B.C. LUMBER WORKER

It is as simple as that, and

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ate t h, at the
i day labor institute held October 19-20th,
| unem] 1 TRADE UNIONISTS who participat: ted in ‘the two - ee
ing power of the general public| industry eae that such a| University of British Columbia under the auspices of the Aarne yal anes eu uncil, enjoy the wi ID
eek Gage some section of in-| situation is needless. We need| Banquet on the evening of the 20th, in the Canadian Legion Hall, Va
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perately.
Deira Eeiers from employ-| The pe construction has never U N C ES THE 3
ment.” overtaken the rate at which new FEDER ATIO
The speaker dealt ee ae a families have formed in Canad:
uation Se xists in ast Quite as urgently we need alia
lumber industry, and aie a the clearance, that our urban and WENNER - GREN
large lay-offs seedy reported.| rural slums may be eradicated.
There could be no longer any| They will never be cleaned up

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question, he contended, but that| un rf ( H EAPEST DEAL KNOWN
the workers of the province are commodat tion for those now oc-

feeling the pinch of unemploy-|cupying the dwellings which

terest in pated Be, oeued aa pe doc-
larger numbers and over| menace the health and hi Debate which aroused more than ordinary int
eccr os ca aa pag any one pee the convention of the B.C. Federation of Labor was that ign
“The price the community pays] When evCanndian public awak-| which followed the Sot of the report of Standing
for prolonged unemployment is| ens to ae fact that it is just as| Legislative Cones Ed O'Connor, Chairman. His de-
vastly greater than the price re-| criminal to sell bad housing as| nunciation the Waaner:Gren agreement found warm
quired for measures to counter- i is to sell bad meat, we'll start support re the delegates.
xe paemployment. The direct make progress. If the average Other scalanes” Of the aenort
costs are known to be greater, stsen seals ¢ that out of the wore sults of activities to pro-| arrived for it to be built, then
but who can DE clate the indir-| taxes he pays, far too great a : ‘slation:| it should be built as a part of
ect costs pezicesnced in lower| proportion is used to combat abge SiSRiSis ion the Pacific Great seaetens Rail-
morale, devasta' homes, and] ci: ial alg which to a large zine aetion “isken seeanine Bese oe
impaired Peas oe the wor-| originate in bad housing and Gal als ae eee ae the survey iste neues ce en
Beare ce tren vée-| de oh Oe Bile ‘i regard to the latter subject| then we recommend that re- | towns has taught us that never
SR i Her ado oa tech te ton eueal e Federation called upon the bresentatives of the B.C, Gov- | again ean we allow them to
cel CET SS a es Ran people of British Columbia tbe continuously with Pecmeyapenet of the country
‘ government, he s Ries Iscinoniaoneinetha hee Peters ly 0 ae ee Is theta vey parties and that prides itself on Freedom.
: “Now Is The Time” industry with such a serious lack a ' — = :

“Now is the time to start talk- fearon meat ate ae a the
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we need.
If we built all the houses need- | @

jobs than workers, is not beyond| RW considered necessary fox de-
: cent living, our total working
ee ih. done _ for the force would be working full time,
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welfare of 01 plan f°" ere
such work no is Pernnitely to b

, preferred he extension et UNION =
Social Gecistahe ore pone loy-

ment Insurance Benes s, No nor- U STING
mal healthy human Ding wants
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STANDING are Rec COMMITTEE! Che in Ed. O’Con: ight and
is! Secretary , reporting to the BC. F Federation a hes Con-
person un con- RO plated opening up tl ea for | vention
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that it i ossible to ¢ W YORK ( : ed therein. : 2
tablish conditions of full Nae wines F prom oe Pin wee be Cy a draw attention to
ta es : eee: |Vo swagen —
“By full employment, I mean|vestigating corrupt labor wand of British Columbia are being :
the planned organizatio is sights on ant-union activities, opened up for development at

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economy so that the demand for mittee chair-| this time and we question the U n e r Fi re
the products of our industry . Seen som eee wisdom of complete exploita-

Such that it cannot be satisfied | mony oe obe of union-busting will tion of all the natural resources

without fi the whole avail- te ea £ British Columbia within this Gees (CPA) — The | management have made “threats
D While manpower Twill be ae-| run for ae cal alae Eos United Auto Workers’ district [of dismissal and deportation
cused of speaking in generalities, ing to the senator, The building of a rail line | council, according to an article area the workers in ea lant,
nh the Ro ek Mountain in the Guardian, Windsor’s la- SReEcrn (mets of ware
ee Bee yaaecal sid it bos, Nathan Bre cues oon Ghote and bor _aper, has publicly con- eat | wjlence the Council cha ged

ties, anaes were financi- the | When an organizing c: g
Joyment | man, Hoste ppm Bo: ena for | Volkswagen auto company for fice Subted the, “combative aie
ae ae penal Me is|ally involved ee paneer Beck, oe a me, and if the time has | its “Nazi-like attitude toward | missed a number of workers for
ieretore within the power of! ous sted Teamster Pi its Canadian workers,” ion activity, some i whom had
The district council ade: ane worked for the company since it
charges after hearing began doing Tse cs Canada.
about organizational sles 5 “in The men are being replaced by
‘{ 1] IWA DISTRICT OFFICERS [fc ae baie en

vicit ch,

] ing plant at Scarbos ora On being paid wages aes to 65
e . tario, cents per hou:
Drive PLYMOUTEHS Jf Benie tc sects 29 ou |

1m; ris Workers
sand Valence workers in West} The cantay ered its noe
TOR Germany are organized, the com-|ers from West Germa ny,
z JOHN pany is "reported by the Guardian | Gaardion avers See
: Pum 0 be fi Ae eS eae to ee the naa acai has been a
pis union at its Canadian] problem in ‘ganizing the men,
The Long, Lo and Luxurious plant, although sion ‘erature has been
in German and

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