B.C. LUMBER WORKER CANDIDATES FOR I1WA DISTRICT OFFICES [FoR DISTRICT PRESIDENT | FOR DISTRICT PRESIDE J. S. ALSBURY Candidate for Office of District. President J. Stewart Alsbury gained his first trade union experience early in life through the Teamsters’ & Chauffers’ Union, AFL, in 1918. He joined the Lumber Workers’ Industrial Union in 1931, and later, the Lumber & Saw Mill Union, AFL, in 1936. In August, 1942, he joined the IWA, and actively assisted in the organization of the New West- minster Local 1-367. Upon for- mation of this local union, he was elected to the office of 2nd Vice- President in the newly chartered Local, November 1942, and served in that capacity for two years. He also became Chairman of the Fraser Mills sub-Local and Grievance Committee. In 1947, he was elected Presi- dent of the New Westminster’ Local Union with a three-to-one majority. October 19, 1948, he was ap- pointed Provisional President of B.C. District No. 1, IWA, fol- lowing ‘the disaffiliation move of October 4th, 1948. In 1949, following the Annual District Convention, he was con- firmed in the position of District President by referendum ballot, and, upon re-election in 1961, has served in that capacity until the present time. J. MORRIS Candidate for- Office of District President Joe Morris, although a_long- time resident of British Colum- bia, was born in the county of Lancashire, England. Joe Morris has been an ac- tive trade-unionist since first | joining the Lumber & Sawmill Workers’ Union in the mid-thir- ties, and has been an active mem- ber of the IWA for many years. He was one of the group that | brought the IWA into the Comox operation at Ladysmith, prior to his service with the armed forces. He was elected chairman of the Ladysmith Sub-Local upon_his discharge from the army in 1946. Joe Morris has been President of Local 1-80 since its re-organi- zation in October, 1948, and was elected 2nd Vice-President of the District Council in 1949. In 1951 he was elected 1st Vice- President of the B.C. District Council, the position which he now holds. Before his service on the. Dis- trict Staff, Joe Morris was on the International Organizational Staff for 2% years. He has also been active on District Negotiat- ing Committees since 1949, on the Coast and in the Interior. In addition to his Trade Union activities, Joe Morris has been active in Community affairs on Vancouver Island where he has just finished serving his third term as Alderman of the City of | Ladysmith, VOGUE CLEANERS Track Calls at Mesachie Lake, Cowichan Lake, Crofton & south to Shawnigan. Hats Cleaned and Blocked Il ' Press While U Wait | Phone 360 DUNCAN, B.C. DUNCAN BUSINESS GUIDE J. LINDSAY LOUTET (C, Bradshaw & Co.) INSURANCE aod REAL ESTATE DUNCAN, 131 Jubilee Street LAKE COWICHAN BRANCH: Old Post Office Building MacGREGOR’S MEN’S WEAR thin Man We FAVORK, SPORT oF DRESS We Can Afford to Sell the BEST for LESS! Phone 1600 PORT ALBERNI BUSINESS G VIDE MacDONALD’S PHARMACY Prescriptions, Drug Sundries, First Aid Supplies Registered Optometrist Argyle Street Port Alberni For DISTRICT Ist VICE- PRESIDENT W. N. GRAY Candidate for Office of District 1st Vice-Pres. William N. Gray was born in Alberta, 1911, and completed his education in that province when | j he gradauted from a provincial school of agriculture with honors. Subsequently he worked on farms and in the woods until migration to British Columbia in 1937, when he followed employ- ment in logging operations in the Interior and on-Vancouver Island. In 1941, he enlisted in the RCAF and served overseas until September, 1942. After spend- ing 22 months in hospital as a result of injuries, he returnéd to the service as an instructor, until 1945. In 1945 he joined Local Union 1-217, IWA, being employed at Canadian White Pine Mill. He became a member of the Plant Committee in 1947, and later served as Chairman of the Com- mittee. He was elected 2nd Vice-Presi- dent of Local 1-217 in 1949, and 1st Vice-President in 1950. He has served as Secretary of the District Safety Council since 1949. In 1951 he was elected Interna- tional Board member from B.C. District No. 1, and during the past year has served as full-time representative in the Interior. ae JACOB HOLST Candidate for Office of District 1st Vice-Pres. Jacob Holst joined the Lumber ‘| ously up to the present time. || Kelowna areas. WOODWARD STORES — (PORT ALBERNI) LTD. “Your Family Shopping Contre” “Closed Wednesdays All Day” and Sawmill Workers’ Union in the thirties at Lake Cowichan. He has been a member of the IWA since affiliation to the CIO ||and served as Recording Secre- tary of Local 1-363 in 1944. ‘At the time of the attempted split by the WIUC in October, the IWA. He was elected Financial Sec- retary of Local 1-363 in May, 1949, and also served on the Dis- trict Executive Board and Policy Committee since that time. Jacob Holst was appointed Dis- trict Trustee in 1950 and served on the Negotiating Committee in 1952: He also represented the IWA at the CIO Convention at Atlantic City in December of last year. For DISTRICT 2nd VICE- PRESIDENT S. M. HODGSON Candidate for Office of the District 2nd Vice-Pres. S.-M. “Stu” Hodgson made his first contact with the lumber in- dustry in 1940, but this was soon interrupted by his enlistment in the Royal Canadian Navy with which he did a four-year hitch on active service. Upon discharge from the navy, he returned to the Vancouver MacMillan Ply- wood Division ‘and joined the IWA, This plant had been orga- nized during his absence. At the time of the October 1948 “yevolution’, Stuart was plant chairman at the Vancouver Ply- woods, largest operation in the Vancouver local. He was taken on the International staff and was later elected Financial Secretary of Local 1-217, largest Local Union in the International. He has been re-elected continu- “Stu” assisted in the negotia- tions during 1950 when he was loaned from his Local Union to help out in the Kamloops and Since the last Canadian Congress of Labor Convention, he has been seated on the Executive Council ‘of the Congress representing the ‘International Woodworkers of America. In IWA work he has given spe- ‘cial attention to public relations, ‘and during the 1952 strike was placed in charge of strike pub- licity. Latterly he has beer ac- | tive in publicizing the work of the ICFTU. N.. E.. SHAW Candidate for Office of District, 2nd Vice-Pres. Neil E. Shaw joined the IWA in 1947 at the Harvey Furniture Co. plant in Local 1-357, New Westminster, and acted as Plant Chairman during the Furniture Strike of that year. He was placed on the Interna- tional Organizing Department in June of 1948 and assigned to work in Local 1-867, Haney, B, C. At the time of the attempted disaffiliation in 1948, he was ap- pointed Business Agent of Local 1-367 and was subsequently elect- ed as Fitiancial Secretary in Aug- ust, 1949. Neil Shaw has served the- Local ably in that capacity since 1949, He has acted as District Ex- ecutive Board member and Policy Committee member for his Local Union on various occasions since 1948, Neil Shaw was elected District Trustee in January, 1949, and served until January, 1951, when he was again appointed to thi8 position in January, 1952. ‘Ym so mad at Jim!” “Why?” “Last night I dreamed another \girl was flirting with him, and he was purring like a kitten.” “Well, it was only a dream.” In 1951 he was elected as 2nd q i in my dreams, what in the world” Vice-President of the District.' does he act like in his?” “Yes, but if he acts that way Phone 213 CHEMAINUS BUSINESS GUIDE S. A. 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