° : THE B.C. LUMBER WORKER LETTERS “Every Camp Comment Reader a Correspondent” Leechtown Sub Local Gains Better Conditions . “The Mills of the Gods Grind Slowly,” yet nevertheless less things are happening at Cameron’s Camp and Mill at Leech- town. Flush toilets are in the last stages of installation. Those almost unknown gadgets that the boys hitherto had only spoken of with awe, and in muted whispers. Now an actuality, the crew are perhaps wondering why they weren’t installed years ago. - It was reported at the last meet- ‘ing that the management had of- fered to furnish lumber and a site for a meeting and recration hall. Also to bring a man to erect it. It was suggested that it would per- haps be many moons before the building would be available to the members so when asked by the presiding officer if the members were willing to spend part of their leisure hours in building it them- selves the answer was “aye” with one exception. Three or four mem- bers are Al carpenters. The dissenting voice, one of the married men (who has a sawdust burner) said he couldn’t spare the time as he “had wood to chop.” We suspect his woodchopping ac- tivities lie in another direction. The crew, both woods and mill, are eagerly following up the latest developments regarding progress of the union in the organization of the few remaining camps on Van- couver Island. Lately a milicious report was circulated that the union members had been intimidating the two or three men who so far have re- mained aloof from the union. This report, intended to create ill-feel- ing between management and the union, is needless to say, utterly untrue and unfounded. Allow me to extend the whole camp's heartiest congratulations to Brother Doc McMeeken, our ex- craneman, upon his marriage, last Friday. A feeling of vast relief the best of luck, Doc! { 1 i CHIROPRACTORS | | i H Palmer Graduates i | M. E. McPHEE, D.C. J. N. SMITH, D.C. 1 I 20 Years’ Practice in B.C. | H 552 Columbia Street (Opp. Post Office) I I PIIONE 3092 NEW WESTMINSTER, B.c. ! Hotel West, Lid. FRED R. MARCHESE, Mgr. Moderate Centrally Located PAc. 8374 — 444 Carrall Street jto get married we all wish you Local 1-80 Certified In 3 More Operations Wilf Killeen, newly elected secretary of IWA Local 1-80, who has just recently been released from hospital after a suc- cessful operation, has now arrived in Duncan and will be taking over his new duties shortly. Brother Killeen, formerly employed as crane driver at the big Youbou mill, is well suited to his key position, having an extensive knowledge of the Sub-Locals Elect Officers At recent well-attended meetings of the Youbou and Ladysmith sub-locals of Local 1-80, new slates of officers were elected to lead thesee sub-locals in the coming year. Those elected to lead the You- bou Sub-Local were: President I. J. Gibson on the boom end; First Vice-President R. Leadingham of the hog fuel department; second vice-president, P. Traft, sizer man; third vice-president, W. Daly, machinist; financial secretary, Rus- sell Yates, planer man; recording secretary, Bill Langmead, con- struction department; conductor, M. Campbell, millwright; and trus- teees, G. Scrividi, filer, and R. MacMillan, edgerman. Jack Atkinson, mechanic of Co- mox Log, was re-elected to lead the Ladysmith sub-local, with Bill ‘Hallinan as first vice-president; John Ulinder, second vice-presi- dent, and Eric Sundberg, third | vice-president. Jimmy Gilchrist was re-elected financial secretary ; of the sub-local; Raljph Turner, re-| \ cording secretary; A. O'Mara, con-| ductor; J. Gallagher, warden; J. Tangvik, Axel Anderson and Dave Mason, trustes. that “Doc” finally made the grade is felt by the entire crew. Although you had to leave us Rates and PAc. 8375 Vancouver, B.C. Quinsam Cp: Has Grievance Organization here is going ahead by leaps and bounds. At present we are waiting certification and our Job Stewards are doing a won- derful job. We hold our meetings regularly in the bunkhouse, which is too small for the turnouts. So far our Grievance Committee has not been able to get permission to use the Cookhouse or the Recreation Hall. Speaking of sanitary conditions: this camp is one of the worst on the Coast. The camp is built on a swamp, the bunk houses are on skeleton cars and the wind howls through numerous cracks in the walls. The lavatories are a good five minute walk from the camp and the company is so ashamed of it they don’t even have it properly lighted. I would hate to describe what one might find under the