B.C. LUMBER WORKER

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PARKINSON, JOHNSTON REINSTATED

‘Two woodworkers in District
me were unanimously re-in-
stated as IWA members in
good standing by convention
resolutions.

They were John Parkinson,
of Chemainus, sub-local, 1-80
and Alberni Johnson, APL sub-
local 1-85.

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ADOLPH GERMER

“CIO WON'T
STAND FOR
DILLY-DALLYING”

Greetings from President
Philip Murray and the National
CIO was brought to the conven-
tion by Adolph Germer, western
U.S. GIO representative.

Germer made an _ impressive
speech, during which he said that
CIO intended to deal firmly with
Communist-controlled unions who
refuse to follow CIO policy.

He gave the delegates a taste
of trade union history in an out-
line of the famous Pullman strike
in Chicago in 1894.

JOE’S WHISKERS

On current affairs, he told dele-
‘gates that Communists in U.K.
unions had “come out from be-
hind the whiskers,” but that in
North America they were still
hiding.

“The CIO,” he said, “is not
going to stand for any more
dilly-dallying. We are either
going to have a united CIO
movement or we will know the
reason why.

Something is going to be done
to put some obedience into the
CIO, no matter what contortions
the Communists may adopt in or-
der to use the trade union move-
ment as a recruiting station for
their fanatical ideology.”

PENSION PLANS

He said that where the Com-
munist Party line agreed with
CIO policy, they, the Reds,
wanted rigid obedience, but if
they clashed with the CIO policy,

Civil Rights
Declared

Walter Johnson, Negro dele-
gate from Oroville, Calif., was
given an ovation at the conven-
tion for his stirring speech in
support of the civil rights res-
olution.

Johnson, a 31-year-old veteran
contradicted the statement of
Paul Robeson that no American
Negro would fight to defend his

country.

“Anyone who thinks that way
has another think coming,” said
Johnson, “if anyone attacks our
nation and tries to take away our
democratic rights and privileges.”

10-POINT PLAN
‘The convention went on record
for a 10-point legislative program
to ensure civil rights, including
the enactment of measures in the
U.S. for abolishment of all seg-
regation, and an anti-lynching
law.

The U.S. Congress Un-Ameri-
can Activities Committee was
reprimanded for its “irresponsi-
ble mouthings”, including a claim
that the IWA was “Communist-
controlled in 1944.”

NO POLL TAX
A request for the evidence on
which this statement was made
resulted only in one reply, and
that was from a hired hand, not
a member of the committee.

The meeting demanded, too,

that the U.S. Senate pass an|

anti-poll tax bill to free the 10
million Americans recently denied

the scream went up for “auton-
omy.”

the right to vote because of poll
tax, coercion, and intimidation.

NEGRO DELEGATE SPEAKS UP

HON. JOHN CATES

“FRANKLY
I KNOW
NOTHING”

B.C’s “apprentice” Labor
Minister, Hon. John L. Cates,
addressed the convention -dele-
gates on the closing day.

In a prepared address, he said
that labor could not seek co-oper-
ation, confidence or trust, and
could not properly bargain unless
the union was strong, its leader-
ship responsible, and unless it
ensured democratic action within
its own ranks,

Bert Gargr ave, CCL repre-
sentative, introduced the Minister
as the “only apprentice he knew
of who was on full rates of pay.
Mr. Cates, he explained, had only
been in office for five weeks.

KNOWS LEAST

“J doubt if there is anyone in
this hall,” Cates said, “who does
not know more about the techni-
cal side of labor than I do. I
frankly admit that.”

But he said he was a working
man himself, and understood the
problems of both employer and
management.

“I may be terribly disillusioned
and unpopular in a few years,”

he added, “but as long as I am
there, anybody who comes to me
will get a fair and honest deal as
far as I can give it. You can
bank on that.”

In_the Officers’ Report there
are several proposals and recom-
mendations made. Some of which
the committee concurred in and
some we did not. On the question
of finance on page 14 of the re-
port, “I believe that Article IV
of our IWA Constitution should
be amended to the effect that lo-
cal unions not affiliated to a Dis-
trict, Provisional or Area Coun-
cil pay an additional 25 cents
per capita to the International
which would be expended on serv-
ices usually rendered by the
Council.” We referred this item
to the Constitutional Committee
with the recommendation to con-
cur.

We do not concur wherein it
recommends the amending of the
International Constitution to pro-
vide for a uniform receipt, ledger
and bookkeeping system in addi-
tion to an auditing system super-
vised and enforced by the Inter-
national Union.

ORGANIZING
On Page 12 the statement in

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FIRST IN THE FIELD...

the Report relative to the Organ-
|ization Department, after careful
‘study, was referred to the Or-
ganizational Committee with the
following recommendation:

CIO ORGANIZATION CONTRACT EXTENDED
ANOTHER YEAR PENDING IWA PLAN

“We do not concur with that
part of the Officers’ Report on the
subject of Organizing, which
says, “It is expected the Interna-
tional will continue to operate
this department under the pro-
visions of the Constitution unless
it is found that the assistance is
needed from the National CIO.”

We recommend that this Con-

vention instruct the Interna-
tional officers to renew and
continue for another year, the
contract with the National CIO,
relative to handling the admini-
stration and direction of Organ-
ization.
ASK THE LADIES

We recommend that in future,
members of the Ladies’ Auxili-
aries be invited to attend the In-
ternational Conventions as Fra-
ternal delegates.

The Trustees Report was con-
curred in by the Committee.

In closing, we again wish to
commend the International offi.
cers for their administrative abil-
ity and for the clear and concise
report.

Kermit Maxwell, Chairman.

H. E. Geiger, Secretary.

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During the discussion on the
officers’ report committee, Carl
Mertz, CWP, Local 1-217, dis-
agreed with George Mitchell’s
congratulations to the~ Interna-
tional and the Research Depart-
ment for their help in B. C. nego-
tiation.

“J don’t think that the Interna-
tional did such a good job on that
agreement,” he said. “I am a rank
and filer, and I reject this propo-
sition.”

BUSCH “ASHAMED”

He was followed by John
Busch, Local 1-217, who said, “I
am deeply ashamed to see a man
from my own local take such an
illogical and untrue stand.

“Sometime back, before we
knew all the facts of the situa-
tion, I think his actions might
have béen forgiven, but this time
he is familiar with all the condi-
tions in District One. He speaks
for himself.. I think we did the
best we possibly could in the
circumstances.”

Busch was followed by Fred
Fieber, Local 1-71, and District
President Alsbury, both of whom
said that over 95% of the mem-

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