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Court action by the Loggers’ Local to recover from

renegade officials more than $37,000 in cash and assets is

approaching a climax with shocking disclosures of mishan-|
dling of funds by the LPP-Communist clique when they

had control of Local 1-71.

Progress report by Local 1-71 secretary, Fred Fieber, of the com-
plicated legal action which has been in process since the failure of
the stab-in-the-back “Wooie revolution” of October 3, 1948, shows:

1. Not a single account book of Local 1-71’s finances has yet been
produced by Ernie Dalskog, acting for John McCuish and the
other “Wooies” now being sued.

2. Only $33 remained of an approximate $20,000 in cash at Septem-
ber 30, 1948 to be handed over to the Local, according to Dalskog,
but the IWA scoffs at this, and is demanding the return of more

than $32,000.

3...Ernie Dalskog was paid $3,650 “back wages” for periods from
1940 to 1945, without, claims the Local, giving proof of any genu-

ine authentication or authority

for such payment.

‘out of IWA money after McCuish and his cohorts had deserted

Som oon members were paid IWA and CCL convention expenses

the IWA.

6. Dalskog said in a recent hearing that he repaid to Nels Madsen
the $1,300 personal loan, made to him from Local 1-71 funds. The
IWA have successfully sued Dalskog for this money. No bank
statement has yet been produced showing the $1,300 being rede-
posited to the Local, as Dalskog claims. 5

6. Nels Madsen has not appeared
7.

at the hearings.

“Loans receivable” of $7,000 are shown as an asset by the rene-

gades in their statement. The IVA demands details of the
“Joans”, and wants a full accounting.

8. Dalskog claims that $9,000 returned from Mine, Mill, was in-
eluded in more than $11,000 revenue reported received after the
split. This is contested by the IWA as unauthenticated.

Office furniture, typewriters, equipment, and records of the Local

have still not been accounted for.

Fred Fieber stresses that this
information is coming to light as
the Registrar of the Supreme
Court carries out the original
court order obtained by the Lo-
eal for a “full accounting” of I-
W.A, Local 1-71 funds.

. The registrar, when he has
heard the full case, will then give
his findings and submit them to
the Supreme Court for a judg-
ment.

The Local’s case is being ably
handled by Barrister A. T. R.
Campbell, who acted for the I-
WA in the successful recovery of
the $130,000 District Strike Fund.

Being sued are John McCuish,
Charles Fraser, R. Stafford, Nels
Madsen, Don Barbour, Christian
Ber; 1 and John Johnson, and
MeCuish and Madsen “for and on
behalf of themselves and all other
officers and members of WIUC,
Loeal 1-71, and the said Local”.

SUMMARY

Here is a summary of what
IWA Local 1-71 is fighting to re-
cover:

Cash . $19,920.27
Current Assets .. 6,590.57
Furniture .. 3,873.00
11,171.09

53.95

$41,608.88

Deductions allowed ..$ 9,276.78
Net claim .. 32,332.10
The Local also claims damages
for “wrongful detention” of the
* Navy, and is asking the
lowing expenses:

Charter fees from April to Oc-
tober, 1949, for the “Lady Alice”

Ses aad

ment

UNION SHOP
GETS B.C. FED.
SUPPORT

Full support for the IWA
1950 Wage and Union Shop
drive is urged in the joint of-
ficers report for submission to
the Sixth Annual Convention
of the B.C. Federation of La-
bor, which opens in the Pender
Auditorium, Vancouver, on
Feb. 4.

Affiliated unions are asked to
rally opinion behind the Union
Shop demands of the IWA mem-
bers, now comprising 60 percent
of the Federation strength in
B.C. It is tacitly recognized that
on the success of the IWA de-
pends the success of negotiations
contemplated on behalf of. many
other CCL unions.

It is anticipated that plans will
mature as a result of the CCL
assembly by which a concerted
wage drive will be conducted.

Detrimental Decisions

Decisions by the Federal and
Provincial Governments since the
June, 1949, elections have had a
detrimental effect on living stand-
ards of the workers in B.C.
states the report.

Relaxation of rent controls, the
means test for Old Age Penéion-
ers, the activities of combines to
fix commodity prices, failure to
deal with unemployment, are all
cited to show anti-labor trends.

Hospital Insurance

The “debacle” of Hospital In-
surance in British Columbia is
deseribed as “aid and comfort”
to those who have been opposed
to all social security measures,

The faults of the ICA Act and
the arbitrary rulings of the La-
bor Relations Board will be given
a prominent place on a full
agenda.

