‘At the recent meeting of our Board of Directors a resolution of warmest appreciation was passed for the generous gift of a film projector from your Local to Gordon House. ‘The Directors were anxious that I should endeavor in this let- ter, to convey to your members, through you, some measure of our gratitude for this gift. I can only do so by telling: you that it has been in regular use since it arrived. giving great enjoyment to our members—old and young. Tt has also saved the staff hours ‘of work arranging to rent or bor- row a projector when we wanted to put on films, to say nothing of the cartage charges to bring the equipment to and fro. : ‘We would be very glad indeed —if you thought it possible— to have your local hold one of your meetings at Gordon House before or after which your mem- bers might be interested in mak- ing a tour of the House, Yours sincerely, - (Signed) Kathleen Gorrie. ee Precutive Director. B.C. LUMBER WOR KER Camp ‘G’ Crew Adopt Convention Demands To The Editor: The New Year was started off in the right way at Camp G, with the regular meeting being held on January 14th boasting the largest attendance yet on record. The main topic was a discussion on the Wages and Contracts Com- mittee Report, which ended in the adoption of the three major demands. An election was held on this year’s officers for Local 1-71 and also on officers for sub local, men being chosen to fill every position. Fifteen new members were initiated and received the obligation. Living conditions of the camp are not up to what they should be as yet. The majority of bunk- houses are over-crowded as ex-| tra béds have recently been plac- ed in them. The long asked for drying room is not yet in sight, but we are hoping it will appear shortly. One improvement, how- ever, is the completion of a new wash house. There has been a shortage of grub for the better part of a week, as one week’s supplies ees sess SU DISPLAY SAMPLE: The cozy-looking bungalow above is a sample of the type of “portable” especially designed for use by families at out-of-town industrial sites, Building of the sample was arranged by A. P. Allison, president of the Greater Vancouver Citizens’ Rehabilitation Council, as a demonstration of the ease of providing accommodation for families of married men whose skills are needed in B.C’s_ basic industries. New Angle Presented In Growing Demand For Gov't. Housing Program The campaign for government action on a building program to provide the thousands of homes now needed in Canada received vious to industrialists and labor added impetus this month when ‘the mobile house pictured above, was put on display. Built by R. A. Wassman & Company, specialists in logging camp construction, for the Greater Vancouver Citizens’ Rehobilitation Council, the house is offered as a solution of the problem to provide decent accommodation for men and their fami- Jes on outlying industrial projects, Suitable for logging camps, mines, fishing and farming, the houses can be built at a very moderate cost. slipped into the lake. More have been shipped up, however, and the cookhouse is again back to normal. alike, that one of the main stumb- ling blocks in the way of full : employment in British Columbia today, is a housing program that would make industrial expansion possible. Adoption of the above plans would not solve all hous- ing problems by any means but is the opinion of most observers Prince George Delegate Scores Hotel Service To The Editor: ‘After having been to ‘the Ninth Annual District Conven- tion held in the city of Vancou- ver, I feel that I have learned considerably about the affairs of Sinclair Mills Crew Win Praise It appears as, if winter has really hit the north country hard The one shown above is 14 int, PE the IWA, and about our battle to win for labor a decent living with reasonable time to spend with his or her family and time for reereation. It was my first trip to Vancou- yer and I must say that I do not like Vancouver. Not being used to it raining 24 hours a day, seven days a week, I prefer the snow, even though we now have 3% feet of it up here. However, it ‘was a great experience and well worth while to go. We kind of had tough luck get- ting rooms, but that seems to have been just a bit of bad luck on our part. We were a bit late in arriving in Vancouver due to trouble beyond our control; and our reserved rooms were let out so that left us to take just what- ever we could find. So another delegate and myself managed to get a room in a definitely third- rate hotel. I found that it was very dirty and the water on tap that was supposed to be hot was just warm; the bed in my room none too soft, It sort of reminded me of my bed in the camp which I had just left a few days pre- vious. The next thing I found was that the rates charged for the rooms were the same as in an ‘up-to date hotel or an old hotel that is clean and respectable. What I want to know in regard to this as a question