er 21, 1950 B.C. LUMBER WORKER “ Page Five By Allan L. Swim in CIO News A LOT OF WISE guys who pose as experts on labor matters said it would never be done—or that if it was done, the job would take years. It was done, and in a little less than 10 months! And as a result the Commun- ists have completely lost their tochold in an important segment f the American labor movement. eo: js doesn’t mean that the ls aren’t still around and it doesn’t mean that the CIO cam- paign against. the Commies is over—or nearly over. It_merely means the CIO has completed the major houseclean- ing job which it cut out for itself last November during its national convention. we he ys A GOOD idea now and then especially in times of national tension—to look at a bit of his- tory. So let’s review the story of how the Commies got into CIO and how they went out. Many of them came into the organization during its early days, when almost nobody paid Reds. They eagerly sought’ and ob- tained a number of key spots in CIO affiliates. One union — the Newspaper Guild — performed a thorough housecleaning job just before the outbreak of World War II and by that time the Commies had already worn out their welcome in a number of other: CIO groups. Before long, the U.S. and Rus- sia were allies and the domestic Commies were being so patriotic that it almost hurt. During the war years, a few CIO councils gave the boot to the Reds, but there was compara- tively little activity along this line until after the conflict ended. we oe sky WASN’T LONG after the surrender of Japan that it be- came apparent Russia was launching a drive to dominate the world. This caused the “battle lines” to be drawn sharply within a number of CIO groups. Some councils cleaned house. The left- ies in the Auto Workers took a beating. The Maritime and Transport Workers unions and the party liners came to a parting of the ways. Then, last November, delegates to the Cleveland convention voted to crack down. C.10. Cleans House In Ten The United Electrical Workers and Farm Equipment Workers were expelled i were named to conduct hearing on 10 other unions charged with following the party line in prefer- ence to CIO policy. By mid-summer, the CIO Ex- ecutive Board had expelled the Mine, Mill & Smelter Workers, United Public Workers, Office & Professional Workers, Food & Tobacco Workers and American Communitations Association. The Fur Workers voted to withdraw from CIO, but the Ex- ecutive Board went through the formalities of expelling it any- how. The Furniture Workers voted at its convention this summer to follow CIO policy and charges against it were dropped later. Last week the Board expelled the Longshoremen, Marine Cooks & Stewards, and the Fishermen & Allied Workers. ee "THE TROUBLE spots in the in- dustrial union council picture were being cleaned up while the CIO was dealing with affiliated unions which were dominated by the Communists. All of this means that the Com- mie movement within the CIO has been smashed — but it doesn’t iy serious attention to domes- « CRESTON SAWMILL EMPLOYEES, now Creston C oath of obligation as given by District Vice-President Joe Morris. rew Takes Oath enthusiastically supporting the IWA, accept the Union's Prince George Months Officials mean that the Reds are now without influence among Ameri- ,, ae can workei They have heen given a bad beating. They have been widely diseredited. They have been re- vealed to be merely stooges of international Communism as it is run from Moscow. But they’re still around. Their position has become more untenable since the North Kor- ean Reds and Russia decided to buck the United States and the United Nations. However, they’re not going to Lo: fold their tents and disappear in- |ppINCE GEORGE IWA officials fo the darkness. They're ‘going | onfer on bargaining plans. (Left) Sco rue wa fight to) holdlithe | Clay «Webb, Fitanciall Secretary ground they have. They've going Local 1-424, and Dick Cavanagh, to continue heaping abuse on the : clo. SSS So it seems proper to say that The NLRB in Washington re- “Phase 1” of the CIO’s drive|cently ruled that foremen could against the Commies has been completed successfully. “Phase 2” is likely to be long and rough because it won't be over until the Commie grip on unions expelled from the CIO is completely broken and American workers are again members of unions which do not pay homage to the revolting, twisting Moscow line. not be fired for failure to report for work to protect company property during a strike. The world’s first “Volcano Tap- pers’ Union was recently formed in Naples, Italy. Their job is the piping of steam from Mount Vesuvius for power plants and home heating. 30 IWA Delegates At Peg Approximately 30 [WA delegates from B.C. District No. af will attend the convention of the Canadian Congress of Labor, which opens in Winnipeg, Sept. 25. District President J. S. jury has been authorized by Inter- national President J. E. Fadling to represent the IWA at the meeting of the Executive Council which precedes the conven- tion. District Secretary-Treasurer George Mitchell will attend as a delegate from the Vancouver Labor Council. WESTVIEW BUSINESS GUIDE WE HAVE A SWELL SERVICE FOR YOUR DRY CLEANING NEEDS Phone 7571 R. D. OXFORD Westview, B.C. Prompt Attention Given To All MAIL ORDERS Westview DISTRICT SAFETY COUNCIL TO MEET ON OCTOBER 13 Quarterly meeting of the B, . C. District Safety Council will be held in Vancouver, October 13, on the evening Preceding the quarterly meeting of the District Council. Major item on the agenda will be a recommendation to the IWA District Council regarding the election of a representative on the International Safety Council from B.C. District No. 1. x International View By Portland Pete PROFITS of U.S. business firms are hitting all-time highs this year, bettering their fantastic take of last year by 50 percent. By comparison, the hourly straight time earnings of employees of the same firms has risen less than 8 percent over 1949, SINCE the fighting began in Korea, profit estimates have had to berevised every few days as prices advanced, and wholesale levels are nine ‘per cent higher than a year ago. 8 NOT MY GUESSING, these figures, but straight from the Wall Street Journal, who “con- fidently expect” prices will rise another five per cent by the end of the year. Where will it end? a ae DEFEATED by striking elec- trical workers in Erie, Pa., after 30 days, were some quaint management demands. They in- eluded one for a three cents less pay for women because “it is _ more expensive to maintain the ladies’ washroom.” = ee ————— land boasted that Russia had just concluded a nation-wide track meet in which 45,000 athletes ran the 100-yard dash. A British labor paper, unimpressed, com- mented: “They'll broadcast it to us, but they wouldn’t dare hold a 15-mile run within 10 miles of their border.” ee ee In Harrisburg, Pa., the Penn- sylvania unemployment compen- sation board of review ruled that just because a worker is a teeto- taler gives him no right to turn down a job in» distillery and keep on drawing unemployment pay. The ruling, handed down in the case of an unemployed woman who had “taken the pledge”, held that she would run no “moral risk” by working in a whiskey NS B.C: 771 EAST HASTINGS, Cor. 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