bunkhouses. There is a move on in camp to raise money to buy gas masks for all the crew in camp in preparation of the coming hot weather. What is wrong with our health inspectors when they con- demn buildings in Vancouver as unsanitary when they are many times cleaner than our camp? It is noticed that the company has finally built some rafts in the wash house. Whether these are a safety measure to keep the men from drowning or not is one of those things which we don’t know. Our transportation to the woods is quite similar to the old cattle car days. Half the men can get seats and the other half have to stand so close they are unable to even roll a smoke. There is a sys- tem existing here that requires that the fallers wait a half hour or more for the rigging crew before they can get transportation to camp. So you can easily see what a wonderful camp we have here. industry. The newly elected secre- tary player an important role in unionization of the Industrial Tim- ber Mills plants at Youbou. Re-elected President Owen Brown is still confined to Vancouver Gen- eral Hospital from a back injury and was unable, as was Brother Killeen, to be present at the in- mittee met the management stallation ceremonies held at the; were able to straighten out: a Jocal’s monthly meeting in Dun-j the grievances that existed at the can on March 19. Local 80 mem-j time. The men want the first bership hopes to see him up and kit brought in and inspected around again in the very near fu- ture. Certification of the camps and mills operated by the Beban Lum- ber Company at Nanaimo and Ga- briola Island and the Hillcrest Sawmill were announced this week by Local 1-80. Negotiations will be opened immediately for union agrements to cover these three op- erations, ued Con’ Local 1-85 Jim Saxby, elected to the posi- tion of recording secretary, has had considerable experience in secretarial work. He is a present secretary of the union social com- mittee. Vern Carlyle, elected to the position of conductor, has also had considerable experience in execu- tive work. In his long association with the trade union movement he has held several executive positions, and he is now chairman of the shingle-mill sub-local. Ingvald Holm, elected as ward- en, is a member of the IWA of long standing and an active job steward in Bloedels mill. Fre Cook, elected as the three- year trustee, is chairman of the APL Camp 1 sub-local and has held that position since the resig- nation of Brother Owens Copley. The officers will be installed at the next regular meeting on April 16 by District Secretary Bert Melsness. Courtenay Complete Hom > Company ° Furniture and Farm Machinery and Supplies Hardware e Furnishings COURTENAY, B.C. | | ;men in camp and union me Wellburn Timber Co., D This is the first report to in for some time. The last meeting here showed that union is really on top with ont three men not members. By th next meeting it is expected that this camp will be one 1 percent. Dumaresq Bros, Allison —This camp is also well org: ed with only three men not in union. Two are reported to hopeless cases. The camp month. The crew also asks n light in the wash house, _ Forward Bay—The camp here well organized and conditions ‘fairly good. There are about are held regularly with very attendance, A new bunk has been built and the rest of th buildings are in good shape. Go clean blankets are supplied wh certainly makes for comfort. About the only beef here is the foo which could certainly stand improvement, Transportation provided in a covered truck and from the job. s Harrison Lake Area—The camps — in this district were visited last week by International Representa- tive Jack Greenall. There was a good response from the men and the activity of the union members is now being stepped up to a con- siderable degree. Much work is — still needed to be done here how- ever and the men would welcome the organizer back. Malahat Log, Port Renfrew — — Reports from this camp have it that there is a real crying need here for the union. Some good — work is being done by the boys themselves, but it needs an organ- izer to come in and finish the job. There are several union — members in camp, but not nearly enough, so how about a union rep- — resentative coming up here. % Chilliwack Area — The union here is continuing to grow and there are several camps here ready for certification in the near — future. i te ie Be Every Member Get a Member! For EFFICIENT SERVICE call at... JIM WATTS’ Shell Service Station VICTORIA, B.C. 601 Gorge Rd. Phone G