j *ciime the an- Page Four B. C. LUMBER WORKER Mike Sekora Reports. THE UNION’S BUSINESS F first rate — importance sour district, mouncement ae the CIO's Phil- lip Murray, that he’s soon to get a couple of Sherlock Holmes’ on the ‘trail of the $31,- 500 that seems to have been k icked up by the Mine, Mill and Bmnelter Workers? leadership just prior to the attempted union smashing spree of Pritch and That's the kind of news our membership has been looking for. So bring on the blood-hounds and let’s get this job cleaned up so we can put our full attention to the peeatiye task of building the x ee ‘F experience is our best teacher . .. then we should have learned lenty during the past few weeks. at is why we are installing a completely new system of book- keeping in the district, and among the locals. In the past some of the locals have hed a system of some sort or other. Some haven’t had any real system, but did the best they could under the sloppy ways of the administration, Al i is to be changed. Under the new plan, every local will have set up the same style of books and records. A simple one that is easily oper- ated, yet completely accurate. The trustees of the locals will find little difficulty in checking on the finances, and the membership ee x I am continuing to get many in- ~ quiries from the locals and indi- viduals. Some of them are seeking advice, others giving it. The mem- bership and the locals are begin- ning to realize that the District Officers are here to be of service to them. That’s the way it should be. The purpose of the District Office and those elected to run its affairs . . . is to carry out the wishes of the membership . .. not use the mem- bership as pawns in that oft-played game of human chess, So we wel- come a stream of inquiries, and advice. So pour it on boys! P.S. Don’t comet the new ad- dress—426 Main Street, (Main and Hastings Streets) Vancouver. ALSBURY TELLS 1-41 TRAITORS CONDEMNED; BIGGER, BETTER IWA AHEAD District President J. Stewart Alsbury congratu- ‘\lated Kamloops membership when he addressed the _jannual general meeting, Sunday, and expressed com- plete confidence that 1-417 would be an even stronger _ |link in the TWA chain in 1949. He strongly condemned the actions of the Pritchett; group, and got the full backing of the meeting for a|! bigger, better and revitalized IWA. Sick List PAT, HELEN & JEAN VISIT THE BOYS Sisters Pat Fulljames, Helen Sim and Jean MacKen- zie make the following report, following their visit to St. Paul’s Hospital on Nov. 22: 1-363 Onni Part — Chemainus, V.I., Brother Parta in hospital since De- cember 2, 1947, progressing well. Donald Blair — Pioneer Timber, Port McNeil. Burned face and arms by gas explosion. More grafting necessary. Steve Reiberics—Morgan’s Camp, Queen Charlotte. Doing fine. A. Lindberg—Tom Brown Camp. Broken arm, Expects to be out soon. ‘A, R. Crowell—In hospital three weeks with knee injury. Is improv- ing. W. Kennedy—Knee injury. Com- jury. Coming along fine. L. Malloney—Giroday Sawmills. Back injuries. Resting comfortably. Ed Enger — Leg crushed seven months ago. Coming along slowly. Bob Allan—Broken leg with bone infection setting in. Is progressing fine. F. Hendrickson—Leg doing bet- ter but will remain in hospital for some time. Stuart Carlsy — Robertson & Hackett. Leg infection. Has been in five weeks and is coming along nicely. Robert Armstrong—Came in No- vember 16 with broken arm, Ex- pects to be out in a week. Leo Cromier—Doing fine. aT EAST END UNION DRIVERS HAstings . 