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Local 1-217 Provides
Only Woman Speaker

Only sister delegate to speak , fox-holes don’t ask the politics of
at the IWA convention, Gladys ne man next to them,” she con- By NIGEL MORGAN
(No amount of “red baiting,” |Shunaman of 1-217 made a fer-/ cluded. International Board. Member and Legislative Director
; name calling and slander can ever| Yet Plea for tolerance and human- ‘The war will not be over when we enter Berlin, anymore than
cover up the action of our Inter- | #¥ during the debate on eliminat- it was when we entered Paris. There will still be a long hard fight
[) mkbignal President in ordering the | 22 ~rom the constitution clauses ahead after we pass that important milestone on the road to a world

expulsion of Red Wallace and discriminating against communists. of lasting peace, security and freedom.
Ralph Nelson from membership in| “Deletion of this section was The war will be over only when lands are free again, and fear
the International Woodworkers of | Passed unanimously at our local,” no longer darkens people’s faces; when starvation and misery no
"America, based on trumped up|she told the convention, “and we longer drive men to violence; when the sick and suffering are made
charges of membership in the|have members of all races, re- well and happy again; when the millions of young men and women
Communist Political Association of |ligions and political parties. We fighting this global war against fascism are back in their homes, in
the United States. did not feel we had to worry about a land that has something better to offer than the uncertainty and
insecurity of the land they left. Then and only then, can we speak

in the | Poltical views, and as for the Nazis
eee | ondirascists, the ‘government and of VICTORY, of victory that we are confident will endure.
It is because of these grave responsibilities that labor shares, that ~

Inte: ion
History ‘of oun International Union) whave machinery for taking care
“Political Action” has become a Number One Problem of the trade

was written at the Eigtth Consti- ae
i jor- z
ea ee al Pils wectbaltiog isa method of union movement. It was a recognition of these responsibilities, coupled
with a realization by a powerful section of delegates, that only through

ity of the delegates, including our cast eae oan
own | , itchell, | fascism to spl le workers,” she 5,

Eaves cre uury), ate a program unhampered by a petty, partisan, political approach, that
lead to the sharp division of opinion reflected at the CCL Convention

ipp and Barnett, yoted for their | declared. “We want to get every-

one into the union, regardless of

ition fol-
ene Pager cing politics, who will work for the GLADYS SHUNAMAN last week—division over the best way of utilizing labor’s political
attack, second only i the world’s | union. strength to achieve this goal. IWA delegates to the CCL Convention
number one red-baiter and min-| “Politics came up in our local ID T. ll took the stand that there was room in a trade union for people of
ority liquidator, Adolph Hitler. |on only one occasion, when Secre- |, eat, O all races and nationalities, and of all religious and poltical beliefs.
5 to They took the position that to tie a trade union to txe kite of any one
As I stated on the floor of the|tary Benedict crossed the line .

ie eae feGiiielleivesalepeect® for tle CCF: and N w Fift political party at this time (regardless of which one was chosen),
convention, the IWA was originally 0 Yy could only serve to create dissastisfaction of union members of other

founded and grew out of the tyr-|Angus MacInnis at a sister local. ai ae ¥ .
annical action of the president of |We didn’t think it was in order,| ‘The death toll in the B.C, wood- | Political affiliations, and thereby undermine and weaken labor's effort
the United Brotherhood of Car-| and discussed it from that angle. | working industry this week rose |i” the economic field, as well as hampering our present efforts to
Perera rine eerie) soldier in’ cli irenches andi| to so, obtain the cooperation of existing government for the immediate
Miers pect 9e Were nally toreed Arvid Sovick, 21, died three | enactment of sorely needed labor and social reforms. won

i Obviously if the CCL Political Action Committee is to do the big

to secede. The interpretation placed on Ar- | Bours after be- job before it today, it must become more than a mere vote-catching

‘Those of us who were responsi-|ticle 1, Section 4b, 4e and 4d by |in& admitted 50 adjunct of the CCF. It must reflect the desires and needs of the

‘Dle for building this union will re-| our international president and up-| © the Royal membership’ of its ‘aftliated) unions ‘by “providina’ alsrosramh secunid

member his special orders, and|held by a small majority of our |Columbian Woodworkers || which all shades of political opinion can work for coalition policies

