Page 4 B.C. LUMBER WORKER [WA members in the Interior of British Columbia deserve praise for the manner in which they have challenged the high-handed tactics of their employers. z Almost unanimously they have accepted the majority report of the Conciliation Board, which recommended Ry on major points with conditions established at the ‘oast.. Due to the rejection by the employers of the majority report, they declared at the same time for authorization of strike action with similar unanimity. It is to be expected that the government-supervised vote to be conducted within the week will result in a still more emphatic declaration in support of militant action to secure their just demands. This confronts the entire IWA organization in the province with a major crisis. It is a crisis that affects every lumber worker in the province, as a defeat in the Interior would be a defeat for the whole district, and a arrest threat to the bargaining strength of the whole There can be no backing away from this fight. The Interior Lumber workers have proceeded on the assump- tion, quite correctly, that they will have the entire re- sources of the Union behind them in their fight. . The Coast Local Unions have given this assurance because of their perception that a low-wage area_in the Interior menaces Coast wages and conditions constantly. The question before the Union is now one of tactics. Interior IWA members would be well advised to stand firm and await the outcome of the planning now under way. Present militancy must be re-inforced by shrewd and well- planned strategy. The employers have stalled endlessly, hoping to place the Union at a disadvantage in the timing of strike action. They have underestimated the resources of the IWA. Once the decks are cleared of legal formalities for strike action, there are many ingenious ways of disciplining anti-labor employers. The IWA has never lacked ingenuity. The plan-of campaign for the Interior will be revealed in due course and without delay. It will be the result of considered judgment by the governing body of the Union. It will have the united support of all sections of the Union. It will be calculated to hit the employers where it will hurt the most. The watchwords for the next few. days are patience and solidarity. There would be no sense in telegraphing our punches to the employers. When the IWA punch lands, no one will be surprised but the employers. * - Clear Vision EVERY IWA member who desires to understand his Union should take the pains to examine the resolutions of the recent International Convention. These resolutions are published in the October 24 issue of the International Woodworker in full. Hight full pages reveal the full extent of IWA thought and action. The topics range from those of internal administration to foreign policy. The treatment of each subject indicates mature judgment and sound perception of the democratic functions of a trade union. It is important to note that the over-all legislative pro- gram outlined by the convention has breadth of vision. It deals specifically with labor legislation but also urges social security laws designed to benefit the whole population. It represents the vision of men and women who perceive that the welfare of trade union members is tq be found only in the welfare of all thé people. The IWA has spoken out boldly for clean government and the preservation of civil liberty. In this the IWA has undertaken its proper responsibility, for through the years the trade unions have been the champions of freedom and sound democratic principles in government. They have been the first to challenge any invasion of the rights of the individual by bureaucracy. It is to the credit of the IWA that it has urged the promotion of a farm program geared to a full economy. A working alliance between farmer and industrial worker will result in curbing the exploiter who preys on both classes alike. When people despair of the hope of world peace, and seek to place the major share of the blame’on the American Administration, they should have the IWA resolution on foreign policy pointed out to them. It indicates that in the United States as well as in Canada influential trends of popular thought are directed toward the building of peace by the extension of world-wide economic well-being. The IWA member who peruses these resolutions with the desire to understand his Union will find fresh cause for pride in an organization that stands for the highest values in public service. “Without vision, the people perish.” The