of sanitary housing is: We leave a dirty camp and go to a convention city to fight and battle ourselves blue in the face to get our camps cleaned up so that they are fit for a human being to live in, and we find in that city, which “Maybe someone thinks I have d unjust things, but that is this year, With at least four feet of snow on the ground many of the roads haye become impas- sable. Rumours are going around that if it snows much more the camps will be forced to close for awhile. In cat logging opera- tions roads have to be broke daily. It is even getting difficult in the smaller horse operations. In the past week I made my first call to the logging camp at Sinclair Mills. Due to the untir- ing efforts of our Job Steward) in the Camp, (Brother John Hemming) the camp is 100 per- cent organized. I was also agree- ably surprised to find our old friend and member Brother Art Doherty cooking up there. Bro- ther Doherty who was a good fireman when I first met him. and appears also to be a good cook. Good grub just flourishes, and for a change there was no kick on the grub. General camp conditions appear to be fairly good. In fact about the only thing that I found lack- ing were the bed sheets in the bunks. In all other aspects the conditions were comparable to those existing on the ‘coast. In the line of recreation. reading material seemed to be scarce around camp. So I put the bug in- to Brother Hemmings ear and the boys all made a generous con- tribution towards a fund, and I was instructed to send some stuff out. I was really quite pleased with the feeling of good fellowship that pervades the at- mosphere; and I certainly wish all our sub-locals were as good as that. Clohes are kept in mothproof storage while in our care.” e San Francisco Tailors 52 West Hastings Street here is the taking out to the woods, of a hot lunch at noon. After struggling through the deep snow all morning, I am quite sure that the hot fod can be well appreciated. They never used to do that for us in the Queen Char- lottes. The the evening a meeting was held at the Sawmill townsite. A report on the Convention was given and a keen interest was shown in the 1946 proposals for the agreement. A lively discus- sion ensued as to the impor- tance. of the membership attend- ing the Local meetings in Prince George. A little anxiety was felt over the long drawn out negotia- tion proceedings. Well we are all anxious to see some of those agreements signed. ‘After the meeting we had lunch and a friendly discussion at one of the Brother member’s house. Really a nice ending to a nice day and a fine way to kill time until train time. In closing I wish to thank the Brothers at Sinclair Mills for their kind co-operation. In our collective unity lies the answer to collective security. Let’s keep up the good work! Fraternally yours, M. FREYLINGER | themselves unable to afford the H industries. feet by 32 fect, has a living room, modern kitchen, bathroom, and a bedroom. It is completely mobile and can be moved to any part of the country by truck, by rail or scow. Another plan pro- vides for two bedrooms. The Rehabilitation Council is requesting that the government finance the building of these houses, and they submit a scheme whereby the complete purchase price can be liquidated in 10 years on a monthly pay- ment basis of 18 dollars. By this method the house can be bought by individuals or by companies, and the cost met over a long term period. It is estimated that more than half of the unemployed now cen- tred in the larger cities could find remunerative employment in out-of-town areas if accommoda- tion could be provided. Many log- ging camp owners, for instance, would like to expand but find cost of putting up family dwell-| ings. The same applies in other It is becoming increasingly ob- | Heads Shoes 21 EAST HASTINGS Vancouver, B.C. BOOTS Prices in accordance with War ices & tions. N REPAIRS fancouver - = Light Cruiser Logger J is supposed to be a modern city * ii e: of 1946, the very same condi- ne of the unique practices up a For Over Forty Years u ~ tions which we left at our! $95 5 “HEADS” YOU WIN e amps. I must say that this is Sikes lost? on, a cloth 10” TOPS STANDARD a ivertisem: men’s cloth- a aoe ent for a1) ing, sleeping bags, watches, xe alNO? <5 diamo. a.nd jewellery. WORK AND DRESS would ‘be a step in the right direction. Objective, 100 Per Cent At Call Creek To The Editor: Just a few lines for you to pub- lish about Soderman’s Camp at Call Creek. We have just started working here and there are twelve men including one gang of fallers. At present we are coldecking and then we will swing with the A frame. This camp is about 70 percent organized. and we hope to get to 100 percent before the end of the month, Camp conditions are fair and the food is good.. ° ED. ANDERSON STYLES VALUES QUALITY Always at the Home of — UNION MADE Clothing — and Friendly Service. e — Established — 45 EAST HASTINGS ST. Vancouver, B.C.