B.C. LUMBER WORKER

ee 3 February 19, l

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WATCH VICTORIA!

By J. STEWART ALSBURY
IWA District President

‘THE recent meeting of the officers of the B.C. Federation of
Labor with members of the Provincial Cabinet, which I at-

tended, was a necessary step, which brought to light some con-
siderations of importance to organized labor.

The main con-
sideration is that
urgently requir-
ed amendments
to labor legisla-
tion should not
be lost sight of
in the struggle
for power now
under way in
Victoria.

Organized labor must insist
upon consideration of the Work-
men’s Compensation Act, The
Hospital Insurance Act and the
ICA Act, before the Legislature
is dissolved and an election called.

My impression of the Legisla-
ture from the gallery was that
the Cabinet would weleome any
pretext to call an election. The
other parties are just as wary in
avoiding a defeat of the Goyern-
ment on matters of minor im-
portance.

Election Near

It is now fairly safe to pre-
dict, however, that Premier Ben-
nett will find the opportunity,
which he is looking for, to seek
endorsation of his policies at the
polls, at an early date.

This makes it doubly important
that labor’s interests should not
be swallowed up in the political
turmoil of an election. We urged
that this legislation should be in-
troduced now.

The whole point is that the
Government, with the present
leadership of the Legislature,
should give first attention to the
needs of the people of the prov-
ince, in preference to any politi-
cal advantage.

That the Government has this
opportunity has been made clear
by the other parties, who have
assured the Government of a
desire to pass necessary legisla-
tion. No obstruction is being of-
fered to legislative action.

“Certainly with the CCF as the
Opposition, the Government can-
not safely claim that the required
labor legislation will be in dan-
ger. The CCF is already on rec-
ord as supporting labor's views.

be a tragedy to defer urgently
required amendments to these
laws until the political atmos-
phere has cleared.

One characteristic of the Leg-
islature, that the electors will
not approve is inertia. The gov-
ernment has it within its power

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“Protest Persecution” -c

The Executive Council of
The Canadian ‘Congress of La-
bor recently voiced bitter criti-
cism of the anti-Semitic policy
adopted by the Soviet and ask-
ed the Canadian government to
“use its utmost influence
through the United Nations
and by all other possible means
to end this persecution.”

Text of a statement issued by
the officers of the 370,000-member
Labor group follows:

“The Canadian Congress -of
Labor views with. the deepest
concern the obvious campaign
now being carried on in Soviet
Russia and, satellite countries
against people of the Jewish race.

to act on the side of labor. Recent charges against Moscow

By JOE MIYAZAWA .

Total shipments of lumber from B.C. were down only 2.4% for
the 11-month period of 1952 against the same period of 1951—the
peak year in B,C.’s lumber history. The latest report of the D.B.S.
on lumber production and shipment shows—in spite of the 6-week
strike—that production dropped 4.7% over the same period in
1951. Despite public pronouncements by the lumber industry early
last year that B.C’s lumber industry was in a precarious position
because of loss of markets, the record shows the complete fallacy
of such statements.

i Market Outlook

Market outlook for 1953 continues to look promising with greater
activity in the Canadian domestic construction field coupled with the
present indications in the United States that building will reach a
high level in 1953.

While the general outlook is that exports to the United Kingdom
will drop slightly—although one government analyst predicts the
same degree of participation as 1952.

However, it is significant to note, as shown by the table below,
that the United Kingdom market has been and is being over-
emphasized. Contrary to popular belief, exports of lumber over the
past three years to the United Kingdom amount to 19.5% of total
shipments from B. C.

Shipments of B.C. Lumber to Major Markets

1952 1951 1950

Canada ... 35.5% 34.4% 33.6%
United States . 34.4% 30.2% 49.2%
United Kingdom 25.1% 25.3% 8.1%
Others 5.0% 10.1% 9.1%
100.0% 100.0% 100.0%

doctors, identified by the Soviet
as Jews, are but one part of a
pattern which has become all too
clear, In Hungary and Czecho-
slovakia persons whom the Soviet |
was careful to identify as Jews
have been executed.

“For some years the Soviet has
discriminated against the Jewish
people by curbing their cultural
activities and organizations. The
recent intensified campaign to
centre attention on Jews as re-
sponsible for failures of the So-
viet goes, however, considerably
beyond this practice.

Totalitarian Regime

“A totalitarian regime sooner
or later inevitably chooses seape-
goats in an attempt to explain
away the weaknesses of those in

acking the Jews, the
He Died closely in the
the Nazi tome
is! Hitler, The free people 0}
the cae must make known their
repulsion in the face of such tac-
ties before the Soviet reaches the
stage of committing genocide, a
development which appears high-

power.
Soviet is
footsteps of

| ly likely if the present trend con-

tinues.

