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B.C..LUMBER WORKER

September 7, 1951

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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

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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.

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‘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-

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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

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