B.C. LUMBER WORKER Page Three DISTRICT ELECTIONS MORE CANDIDATES’ BIOGRAPHIES Your Guide To The Men On The Ballots HH, J. BRUCH—Local 1-423, KELOWNA Candidate for Four-Year ‘Trustee H, J. Bruch joined the IWA shortly after he entered the woodworking industry in June, 1947, He states that he was never able to agree with the policies of the clique who ran the local at that time, and along with several. other brothers, kept trying to es- tablish sane administration. After the split, Brother Bruch!” put all his spare time and effort into the job of reorganizing al true IWA union. He was elected financial secretary of 1-423 when| the local was reorganized and has been in charge of the Local office since that time. HAROLD Ss. Local 1-357, New Westminster Candidate for 2nd Vice-President HALL Brother H. §. Hall was born in Vancouver, B.C., 32 years ago, and spent all his working years in the camps and mills of the coast. He is one of the original members of Local 1-118, Victoria, und proudly claims the distinction of being the only man in B.C. who joined the IWA one day and was fired the next for organizing. ‘That was in 1941 at the Lemon- Gonnason Mill, Herold has always taken a leading role in any operation in which he was working. He was chairman of the Youbou sub-local, and strike committee during the For the past two been working in the Co. at New West- PUBLISHED LAST ISSUE J. Stewart Alsbury, Local 1-357. Tom Bradley, Local 1-217. C. A. Cox, Local 1-85. Fred Fieber, Local 1-357. s! Tom MacKenzie, Local 1-217. James L. McEwan, Lo- cal 1-71. George H. Mitchell, Lo- cal 1-357. Neil E. Shaw, Local 1-367, i He was one of the first to op- pose the former officers, and worked unceasingly to return the union to the members. After the October rd break, he went on the International payroll as orga- nizer, and was assigned to the Port Alberni area. JOE MORRIS Local 1-80 IWA Candidate for 2nd Vice-President Brother Joe Morris is either too busy or too modest to supply full details of an active trade union career. He admits that he has been an active member of the IWA for years, atid that he has been Presi- dent of the Ladysmith sub-local since his discharge from the army in 1946, He was elected President of Local 1-80 IWA upon reorganiza- tion in October. He is also Chairman of the committee in charge of arrange- ments for the CCL Week-end In- stitute to be held in Nanaimo, March 5 and 6, which indicates his interest in trade union educa- tion, _, this fact became active in the re- .|duate of the UBC. "| of character assassination, the W.I.U. =| and its counterpart the L.P.P. surpass anything within the ranks of organ- TONY POJE Local 1-80 Candidate for District Secretary-Treasurer Brother Tony Poje, employed in the industry as a logger, has been a member in good standing of the IWA for over three years. He has served as job steward for two years, and by reason of ‘organization of his Local after | accused, without haying the slightest A_LETTER FROM ALISTAIR MacLEOD STATES THE Sic: Ever since the Iron River dis- pute the W.I.U. have made consistent use of the term “Scab” with the avowed purpose of discrediting the sank and file of IW.A. members. When it comes to a choice of terms specifically designed for the purpose ized labour. It is an established fact that the average ill-informed worker, when con- fronted with the term “scab,” will instantly let loose his wrath on those knowledge of the circumstances in- volved. The leaders of the WU. are aware of this also, being at all times conscious of the workers’ deficiencies. Consequently, they have capitalized un ISSUES the term “scab”, (which they were instrumental in inventing) anc jock- eyed the innocent workers into the postion of being scapegoats for the W.LU., urging them where possible to repudiate their allegiance to 2 responsible trade union . organization like the LWA. Z Tactics of this nature are repulsive to any honest-minded Trade Union- ist. No organization can survive whose membership is solicited purely on fictitious utterances. ‘The deluded workers in the W. will eventually inquire of his org: zation whether there is anything else to offer in the W.I.U. besides the choice word “scab.” sete ‘The I.W.A. proposes to maintain its members strictly in conformity with the more constructive method of mak- ing comparisons between organizations, and it is very doubtful whether the WLU. can stand the following test: Nanaimo, B.C. WLU. Apparently believs that the age-old principle of “Workers of the World Unite” should be scrapped, and that more could be accomplished under Pritchett and Dalskog. Believes the Brothers across the line are a “bunch of Amer- ican goons”, would recommend the leadership of Dalskog and ILW.A. + Believes that the worker, na- tionally and internationally, should be united in order to gain the greatest concessions for its members. Believes that amicable rela- tions should be maintained with our brothers across the Line, Believes that the Canadian — the Congress of Labour with its 360,- Pritchett. 