B.C. LUMBER WORKER

May 30, 1952

FIVE [WA MEN ENTER CAMPAIGN

Nomination day for the provincial general election dis-
closed that five well-known IWA members had been nomi-
nated by the CCF as prospective members of the B.C.

Legislature.

They are:

’ Frank Howard, President,
Local 1-71, in the riding of
Skeena,

John Squire, 1st Vice-presi-
dent, Local 1-85, in the riding
of Alberni,

Tony Gargrave, Local 1-217,
Executive Member of the B.C.
Federation of Labor, in the rid-
ing of MacKenzie.

Rae Eddie, Business Agent,
Local 1-357, International Trus-
tee, in the riding of New West-
minster,

W. J. (Bill) Thompson, Job
Steward, Local 1-417, in the
riding of Salmon Arm.

All five condidates are cam-
paigning vigorously with special
emphasis on the trade union is-
sues which are to the fore in the
election, viz, ICA Act, Work-

men’s Compensation, Hospital
Insurance, two weeks’ vacation
with pay, and all statutory holi-
days with pay.

On these and other issues the
policies advanced by the trade
union movement have been fully
endorsed by the CCF, and are
supported by the 26 other trade
union candidates in the field.

Great interest on the part of
IWA members has. been evident
in the keenly contested fight be-
tween Rae Eddie and Premier
Johnson in New Westminster.
The members of 10 trade unions
have joined with IWA members
to form a joint committee with
the slogan’ “Elect Rae Eddie”.

Buttons and signs carrying this
slogan are much in evidence in
and around the New Westminster
industrial plants.

It _has been made evident that
the Pulp and Sulphite workers in
Ocean Falls, Powell River and
Woodfibre are rallying behind
Tony Gargrave, in addition to the
workers in lumber operations
which are scattered through the
riding of MacKenzie,

John Squire, upon nomination, |”

was assured of the support of a
large “number of the -lumber
workers who dominate the politi-
cal scene in Port Alberni.

In his campaign throughout

Skeena, Frank Howard is on fa-
miliar ‘ground as many of the
lumbering operations centering
around Terrace are certified by
the Loggers’ Local, of which he
fis President,

Bill Thompson contesting the
riding of Salmon Arm, it is re-
ported, launched his campaign
under favorable circumstances,
because of his record as the fight-
ing Reeve of the Salmon Arm

District,

Labor Victory

LONDON (CPA) —The Labor
Party has scored an impressive
victory in borough elections held
throughout the United Kingdom
in early May.

Labor Party stalwarts gained
control of Councils in Glasgow,
Aberdeen and half a dozen towns
in lay-off ridden Lancashire. La-
bor gains were expected to total
over 800 seats when returns were
officially tabulated.

The borough victories follow
striking Labor gains in recent
County Council elections.

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Norman Riches

_Labor’s Program
In Government

Forthright statement on the political action policy of
the Canadian Congress of Labor was made by Norman
Riches, Western Regional Director, United Packinghouse
Workers, speaking before local political and business lead-

ers at the closing banquet

Institute at Kelowna, May 4,

Supporting speakers included
District 1st Vice-president Joe
Morris, who took occasion to re-
buke W. A. C, Bennett for the
remark that trade unionists
should at this time forego de-
mands for wage increases, The
Social Credit spokesman was re-
minded by Morris that had it not
been for the fight of the trade
unions for equality and justice,
little social progress would have
been experienced by the com-
munity at large.

In the presentation of trade
union objectives at this public
gathering, trade union speakers
found friendly support in the re-
marks of Col Beeston, Past Presi-
dent of the Kelowna Board of
Trade. He affirmed that the labor
movement was an integral and
essential part of the democratic
way of life.

Labor’s Own Program

* The UPWA Director assured
the assembly that the Canadian
Congress of Labor has been com-
pelled to develop its own legis-

| lative program to meet the cry-

ing needs of the workers. This
program was broader than mere
eonsideration of wages and work-
ing conditions,

Vital matters of social security
such as health services, housing,
price control, and civil rights
were dealt with in the light of
the workers’ requirements,

This program was presented to
all political parties, the speaker
stated. Only the CCF gave un-
qualified approval to labor’s ob-
jectives, and undertook to imple-
ment the program if elected to
office. This resulted in the CCL
declaring that the CCF was its
political arm, This result was a
natural outcome, as the CCF, he
stated, was formed of working
class and farmer interests,

PAC Necessary

Labor had no alternative but
to. take direct political action, he
asserted, Big business had estab-
lished a political influence which
enabled them to secure legisla-
tion favoring its interests and
placing labor under serious han-
dicaps. Big business should not
now criticize labor for taking
similar action.

Saskatchewan Leads

The speaker drew a contrast

between labor laws in the four
Western provinces, and pointed

out that a vastly better deal had | will

been secured for the trade unions
under a CCF Government in Sas-

katchewan,

of the IWA-CCL week-end

On one vital point, the right to
strike, this had not been restrict-
ed in Saskatchewan, whereas
various handicaps are imposed in
the other provinces. The result,
he stated, has been that loss of
time in production due to strikes
has been proportionately lower
in Saskatchewan than the other
provinces,

He replied to the Social Credit
claims of Mr. Bennett, by declar-
ing that although the indebted-
ness of Alberta had been reduced,
the indebtedness of the individual
workers had been increased in
the same ratio.

SALMON ARM
CANDIDATE

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BILL THOMPSON, IWA job
steward, Local 1-417, named as
the CCF candidate in the riding
of Salmon Arm, entered the po-
litical field as a result of trade
union experience and the critical
school question which he faced as
Reeve of Salmon Arm District,
When not engaged as a lumber
worker, Bill Thompson operates
an orchard, which has also made
him familiar with the agricultural
problems in his district,

Magistrate: “Driving through
the red light will cost you $10
and costs, and the next time you
go to jail. Understand?”

Gulprit: “Yes, your honor. Just
like a weather report—fine today,
cooler tomorrow.”

‘IN THE FIGHT FOR LABOR

PROSPECTIVE IWA M.L.A’s, President Frank Howard, Local
1-71, IWA (left) and Tony Gargrave, Local 1-217, IWA, Executive
Member of tle B.C. Federation of Labor, smilingly face campai;
problems, Frank Howard is the CCF Candidate in Skeena, ai
Tony Gargrave is CCF Candidate in MacKenzie.

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