Page Two M2. Cc. LUMBER wom Comment Wy EDITORIALS uf FADLING VINDICATED JNTERNATIONAL President James E, Fadling has been accused again and again of deliber- ately fomenting disruption in the former B.C. District Council of the IWA. Bone And he is supposed to have done it by releasing statements to the daily papers about the union’s finances in British Columbia, while vital wage negotiations were going on. ° i Let’s nail that lie right down. It can be proved that this line of vicious, misleading propaganda is as transparent as a plate glass window. : N July 2, 1948, a reporter from the Vancouver Sun called on President Fadling in Vancouver. With him he had a copy of the PREVIOUS WED- NESDAY’S issue of the Lumber Worker. He showed the paper to President Fadling. Across the top was a banner headline reading, “Audit Report Blasts Groundless Charges”. Below the heading was a full column story attempting to prove that the audit of District finances (insisted on by New Westminster Local 1-357) had shown the funds in apple pie order. In view of the fact that this story was false and a public disclosure of the situation, President Fadling issued a press release which showed the true story. His release, unlike the B.C. Lumber Worker story, did not contain lies. In their summary of the audit they chose to ignore completely the statements of auditors Riddell, Graham, Stead and Hutchison that nearly all supporting vouchers had been destroyed and that it was impossible to properly check the accounts. jN addition, the audit clearly showed that im- proper loans of large sums had been made to officials and never recovered. President Fadling’s press release appeared _in the Vancouver Sun on Saturday, July 3—THREE DAYS AFTER THE FALSE STORY HAD AP- PEARED IN THE B.C. LUMBER WORKER. by Weody Weodpecher AN AVOWED AIM of the LPP, the flag under which the “WwIUC” stands, is to control the woodworking industry. Maurice Rush, provincial LPP organizer, is dishing out naive little pamphlets boasting how much the LPP has done to organize the industry! “where would the woodworkers of British Columbia be if it wasn’t for the role played by our party?” askers Rush . . . Maurice, old boy, I can tell you the answer ... an awful lot LET THE CHIPS FALL “AL” Clears the Air Az Parkin made a’ fatal mistake (fatal for the “WIUC”, that is) when he opened his mouth a little too wide at Sechelt. He came right out and spoke a basic truth that the attempt to destroy the IWA both here and in the United States is part of a “world problem”. Now, Al, formerly education director of the IWA in B.C., is quite a smart boy with the writ- ten word . .. but the same Al is not quite so adept with the open mouth. S loggers and mill workers, the average mem- ber of the IWA is no great poltical philoso- phist. Each and every man has his own views on the subject, but he knows that his membership in the IWA is to provide him, not with a political party, but with a solid, democratic and honest labor organization to fight for his, and his co- workers, good and welfare. Parkin’s statement should make it clear to the most apathetic individual that Pritchett, Dalskog and the 39 infamous district council splitters, are out to foment political disruption in Western Can- ada for the benefit of the Communist movement. Poor Parkin will be over a barrel with his bosses this week for sure. Apart from the damning statement about the world problem, he said that $134,000 of the strike fund is being held “intact and in trust” by the leaders of his organization for “strike protection purposes”. "TRANSLATED into simple language, his state- ment is an admission that at least $134,- 000 of IWA money was wilfully taken, without authority or reference to the membership, and transferred away from the control of the IWA. The money is still held by the unknown and unstated trustees (who we doubt very much should be trusted). They're forever blowin’ Bubldes. HARD WORK WILL DO E ultimate 100 percent success of the IWA in the lumber industry in British Columbia de- mea on two things — clear thinking and hat work, a ‘And the clear thinking and hard work must be done by both the membership and their leader. ship. 7 We have a suspicion