democratic ideals envisioned by the IWA are its greatest source of vitality and widening influence. k *& i GET A LOAD OF Eauy WHO Won VOTE J The Editor: Maybe Ottawa is right and the rest of us are wrong in the price control argument, but each month we unfortunately keep getting more and more arithme- tie on our side. i Canada’s economic Prime Min- ister C. D. Howe sneered at U.S. price controls when Auto Work- ers’ District Council visited him in April, but the record is that up to May 15th (last date for which American figures were available) the United States price index went up 2.1 percent since controls were imposed last Jan- uary and the Canadian index went up 5.5 in the same period! How is that. Below is a month by month chart which, except for the Liberals’ overwhelming ma- jority in the House, would quick- ly wipe off that smug smile. Figures for Canada are for the 1st day of the month, U.S. fi- gures, the 15 of each month. Month Canada 9 Rise U.S. % Rise Jan, 172.5 181.5 Feb. 175.2 16 1838 1.3 March .... 179.7 4.2 184.5 1.6 April .. 1818 54 184.6 1.7 May 182.0 5.5 1854 21 184.1 6.7 June To Andy’s Pals The Editor: Hope that you will find space in your paper for these lines. ° I am one of the unfortunates to get tuberculosis and’am tak- ing ‘the cure now at Tranquille Sanitorium, Tranquille, B.C., but I’m now hoping to get well. I miss the B. C. Lumber Work- er very much, so have asked Lo- cal 1-71 to send me some copies. My last battleground was at Northern Pulpwood, South Ben- tinck, B.C. I would be glad to hear from some of the boys up there either through our paper, or directly at’Tranquille. I would also like to get in touch with some of the gang at B.C. Forest Products Ltd., Bri- tannia River. There we used to climb up for the round ones, but always went back for more after the holidays. I have lost track of my roam- ing friends, so please let’s hear from some of you. Andy Juth. Naylor Presses For Price Curbs One Canadian newspaper states, “This table suggests two things. One that price controls have been helpful in the U.S. since controls are significant dif- ference in the anti- inflationary programs in the two countries. The second is that the sole source of our inflation is not U.S. but How B.C.'s (a) Believing that the pres- ent national emergency calls for equality of sacrifice the CCF moved an amendment to the Budget to exempt from the 20% defence tax incomes up to $1500 for single people and up to $3000 for married people. (April 16, 1951.) (b) Immediate adoption of price controls (April 30, 1951.) sprung largely from domestic factions. To the extent that our inflation is a product of our economy, it is time we acted to curb it. If more effective measures are not taken, the outlook is for much higher prices, more hardship for low and fixed income groups and substantial increases generally. MPs Voted . (c) Motion by M. J. Coldwell, CCF leader, that the present sales tax should not be increas- ed (June 6, 1951). (da) CCF motion asking for imposition of the excess ‘profit tax. (June 5, 1951.) ~ (e) Government bill to in-— crease pensions and salaries for Judges. (June 26, 1951.) ase A B ¢ D E T. H. Gooode L (Burnaby-Richmond) Absent Absent Against Against Absent G. M. Murray L_ (Cariboo) Against Absent Absent Against Against 4 L Coast-Capilano) Absent Against Absent Against Against Je L. Gibson, Ind. (Comox-Alberni) Against Against Against FOR Against G. A. Cruickshank L (Fraser Valley) Against Against Absent Against Absent E. D. Fulton PC (Kamloops) Absent FOR FOR FOR Absent J. A. Byrne L (Kootenay-East) -Absent Absent Against Against Against H.W. Herridge CCF (Kootenay-West) FOR FOR FOR FOR FOR G. R. Pearkes PC (Nanaimo) FOR FOR FOR FOR Absent W. M, Mott L. (New Westminster) Against Against Against Against Against E, T. Applewhaite L (Skeena) Against Against Against. Against Against J.-L. MacDougall L- (Vancouver-Burrard) Against Against Against Against Against R. 0, Campney L (Vancouver-Centre) Against Against Against. Against Against ‘A. Macinnis CCF (Vancouver-East) FOR FOR FOR FOR FOR H.C. Green PG (Vancouver. Quadra) FOR FOR FOR FOR Against A. Laing L_ (Vancouver-South) Against Against Against. Against Absent R. We Mayhew L (Victoria) Anainst Absent Absent Against Against 0, L. Jones COF (Yale) FOR FOR FOR FOR FOR SANDY NAYLOR, Chairman, PAC Committee, Local 1-357, IWA. ATTEND YOUR UNION ~~" MEETINGS BRUMMITT’S MEN’S WEAR Headlight Overalls’ Dayton Boots Mail Orders 74 W. CORDOVA Vancouver, B.C. TAXICAB! 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