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LETTERS

CAMP ACTIVITY

By ROVING REPORTER

PACIFIC MILLS LTD.,
A-35 Q.C.1.

At the meeting of September
13, Brother -D. Middleton was
accepted as chairman. Brothers
Frost, Powers and Middleton
volunteered to act on the safety
Commitee. It was decided that
tthe chairman and secretary
would record all names regard-
ing seniority rights and that the
company be reminded of same

and asked to observe in case of| ©

a shut-down.

ALASKA PINE CO.,
POWELL RIVER ,

The regular meeting was called
to order with Brother J. McFar-

lan in the chair. Brothers Cacic
and Hudemka were elected by
acclamation to the camp commit-
tee, and Brother Cacic volunteer-
ed to act on the safety commit-
tee. The camp committee was
instructed to interview the local
management with regards to the
falling and bucking. After the
regular business it was decided
that a letter expressing a vote
of confidence be sent to the of-
ficers of the B.C. District-Coun-
cil and Local 1-71. This motion
was brought about when the
chairman, Brother McFarlan,
strongly condemned a_ leaflet
caled, “The Under-Cut,” for its
attack against certain of the of-
ficers, and pointed out that this
was the work of some disgrunt-
led few within our union or else
was paid for by big business so
as to split our ranks and give
ithe bosses the opening wedge at
wage cutting and union breaking
and as he put it, now is the time
to have union solidarity to pro-
tect against such things and es-
pecially slanderous leaflets that
are sent out with no official sig-
nature.

CANADIAN FOREST
PRODUCIS, CAMP “A,”
ENGLEWOOD, B.C.

At the meeting of September
24,.1945, Brother I. Ingertila
was elected camp secretary and
Brothers Hay and Leonew elect-
ed job stewards. A motion was
made that a dry house be con-
structed and that a door be in-
staled on the wash house to bet-
ter the conditions.

Monday, October 8

Dey Se THE B.C. LUMBER WORKER

Camp Comments

‘Every Reader a Correspondent” ”

The above is a picture of Gary Bergdahl, young son of Mr. and
Mrs. Chris Bergdahl of Church Creek, Q.C. Islands. Evidently he
intends to share his rations with the fawn.

America met and elected offi-
cers for the year.

Three previous meetings had
been held where the discussion
had centred around aims and ob-
jects of the council representa-
tion and bylaws.

The purpose of the council will

(a) Co-ordination of efforts of
all local unions.

(b) The organization of the
now unorganized worker regard-
less of work being performed.

(c) Drawing up and furthering
legislative briefs.

(d) Advice and consultation of

all labor problems of a general
nature,

Plans for bringing the unor-
ganized into a union are already
under way with the proposal of
seting up a General Workers’
Federation.

The folowing officers were
elected:

E. Anderson, President IWA;
L. Steves, UBC & J, first vice-
president; F. Plowright, civic
workers, recording secretary; J.
Bailey, UBC & J, secretary-
treasurer. . ‘

J. Cameron, UMWA, C. Jones,
Electrical Workers, | executive
board members.

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* FRED E. MARCHESE, Mgr.

Moderate

Centrally Located

PAc. 8374 — PAc. 8375
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Rates and

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Comox Unions Prepare
For Joint Activity

At a meeting on Sunday, September 30th, in the IWA Hall,
Courtenay, delegates from the United Mine Workers of America,
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, Civic Employees
Union, Electrical Workers, and International Woodworkers of

for transportation to Princess
Louise Inlet and during recent
months a number of plane trips
have been made carrying log-

"| gers to the Queen Charlotte Isl-

ands.

‘The proposal for licensing air-
line service to the outlying log-
ging points has the full endor-
sation of the IWA, for it is
recognized that air facilities will
do much to eliminate the dis-
comfort of inadequate boat ser-
vice, bring food, supplies and
news much quicker, as well as
shorten the time necessary for
obtaining first class medical and
hospital facilities for those un-
fortunate enough to be injured.

Air Transport Planned
For Coast Log Camps

Possibility of increased use of air transportation for
logging, fishing and mining communities along the B.C.
| coast, was opened up last week with the application of Stils-
bury-Hepburn Limited of Stilsbury-Hepburn Limited of
Vancouver for a license to operate charter air service to up-
coast points. Already one such charter has been granted

To Construct Modern
Bunkhouses at Niemi’s

A report from Oscar Niemi’s
Camp at Jervis Inlet reveals that
15 married men and 60 single
men are operating one side and
one cold deck. Five gangs of
fallers are paid at the rate of
$1.50 per M. The country is
steep in general and the timber
sound. Road operation consists
of two gas shovels, one large and —
one small cat, two gravel
trucks and one drag line
scraper.

Camp conditions are reported
as fair and new modern bunk-
houses are under construction.
The 40-hour week and conyen-
tion were dealt with at a special
meeting.

1445 Powell St.
1040 Hamilton St.
2700 Yew St.

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CASH

FOR YOUR EMPTY

BEER BOTTLES —

THEY. ARE URGENTLY NEEDED!

The quantity of bottled beer which can be made
available to the public is directly affécted by the
number of empty beer bottles which are returned

to the consumer. A definite shortage of empty

beer bottles now exists. You can help to alleviate

this condition and ensure the future supply of
bottled beer by returning empty beer. bottles ‘
promptly to any of the addresses listed below:

YOU WILL RECEIVE 25c PER DOZEN IF YOU

DELIVER THEM TO ANY OF THE FOLLOWING
ADDRESSES:

. 115 E. Second Ave.
6 E. Second Ave.
608 Main St. e