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B.C. LUMBER WORKER

“They Warrant The
Workers’ Support”

At the Second Convention of the B.C. Federation of
Labour held in Vancouver, October 24-27, 1957, approval
was given the following statement:

“That this Second Convention of the B.C. Federation
of Labour declare that the CCF warrants the support of
the workers of British Columbia, as the best means of
presently obtaining their Legislative aims”.

In accordance with the intent of this declaration, the
B.C. Lumber Worker publishes hereunder a complete list
of CCF candidates in British Columbia, indicating in each
instance the trade union affiliation.

CCF CANDIDATES IN B.C.
Vancouver South: Mr. Cliff

Greer (BCTF), 1591 Nanton Ave.,

Vancouver 9, B.C.; CH. 9973,

Vancouver-Quadra: Mr. Bill
Pierce (IWA), 3681 Nanaimo St.,
Vancouver 12, B.C.; HA. 6162M.

Vancouver-East: Mr. Harold E.
Winch (IBEW), 3741 Knight Rd.,
Vancouver 12, B.C.; EM. 1130,

Vancouver-Centre: Mr. Alan
Judge, 1165 Haro St., Vancouver,
B.C.; MA. 4095.

Vancouver-Burrard: Mr. Vic W.
Forster (IWA), 470 E. 37th Ave.,
Vancouver 15, B.C.; FR. 1284,

Vancouver-Kingsway: Mr. Alex
B. Macdonald, 204, 16 E. Hastings,
Vancouver, B.C.; office, TA. 4939.

New Westminster: Mr. Doug
Stout (BCTF), 233 6th Avenue,
New Westminster, B.C.

Fraser Valley: Mr. Wes. Wat-
son (BCTF), R.R. No. 3, Mission
City, B.C.

Coast Capilano: Mr, Hugh Clif-
ford, 931 22nd Street, West Van-
couver, B.C.; WA. 2-6819.

Burnaby-Richmond: Mr. Robert
W. Prittie (BCTF), 1202 Morley
Ave.,.S. Burnaby, B.C., LA. 6-3106.

Burnaby-Coquitlam: Mr. Erhart
Regier (BCTF), 647 E. 12th Ave.,

Burnaby 3, B.C.; LA. 2-0422,
Cariboo: Mr, William Close,
Box No. 852, Dawson Creek, B.C.

Comox-Alberni: Mr. Thomas
Barnett (IWA), Box No. 189, Al-
berni, B.C.; Alberni 293X.

Esquimalt-Saanich: Dr. J. M.
Thomas (BCTF), Timber Lane,
R.R. No. 4, Victoria, B.C.

Kamloops: Mr. A. K. Green-
way, Lillooet, B.C.; Texas Creek
Di,

Kootenay East: Mr. Dave Bjer-
stedt (IBRTE), Box No. 12, Cran-
brook, B.C.; JU. 6-4867.

Kootenay West: Mr.
Herridge, Nakusp, B.C.

Nanaimo: Mr. Colin Cameron,
Lantzville, B.C.; Nanaimo 1935L1.

Okanagan-Boundary: Mr. O. L.
Jones, 855 Bernard Avenuc, Ke-
fowna, B.C.

Okanagan-Revelstoke: Mr. Jack
Dyck, Kalavista, R.R. No. 2, Ver-
non, B.C.; Vernon 3762,

Skeena: Mr. Frank Howard
(IWA), Box No. 724, Terrace,
B.C.; Terrace 519,

Victoria: Mr. Vic Williams, 1625
Davie Street, Victoria, B.C.; Vic-
toria 54762-0.

H. W.

“Where Are

WINDSOR (CPA) — Tory
prime minister Diefenbaker,
who conducted an election
campaign luncheon rally: at a
night club near the city limits
here, was picketed by about 35
men bearing placards criticiz~
ing the government for failing
to halt the rising tide of un-
employment. The men were
members of the Windsor Labor
Council, which has again de-
clared support for the CCF
party as the political arm of
labor.

The Jobs?”

Among the placards carried by
the picketers were ones which
read: “Twice as many unem-

What now, John?” and “Steaks
and furs for the Conservatives
and the same old bologna for the
workers”. The pickets brought
box lunches, but the Prime Mi
ister was lunching on steak in-
side.

“Welcome back, John, where
are the jobs you promised?”

asked another.

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In Comox-Alberni
Re-elect

Tom Barnett
Local 1-85 IWA

TOM BARNETT’s middle
name is “Speakman” and he is
the nephew of one of the Alberta
Progressives who were elected to
the House of Commons in 1921
and who later became known as
the “Ginger Group”. Born in Al-
berta, Tom Barnett came early
to British Columbia, receiving
his education on Lulu Island and
the University of British Colum-
bia. He is married and has a
young son and daughter. He be-
came a sawmill worker and a
member of the International
Woodworkers of America with
the. office of Vice - President,
Local 1-85 IWA. In 1945 he was
defeated in both provincial and
federal elections. But in 1953 he
became the member of Parlia-
ment for Comox-Alberni and was
re-elected in 1957.

