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Strong recommendation
that the WCB regulations
be amended to include a
compulsory requirement that
men working on booms wear
safety jackets or belts, was
urged by the IWA District
Safety Conference, Septem-
ber 17, and was subsequently
approved by the Union’s
District Executive Board.

A highlight of‘ the discussions
was consideration of the pro-
posed regulations governing all
vehicles. on industrial highways.
The numerous questions involved
were examined both at the safety
conference and at the Executive
Board meeting. The interests of

the Union’s members will be|

guarded by suitable action, it was
later announced.

Both the conference and the
Executive Board confirmed the
decision, which selected Safety
Director, John T. Atkinson as the
delegate to attend the Congress
of the National Safety Council
in Chicago next month.

Reports from the Local Unions
on progress made with the safety
program, without exception re-
vealed a growing interest and ef-
ficiency in the attack on needless
accidents.

Over forty delegates were in
attendance, and heard the District
Safety Director report on devel-
opments across the province, He
stressed the need for an expand-
ed program in the Interior, where
he said, hundreds of operations
are without the most elementary
provision for safety precautions
or first aid.

The IWA is now taking the
initiative, he claimed, and advis-
ing management and workers
alike that the only dividends de-
sired from safety professions and
activities are results.

He said, “Only those who suf-
fer accidents can prevent them.
Union organization and safety go
hand in hand.”

Statistics prove that the
bedroom has replaced the
bathroom as the place where
most accidents occur.

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‘TURTLE CLUB IN SESSION

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LE CL (third from left) sling man at the Alaska Pine Com-
pany, New Westminster, here receives congratulations on his admittance to the exclusive Turtle
Club, all of whose members have escaped either injury or death by wearing a hard hat. Group from

, W.N. “Scotty” Allison, Safety Director, B.C. Lumber Manufacturers’ Association; John ‘T.
Atkinson, IWA District Safety Director; Bob Wilson; Arthur Francis, Chief Inspector, W.C.B.; T. E.
North, Safety Director, Alaska Pine and Cellulose Company; Peter Sloan, Manager Lumber Division,
Alaska Pine and Cellulose Company. ;

W. RUSSELL
RODEO
WINNER

Bill Russell, IWA employee
of the Canadian Western Lum-
ber Company, successfully re-
tained his title of Champion
Carrier Driver of B.C., for the
second consecutive year, in
competition with 26 other driv-
ers, September 17th, in the |
Seaforth Armories, Vancouver.

Finishing second was Peter
Fleming of the Somass Division
of MacMillan and Bloedel, with
Dewey Terpsma of the same com-
pany’s White Pine Division tak-
ing third honots. |

‘The competition, sponsored by |
the B.C. Lumber Manufacturers’
Association, is promoted in the
interests of safety and efficiency
among drivers.

Precision, safe driving and
speed judgment, all counted for!
points in this unique roadeo, and
‘no driver with an accident on his
| record hook was allowed to com-
pete.

The finals in Vancouver fol-

jlowed elimination contests in

pos a

various West Coast and Vancou-
ver Island camps.

Russell, who has heen driving
carriers for some 13 years, is a
member of the New Westminster

Park Board and Chairman of the
Safety Commission at Fraser
Mills. IWA District Safety Dir-
ector John T. Atkinson, acted as
one of the Judges.

No man is so unimy

others. — Even actions ofa

modify the thinking and Debs
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most unconscious acts devel

tary conduct which resins
important influence on human
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Just as drops of rain falling
join to form a mighty Stren
of a nation, so can the indiyi¢
people gain in accumulative »
authoritative force upon the yn
of society.

And so it is with safety, 7
fectiveness of accident prever'
pendent upon the precepts ay
the most elaborate and costly ,

and money can provide. Aftg,
of a safety program, succes.

manner in which it has influd
rather than by the variationg j

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So, as every deed and ac:

others, it is a social responsi
ways of living and working {gl

ful course for the improvemer;
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To act with casual indifigre

our actions is both unethical ay

Workmen's Com

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