* when the membership rejected|eighth convention can be used to|40sPital on have been | shich will end the threat of tory reaction and win labor immediate

them “Big Bill” started a witch |discriminate against any member|Wed. Oct 25, | kitted in B.C’s || cconomic progress. Our unions are made up of practically all shades

hunt looking for “Reds” behind | by merely pointing the finger and | injuries lumber in- {1 of political opinion and religious thought—they must continue to be if
every lumber pile and stump, fi-|implying a member is a Commun-|SUStained dustry since || they are to function effectively, and unitedly!

nally resorting to the lifting of | ist, Nazi or Fascist if a member's | While working Jan. 1, 1944
charters and the insertion in the|views do not happen to coincide |i @ logging | || | ee a
camp at Alvin at the head of Pitt -
ritish Columbian

Carpenters’ constitution of a clause | with the present leadership.
necessitating all members, old and] ‘The premeditated action on the | “2: Operated by the Blackstock
Berita takeibattiiaab tiey didnot |part: of our internatfonal| ofticers | 70Pr, Co. Sovick was working é

belong or never would belong to] in the final’removal of accredited |*S 2 Chokerman when he was DAILY and WEEKLY

the Communist Party, in complete | delegates from the floor of the | Stuck on the head, suffering a
fractured skull. He is survived by

negation of the constitutional rights | convention will delight the forces |<" 2 - Est, 1860
of ‘ splea Tan aera of Dewey, Lewis, Pegler and Dies Bee ae ae oe
as guaranteed by the American] and can only serve to destroy the |. : pare “We Dominate Our Field’
Geeeeittion Sn Beitish Common nity of our international to the | Metan'Y led on Saturday, Oto
Law. detriment of our war effort and Det ae ae NEW WESTMINSTER = BRITISH COLUMBIA
i th: ; dh: fh A saw while working at Paragon
our worthy president had had|the economic problems of im- Sawaillst ear! Yellow Point in 1. G. MACFARLANE, Publisher

as his main objective the protec- [proved ‘wages, hours and working Oveeeiclsteine ‘allen hacmnetent

tion of the membership from the} conditions. If this action is per- ly been discharged from the RCAF

action of any individual or in-} mitted our international will dis- Poniieantiirensons.
dividuals it would have been a] integrate as a body inflicted with Relievaniroininve. Geen killed

simple matter, as the constitution]a deadly disease. pisces Keo was salting ‘struck 'H
provides a cette five, ne fle ‘As president of a district coun-|iim on the head, Alex Pozdnikoff, 3 T. E fal U. B
charges bas upon anti-union | cj] that has made the most spectac- 50, of Krestova, was found dead The Home of UNION MADE CLOTHING -

activities of the individual or in-| war organizational and economic i q
1 ti
dividuals, through the process of gains within the entire interna-| CCt0Pe 4 at a logging operation and FRIENDLY SERVICE
jury and trial and on the establish-| tional union I call on the entire 4

; Ison. :
* ‘ment of guilt, based on evidence membership of this union that we ae ii
John Gordon Keith Sayles, em-
one. ee the ee ee built, in spite of bullying “Big ployed by the Canadian Puget (CORROSION on the excellent pro-
"individuals from our union. Sueh| pin” Hutchinson and his gang Of !Gound Lumber Company, was : gram by the delegates to the Eighth Annual

_ action would have the support of} storm troopers, in spite of all the i
z , i ‘i to- Convention of the IWA.
“very honest member of the Inter-| mistakes we made by the swéat of | har Ga ys, Eene accident Octo ‘ i
tion S TRUST the delegates enjoyed being in

Woodworkers of America. | our prow, through persistent strug- | Cowichan. Wwe
democratic | gle for democratic industrial union-| ~“y54n Ruminski, IN SECOD EC ‘Vancouver as much as Vancouver enjoyed
in this issue have been en-]ism, to continue the struggle. We Hap ATS CAe Pin Coin; pane, are having them.

ignored. The rights for which |owe it to ourselves and to our| 34 qaslam iaWemyyasikiled" Octo,

citizens on foreign battle |fellow citizens engaged in offen- ; .
truck.
ds are fighting and dying. The | sive war against fascism to repel Pe a see nie ney an ‘A Established for Over 40 Years
nation under the leadership | this invasion of our constitutional iA gin; accldenbvat the Dake Log-
Mr. Hitler announced its in-|and democratic rights. ache ee a
ging Company’s camp at Rounds a

n of complete domination of
and political rights of
nations of the world. This has
n brought into reverse thanks
efforts of the United Na-

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