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B.C. LUMBER WORKER

November 15, 1951

Geo. Mitchell Reports

The UNION’S BUSINESS

District Convention Nears

"THIS week the official call will be issued for the 15th Annual
District Convention of B.C. District No. 1, International
Woodworkers of America, CIO-CCL, to be held in the Hotel Van-
couver, January 29 - February 1, 1952. All IWA Local Unions in
the province will be asked to select their delegates and prepare
their resolutions for consideration of the convention.

Each year. it is customary to
say, when issuing the call, that
the convention is important. The

fact is that this statement is,

always true. Ina Union, consti-
tuted as the IWA, and which re-
lies on the democratic proced-

ures, District Convention is the |

governing body -

for the Union in [ Jil.
this province. It
is the means by | i
ue the pe t
the membership {| ‘
determines the eo}
broad outlines of _ Re
the District poli- -
cies and program
for the year.

Each year it is
customary to say that the ap-
proaching convention is more im-
portant than any held before.
This statement is likewise as true
today as when made before. As
the IWA grows in strength and
influence, so its problems intens-

ee
ify, and so the greater the com-

bined intelligence required to
cope with its problems.
Events Crowd

IWA members will readily
agree that the 1952 convention
will face vital issues. The events
in which our Union is now tak-
ing part make this apparent.

The pressure of international
strains upon the Canadian econ-
omy is working changes which
confront organized labor with
new and perplexing questions.
Foremost is the choice which la-
bor must make between demo-
cratic. and totalitarian develop-
ments, If we must arm to defend
democrdey, we must make cer-
tain that the burden of rearma-
ment does not crush democracy,
either in our own or allied coun-
tries. :

Labor must throw its influence
in support of economic aid to
those countries where poverty
opens the door to Communism.

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Pending Issues

In our domestic affairs, our
Union has a vital interest in the
questions now before our Parlia-
ments, such as the control of
prices, the financing of the old-
age pension. scheme, taxation
plans, hospital insurance, and,
more directly, labor legislation.

The members of our Union
must hammer out sound policies
dealing with the extension of our
Union’s organization, increased
efficiency in the Union’s admini-
stration, the development of an
educational program, the promo-
tion of safety standards in the
industry.

At all times we must safe-
guard and advance the standards
of wages and working conditions
for those who rely for this pur-
pose upon the IWA.

Preparation Essential

The importance of these ques-
tions demands the best possible
preparation on the part of the
membership.

Not only is it important to
select competent and reliable
delegates. It is equally important
that they should have the oppor-
tunity between now and the con-
vention to profit by the consider-
ed discussion of these questions
within the membership of the
Local Unions.

It is this kind of preparation
that assures the success of a
democratic convention.

MacDonald New
CCL Secretary

Resignation of Secretary-
Treasurer Pat Conroy was ac-
cepted at the November 12
meeting of the Executive Coun-
cil of the Canadian Congress
of Labor, it was reported by
District President J. S. Als-
bury and .District 2nd Vice-
president S. M. Hodgson upon
their return from Ottawa on
Tuesday. i

Donald MacDonald, formerly
Regional Director for the Mari-
time Provinces, has been ap-
pointed to the post, with the
added duties of Director of Or-
ganization. The newly-appoint-
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activities in the UMWA, and
as a former member of the
Nova Scotia Legislature.

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