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THE B.c. LUMBER_WORKER

August 7, 1944

By JOE PAYNTER

a WA

Be prepared ! .

These words are probably most widely known as the motto of that
excellent body of youngsters, international in scope, the Boy Scouts.

It also applies, most aptly, to the Safety Committee and the First
Aid Attendant in your camp.

Your Safety Committee, by its constant efforts to eliminate unsafe
machinery, dangerous practices and poor or careless workmanship,
does its best to prepare against the Possibility of an accident.

Your First Aid Attendant, by his studies, his continued interest and
his experience, has prepared himself to attend to the hurts and ills
of each and every man in camp.

As a workman do you, Mr. Woodworker,
Prepared?”

If... you do your work carefully and to the best of your ability;
if... you are willing to share your experience with the green new-
comer; if... you take an active and cooperative interest in your
Safety Committee; if .. . you are willing to do your work and keep
your equipment in a safe condition that is satisfactory to the Safety
Committee; and if... you report any and all hazards or, dangerous
working habits to the Committee, then you can with justifiable satis-
faction consider yourself one of the ever-growing number of smart
Working-men who appreciate the value and know the vital importance
of Safety, You will be making a direct and worthwhile contribution
not only to your own well-being but to that of every man engaged in
this vast and important industry. In short, you will show conclusively
you are prepared and willing to accept your responsibilities as a work-
man and as a citizen.

A working knowledge of First Aid is easy to obtain and, by so
doing, you prepare yourself to possibly be all that stands between a
fellow worker and that grim reaper, Death,

When I first went to work in the woods the importance of even a
slight knowledge of First Aid was forcibly borne home to me by one
of those incidents that will ever remain sharply etched on my memory,

Returning from work one evening a gang of us were riding the
erumbie when, on a rough piece of road-bed, one of the fellows, a
young and active rigging-slinger, was thrown to the right-of-way with
his leg under the rolling wheels,

It seemed but an instant before the train ground to a stop and he
was lying unconscious beside the track, with his left leg abruptly
ending a few inches below the knee in a gory stump.

All of us were momentarily stunned by the Speed of events and the
Sight of his blood being pumped onto the sand and cinders of the
road-bed im an ever-widening pool where a caulk-booted foot should
have been, 2

‘The first fellow in that gang to recover his wits was a university
student employed for the summer as a spark-chaser, He knew nothing
about logging, but fortunately for that rigging-slinger, he remembered
@ little of the first aid he had been taught years before as a Boy Scout.

It was but the work of a second for him to cut the cord from his
lunch bucket and to twist it around that bleeding stump. After cinch-
ing the improvised tourniquet he used his thumbs to apply pressure
at the back of the knee so stopping that awful life-draining flow.

That rigging-slinger lived. We all soberly admitted he wouldn't have
stood a chance had not that spark-chaser been prepared by early
training to know where and how to apply pressure.

Tn the first aid section of his Boy Scout training he had learned
that in the body there are various places where an artery crosses over
a bone, thus providing sites where, by some sort of applied pressure,
it is possible to largely stop the flow of blood by compressing the
artery against the bone.

Doctors refer to these sites as pressure points. In any course of
first aid the extreme importance of these points is constantly stressed.

Ask your first aid man where the presstre-points are located. He'll
be glad to share his knowledge with you.

He knows it is possible to bleed to death in two scant minutes, He
realizes that no matter how well he knows his first aid all his knowl-
edge will be useless if there is an accident and he is called into the
woods to treat a man with a severed artery. He'll be much too late.

You may be the man who is there when a fellow worker cuts an
artery. Learn your pressure-points and “Be Prepared!”

live by the motto, “Be

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EVICTIONS
PROTESTED

Jack Henderson, vice-chairman
of the Industrial Reconstruction
and Social Development Council,
and president of the Canadian Le-
gion, B.C. Command, will head a
delegation sponsored by the IRSDC
to present recommendations to
Vancouver City Council on the
housing situation, it was announced
following a special meeting of the
executive Thursday night.

Mr. Henderson. will also be the
speaker at a mass meeting of
bodies affiliated to the council on
Friday, August 11, which will be
asked to support the delegation’s
demands.

These will be:

(1) No more. evictions of sol-
diers’ families,

(2) No evictions under Land-
lords and Tenants Act until au-
thorized after review by the at-
torney-general or his agent ap-
Pointed for that purpose.

(3) Requisitioning of all empty
houses in the city under the War
Measures Act to provide emerg-
ency housing.

(4) The present suggestion of
100 houses for soldiers’ families
to be built under the ‘Toronto
Plan’ to be increased to 500 at
least.

