B.C.

LUMBER WORKER

Page Seven

FRANK

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_ Business Agent, Jack Squire
108 Second Avenue North, Port
Alberni. Phone P.A. 1052
Bro. A. G. Ingram, Business
“Agent, and Bro. Ed Haw visited
the following operations, with
the exception of Sandspit, and re-

held meetings at each
which were entirely satis-
Factory.

The officers for the Sub-Locals |"

in the Tahsis are as follows: Tah-
sis Logging Co., Sandspit, Bro.
Brindlesom, Secretary. This camp
employs about 25 men, but re-
ports are that this camp will be
increased in the near future, Tah-
sis Mill, Tahsis, Bro. S. Wheiler,
Chairman. Brother Wheiler is a
good union man and with support
of other Brothers, will do all he
ean to improve conditions in the
mill. We have not received the
name of the Secretary or the men
on the Committees, as this Sub-
Local has only just held their
Sub-Local meeting.

Tahsis Logging, Tahsis, Bro.
Reid, Chairman, Brother Sperl-

ig, Secretary. The reports of
Ye conditions in this camp

SMB very good and the food is
good also.

Tahsis Logging, Chamiss Bay,
Brother ‘H. Sinclair,’ Chairman,
Brother H. Bancroft, Secretary.
This camp is on floats and is
very good. Good bunkhouses,
good food and the men seem to
like, it. Although I did not see for
myself the working conditions in
the woods, I did not hear any
complaints.

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PROGRESS AT TAHSIS 85);
HOWARD JOINS STAFF

shut down—and were unable to
find out when this camp would
re-open.

Manning Sawmill, Zeballds.
This mill is running with about
25 men, and it is rumored that it
may shut down for a short per-
iod. On the other hand, there are
reports that it will be operating
at full capacity very soon.

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Bro. Frank Howard, formerly
of Camp “A”, Englewood, has
recently joined’ the International
organizing staff, and has been
assigned to assist this Local.

Accompanied by Financial Sec-
retary Fred Fieber, he recently
visited a number of camps, as
noted below, to convey informa-
tion on current negotiations and
assist in expansion of organiza-
tion.

At O’Brien’s Logging, Camps
“A” and “C” in the vicinity of
Powell River, everything was
found to be in good shape.

At Camp “B”, of the same
company, the IWA membership
is steadily growing. The “wooies”
who used to disrupt IWA meet-
ings by walking out (the “walk-
ing Gromykos”) are now in hid-
ing.

IWA members at Vancouver
Bay and Britain River, B.C. For-
est Products, operations are suc-
cessfully promoting an organiza-
tion drive in support of IWA ne-
gotiations.

All operations on the Sechelt
Peninsula are now nearly 100%
IWA, including Linton, Scott’s
and Osborne Logging.

At Kuchinko and  Peterson’s
the well-known “wooie” chieftain,
Jno Gustavson, has departed for
other fields now that the IWA
has signed up a majority of the
operation.

Loggers at Rotter Log, Half

loon Bay, give full credit to Alf
Olson, the Camp Secretary and
Shop Steward, for the fine state
of organization with all commit-
tees operating under full steam.

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A Woman With a Conscience

We are always hearing about women folk who don’t see any sense in trade unions.
Well, last week we met a young woman who does believe in them, while her hus-
band does not. There is no union history in her family, and she has had little or no
contact.with union members. But she believes in unions and in doing things co-opera-

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tively.

Her husband is another story.
He thinks his boss gives him and
his fellow workers a square deal.
He jsees no reason why he should
be paid for holidays or sick leave.
Asks why the boss should carry
the load and pay men for not
working. Does not believe senior-
ity should count.

“No Toady, But—”

Yet he is not a “boss” toady.
He has had rows with his boss,
and admits his boss is not always
fair or just in his treatment of
the men, But he puts this down
to “business worries” and asks
just who is always 100% fair.

He spent most of his youth un-
employed, or in the army...
but has no bitterness. Seems to
feel that if workers get work
that lets them eat and raise a
family in a (very) modest way,
they have no kick coming.

If he is hurt on the job, of
course, it’s a compensation case,
but if outside the job it’s his own
tough luck. Extras like a washing
machine, or car or even:a week’s
holiday, these are things for
“upper brackets” not for work-
ers like himself. Doctors’ bills,
dental bills are necessary evils,
and if they come, are paid out of
the housekeeping money.

Clothes are bought when abso-
lutely necessary, not when some-
thing new would be nice to have.

Of course, it’s different with
the boss and the boss’s wife and
family . . . they can have these
things by right. Not that the
boss works any harder than he
does, indeed the boss can go golf-
ing ‘whenever the spirit moves
him, but he IS the boss, and no
boss—no job.

