‘Bax Bdge 2 B.C. LUMBER WORKER “J. E. DICEY” program for our members, doing much spade work in the Local Unions prior to the time that the Convention took definite action for such a program. In 1953 when most of the con- tracts were re-signed a few oper- ations struck and it was into those trouble spots that Dicey was sent in an effort to try to reach an amicable and fair settle- ment of the strike situation. In 1954 President Hartung de- legated to him the chairmanship of the Northwest Regional Nego- tiations and he conducted those negotiations in the fir, the pine and the redwood areas, until the time that the actual strike oc- curred. When the strike actually com- menced Dicey spent a consider- able portion of his time in those strike situations especially in the pine area which was somewhat removed from the fir area. When the Top Policy Commit- tee acted in making a determina- tion to become parties to the Fact-Finding Procedure and sub- mit their case to that Panel due to the untimely death of a brother-in-law of Brother Har- tung, Dicey took his place to- gether with Brother Kenney in an attempt to tear down the pre- sentation of the employers’ case before that panel. At the time that rebuttals were made an- other tragedy struck in the fam- ily of Brother Hartung with the untimely death of Brother Har- tung’s son, who was killed in an automobile accident. Again this threw Brother Dicey along with Brother Kenney before this Panel at the time that rebuttals were made before the Panel. dm the summer of 1955 the large Local Union at Interna- tional Falls, Minn. struck and again Dicey was sent into Inter- national Falls and with the as- sistance of field staff in the area and the local committee this strike was brought to a success- ful conclusion resulting in a fair and equitable settlement on all of the points that the Union had struck on. While in the area of the Midwest before returning to the Coast he assisted the District Officers in other areas in the Midwest in their negotiations such as Bemidji, Wausau, Good- man, Rhinelander. BURK CHRISTIE Burk Christie, was a charter member of the Longview, Wash., Local Union prior to the strike of 1935. He has been employed in the lumber industry since 1926, in logging, sawmill, and plywood operations, He was first elected to office in 1985 as Financial-Recording Secretary in Longview. In 1943 he was elected Vice-president and Assistant Business Agent of the Olympia Sawmill Local Union IWA, No. 2-21, until 1943, when he was elected Business Agent. He was elected. District No. 9 President in 1949 and has been an International Executive Board Member since 1944. During the war he served on various Goyern- mental Agencies and has played an important role in Civie and Political Campaigns. Born in California 48 years ago, he completed his education in Aberdeen, where in his teens he was an active semi-pro ball player. VOTING ENDS OCTOBER 25 Norway’s State-subsidized mo- bile cinema organization, last year gave 14,874 shows in 700 rural communities throughout the country. The movies were seen by over 900,000. CCL ENVOY - DONALD MacDONALD, Secretary-Treasurer of the Canadian Con- gress of Labour, addressing the IWA Convention in Milwaukee, where he praised the part Canadian IVA members were playing in the work of the Congress. SS LUCKY LAGER Also Brewers of - Silver Spring Ye Olde Ale LUCKY Days are Happy Days, and you can look forward to more and more of them during this carefree summer season. They are days of pleasant companionship, and of course a good companion is Lucky Lager, largest selling beer in the entire West. = For free delivery call TA 1121 ro ae CANDIDATES FOR 2nd VICE- PRESIDENT CLAUDE BALLARD Claude Ballard, incumbent Vice-President seeking re-elec- tion, started to work in the lum- ber -industry in 1923, working during his school vacations. ‘After finishing school he worked at different rigging jobs in many logging camps along the Pacific~Coast. He joined the union as a mem- ber of the Lumber and Sawmill Workers in 1935 and after the strike became President of his local union. Born at Forest Grove, Oregon, on August 22, 1906, Ballard has had a long and active career in the lumber industry-and in the forming of the IWA-CIO. He joined the IWA in 1937. He served as an officer of his IWA Local Union, being a com- mitteeman until 1941 when he was clected Business Agent of the Jewell, Oregon Local, in which orfice he served until 1943. He also served two terms as Vice-President of the Columbia River District Council. In 1943 Ballard was elected Second Vice-President of the In- ternational Union, During his term of office he succeeded to the office of First Vice-President and then served as President of the Union after the death of President Worth Lowery. In February of 1946 he became Assistant Director of Organiza- tion, working under Director of Organization George Brown, and served in that office until Nov- ember of 1949 when he resigned and returned to work in the in- dustry. Ballard was elected to the Second Vice-Presidency of the International Union in 1951 and has served two terms in that capacity. In addition to his duties as Second Vice-President he has acted as Director of Organiza- tion. He is married, lives in Port- land, Oregon, and has a married son and two grandchildren. WATSON’S No. 108 LUMBER GLOVE — Cut from new soft tan Pearl Mule Split leather. These gloves are reinforced with double sewn thumb strap and wrist patch for added strength. A B.C. Product Union Made by JOHN WATSON LIMITED 127 EAST SECOND AVE. Vancouver, B.C. WALTER ALLEN Walter F. Allen gained his early trade union experience with the United Mine Workers, which union he joined in 1984. Upon his return from service with the Royal Canadian Navy in 1945, he entered the plywood section of the lumber industry and the IWA at the same time, He was elected as an IWA job steward immedi- ately. He took an active part in the re-organization of Local 1-85, IWA, Port Alberni, after October 1948, and was thereupon elected Local Union Trustee. In the fol- lowing year he was elected as District Executive Board mem- ber, and has served continuously on the District Board ever since, He has served his fifth year on the District Negotiating Commit- tee, and during two years of that period acted as Secretary of the Committee. He was placed on full-time duty during the 1952 strike, and for the Interior nego- tiations in that year. He was elected as President of Local Union 1-85 IWA, Port Al- berni in 1950, and has been re- elected to that office each year since that date. In 1955, his no- mination to the Presidency was unopposed, In 1953, he was elected as In- ternational Board Member from District No. 1, and was re-elected in 1955. CANDIDATES FOR SECRETARY- TREASURER WILLIAM BOTKIN William Botkin, unopposed candidate for the office of Inter- national Secretary-Treasurer, has had ‘lengthy service with the IWA. He first joined the trade union movement as a lumber worker in 1933, atid later became a charter member of the Aber- deen, Wash., Local 3-2, He served later as a shop steward, and was elected Busi- ness Agent in 1940. In 1941, he was picked to head up IWA or- ganization in the South, In 1942, he was chosen to fill the vacancy, when Carl Winn left to seive in the American Navy. Bill Botkin was elected to the office in his own right in 1943, and again in 1945, and 1947. In 1949, he entered private business in Portland, but in April, 1952, was called back to serve as As- sistant Director of Organization under Claude Ballard, Interna- tional 2nd Vice-president. He was appointed to the post which he now occupies by the International Executive Board, upon the resignation of Carl Winn in 1954. Bill_and his wife with two sons, William Jr/17 and Michael, 6, reside in Portland. 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