¥ B.C..LUMBER WORKER September 7, 1951 West ~ Arms By JIM History will be made in Vancouver on Sept. 17 unionists from every corner of our sprawling Dominion converge on this eity for the 11th Annual Convention of the Canadian Con- gress of Labor. It was no mere happy chance the 1951 convention city. For years, while the choice rotated be- tween Toronto, Windsor, Montreal and Quebec City, western unionists preached the gospel that was first advocated by Horace Greeley: “Go west, young man!” In 1949 this resulted in the nam- ing of Winnipeg as the meeting-place, but CCL members from the west who assembled there in the war-ery of “Westward Ho!” they launched a concentrated attack on the traditions of the past. When the dust died down the warriors of the wild west wore the emblems of victory in their belts. Vancouver had been chosen. Each convention of the CCL demonstrates that trade unionists in this country are becoming in- creasingly conscious of their true role in society and develop- ing an ever greater interest in national and international prob- lems. Evidence of this healthy pro- gress is the name of the man ex- pected to be chief speaker at the convention. Paul Finet has just returned from Milan, where Reuther, Ca: According to a publicity release from the United Auto” Workers, their distinguished chief, Walter Reuther—generally recognized as one of the most outstanding la- bor leaders on this continent— will be on hand. Unconfirmed re- ports indicate that another visitor will be James Carey of the In- ternational Union of Eleetrical Workers, who has risen to promi- nence as the young and able Sec- retary of the CIO, Home’s Sweet Homes If you have ever played host to your Aunt Fanny and her three children for a week, you can imagine the gigantic scale of preparations necessary for an it flux of over 1,000 visitors (it is expected that approximately 300 delegates will be accompanied by their wives). The burden of this responsi- bility falls upon the Greater Van- couver and Lower Mainland La- bor Council. The full-time secre- tary of the Council has been working himself into a lather at- tending to detail work and co- ordinating the work of the con- vention committees which were set up in January of this year. By February the committees were already rolling into action, deter- mined to make this the biggest and best convention the CCL has ever staged. One of the biggest headaches has fallen to the lot of George ATTENTION ALL 1.W.A, LOCAL 1-217 MEMBERS. SPECIALIST e - " LWA.) 1 BC. Opens For CCL Meet BURY 17 when trade that Vancouver was selected ds 1950 were still not satisfied. To spokesmen for 52 million trade unionists throughout the world met for a regular session of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, Paul Finet is the chief delegate to the ICFTU from the Belgian General Federation of Workers, representing 550,000 members. His outstanding ability was rec- ognized at the first meeting of the ICFTU in 1949 when he was elected President. rey Invited Distinguished visitors add color and interest but the most im. portant people in attendance wil be the approximately 800 dele- gates who come from steel mills, |~ wholesale houses, mines, tailor- ing shops, packinghouses, saw- | mills, department stores, offices, logging camps and every other section of Canada’s- industrial empire. The problems they face in their work and in their every- day living provide the meat of the convention, Home, Secretary of the B. C, Fed- eration of Labor. As Chairman of the Billeting Committee, work- ing in conjunction with Raven Scott, stenographer at the CCL office, it is his job to find a cubby- hole for every fugitive from the east, He must also bludgeon or beguile the delegates into making their reservations wells in ad- vance. Chairman Home has establish- ed billeting headquarters in the CCL office, 501 Vancouver Block. Worthy of note is the fact that there will be no such thing as “restricted” accommodation in connection with this convention. Publicity B.C. District President J. S. Alsbury of the IWA, already busy with the Interior negotiations, has taken on a second job as Chairman of the Publicity Com- mittee. He is supported by such able lieutenants as Financial Sec- retary Stu Hodgson of IWA Lo- eal 1-217 (who had difficulty ar- |} ranging for enough free time to |! get himself married), Vie Mauro |! and Bob Ludwig, also of IWA Local 1-217, and Financial Sec- |; retary Lawrence Vandale of IWA Local 1-357. Latér assistance was given by three volunteers from the Steelworkers — E. Stitchell, P. Ostrowski and J. Mottershead. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Daniel Web- ster Markland is asked to communicate with the IWA District President J. S, Als- bury, 45 Kingsway, Vancou- yer, who has information re- garding his family of urgent importance. ER mai 2 (Fai98 5a vaNcouven Plenty ‘CCL Fire VANCOUVER LABOUR COUNCIL FLOAT in PNE parade sent steady stream of smoke signals skyward calling attention to the approaching annual convention of the Canadian Congress of Labor, Vancouver, September 17-21. The old watchword — “Don’t take any wooden. nickels!”—will soon be replaced by the more positive statement — “Take a wooden nickel!” With B.C, lum- ber and machinery donated by a A. R, MOSHER, President, Cana- dian Congress of Labour. local plywood plant and labor donated by IWA members, con- yention delegates will be inun- dated by 3,000 out-size wooden nickels, each bearing a portrait of “Hi Rigger — King of the Woods” and the slogan, “Wood is Gold”, One Vancouver daily | has already done a story on this PAT CONROY, Secretary, Ca- nadian Congress of Labour. CO-OPERATIVE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY © All Excess Charges and the Insured Members. Th Surplus Returnable to Are No Shareholders BRITISH COLUMBIA OFFICE Room 4, 505 Dunsmuir Street Vancouver, B.C. new. coinage, accompanied by a picture of both faces, and it is expected that the others will fol- low suit, Material for this and other projects of the Publicity Committee has been donated by Pacific Veneer, Western Ply- woods, Canadian Western Lum- ‘|ber, Alaska Pine and Sweeney Cooperage. Seratch My Back Acting on the principle of “You seratch my back, Tl scratch yours”, Vancouver merchants are being drawn into convention plans. Attractive green and gold Decal stickers have been printed, about eight inches in diameter. These will be sold to local stores for display in their windows and delegates will be advised to pa- tronize these concerns. The money realized from the sale of the stickers will help to defray the general convention expenses. Lamoureux Publications will be in charge of the sales, Entertainment To keep the delegates happy | and occupied while the convention is not in session is the job under- taken by Hugh Allison of the CBRE, Chairman, and his asso- ciates on the Entertainment Com: mittee—Earl Caverley (Brewery Workers), T. Haggert ([WA Lo- eal 1-217), and Pearl Hodgson and Vera MacKenzie (OPWOC Local 8). In order to distract the atten- tion of eastern delegates from our antiquated liquor laws, ar- rangements have been made with the Elks Club for each delegate (See Next Page) - LECKIE’S - UNION M direct for distributor. AD THE LECKIE LOGGER is manufactured in B.C. and is Union Made. Built of leather specially tanned in our Union Tannery in New West- minster—this de luxe water resistant. It is comfortable and * long-wearing. At better retail stores and commissaries everywhere. E IN f boot is highly Write us the name-of your nearest QUALITY WORK BOOTS 5106-B