Unhappy Wife

He is music crazy, and has a
fine taste in music. He has some
excellent records and would like
to build up a really first class
library. This is, of ocurse, im-
possible on his present pay. But
there is just a regret that it takes
so long to get the things he
wants.

His wife -is different. She is a
gentle soul, has had an art edu-
cation, and is a “whiz” at making
her own and the childrens’
clothes. Her house is always full
of flowers, and her. table nicely
laid.

But she is NOT content. She
doesn’t whine, and she doesn’t
nag, but she DOES believe that
a man who works as tirelessly
and honestly as her husband
does, is worth more than his mere
day’s hire,

She thinks he should have holi-
days with pay, seniority, but
above all, some insurance or wel-
fare plan that would cushion him
and his family against illness
and enforced layoffs.

As she said the other day, “He
seems content to go on from day
to day. He likes his werk, though
it is really hard, and he likes the
gang he works with. But he
hasn’t had an unbroken paycheck
for weeks, and it takes almost
all of it for food. I would like to
be able to buy some odd things
I feel we need, but I can’t. And
I just dare not think of the fu-
ture if he is laid off, or any of
us get sick.”

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LOURDES HOSPITAL,
CAMPBELL RIVER

Sisters V. Manning and E.
Wiedswang of the Women’s Aux-
iliary, Local 1-363 IWA. visited
Lourdes Hospital, Campbell
River, giving cigarettes, maga-
zines and copies of the Lumber
Worker to the following:

W. N. van der Est, Owen Bay,
B.C.—In hospital frquently. Il:
ness.

Ray Varley, Camp 5, Bloedel—
Arm injury. Improving. Out visit-
ing.

Wesley Boyd, Boyd Lumber
Co, Sayward, B. C.—Foot injury.

Thos, Dyer, Sayward, B.C

Mat Mars, Bloedel, 'B. C-
old-timer. More or less confined
to his bed. Glad to see us and
hear’ what’s what.

We are pleased to report that
our hospital visits have been wel-
comed by the loggers—all log-
gers!

VANCOUVER GENERAL
HOSPITAL

Sisters Margaret Slarker and
Kay Wood (Women’s Auxiliary
1-217) report visiting the follow-
ing patients with gifts of cigar-
ettes, candy and copies of the
B.C. LUMBER WORKER.

Nels Bergland—Has had tough
time, but is now on crutches and
feeling fine.

Darwin, F.H.A. Logging Co.,
Texada Is.—Operation scheduled
soon.

A. Moore, Manning Timber
Products, Zeballos—Had legs run
over by Truck. Doing nicely now.

D. Clarkson, Prince George.
Knee-cap trouble. Doing nicely.

C. Morgan, Pan-a-Bode, N.V.—
Stomach trouble. Improving.

D. Bevin, English Lumber Co.
—Compound fracture of legs. Do-
ing well.

R. Rodney, Eburne Sawmills—
Hernia operation, Going home
soon.

G. Fowkes, Hillcrest Lumber—
Leg and foot injuries. Getting
along nicely.

L, Winfield, Giroday Sawmill—
Sitting up. Glad to be going
home soon.

R, McLeod, Prince Rupert—
Back in again with osteomyelitis.

A. Lundgren, Eburne Sawmills
—Stomach trouble. Up and
about. .

ST. PAUL’S HOSPITAL

Sisters Muriel Bradley and Pat
Fulljames report visits to the
following:

Stuart Carlson, Robertson and
Hackett—Doing well.

G. A. Johnson, Tidewater Lum-
ber Cos Port Alberni—Back in-

jury,

William Chappell, Port Mc-
Neill—Injured knee.
William J. Harte, Quesnel—

Patchett and Sons Lumber Co.—
Burns on arm and shoulder graft-
ing. Doing well.

Joseph Bergeron, Tahsis Lum-
ber Co, —Amputation third left
finger. Fair.

Art Hanser, Harwood Island,
Taking new treatments.

S. G, Pike, Sarita River—Knee
injury.

Sidney Harrodine, Say Wood,
Dyers’ Logging Co. — Knee in-
jury.

L. Linette, Port Hardy—Back
in hospital with knee injury.

E. Ulonska, Cedar Grove —
Ulcers in the legs.

ST. JOSEPH’S HOSPITAL
COMOX

Sister Hulda Lidberg visited
the following loggers in St. Jo-
seph’s Hospital, Comox, B.C.

Ross_O’Brien — Power saw
faller. Doing fine.

Thomas Ripley — Leaving for
hospital in Victoria.

J. W. Nefranier—Not too well.

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