that since the initial fear that Pritchett and his gang were stronger than in fact, was destroyed, that there has been a ten- . dency to say, “Well, it’s just routine now.” That is not so. Truth of the situation ha reached the membership, and opened the eyes of those at first inclined to give some credence to — the lies and propaganda of our enemies, UT we must not, and we must never forget, that our opponents are engaged in a last-ditch battle for their very existence, both as pseudo trade unionists and as politicians. . They are of desperate men watching their little empire, once apparently under their thumbs, be- ing wiped out altogether. Any slackening at all in vigilance gives them scope for potential gains, Any man who says, even to himself, “There’s nothing to it now. A matter of time and the ‘WIUC’ is through . . .” is not helping the IWA. ig HILE there is one iota of rebel influence at — _ work anywhere in the industry, all-out effort — is necessary to ensure that the IWA is the most . militant and the most virile, aggressive trade union on the North American Continent, We've got the material; we’ve got the men; and we are armed with the weapons of honesty, de- — cency, and truth. j It is essential that we keep our minds focussed on the job in hand — all-out organizing drive for the IWA to wipe out forever the damaging work — of the dangerous clique now leading the “WIUC”, SSN SSNS KEEP BLOWIN’, ERNIE —Don't Mino Hina! further ahead in wages, conditions, and peace of mind. Daddy Pritchett’s little boy “Graig: saw to it even the refund on ‘the Bost Office box of Local 1-423, Kelowna, went with our former ‘ prothers’. . . maybe he should be playing at “post-office” anyway. em Fe _ Slander-comes easy to propagan- -dists of the union-busting mob. “Now they have come up with a dilly. Get this one. The “Job , Steward”, mimeographed sheet of “WIUG”, Local 85, states that In- ternational officers voted them- selves a $17 a day expense account on top of room rent and salary . . . Now for the truth. The inter- national officers get $6 a day and transportation expenses, when they are away from their place of residence on official union business. eo e Sneaking suspicion runs in our minds that our departed brethren in the “WIUC” made a slight mis- take in adopting the name Canad- ian Woodworker for their propa- ganda sheet... we wouldn’t be in the least aston- ished if they had to find yet another title for it, having already lost any right to the name of your paper. \ in other words |” Representing the Organized Loggers and Mill Workers of B.C. PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY BY. INTERNATIONAL WOODWORKERS OF AMERICA (CIO) B.C, DISTRICT COUNCIL No. 1. ——— PROVISIONAL OFFICERS |, S$. Alsbury, President ‘Trustees: hi 5 Grins, Ise VicePresident W. §. Lynch ee N. Shaw J, Squires, 2nd Vice-President wv A Megatie, ged Vice Pesce Bo FRisbury, Int. Board Member Subscription rates, $1.00 per year. 25,000 copies printed this issue. Advertising sates on application. ROOM 218 LEE BLDG. FaAir. 9024 VANCOUVER, B.C. The Rditor: : We, the membership of this plant, want to express our feelings towards our great union, the IWA. It makes us all feel proud of our- selves living in Canada, where one ean belong to such a deniocratic organization, also to know that our hard-earned money is spent for the benefit of every member who be- longs to it. We feel very sorry for those who were hoodwinked into the WIUC, because these people don’t realize | 1a’ that they never ieained a good ‘Authorized as Second Class Mail. Post Office Dept., Ottawa 5 ET sound union but they are helping Dalskog and Pritchett_get a hand- shake from Joe, who rans the go-|| \ANCOUVER 3 viet Union and ‘wh todo when, where and howe "Mt" || , 600-CJOR, Thurs. Mohawk Sub-local, Plant No, 2,|| C7ee" Geld - - - - - 7:00 p. The Editor: 141 0-CKMO, We see that Da: "Bri 3 “resigned” as area ee Labour Headlines - - 7:30 Federation of Labor, aon 1410-CKMO We imagine O’Brien thought dis- cretion the better part of val oe ae ee resigned to save his f; ie Hata pci wee tamg|| NG OFOROR gain him by tw three tions of the labor geht By i cluding Loeal 1-257, 07°" 1-1] TWA Program Reyal City Member.