2 THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

DAN AND MRS. RADFORD are shown here enjoying a
joke at a trade union social held a few years ago.

DAN RADFORD RETIRES 3

Very popular and widely
known CLC official Dan Rad-
ford was honored by 200 fel-
low unionists at a party held
July 27, at the Flame Supper
Club, to mark his retirement
from the labour movement
after 49 years service.

Dan, who held the position
of B.C. Area Education Di-
rector for Congress, first
started work in the coal mines
of Vancouver Island at the
age of 12 years. He worked
his way up in his union and
became president of the
United Mine Workers’ Union
on the Island prior to coming
to Vancouver in 1945.

At that time he was appoint-
ed an organizer for the Cana-
dian Congress of Labor. Two
years later he was appointed
regional director of the Con-
gress. With the merger of the
TLC and CLC in 1956, he
continued on the newly-
merged staff and was subse-

quently appointed to the job
he held prior to his retire-
ment.

Dan was president of the
B.C. Federation of Labour for
a number of years where he
worked diligently to build a
bigger and better Federation.
He has also represented la-
bor on numerous committees,
such as the UIC, Narcotics
Foundation, Workmen’s Com-
pensation, Safety, Health,
Mining, Natural Resources
and many others.

CLC Area Director Tom
Gooderham, who presented
Dan and his wife, Lottie, with
a color TV on behalf of those
in attendance, stated in part:

“Dan has been in the fore-
front of many inter-union
differences and problems, al-
ways adhering strictly to the
policies and principles of the
Congress. He has been in the
forefront fighting against such
inequitous labor legislation

as Bill 39, Bills 43 and 42, and
now our most recent vicious
anti-labor, Bill 33.

“People in B.C. that have
had the honor and pleasure of
working and meeting with
Dan, are going to miss his
‘down to earth’ views and
opinions, his sage advice, his
friendly good humor, his sin-
cerity, and above all, his per-
sonality, all of which has
made him thousands of
friends who I know are wish-
ing him many years of con-
tinuing good health to enjoy
his leisure time.

“Dan has made a magnifi-
cent contribution to the im-
provement of social and eco-
nomic welfare for all the
workers in B.C., and is de-
serving of a well-earned rest
from the continuing frustra-
tions and pressures that are
inherent in the work he has