000 "affiliate members, is an ,, Believes the CCL. are more “goons', type unspecified, would still recommend affiliation with Pritchett and Dalskog. Believes the ILW-.A. with its 24,000 members, are "a bosses’ union,” “strike breakers” and “scabs” who are deluded by lead- ers, all of whom are unworthy of Labour's support. ALISTAIR MacLEOD. asset to any Trade Union in the event of strikes or lock-outs, Believes in the democratic pro- cedure of administration and free- dom of speech for its 24,000 members, in order that we inay have informed and enlightened Trade Unionists. the October disturbance. At present he holds the office of business agent for Local 1-80. It is rumored that he is a gra- NO PICTURE AVAILABLE ROBERT WATTERS—Local 1-217, VANCOUVER Candidate for Third Vice-President Bro, Bob Watters gained his first trade union experience in 1932 when he joined the Team- sters’ Union. He was in the camp strike of 1934, and joined the SUPA at that time. In 1936, he joined the RPWU and held membership un- til 1937. Bro. Bob Watters was secre- tary of the IWA Plant Committee of B.C. Plywoods from 1942 un- til. 1946, when he was elected plant chairman. He was active in the fight to have the union recog- nized in 1942. The case was taken to arbitration, and Bob gave evi- dence for the union against the company. They were not success- ful on that occasion, but they did win recognition in 1944. While with the B.C. Plywoods, he was employed as a dryer|p feeder, and later as dryer boss on the graveyard shift. In March, 1948, he was elected chief shop steward, and resigned on October 1948, to take over the duties of. financial secretary of Vancouver Local 1-217. DISTRICT SE BLOOD DONOR CLINIC B.C. District Council, WA, responded promptly to a request for assistance from the Red Cross Blood Transfusion service, and ar- ranged for a Clinic to be set up at the District office in Vancouver. “This immediate’ co - operation offers encouragement to the Red Cross bleod work, which is be- eu any value,” said Mr. Dennis . Sweeting, Director of the Blood Donor Panels. “Not only is it the first time that the Cross has established themselves at the Headquarters of 2 union, but ‘also the first time a blood eile Bas ever cone aah Ben A iness ced TS UP Because of the bad weather, it has not been possible for the Red Cross Mobile Clinie to tour out- lying points as they have been do- ing in January and February for the last two years. Before this service went into effect, the cost of a blood trans- fusion was $25 which caused hardship to people in the small income brackets. ‘3 IRON RIVER STATEMENT BY COURTENAY LOCAL For some time the majority of the workers at Iron River had been stopped by a minority group from going to their regular employment. On December 8th the workers, by a ma- jority, decided to return to work, which they did and continued to work until December 16th when the camp was forced to close due to heavy snow. For a time it was difficult to get Unemployment Insurance for the workers at Iron River due to the confusion which existed there over the work stoppage but now that the Government has taken a definite position that there is no strike these workers are now geting their insurance benefits. Since the majority of workers returned to their employ- ment there could be no question of strike-breaking or scabbing. The majority voted to go back to work, which, even in the case of a proper strike could not be construed as strike breaking. Even in the face of the decision of the majority, the LPP group here in Courtenay and Iron River are attempting to blacken the names of honest workers by calling them some very objectionable names and generally using vile language as a means of overcoming their discomfiture, having lost the battle. It should be clearly understood by all workers that a Union having the bargaining agency under the I.C.A. Act and being under agreement with an operator of industry must live up to its committments. This was done in the case of the IWA at Iron River with the support of the majority of the crew and the IWA membership generally. The Labor Department at Ottawa declared on January 14 that there was no strike at Iron River since the majority of regular employees had returned to work. Signed by Local 1-363, IWA, CIO, CCL. AT A FRACTION OF ORIGINAL COST 3° accepted for any quantity ef Beds. Prices quoted f.o.b. Vancouver. Postal MONEY ORDERS should accompany out-of-town orders. Postage and freight charges to be in- cluded with order. NO C.0.D. ORDERS, PLEASE. ARMY & NAVY - New Westminster DEPT. STORES All-steel angle frame construction, rigid and sturdy in every detail. Fitted with all-steel resilient spring. Easy to assemble and take down. Packs up into small space for convenient transport and storage. 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