2 B.C. LUMBER WORKER Local 1-71 1-71 _ CAMP FINDS NEW SLOGAN An old saying, “Let George Do It” became ‘George will do it” at Mohatta River Camp (Alaska Pine), when upon organization of this new camp by President Frank Howard, Local 1-71 IWA, four of the five job stewards elected wére found to have been tagged George by their parents. They are: George Chartrand, George Parker, George Berry, and George Hunter. Walter Leo- nem is the fifth. Camp chairman is Cliff Ball with John Ward in the office of Camp Secretary. Forty men in camp were found eligible for membership and 33 signed up the first day. Applica- tich“has been made for certifica- tion, This camp, which was opened last year is not yet in full swing, reports Frank Howard. Already the cookhouse is 100 pereent IWA as well as the falling crews. Dryroom, washroom and toilet facilities are housed in the new modern bunkhouse, and would be satisfactory but for two mistakes in design reports the crew. _The dryroom is only 6’ by 8’, --whieh is altogether too small for the 36 men accommodated in the bunkhouse, and the overhead heating system has failed to keep the temperature where it ought to be for genuine comfort. INDEX , DROPS OTTAWA (CPA)—The con- sumer price index for Novem- ber 1953 showed the first decline in nine months. A drop of 0.3 percent from 116.2 to 115.8 (1949 equals 100) was “recorded by the Dominion Bur- eau of Statistics for the period between November 2 and Dec- ember 1. Lower food prices more than offset an increase in rents which caused a jump in the index for shelter from 125.0 to 125.2. LABOR GIVEN ‘BRUSH’ Complaint that the views of organized labor with regard to representation on the Board of Industrial Relations were ig- nored by the Provincial Goy- ernment was made this week by both TLC and CCL provin- cial organizations. A vacancy on the Board was filled by a member of the Street Railwaymen’s Union without pro- viding the representative bodies concerned any opportunity to make nominations. It was pointed out that this contravened the established prac- tice of allowing- organized labor a voice in thé selection, in order to make such appointments truly representative of labor opinion. WCB Appointment The appointment of W. M. (Scotty) Allison as pro tem Chairman of the Workmen’s Compensation Board was ques- tioned on the ground.that he had acted fot management during the Sloan Enquiry. It was also point- ed out that a temporary appoint- | ment of this nature would re- quire that his position with the B.C. Lumber Manufacturers’ As- sociation be kept open for him. In former appointments of this nature, it has been customary to appoint an individual, who would be entirely free to act impar- tially. HANEY ANEY BUSINESS GUID “ESQUIRE” MEN’S WEAR (Graham Mowatt) Complete Stock of Work and Dress Clothing “THE STORE WITH THE POPULAR BRANDS’ BRITISH COLUMBIA DUNCAN VOGUE CLEANERS Truck Calls at Mesachie Lake, Cowichan Lake, Crofton-& south to Shawnigan fats Cleaned and Blocked Press While U Wait Phone 360 DUNCAN, B.C. BUSINESS GUIDE J. LINDSAY LOUTET ¢ (C. Bradshaw & Co.) INSURANCE and REAL ESTATE DUNCAN 131 Jubilee St. LAKE COWICHAN BRANCH: Old Post Office Building -PORT ALBERNI BUSINESS GUIDE MacGREGOR’S ~ - MEN’S WEAR For Everything a Man Wears WORK, SPORT or DRESS We Can Afford to Sell the BEST for LESS! MacDONALD’S PHARMACY Prescriptions, Drug Sundries, First Aid Supplies Registered Optometrist Argyle Street Port Alberni Phone 1600 WOODWARD STORES (PORT ALBERNI) LTD. “Your Family Shopping Centre” “Closed Wednesdays: All Day” Hours: 9- 5:30 ELECTED WALTER F. ALLEN, newly- elected International Board Mem- ber from B.C. District No. 1. Allen Elected In B.C. PORTLAND, ORE.— All international officers of the CIO-CCL Woadworkers union have been re-elected to office for two-year terms, it was recently announced. They are A. F, (Al) Har- tung, President; J. E. (Jim) Dicey, Vice-president; Claude Ballard, 2nd Vice-president; Carl Winn, Sec.-Treasurer, and Tim Sullivan, Trustee, who also is President of the union’s Klamath Basin Dis- trict 6. Sullivan lives at Kla- math Falls, Ore. the others at Portland. ‘The trustee po- sition was the only office con- tested. Sullivan’s opponent was Emmett Lawson, Presi- dent of California District 13. Financial reports are aud- ited by a certified public ac- countant, published and transmitted to all of its lo- cals by the union on a quar- terly basis. These reports are supervised and inspected by the union’s trustees. Elected as International Board Member for the B.C. District was Walter Allen, Local 1-85, IWA. Installation was conducted at the recent meeting of the International Executive Board. EMPLOYERS EXPOSED WINDSOR (CPA)—Nearly all the applications fér union de- certification which came before the Ontario Labor Relations Board were engineered by man- agement, the Labor Relations Committee of the Ontario Provin- cial Federation of Labor (AFL- TLC) charged in a report to the Federation’s annual convention here. The committee noted that in the eleven months January-Nov- ember 1953, 41 applications for decertification"had