12 B.C. LUMBER WORKER 1st Issue September JOE MIYAZAWA NAMED BY CCL Joe Miyazawa, IWA Associate Director of Research ‘and Education, has been nominated by the Canadian Con- gress of Labor to attend the Seminar of the ICFTU to be held in Calcutta, October 31 to November 20. The CCL action in appointing a Canadian trade unionist of Japanese descent to represent Canada in an East Asian conference this year has been widely praised as an act of interna- - rade Union College, Calcutta. tional good will and shrewd The conference to be compris-} ed of 15 non-Asian delegates and 15 Asian delegates, will be held on the premises of the ICFTU During the past four years, the ICFTU has held four interna- tional summer schools with strik- ing success. For obvious reasons these were held in Europe. This year the ICFTU Executive Board decided that the time was op- portune for a school in South-east Asia. Promising Agenda The main emphasis of the sem- inar sessions will be on the de- velopment of a world-wide edu- statesmanship. cation policy for the ICFTU, in all aspects of international co- operation. Provision has also been made on the agenda for the importance of the work of the United Na- tions and its specialized agencies, the work of the trade union movement in the fields of social justice, collective security, and world peace. The final subject on the agenda deals with problems of economic development, and under-develop- ment, and all such related sub- jects, with the part to be played by the trade unions in alleviating distress in the backward areas. THE THINGS YOU SHOULD LOOK FOR IN CANVAS RAINWEAR YOU WILL FIND IN STANDARD COAT Note the “tailored” de- sign, giving maximum comfort and freedom; the cape and sleeves all’ one piece, and seams only ua- der-arm. Note also the more generous use of ma- terials with interlining away down at back. (Also made without iaterlin- A ing.) H STANDARD PANTS See the extra depth of double thickness, front and back, and interlining down entire front. Lots of pockets, too. (Also made without interlin- ing.) From Your Local Dealer or Commissary CRUISER’S COAT Notice how it is moulded to fit with comfort and REGISTERED “‘DRY-BAK’” HAT You will find that it is substantial and water re- pellent . . . a real bat +. . but soft, pliable, and light in ‘weight. BUY ONLY GENUINE “PIONEER BRAND” “DRY-BAK”’ freedom. Double _thick- ness over, shoulders, chest,, back and sleeves. Look’’at the four roomy outside pockets and pen- cil pocket., and see the inside breast map. pocket, thea look at the back and see the large pack pocket with openings both sides. (This design of coat comes in featherweight olive drab water repellent poplin, too.) FALLER'S SHIRT The fallers’ and buckers’ shirt is an original “*Pio- acer Brand” design, built to give full freedom with extra protection where needed, and with extra long skirt at back. (This comes in olive drab featherweight water- repellent poplin.) IT IS MADE IN VANCOUVER, B.C., BY JONES TENT & AWNING LTD. A GREAT DAY FO a R THE KIDDIES . (a SENSATIONALLY LARGE CROWDS attend the Annual Christmas Parties of Local 1-217 IWA because of the generous gifts to the kiddies and the excellent entertainment. “Say, I hear you lost your job. Did the foreman fire you?” “Well, you know what a fore- man is—he’s the guy that stands around and watches the other fel- lows work.” pees that got to do with it” “Well, he got jealous of me. People thought I was the fore- man.” Publication date of the next issue of the B.C. LUMBER WORKER is Sept. 16th. Deedline for ad copy is Sept. 9th and for news copy Sept. 10th. BC Lunes PUBLISHED co enti Worwen Loggers wad Mill Werkers of B.C. ICE MONTHLY ON THE FIRST AND THIRD THURSDAYS BY International Woodworkers of America B.C. District Council No, 1 DISTRICT OFFICERS: Bre Vise Pea Wi i Vice-Present Fred Board Member Address all communications to GEORGE H. MITCHELL, Secretary-Treasurer 45 Kingsway - Phone FAirmont 8807-8 Vancouver, B.C, Rates.._$1.60 tative... A. Spencer aural he ep en Gece Sinks BESS tawe (CIO-CCL)

Joe Morris ‘William N, Gray Stuart M. He ™ r oH. Mitchell falter F, Allen annum Becu Coming To CCL Omer Becu, President of the world’s largest free trade union body, the International Con- federation, of Free Trade Unions, will be the speaker at the Canadian Congress of La- bor 1954 convention banquet, CCL officials have announced. Mr. Becu, who is also General Secretary of the International Transport Workers Federation, was elected to head the 54-million member ICFTU at the labor body’s last congress in Stock- holm, Sweden. ICFTU has 100 affiliated organizations in 74 countries and territories, Also present for the CCL conyention, to be held in To- ronto, September 27-October 1, will be Congress of Industrial Organizations President Walter Reuther and other top officials on the North American labor scene. Premier T. C. Douglas of Saskatchewan will address the convention on either Sep- tember 27 or 28, WASHINGTON (CPA) — A bill passed by the U.S. Senate recently makes it illegal for any Communist Party member to hold office in a trade union. The Senate by a yote of 85-0, also outlawed the Party in the United States. The decisions await ratification by the House of Representatives. remain Communist Party mem- bers will be liable for penalties Senate Outlaws Communists of up to five years imprisonment and a $10,000 fine. The measure dealing with trade union officials would bar any union found by the Subversive Activities Control Board to be communist-influenced from using | the facilities of the National Labor Relations Board. NLRB | organizes union jurisdictional Persons who wilfully join or| elections to determine certifica- tions as to bargaining agents for groups of employees. SES) See for yourself—today ul BANKING BY MAIL The safe way to save your money is to put it in a bank. You can do this best through any of the branches of the Canadian Bank of Commerce in British Columbia. Get some Banking by Mail forms before you leave town, or write for a supply to your nearest branch of the Commerce. BANKING BY MAIL 1s convenient, easy tn do THE cua BANK OF COMMERCE 80 Branches in British Columbia