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ovrerenaad Bulletin Published by The B.C. District Council, International Woodworkers of America, Affiliated to Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)

VOL. XM. XI. No. 13.
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VANCOUVER, B.C., MONDAY, JUNE 26, 1944

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[WA STARTS ORGANIZATIONAL DRIVE
IN UPPER FRASER RIVER OPERATIONS

Lumber Queen Contest
Creates Wide Interest

The Lumber Queen copies? which is being ponucted in
Pees unetion with the Dun
reated wide i

her
ig the first week, ne dropped He
pss ans Aa 500 ave Princess popes Portelance is lead-

with 1: eae? e] hic, who led the polls ganizer, was ste us
Bes see ree k of the Genuain, has dropped to third | ¢ r, to we in
place with 73,900. Nigel Morg; x Stethatl oy Executive Board Member,
‘The Princess having the largest IWA-CIO, opened the conferen wat an address in which he
number of votes at 8 p.m. Thurs- described the rapid growth o A in recent months
day, June 29, will be declared from Queen Charlotte Idands right down the coast to
Queen and will preside over Dun- Vancouver, New a a ae and
Dominion Day festivities on Fraser Valley areas. He pointed has now signed over one hundr
July Ist, besides being winner of t the significant gains ae cae sereements) in the lumberiiey iy
the coveted hope chest, filled with een made in wages, working con-| Gust. with all the largest camps
Bil janean_ merchants, ditions and improved labor legisla-| 2@™¢ ™! coverine Ovens loa
first time in the his- tion through uuited action on — 000 emplovee. ican onetbe
tory of Duncan that suchea united part of the organized trade union | W@" 4d the invasion, and emphas.
nm pl

id and according to Bro. Kil-

, Carnival secretary, it will be
the largest in the city’s history.
club, which is in charge

oO! arade, repo} at in spite
of the shortage of materials used
in preparing floats that many en-
have been de id that

the Chinese Society of Duncan is

planning

ene city block of space in the
WILF KILLEEN

parade, Ti)

Mission Conference Lays Plans
For Consolidation

B.C, Jun

MISSION, 18,— Ac
pcprcscating 12 leeama obetaiond and mills

1-71 and 1-367 gathered here to
mittee for the purpo: cont
rive in the camps ills it
rovisional C tee o:
1 i i ill of eae
Vice-Chairman, rownlee of Missio: cording Secretar.
Walter Erickson Abbotsford; three T: tees: W. Gustasi sec
of Webster's Corners, J. Taylor of Abbotsford, and Fred Price,
as well ommittee Members Frank Nevers Chilliwack,
and 1 or

movement in Canada.

Morgan cited aa ie
the W:

cal 1-7
ommittee as Organizational Direc-

onference of 38 delegates
from IWA Locals
ma pacbnowisicne! com-

that this, is war is being fous

Bergren Moved

jal: B
Westnet last week to

inte Sart
resentative

5 eel the gains made by

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able tesctanis local office: re
confident o; hieving 100 percent
organizati this district b;

end of the summer.

Brother Bergren left Port Al-
berni, where he has worked suc-
au for the past two years,

h hearty good wishes and oe

iS of eat from member:
os =e

ts

pay, seniority, collective bargain-
ing procedure as well as many

other benefits for the working t

k Greenall

man.
He pointed out that the IWA

Port Alberni Local Honors -
Memory Of Union Pioneer

old pioneers of unionism in aa

umber, away in 1938 a:
the an of failing sae Se

Lo- by untirin; id

rni is a
fitting memorial to Brother Graf.

One in Five
Im England
Are Bombed

Importance a es fea 2 in-
wi

ents of lumber to the United
ingdom alone of an approxi-
mate value of $47,000,000 yearly.

to the Ministr,
ee “One in if

brought to a dead stop.

an- | j,

Greenall Apooned ‘Acne
: District Sec’y-Treasurer

Appoi

ering on June 22

appreciation of the
aarainate service h
r the IWA ii

entie membe: nally
of ie ie Ree for his early and s;

Deaths Reach

Twenty-four
The death toll in B.C. lumber
this week rose to 7A with reports
fi

ig the
ae aaa aren

im 0.
granted a leave of ae
nce erve with Canada’s Arm’
Signal Corps. a a special ae

‘ampbell
No details are known.

ae

See DEATHS—Page 8