In Vancouver-Quadra
Elect

Bill Pierce
Local 1-252 IWA

W. J. ‘BILL’ PIERCE is a
native son, born in Vancouver.
He is aged 47, married and has
five children. He is a cabinet-
maker by trade. Mr. Pierce is
very active in trade union af-
fairs, and is president of Local
1-252 IWA and a member of the
district executive board of the
IWA. He is also President of the
Children’s Jubilee Summer Camp
Association. Mr. Pierce is Presi-
dent of the Vancouver Labor
Council Credit Union, Vice-
Chairman of the Labor Commit-
tee for Human Rights and deleg-
ate to the Vancouver Civic Unity
Association.

In Skeena
Re-elect

Frank Howard
Local 1-71 IWA

FRANK HOWARD has been
International Organizer for the
IWA in Skeena and for a num-
ber of years the President of
Local 1-71 IWA. He is married
and has one boy. Educated in
Vancouver Schools, he first
worked as a miner and then
turned to logging, where he be-
came active in the IWA, working
his way up as trustee, then presi-
dent of his local union. Born in
1926, he was one of the youngest
members elected to the British
Columbia Legislature in 1952 as
MLA for Skeena. He was defeat-
ed in the 1956 election and was
elected to the House of Commons

In Vancouver-Burrard —
Elect

Vic Forster
Local 1-252 IWA

VIC FORSTER is convinced
that working people must be or-
ganized economically through the
trade unions and politically
through the CCF. He was secre-
tary-treasurer of the Greater
Vancouver and Lower Mainland
Labor Council, CCL. When the
labor bodies merged he was un-
animously chosen assistant sec-
retary of the 170,000-member
Vancouver and District Labor
Council, C.L.C. A married man
with a family, he has also taken
part in various community or-
ganizations, notably the Com-
munity Chest and Council, the
B.C. Division of the Canadian
Arthritis and Rheumatism So-
ciety, the Vancouver Housing
Association, and the Committee
to Combat Racial Discrimination.
He is at present the Financial

in 1957.

Secretary of Local 1-252 IWA.

Alberni Local 1-85
Reports New Gains

Annual meeting of Local 1-85, IWA, held in Port

Alberni, March 2nd, heard the officers report that the
membership had averaged 3600 each month during 1957,
and that the financial position of the Local Union was
excellent, with a Building, Educational, and Special Hmer-

gency Fund of $42,991.

Nominations for election of the
Local Union’s officers for the
ensuing year placed the follow-
ing names on the ballot:

For President, W. F. Allen, R.
Muir; First Vice-President, S.
Parker, unopposed; Second Vice-
President, L. J. Randall, C. Ans-
helm; Third Vice-President, A.
G. Ingram, G. McKnight; Finan-
cial Secretary, M. J. Corbeil, un-
opposed; Recording Secretary, S.
J. Squire, unopposed; Warden, J.
MeIntyre, D. Stubbs; Conductor,
W. Anderson, unopposed; Three-
year Trustee, A. Fequet, D. Ross;
District Executive Board Mem-
ber, M. J. Corbeil, H. Kendall.

The balloting will take place
in the week of March 9th. Re-
sults will be available by March
18th.

Elected as delegates to the
C.L.C. Convention were:

W. F. Allen, M. J. Corbeil, S.
J. Squire and G. McKnight.

The following were elected as
District Conference Delegates:

J. McIntyre, R. Muir, C. Ans-
J. Randall, J. A. Moore, S. J.
Squire, A. G. Ingram and M. J.

Vice-president Richard M.
Nixon has declared that
“Americans should look on
the labour movement as a
force for good in our society
and not as a force for evil.”

Speaking at the 45th anni-
versary ceremony of the La-
bour Department, Vice-presi-
dent Nixon said recent Senate

Unions A Force For Good

“distressing observations” but
“the abuses which inevitably
exist in any institution will in-
evitably be corrected and the
labour movement will be
stronger as a whole.”

The great majority of union
officials are men of integrity

“who command world-wide re-

investigations had Jed to some

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spect, he declared.

Corbeil. :
helm, G. McKnight, S. Parker, L.

Labour
Smear
Unfair

MONTREAL (CPA)—Labor
lawyer David Lewis of Toronto
recently told the Canadian Club
here that the corruption of a
few labor leaders like Dave
Beck is being used to “smear”
the labor movement generally.

“I have nothing but contempt
for the narrow, mean and pre-
|. judiced minds of editorial writers
who use a few crooked labor
leaders to dirty an entire move-
ment,” Mr. Lewis said. The law-
yer is also national CCF party
chairman.

Emphasizing that Canadian
unions are autonomous to a high
degree, Mr. Lewis said that
unions are necessary for indus-
trial democracy, because employ-
ers are so large and powerful.

“T am a visitor to the Province
of Quebec, and, as such, I should
not criticize, but I can say that
people in high places in Canada,
also suspected of corruption, have
not been excommunicated by
their peers” as have the few
crooked labor leaders, he said.

The labor movement, Mr. Lewis
added, was essential to give
workers some degree of human

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dignity, and to look after