January 15, 1953

B.C. LUMBER WORKER

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HARD WORKING members of the Women’s Aux iliary, Local 1-217, IWA, with Christmas Boxes
they prepared for IWA patients in the Vancouve r General Hospital. Left to right: Sisters Margaret
Kamm, Muriel Bradley, Alda Hendrie, Jean Mackenzie and Beryl Busch.

FEDERATION ASKS PROBE

Immediate action will be taken
by the officers of the B.C. Fed-
eration of Labor and the Vancou-
ver Labor Council to implement
the terms of a resolution endors-
ed by the delegates at the Fed-
eration’s recent convention.

The resolution stated:

WHEREAS: One, Clarence Clem-
ons, a longshoreman in the
City of Vancouver, was so
badly beaten when being placed

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under arrest in July, 1952, that
said beating resulted in paraly-
sis making it impossible .for
the said Clarence Clemons to
speak or move his limbs one
week after the injury, and

WHEREAS: The said Clarence
Clemons died~on-December 24,
1952, from the injuries-so_sus-
tained, and

WHEREAS: The Attorney-Gen-
eral for the Province of British
Columbia appointed a special
representative to attend at the
inquest, and

WHEREAS: We do not feel that
the evidence brought out in
this inquest was adequately in-
.terpreted or sincerely consid-
ered by the jury, and-

WHEREAS; The Coroner’s Jury
enquiring into the cause of
death was not properly consti-
tuted — the “Coroner’s Act”
stipulates that there must be
six jurymen, but there were
seven jurymen in this case.

THEREFORE ¢

BE IT RESOLVED: That this
Ninth Annual Convention of
the B.C. Federation of Labor
go on record as requesting the
Attorney-General to examine
closely the evidence as trans-
cribed and to take action with-
in his powers that will remove
the stigma of doubt now har-
bored by the people of British
Columbia-hecause of the jury’s
decision which~completely ex-
onerated those responsible for
events leading up to the death
of Clarence Clemons.

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LADIES PROTEST
UIC FACILITIES

The Women’s Auxiliary of Local 1-217, IWA, meeting
in the IWA Board Room, January 7th, elected five dele-

gates who, with their President, will attend

Convention Conference.

Sister Bradley called the meet-
ing to order, the following offi-
cers and members attending:
Sisters Kay Wood, Lucille Busch,
Pearl Hodgson, Elsie Gray, Olive
Whitehouse, Margaret Kamm,
Pat Allan, Lucy Robinson, and
Muriel Bradley.

A motion was passed that the
Recording Secretary and Presi-
dent work out an agenda and put
it before the next meeting. Also
the Social Committee is to bring
in recommendations on entertain-
ment and program of the Annual
Conference.

The Ladies’ Auxiliary wishes
to thank Locals 1-363; Courtenay;
1-85, Port Alberni; and‘ 1-71, the
Loggers’ Local, for their kind
donations to help’ make Christ-
mas boxes for patients.

Two Resolutions

Two resolutions were receieved
from the Vancouver Council of
Women. The first resolution dealt
with drawing to the attention of
Vancouver newspaper corpora-
tions some types of published
matter appearing in the news re-
porting and special columns of
our newspapers, and in other
news publications, and recom-
mending to these publishers to
consider the establishing of some
means whereby undesirable types
of published matter would be
avoided. The Ladies’ Auxiliary
endorsed this resolution.

The second resolution dealt
with installation of washroom
facilities in the Alvin Building,
Unemployment Insurance Com-
mission offices. The Auxiliary
also endorsed this resolution and
copies will be mailed to Honor-
able Milton F. Gregg and Hon-
orable Paul Martin.

Christmas Gifts
A very encouraging letter was

the District

received and read from Brother
Basil Morgan, patient at Pear-
sons’s Hospital.

A report was made on our
meeting with Local 1-217, execu-
tive, by Sister Kay Wood. The
purpose of this meeting was to _
discuss the mailing of Kmas
presents to strikers in Durham,
Ontario.

Sister Margaret Kamm report-
ed on a committee making 56
Xmas boxes for patients.

Hospital Reports

General (Outside Wards) Sis-
ters Beryl Busch and Jean Mac-
Kenzie made three visits,

Compensation Wards — Sisters
Pat Allan and Alda Hendrie
visited 31 patients on two visits.
‘Twenty-one Kmas boxes were dis-
tributed in these wards.

St. Paul’s—Sisters Bradley and
Margaret Kamm made three
visits and visited 25 members.

Brothers Whitehouse and Cook
received Xmas boxes at home.

Sister Bradley visited Brother
Fenton in the Houton House but
he was out.

General Hospital (North Van-
couver) — Sister Lucy Robinson
distributed four boxes to mem-
bers at home, and visited’Cy Mc-
Kellar at the hospital.

Pearson’s Hospital — Brother
‘Basil Morgan was visited four
times by Sister Pearl Hodgson.
Jan. Hospital Committees

Pearson’s — Margaret Slarks
and Elsie Gray.

Shaughnessy—Elsie Gray.

General (Outside Wards) —
| Olive Whitehouse and Margaret
Kamm; (Compensation Wards),
Kay Wood and Pat Allan.

St. Paul’s—Lucille Busch, Mur-
iel Bradley and Pearl Hodgson.

Pearl Hodgson,
Recording Secretary.

The minister met one of his
congregation on the street and
stopped to talk, “I felt so sorry
for your wife last Sunday,” he
said, “when she had that terrible
spell of coughing and everyone
stared at her.”

“Don’t be too sorry,” replied
the husband dryly, “She was
wearing her new fall hat.”

THANKS
DECCO
WALTON

I wish to express through the
columns of your paper my thanks
and everlasting gratitude to the
men and personnel of Decco
Walton, Hope, B.C., for contri-
butions received, which will mean
a happy Christmas after all.

Also, I wish to thank the IWA
for the welcome visits and gifts
received during my stay in St.
Paul’s Hospital.

Yours truly, °
Mrs. Alec D. Cameron,
Hope, B. C.

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Tranquille Sanitorium

Local 1.417, IWA, wish to ex.
press their gratitude to the Mem->
bers and Locals who so kindly a:
sisted them in financing the Lo-
cal's visits to the following pa-
lente) in-the Tranquille Sanitor-
ium,

David Gallant, Local 1-71—Doing
fine, more tests coming.

George Wright, Local 1-85—Doing
fine, may be able to leave in
March,

ait Vukeano, Local 1-405—Doing

ine.

John Boyd, Vancouver Local—Do-
ing fine.

milter: Edwal, Local 1-424—Doing

ine.

John Boyd, Vancouver Local —

Doing fine.
John Cranus, Courtenay Local —
Doing: fine.
Albert Forsiand, Local 1-71—Do-

ing fine,

Otto Hogiund—in and out of San
since 1943. Doing fine. May leave
soon.

W, H. Sebring, Local 1-217—Doing
fine.

It is only a few years back that
folks remarked about autos,
“Look at the buggy makers and
whip makers that will be thrown
out of work.”

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BALANCED
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