(5) The adoption of the ‘Mon-
treal Plan, whereby the govern-
ment will pay 90 percent of the
cost, as a long-range measure to
provide necessary homes.

(6) The old Hotel Vancouver to
be procured for temporary quar-
ters for families of soldiers in-
tending to take land under the
Veterans’ Land Act.

The -place of the mass meeting
will be announced later. Present
at the executive meeting in an ad-
visory and supporting capacity
were David McKee, secretary B.C.
Command Canadian Legion: Tom
Harnett, chairman; Vancouver
Zone Council; Capt. Rothery, Lion’s
Gate Branch; William Martin,
Branch 142; and Mrs. Doris Hart-
ley, Col. John Wise, Jahn Stanton,
and Elgin Ruddell of the 5,000
Homes Now Committee.

As many members as possible of
all affiliated bodies, in which are
included IWA locals, are request-
ed to be present at the meeting,
as well as on the city council mass
delegation at 2'p.m., Monday, Aug-
ust 14.

Every Member
Get a Member!

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AMATEUR ARTISTS INVITED
TO COMPETE IN EXHIBITION

Amateur artists, members of the IWA are to be given an
opportunity for recognition through the Labor Arts Guild in
its competition to’ be conducted this fall. Several specimens of
artistic ability among woodworkers have already been drawn
to the attention of The Lumber Worker.. Oscar Hilgren has
presented the hiring hall with wood carvings of artistic merit.

Jack

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LESLIE MORRIS
URGES UNITY .
AT GATHERING .

Leslie Morris, Ontario LPP
Provincial leader, speaking at the
United Nations Picnic on Sunday,
August 6, urged unity of all work-
ers, farmers and progressive-think-
ing people for victory over reac-
tion, not only to bring a successful
conclusion to the war, but to guar-
antee a peace that will bring pros-
perity to Canada.

Foreseeing a situation after the
next election with no one party
having a complete majority he said
“It will be the responsibility of the
labor movement to use its influ-
ence toward achieving a coalition
of progressive forces that will be
strong enough to overcome Tory
reaction and together with the
Liberals move toward a stronger
more democratic Canada.”

He pointed out how a Labor
Liberal coalition could oust the

Harman from Pioneer Timber has sent in some pencil
drawings that demonstrate ability.

A special prize of $100 for the
best contribution depicting the
lumber industry will be offered
through cooperation between the
IWA and the Labor Arts Guild.
Apart from this special prize on
lumbering there will. be an over
all first prize of $250, second prize
$150, and 3rd prize $100.

Entries are invited from artists
resident in the province, depicting
some phase of B.C, economic ac-
tivity: Industry, Agriculture, Ship-
building, Fishing, Lumbering, etc.

Entries for this exhbition must
be addressed to -the Vancouver
Art. Gallery, 1145 West Georgia
Street, Vancouver, marked “Brit-
ish Columbia at Work,” and must
be delivered to the gallery not
later than November 11, 1944,

Oil paintings, water colors,
sketches in any medium, wood car-
ving and sculpture are invited.
Framing is optional, but any pic-
tures not framed must be matted.
Each exhibitor is limited to three
entries. The largest measurement
of my picture must not exceed 36
inches, All work submitted must
be done by the exhibitors; copies
of existing pictures will not be

Conservative Drew Government
in Ontario if the CCF would agree
to a unity program with progres-
sive Liberals and the LPP. Such
a coalition could usher in a Gov-
ernment more sympathetic to la-
bor, but only provided unity could
be achieved, he emphasized.

The United Nations Picnic spon-
sored by the Labor Progressive
Party and held at Confederation
Park, was attended by thousands
of workers and their families in
spite of the weather which looked
lke rain in the morning but)
cleared up nicely in the afternoon.
Many colorful costumes represent-
ing many different nationalities
added variety to the scene.

The contest for Miss United Na-
tions was keenly fought, with the
loggers’ favorite’ Miss Scandinavia,
leading until close to the end. A
last spurt on the part of support-
ers for Miss USSR, and Miss Yago
Slavia succeeded in putting her
back to third: place. Final stand-

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Judges will be appointed by the
Federation of Canadian Artists,
B.C, Region.
the prize awards will be final.
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Miss USSR first with $808.88 to
her credit, Miss Yugo Slavia, Miss
Scandinavia, Miss China, Miss
USA, Miss French Canada, Miss
Free France. Miss Italy, Miss Can-_
ada, Miss Ukraine, Miss Palestine,
Miss India, Miss Greece, Miss
England, Miss Czecho Slovakia,
and Miss Ireland.

A popular feature of the day
was the variety of National din-
ners. Probably the most popular
of these this year was the Italian
dinner with Chinese dinners being
a close runner up.

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