been made be- fore the OLRB, and of these, 31 were granted. Practically all of these applications had been en- gineered by management, the committee claimed, and they did not represent the wishes of the employees. The federation was advised to fight for the rescind- ing of the decertification section of the Labor Act. Alarm was expressed by the Labor Relations Committee at the number of employer-dominated company unions that had come into being during the past year. Their number, the. committee noted, seemed to be very much on the inerease, Seniority Breach Protest has been lodged by Local 1-217, IWA, with the Dis- trict Council against the policy instituted by MacMillan & Bloedel under which workers laid off for more than two weeks are held to forfeit their seniority rights under the con- tract. The Local Union has requested that the matter be adjusted at the District level in order that a uniform and more satisfactory interpretation of the master con- tract may be established. Tradesmen in the Local Union were represented at the trades- men’s conference held in New Westminster, January 24, under | the joint auspices of Local 1-217, 1-857 and ‘The progress of negotiations on this mat through the District Cor being followed with close tion. Elections for plant committees and shop stewards are now under way in the majority of the Van- couver plants, with evidence of | a healthy interest in the outcome. New work cards are now issued, and the Local Uni fice is also engaged in the aration of income tax exei forms for union dues. Educational classes cond) by the Local Union will mence on February 5. Mo and evening sessions have arranged to meet the needs day and aftrnoon shift workers. ClO Welcomes Mine-Mil Three big anti-Communist local unions of the Communist- dominated Mine, Mill & Smelt- er Workers, which was expelled from the CIO in 1950, have taken steps to leave Mine-Mill and re-affiliate with C1O through the Steelworkers, the CIO announced recently. The three locals involved are located at Butte and Anaconda, Mont. and have more than 7000 members. They have a long tradi- tion of militant democratic union- ism and opposition to commun- ism. Others Invited In making the announcement, CIO Pres. Walter P. Reuther ap- pealed to other locals of the “dis- integrating” Mine, ‘Mill & Smel- ter Workers to take similar steps to rejoin the CIO through the Steelworkers, headed by Pres. David J. McDonald. He pledged that non-ferrous metal workers, as part of the Steelworkers, “will more than re- gain the organizational strength they have lost . . .” during the past few years, “will find great economic, social and legislative benefits . . . (and) will re-estab- lish their great traditions of unionism.” Miners Joining clo In calling for Mine-Mill locals to sever ties with the “destruc- | Men ~ tive . . . rule or ruin” gi control of their sere ganization, Reuther said: “The record shows that half of the membership | Mine-Mill in 1950 has left_ mostly to come into the “As a result, more non-fer- rous metal workers are in the CIO today than in the discre- dited Mine, Mill & Smelter Workers. Majority Non-Communist Reuther pointed out that the CIO has always recognized that most individual members of Mine- Mill are not Communists or fav- orable to communism. He added: “The CIO... sympathizes with the aspirations of non-ferrous metal workers for a demoeratie, militant, effective union, The CIO extends the hand of friend- ship to the rank and file of mine, mill and smelter workers. “The CIO will help them every way possible to pr i’ the strength of their local ions in order to win the best possible conditions for their members through collective bargaining and legislation. “The CIO hereby appeals to all members of the Mine, Mill & Smelter Workers Union to bring their local unions into the CIO, and extends to them all possible help and support, moral and financial.” HANSARD GIVES SCO Trade Union members are advised by the CCL-PAC Na- tional Committee to read Han- sard occasionally. It is suggest- ed that this is a better way to discover the attitude of the Government than through elec- tion speeches, Here’s a sample, while elec- tion promises on health insur- ance were still ringing in the ears of the electors. Hansard, December 2, 1953 Stanley Knowles (CCF Win- nipeg North Centre) “What action does the Government propose to take at this session on health insurance?” 7 Hon. Paul Martin, (Minister of National Health and Wel- fare) “I would say that Government is continuing sponsible course of imp health standards of this, try in accordance with c obligations and our co tional relationship wit provinces of Canada.” (Later) M. J. Coldwell, (CCF Rosetown-Biggar) “May I ask the Minister of National Health and Welfare, if he will kindly interpret his answer to the honorable member for Win- nipeg North Centre because really we cannot understand what he means. I may be very dull .. .” (Here Mr. Coldwell was interrupted and never re- ceived an answer). IRA BECKER & SO Vancouver Island Distributors LE.L. POWER CHAIN SAWS PARTS & Nanaimo Phone 1515 _ SERVICE