“The Canadian Congress of
Labor therefore calls upon the
Canadian government to use its
utmost influence through the
United Nations and by all other
possible means to end: this perse-
cution of a people who have so
many times before been made
the victims of racial discrimina-

tion and oppression.” =

Millard
Appeals

ForlCFTU

WINDSOR (CPA) —A few
hours before leaving by plane
for Brussels, where he is at-
tending an ICFTU meeting,
C. H. Millard, vice-president of
the CCL and Steelworkers’ di-
rector, made a fervent plea for
more aid from Canadian labor
to organize and encourage
workers in the backward areas
of Africa and Asia.

“One of our jobs,” said Mr.
Millard, “is to help find a solution
for a major world problem which
can be defined in simple arithme-
tical terms.”

‘According to 1949 U.N. figures,
said Mr, Millard, 70 countries in
the world had a total income of
$515 billions.

Eight of these countries, or
11% of them, had 56% of the
world’s income, and these eight
included Canada.

One of these countries, the
United States, had 42% of the
world’s income with only 7% of
the world’s population.

world’s people had less than 10%
of world income. And half of the
people in this group had earnings
of less than $50 a year.

“The free trade union move-
ment must help them,” said the

Canadian Steel director. “We

Fifty-five percent of the

Provoking Sign

In Czechoslovakia the owner of

a bookstore advertised four Rus-

sian books in her window. Almost

immediately she was arrested by

the police. 2

The bookstore owner had writ-

ten the titles on a poster in the

following order:

“We Want to Live”

“Far From Moscow”

“Mm the Shadows of the Sky-

scrapers”

“Under a Foreign Flag.”
SPS *

What do you mean, “Good Old

Days”?

Oh, that was when the govern-

ment lived within its income—

and without most of yours.

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[Sick List

Ladysmith

Financial Secretary Hd Linder of
Local 1-80, IWA, visited the fol-
lowing patients in the Ladysmith
Hospital on Tebruary . 2nd dis-
tributing candy, cigarettes and
copies of the B.C. Lumber Worker:
Sack Mather, R.R.2, Ladysmith.
‘Alexander Wright, Ladysmith —

ilness.

Louix Lapsansky, Ladysmith—Il-

mith, Ladysmith—Iliness.
ul Part, Ladysmith,
a.
mith,
Brenda Mne Delcourt, Ladysmith—
Recovering from burns,
William Rourke.

this brother was asked to resign
when they were organizing or
because the company found out
that after 7 years his work was

must show them how to help
themselves, we must help them
organize, and demonstrate that

Our Members

I wish to compliment our own
IWA members of the Legislature,

“UNFAIR YOU CAN BANK

for their forthright statements in
defence of labor’s interests. All
three — Tony Gargrave, John
Squire, and Rae Eddie — “have
stated the position of organized
labor in clear and unequivocal
terms.

It means a great deal to hear
our views stated right on the
floor of the Legislature by our
pwn Union’s members.

The point was made during our
interview with the Government
that Hospital Insurance changes
should be approved by the Legis-
lature, as revisions by way of
order-in-council are not accept-
able. The prevailing confusion
ean only be cleared by decisive
action either to amend the Act
or ratify plans already instituted.

Industrial workers are bound

TO LABOR”

The Editor:

In line with the Union Label
Campaign that the Vancouver
Labor Council has adopted, I
would like to draw to your atten-
tion a condition that can be help-
ed by Camp Gooks in IWA camps.

There are both Union and non-
Union shops supplying the camps

not satisfactory?

service all kitchens in the camps.
Yours in support of Union Label,

Joel Moss, Local 535,

Cassidy’s Ltd., Me & Me, Mar-
shall Wells are three union shops
connected with Local 535 that can

Retail, Wholesale, CIO-CCL

democracy works, and cares for
their future.”+ i

The Canadian Congress of La-
bor has pledged $50,000 over a
three-year period, less than half
of which has been paid. Mr. Mil-
lard urged the delegates to pay
up the amount, which comes to
only six cents per member per
year.

at the preesnt time. One of the

non-Union shops is Buscombe &
Co., Ltd, 342 Water St., Vancou-
yer. In 1951 the warehouse em-
ployees organized under the ban-
ner of Local 535 “Retail Whole-
sale, CIO-CCL, and before the
shop was certified the manage-
ment asked the key man to re-
sign after nearly 7 years’ service.

They stated his work was un-
satisfactory. Brother Woodwork-

to agree with me that it would

ers, was it just a coincidence that

of the Dental Mechanics using

income tax deduction.

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