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erkerR Union Hiring Depends

On Your ie:
By DON oa en

IN THE issue Ge May 7th

hat s ou
rs regarding how the: rs came into my possession.

An Open Letter

May 31, 1945.
Mr, Claude Ballard,
President, International Woodworkers of America,
Portland Oregon.
cs ia ecapeaies
and full intentions on the part of certain

rue International
officers nt board members.
ig]

ns to gain

Be he uld be clear to all of us that the real eitferences existing
within our international union is over CIO policy—on the most fun-
damental yeues Gt mow confronting our tnion—m that they are re-
jecting am craic by Gio as the only means of solving
the Problems ot "the P le of our c and the peoples of the
United Nati d a just and las‘

e

Careful perusal of the minutes of the last board meeting of
our internationat union will show the position that was taken by the
rity on the folowing points:

Tabled a ur in the endorsement of the
SManeeeanaren enachecrantotl principles agreed to by Philip
Murray, William Green, and Eric Johnson; in other Words re-
jecting labor-management co-operation as. the bes of

motion to ‘conc

£ fe
an a ae ye with industry which could only bring Rigen.”
ed to the negotiating ponies the question of

oe

taking nally Act as a means to
bring about a wage increase. The industry-wide negotiating
Onin foeuslealeei toni cuetTiAo coneldee thie question of a/strike
yote. This action corresponds with the position taken on point
No. 1.

ding the return of veterans to

some may think I wrote the letters that caused our soldier boy t0 | of ry aie Federal
write such an answer, may I explain further. June 1. Whenever I “<
received from overseas are in most cases read by m eyes John Bracken o1

than the “individual “ve receives them. These letters fall into that | cs
course they cam the attention of my}

T eeet Meas ithe person who

plies. | My being
we i in

fest as

Benicio aie Se Le
this further 23 splanation on the subject matter clears Tp any male
lersta
eh is the price of freedom and while the “uncon-| boys, wt
ditional rage tiet iat Nest Germany brings only military defeat

the gravest danger to mankind the sor ores yet it does open
up for mankind the greatest vista in ou! i mity | hid for power. It reminds me of

ill_be pote eau i srhen Seats ‘unconditional, sur- a NEES
render to the United N So as to hasten that day, labour es
wall continue to put the 3 ness of the fighting fronts ge as we ; Worried ag the a aud he

e done in order to defeat the Nazi im Bur eplied, ause Oo}
intain ie eae a necessary to supply | These promises made
the Ht rots it is ple the pare must scr to the 'mind me of my boyho
ring w

at our

disposal

must ye . *.

Baliecd fos A anes romises, Danged good job they
idn’t, for those w ee ind
r organization has provided the tools, so may I again appeal of promi 5

(wit h pillaenig considered of becoming a bore) that the member- and ering vic et ae ie abil-
ship of the IWA use these tools and build for ourselves a sound |ity atte, a hi
Unione Fring uyaberi (iatneomtclene Y, ver destroy. ony using perhaps dif-
The future way of HOW WE SHALL HIRE, must be pat of PEQUAlE overt
ITY, FRATERNITY and | 1 Too many of us remember] So ei simmers down to
when that was not th ing prineiple laid before us when seek- a pot he, the ae ia e
ing employm

gar
indu: oe try. Resolution Ate fan ‘adopted Gia the nen 1G! Canta
s to it

eir
ghar foe “the ea

ey
lative seniority 1
spent in service since September L “1940, the ‘date of the passage
of the a Service Act.”
Te is oted, according to the
ano beeing to the men berenta only one section of the
Reeoittion adopted by District No. 2 and are Deeseneing ial

plants,
executive minutes, that

actions on other points re; rans,
it

in action accord ing
than the armed c it services; which can

ya tend to create
new veterans vorganizations formed for uns
the trade

ae
purpose of fighting

Col ae er was poured on any enthusiasm now or

the falre on ites monte plembershipy of the IWA to partici

pate in political action committees, whereby 2 motion was adopt-

Gi topay the $1,000 owing CIO-PAC whenever possible, and re-

jecting further financial obligations to the important PAG
ork.

5. Rejected our international union’s pro-rated s! e
Harry Bridges Defence Committes, which is a big au Tiertis
question now before the United States Supreme Court, and di

rectly

affecting all Jab

Officers of IWA District No. 1, after careful perusal of the

~ executive minutes, are of the firm opinion that the officers and
board members of our International would be well advised to mobi
lize the membership of our organization in support of the CIO policy
on all such fundamental issues as herei ‘erred to. ou.
sincere conviction that the CIO and its Ten ReClines) including
ur own international union, has the important task of mobilizing
labor and the public in our two great nea eniae in support of the
program of the United Nations in a people’s movement for stability |

d welfare of all.

and co-operation in ae aie ata an
Fraternally -y:

Signed:
Harold P. Pritchett, District President IWA, CIO, CCL
“E. Dalskog, ace eepeldeay District 1, IWA, CIO, CCL
Jack Greenall, Sec.-Treas., District 1, IWA, CIO, CCL

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