| | : ) ee CCEPTANCE LIKELY AS VOTE PROCEEDS Vol, XXI, No. 14 5c PER COPY Judge Named ‘Chairman Judge J. R. Archibald of the County Court has been named by the Labor Rela- tions Board as Chairman of an Arbitration Board. in the matter of a grievance press- ed by Local 1-428, IWA, re- garding the dismissal of an employee. District Secretary-Treasurer George Mitchell will act as the nominee of the Local “Union on the Board, with Walter S. Owen representing the Company. The question for arbitration is the dismissal of W. Wolfe, an employee of the Company. It is contended by the Union that the reasons given for his dismissal were inadequate, and failed to take into cohsideration the provo- cation to which he was subjected at the time by the foreman. Tt is suspected that he was singled out for disciplinary action because of his outright support of the Union’s case’ in former arbitration proceedings relating to vacations with pay. STALEMATE ENDS kk & ww we ke MASS RALLIES DEBATE REPORTS - THEN BALLOT MoM Hee MoM Expectations were that the report of the Conciliation Board would be accepted after IWA members thronged to a series of 18 mass meetings in all the principal centres on the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island last week- end to hear and discuss the recommendation for accept- ance and supporting views presented by members of the INTERIOR TALKS IWA bargaining talks with the Northern Interior lum- ber operators deadlocked this week, with the result that application has been made for the appointment of a Con- ciliation Officer. Trend of discussions with the Southern Interior operators also seemed doomed to-follow the pat- tern in the north, said members of the IWA Negotiating Commit- tee after the preliminary Ke- Jowna sessions. Chief spokesman for the IWA was District President Joe Mor- ris, who left for the Interior im- mediately he had addressed mass meetings on the proposed Coast settlement. Demands Demands in the Interior are largely caloulated to bring wages and working conditions in that portion of the province up to the Coast level. “No increase was granted the Interior woodworkers last year, although a Conciliation Board recommended a 3%-cent-an-hour' increase. If and when the new base rate of $1.49 is made effective at the Coast, the differential between it and Interior base rate will be 19 cents an hour. The Union is insistent that this be eliminated. Other demands of the Interior woodworkers are: union shop conditions, nine paid statutory holidays, forty-hour, 5-day work week for all employees, better grievance procedure, and termi- nation date for the contract as of June 15. Plans Mature Plans are now well ad- vanced for the IWA Interna- tional Convention to be held in the Hotel Vancouver, Oc- tober 12-13-14-15-16, it was stated by International Sec- retsry Carl Winn on_ his recent to’ Vancouver ¢o-, supervise arrangements. It is anticipated that. the gathering will be the largest yet staged by the Union, as the past year has seen a marked expansion in mem- bership strength. MERGER RUMOURS NEW YORK (CPA)—“All this talk about the disinte- gration of the CIO has been appearing in print since 1937, but the CIO has continued to prove stronger since those days.” Thus CIO President Walter P. Reuther commented re- cently on reports that some CIO unions are talking about quitting CIO to join AFL groups. Reuther gave his views just before sailing for Stockholm to attend the third World Congress of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions. ‘I am confident, based upon my conversations with CIO affiliates” said Reuther, “that no one will pull out except as part of an overall unity movement by the parent body. I term it specula- tion without any foundation.” CIO to Stay Reuther, who also heads the CIO United Auto Workers, said: “The CIO is here to stay until we can work out an honorable movement for unity of all labor.” Commenting on recent meet- ings between the AFL and CIO Unions, Reuther said they were “designed for the implementation of our no-raiding agreement and not for mergers. There’s a tre- mendous difference between no- WHAT'S INSIDE Page Locols Editorials raiding talks and merger talks. We are for encouraging the maximum discussions on the no- raiding agreements by our unions.” Such agreements, Reu- ther continued, are the first step towards unity, with jurisidic- tional agreements as the next step. As to talk that David J. Mc- Donald is planning to take his United Steelworkers out of the CIO, Reuther derided the report. DENIED It gained currency after it was learned that McDonald and John L. Lewis, head of the United Mine Workers, had conferred for two hours in Washington, June Later their aides reported there was “no discussion of mer- ger at the moment.” No-Raiding Talks Next day it was reported in Washington that McDonald and Lewis were trying to set up a joint “public relations” program as a step towards closer co-opera- tion on future negotiations with the coal and steel industries. Only the day before Reuther departed, John V. Riffe, CIO ex- ecutive vice-president, had brand- ed stories predicting merger of three CIO unions with three AFL unions as “sensationalized” and based on “false conclusions.” The See “MERGER” Page 3 25. POLITICAL FORUM JULY 30 In arrangements for an Open Forum Political Rally in the Exhibition Forum, Vancouver, promises the liveliest public meeting of the Federal election campaign. Spokesmen for all political parties will be heard under con- ditions that will provide them with equal consideration as re- gards the presentation of their policies, Speakers will be: Liberal, Elmore Philpott; CCF, Harold Winch; Conservative, Arthur McArthur; Social Credit, Peer Y. Paynter; LPP, Maurice Rush. Purpose of the meeting is issues and provide the public with the opportunity to hear and compare the policies of the contending parties. x July 30, Local 1-217, IWA, to arouse interest in election Green Gold(JOR LISTE 9.15 p.m. * Thursday ¢ District Policy Committee. Voting by secret ballot then commenced on the question of acceptance under conditions de- termined in each instance by the Local Union concerned. Final re- sult will be announced by the District Policy Committee when tabulation is completed after July 22—the date which termi- nates voting. Full Report Made Members of the Policy Com- mittee, arranged to attend all meetings and placed the facts as known to them before the mem- bership. District’ President Joe Morris, and Secretary-Treasurer George Mitchell reported to meet- ings in the Fraser Valley under the auspices of Local 1-367. Com- mittee Secretary Walter Allen was heard in Port Alberni and Nanaimo. S. M. Hodgson and Lloyd Wha- len reported on behalf of the Committee to a monster rally of Local 1-217, IWA, members in the Exhibition Gardens, Vancou- ver. “Doug” Ferg did likewise to the large meeting held by Local 1-357 in Queen’s Park Arenex, New Westminster. Committee members J. Mac- Kenzie and Gilbert Schofield at- tended meetings on the lower portion of Vancouver Island. Fred Fieber immediately com- ~ menced an extended tour of the major logging camps on the coastline, in association with the officers of Local 1-71. Acceptance Favored At the conclusion of the series of rallies, members of the Com- mittee felt confident that the recommendation for acceptance advanced by the Committee - would meet with general favor. INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT AL HARTUNG, as a featured speaker at the Local 1-217, IWA, rally, Exhibition Gardens, Van- couver, July 12, gave support to the views expressed by representa- One of the key meetings in a tense situation was that held in Vancouver’s Exhibition Gardens by Local 1-217. Dissatisfaction with the Board’s report was freely expressed. Conflicting views arose as to the most effec- tive course of action to be taken, throughout the whole district. The debate which preceded the tiyes of the District Policy Committee, who preceded him. voting was conducted in a man- ner that permitted the most democratic expression of opinion. Hartung Spoke One of the principal speakers on the occasion was International President Al Hartung, who firmly supported the views of the Dis- trict Policy Committee. See “VOTE” Page 3 N TO CNW 7.05 p.m. Saturday 6.15 p.m. Thursday (JAV