
164 EAST HASTINGS ST.
Government Registered Masseurs
in Attendance
J. WEPSALA, Prop,

Also Agent for ... Norwegian and
Swedish American Steamship Lineg
High, 6240 ALWAYS OPEN

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Department of Labor proposals for
a compromise settlement of the 2-
year-old QCI dispute.

(1) Recognition of IWA as bar-
gaining agency.

(2) Company to pay present wage
scale for one year from date,

(3) Paydays to be in accordance
with provincial regulations,

(4) Free transport for workmen
from camps to operations,

(5) An eight-hour day, and 48-
hour week, with time and one-half
for overtime,

(6) Present prices for board to
remain subject to negotiations,

(7) Safety committees appointed
by the union to be recognized by
companies,

(8) Principle of seniority in em-
ployment to be recognized after 60
days in employ. Leave of absence
to be granted men joining the
armed forces, or suffering injury
or illness. In the event of a shut-
down, former employees to be re-
employed first.

(9) Company to lend support to
formation of labor-management
production committees, “as ap-
Proved by the Federal government
in the March 3 issue of the Labor
Gazette.”

(10) In the event of a dispute,
either party privileged to call for

Be Careful —It
Cam Save Lives

One out of each 60 compen-
sable falling and gucking acci-
dents is fatal.

One out of each 111 riggi
accidents is fatal. noe

One out of each 85 loading
accidents is fatal,

One out of each 6 head in-
juries has been fatal,

Deaths from head injuries
up to June 30th, 1943, num-
bered 14,

Eight of these 14 fatals were
to fallérs and buckers,

Seven of these eight fatals
were caused by falling limbs
and snags,

Appreciates
Union’s Help

Editor, The Lumber Worker:

I beg to advise you we took up
a collection for Brother Douglas
Blood, who has been off work for
four months without compensation.
The donations amounted to $134.00;
$119.00 of this being taken off at
the office.

I presented Brother Blood with
the $134.00 on August 22 and on
behalf of Brother Blood I extend
his sincere appreciation of the
thoughtful consideration and finan-
cial aid donated by the brothers
and employees of the Northwest
Bay Logging Company.
Please find a space for this in
The Lumber Worker.
Fraternally,

ROSS MEYERS, Secretary.
Northwest Bay

IWA-CIO Sub-Local 1-80.

Curry Proposals For
QCI Settlement

Points covered In the “Currie” conciliation under the Industrial

Disputes Act.

(11) The agreement to remain in
effect for one year. :

The union representatives accept-
ed the agreement after reading it,
but the company representatives
declined to do so, stating they
wished to present further propos-
als.

It is probable there will be an-
other meeting today to receive the
operates final reply.

CAMP ACTIVITY

By ROVING REPORTER

NOTICE

George Law is requested to get
in touch with Norman Law at 1396
East 2nd Avenue, Vancouver, B.C.,
as soon as possible. This call is
urgent — anyone knowing of his
whereabouts, please notify Norman
Law at the above address,

Brother Fred Covey, IWA mem-
ber employed at the Northcoast
Timber Company, died on August
21 and was buried three days later
at Queen Charlotte City. John
McCuish, Harry Ling, Abbie Ol-
son and Reg Roberts were pall
bearers,

SHANNON BAY
HAS GOOD COOK

To the Editor:

There are cooks and cooks, but I
hope I never see a better one than
we have here. I have been in big

camps and small camps but I have
never enjoyed my meals as much
as I do here. I've been in camps
on Vancouver Island, camps in the
interior, to people’s homes, but our
cook here at Shannon Bay has them
all beat. President John McCuish
and Abbie Olson were here a few
days ago and I quote him, “Boys,
you have the best cook on the
islands, and I think it is time one
of you gave him a write up in the
“B.C. Lumber Worker.”

_zhis camp, all in all, is not a bad
little camp, spring mattresses in the
bunk houses, a dry-room, small
shower bath and the best water
in the whole of Massett Inlet; so I

don’t think we haye anything to
kick about.

There is one thing I would like
to bring up in this Paper—loggers
going to camp and back to town are
charged a luxury tax on these
tickets. Now you know and I know
that it sure ain’t a luxury to travel
on any Union Steamship boat, es-
pecially the Cassiar. I think it is
time that this was looked into and
something done about it. In the
case of fresh meat being carried
on the Cassiar, there were some
men on the Cassiar the last trip up
from Vancouver and they inquired
as to why the meat was not in the
refrigerator. They were told that
the company refused to pay the few
extra dollars it cost to ship this
meat by refrigeration,

Fraternally yours,

Card No. 4166,