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INTERNATIONAL SECRETARY-TREASURER Bill Botkin
addressing L&cal 1-417’s Annual Meeting April 27, in Kam-

loops. Group, left, Dianne Drysdale, Art Kelly, Bob Schlos-
ser, John Kelly.

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HARD AT WORK...

Mrs. W. Hobbs.

FROM PAGE ONE

“LOCAL 1-417"

Ray McInnes brought fra-
ternal greetings from the
Kamloops Labour Council
and wished the delegates well
in their deliberations.

Other resolutions approved
by the meeting called for:

© Support of the B.C. Fed-
eration of Labour’s fight
against Bill 33.

© The posting of a speed
limit on water channels at
Sicamous.

e The B.C. Federation of
Labour to petition the pro-
vincial government to enact
legislation outlawing strike-
breaking or production work
during a legal strike.

e A uniform policy to be
established for Southern In-
terior Local Unions during
future industry strikes.

© The B.C. Legislature to
hold regular spring and fall
sessions of the House.

e A referendum ballot to be
conducted among the mem-
bers to bring back the roll call
vote at delegated meetings.

Recognizing that the cost of
everything is going up, the
delegates approved a resolu-
tion to increase the Local’s
per diem from eight dollars a
day in British Columbia to
ten dollars a day, and from
ten dollars a day to twelve

dollars a day when outside
the province.

The meeting also approved
an Officers’ recommendation
which called for the Local
Union to “continue to support
the political action program
of the B.C. Federation of La-

bour and the Canadian La-
bour Congress.

The Officers’ Report apolo-
gized for its briefness by
pointing out that negotiations
and the series of ballots con-
ducted over the past few
months made the task of writ-
ing a comprehensive report al-
most impossible.

The Report did, however,
make reference to the num-
ber of executive meetings and
table officers’ meetings held

during the year at which the-

members’ affairs were looked
after.

It also noted that the of-
ficers had appointed four ad-
ditional board members to
Bive the areas better repre-
sentation. The new board
members are Henry Chris-
tianson and Ken Schneider
from Kamloops; Bob F yall
from Merritt and Dick Mor-
gan from Monte Lake.

The Report, in conclusion,
pledged the Local’s support
to assist the New Democratic
Party during the next year.

THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

BANQUET HEAD TABLE guests from left, Tony Getzlaf, Dianne Drysdale, Art and
Mrs. Kelly, Bill Botkin, Kay and Bob Schlosser, Mrs. Mctnnes, John and Pep Kelly,

FOUR VISITORS who helped the officers prepare things
for the Annual Meeting were, left, Cathy Kelly, Pep Kelly,

Myrtle Rosvold, Lil Mansell.

- « e FOR THE LOCAL

Delegates elected at the
meeting as standing delegates
to various conferences were:
A. J. Kelly, Bill Hobbs, R.
Bernier, Ted MacDonald, Bob
Fyall.

B.C. Federation of Labour
delegates elected were: A. J.
Kelly, R. Bernier, Ted Mac-
Donald, John Kelly.

NDP convention delegates
elected were: J. Kelly, R.
Bernier, K. Schneider.

During the evening a
Smorgasbord Banquet was

held in the Stockmen’s Hotel
at which a presentation was
made to Mrs. McInnes, the
former Secretary of the Kam-
loops & District Labour Coun-
cil, for her unstinting and
selfless devotion to the cause
of the labour movement.
Following the Banquet, the
Annual Woodworkers’ Ball
was held at the Kamloops
Civic Centre where the mem-
bers, their wives and friends

enjoyed a fine social and night
of dancing.