Political Action

One of the main subjects for
diseussion at the Federation gath-
ering will be the manner of pi
ticipation in the political action
program of the Canadian Con-
gress of Labor. ©
A full report on the 1949 activi-
ties will be heard, with the rec-

ommendations on future action
by PAC units and officers.

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Ottis Pebtiation of the Jesborsational Woodworkers of America vb, disci Courcit No.1.

Vol. XIX, No. 58

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Feb. 2, 1950 5e per

copy Vancouver, B.C.

WOODSMEN

- Swift action by the IWA Dis-
trict Executive Board has
scotched the attempt to deprive
woodworkers of unemployment
benefits during the Christmas
shutdown period.

Net result is that 8-10,000
woodworkers, the bulk of them
members of the IWA, will get
more than $300,000 in retroactive
unemployment insurance pay.

Loggers and sawmill workers
had been advised that they would
not be entitled to unemployment
insurance for the two-week holi
day work stoppage because
was regarded as an “annual holi-
day” by many operators.

‘The situation was brought fore-
ibly to the attention of the opera-
tors and the Unemployment In-
surance Commission, by members
of the District Executive Board.

It was pointed out to the Board

(and this was agreed by the op-
erators) that the shutdown was
not due to Christmas holidays.

It has been the custom for
many of the operations to close
down about the middie of Decem-
ber and stay closed until the mid-
dle of January, or even later, de-
pending on the weather.

It was pointed out, too, that the
fact that the Christmas holidays
of Dec. 25 and 26, as well as New
Year's Day, just happened to fall

makes continuance of operations
in many cases, a virtual impos-
sibility.

While the Executive Board was

mission that workers in the wood-
working industry, previously dis-
qualified by the two-week holiday
period, would be eligible for the
insurance benefits.

The necessary retroactive ad-
justments for the period of sus-
pended payments is to be made
as soon as possible.

within the period when weather |

in session on Saturday, Jan. 28, |
word was received from the Com- |

IWA WINS UIC BENEFITS FOR 10,000

has been summoned to meet

Review of District Convention
instructions resulted in the im-
mediate reference to the ap-
proaching convention of the B.C.
Federation of Labor of all resolu-
tions dealing with the legislative
program of the IWA.

Family Allowances

Further resolutions received
and approved for the Federation
Convention included one which
proposes that family allowance
payments be continued beyond
the age of sixteen years, and un-
| til. the children have completed
their education, whether at high
school or university.

Such a step was necessary, it
was contended; in order that chil-
dren in low income families might
secure proper educational oppor-
tunities.

Labor Relations Board

In drastic terms, the District
| Executive Board emphasized the

|Convention condemnation of re-
cent decisions of the Labor Rela-
tions Board, because of unwar-
ranted interference with trade
union jurisdictions.

Preemptory demand was made
that amendments to the ICA Act
should be introduced next session
| of the Legislature to restrain the
Board’s attempt to regulate trade
union affairs.

‘Trial Boards

By resolution, the District Ex-
ecutive Board, asked the Interna-

tional Président to authorize the

Council Blasts Labor Board;
Calls For Amended ICA Act

Next Quarterly meeting of the B.C. District Council

March 4-5, to coincide with

the Wages and Contract Conference. t

This decision was reached at the regular meeting of the
District Executive Board, Jan. 21, as preliminary steps
were taken to set in motion the 1950 IWA program.

establishment of a Standing In-
yestigating Committee “which
would have authority ‘to investi-
gate all charges and complaints
filed with the District Executive
Board and to investigate all
charges filed with the Local
Unions”.

A further resolution, addressed
to the International President, re-
quested approval of a policy with-
in the B.C. District which would
prevent suspension of officers and
members of the IWA until after
report of the investigating com-
mittee,

Education

A report from Lawrence Van-
dale, Financial Secretary, Local.
1-357, relating to a consultation
with the UBC Extension Depart-
ment officials, led to the appoint-
ment of a special committee to
investigate and report upon:plans
for trade union education as ap-
plicable to the IWA.

Brother Vandale stated that
the University authorities had of-
fered to provide library service
to loggers while resident in
camps, and* to prepay postage
charges. The use of films for
trade union purposes was also
canvassed.

Appointed to the committee
were: Lawrence Vandale, George
Mitchell and Tom MacKenzie.

Contract Rates

District President J. S. Alsbury

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