0334 FULLY 24-HOUR INSURED SERVICE 613 E. Hastings Vancouver NOW Decca -- Victor Bluebird -- Columbia - RECORDS 1200 IN STOCK Play them anywhere, any- time, on a Birch Portable Gramophone—$33.50 RONNIE’S At Your Service Alert Bay, B.C. el VICTORIA. e STEWART & HUDSON Retail Lumber and Building Supplies WE INVITE VANCOUVER ISLAND LUMBER WORKERS TO VISIT OUR YARDS and WAREHOUSES DUNCAN @ NANAIMO WATCH SAN 82 WEST HASTINGS WE NOW HAVE TWO WATCH MAKERS—REPAIRING WATCHES & CLOCKS IN OUR JEWELLRY DEPT. FRANCISCO TAILORS and JEWELLERS LOANS : ‘ON SUITS — OVERCOATS — SLEEPING BAGS — WATCHES CAULK BOOTS — DIAMONDS — AND BAGGAGE REPAIRS VANCOUVER The enthusiastic meeting well! ! represented by all the outlying plans—Merritt, Clearwater, Revel- stoke and way points. Recording secretary, Joe Miyazawa, read the officers’ report which was unani- mously endorsed. Many resolutions were discussed and passed and will be presented at the coming District No. 1 Con- vention. Contract Date: The members discussed the ne- cissity of having the negotiating date for the Interior in line with the Coast. It was recommended that they send resolutions to the District and the B.C. Confedera- tion of Labor for ammendments to the I.G.A. Act. Delegates elected to the District Convention in Vancouver, January 15 and 16 were: H. C, Hickling, W. S. Lynch, Joe Miyawaza, W. Martin and A. Rowbottom. Officers for the ensuing year were all elected by acclamation: president, H. C. Hickling; 1st vice- president, A. Rowbottom; 2nd vice- president, D. McGee; financial sec- retary, W. S._ Lynch; recording secretary, Joe Miyawaza; warden, T. Mikulosik; trustee, H. Torrace. He said Labor legislation in the province must be changed. This could be brought about only by the cooperation of all the trade. unions in the province and that it was the duty of all workers to see that they are on the voters’ list. Anti-Labor Laws Brother Alsbury appealed to the workers to do something about re- moving people from government who were in favor of writing anti- labor legislation. A Sick Committee was also elected: W. Desjardine, A. Karr and T. Yamazaki, ‘When District President Alsbury addressed the meeting he gave the history of the union and the lum- berworkers for a good many years back and commented to the work- ers that the move at that time from the Carpenters & Joiners, A.F, of L, to the IWA, CIO was a correct move and that it was not the right of any group of indivi- duals to try to smash it. He appealed to the members to stand fast and pertained that the IWA would be bigger and better and that at the coming Convention a program would be mapped out for 1949 that all woodworkers would be able to adopt. INSIST ON UNION MADE WORK CLOTHES Watson’s Gloves © Stanfield’s Underwear ° Kitchen-Peabody Shirts and Overalls Master Mechanic Shirts and Overalls -@ MARTIN’S MEN*S AND BOYS’..STORE 120 CRAIG ST. DUNCAN 7 - - “GREAT WORK” Local 1-363 WEATHER CLOSES CAMPS BUT ORGANIZING GOES AHEAD. | Due to weather conditions, ~ 5 many of the camps in Local 1- pees | _ 368 have,closed down now, al- | though others are still operat- ng ‘6 Organizational work is proceed- ing at a good rate. Officers and or- ganizers who visit the camps, find that the brothers are very en’ astic for the new IWA. ‘A meeting was held in Camp 5, |Bloedel, with the job stewards, | | which started some action. A well attended general meeting was held on November 27. Much discussion ensued and many con- structive resolutions were ca; toward reorganizing our Uniont It is reported that the Comox Logging brothers are solidly for the IWA. SIEGRID WESSBERG President, Local 1-363 Auxiliary Organizations Good news from Port Alberni where they report that the Wo- men’s Auxiliary has been entirely re-organized, and pro-tem officers appointed. They are: Mrs. A. Neilson, Pres- ident; Mrs. D. White, Financial Secretary; Mrs. P. Squire, Record- ing Secretary. All previous officers went over to the WIUC as did the funds and records. A meeting has been called for December 13 when permanent offi- cers will be elected. ORMOND’S PLUMBING and HEATING 4 Sheet Metal Work € " Roofing Contractors Phone 180 or Write to P.O. 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