B.C. LUMBER WORKER

B.C. LUMBER WORKER WINS
PUBLIC INTEREST AWARD

Announcement was made last week by the National Safety Council, Chicago, that The B. C. Lum-
ber Worker had won the 1952 Public Interest Award, in the field of specialized publications. This
award is made annually to publications rendering exceptional service to safety.

The nine judges, acting on behalf of the National Safety Council, included prominent American
industrialists and newspaper editors. The entry submitted by The B.C. Lumber Worker displayed
48 pages in the 24 issues in 1952, which were devoted exclusively to the cause of safety. Since 1949

these two pages each issue have formed one of the main features of the publication.

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The B.°C. Lumber . Worker
was the only labor publication
on the continent singled out
for the 1952 award. The award
went to 16 daily and 7 weekly

newspapers, 79 radio and TV
stations, four radio networks,
8 general circulation and 21
specialized magazines, 19 ad-
vertisers, and 13 outdoor and
transportation companies.

“Publishers, broadcasters,
and advertisers are more and
more accepting accident pre-
vention as one of the great
social problems of our time,”
said Ned Dearborn, Chicago,
President of the Council. “Such
acceptance is vital to the suc-
cess of the accident prevention
movement, because public in-
formation media command the
channels of mass communica-
tion which make it possible to
reach and teach the public.

“This award program re-
veals a growing realization
that by protecting the welfare
of the individual, we also pro-
tect the welfare of the nation.”

In acknowledging the award,
District Secretary - Treasurer
George Mitchell stated, when
speaking over the Green Gold
radio program, May 14:

“I know that every member
of the IWA will take pride in
this official recognition of our
Union’s safety program. It is
most gratifying to realize that
our contribution to the work of
accident prevention in the lum-
ber industry has helped to
ward off death and crippling
accident to many of our fellow
workers,

“I take this occasion to ex-
press appreciation for the
faithful efforts of the .many
IWA members who have cru-
saded for the ideals of safety
in season and out of season,
to accomplish the important
results now officially recorded.

“I know they feel as I do,
that although important pro-
Bress has been made, we will
not rest until needless acci-
dents are completely eliminat-
ed from our daily working ex-
perience, I alsq wish fo ex-
press appreciation of the faith-
ful services’ rendered by the
District Safety Council and
Safety Director, John T. Atkin-
son, as well as Grant MacNeil,
andthe staff of The B.C. Lum-
ber Worker who have contri-
buted to the success of our
safety program.”