THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER LOGGING BOOTS TOO MANY REMAIN IDLE Recent ads in the Vancou- ver and Victoria daily news- papers, paid for by M.B. & P.R. is just another attempt to inveigle the public into believing that this company’s prime interest is in the wel- fare and security of its em- ployees. The ad depicts a pair of logger’s boots and suggests that the boots are no longer idle because the company purchased new powerful mo- bile equipment and because of new logging techniques. The ad suggests that we no longer see caulk boots hang- ing in pawn shop windows. Pawn shops still have far too many pairs of second-hand caulk boots and this isn’t the only place that idle caulk boots are found. There are idle caulk boots that used to be worn by the loggers who. were killed in the woods; the By M. J. CORBEIL Financial Secretary, Local 1-85 MAURICE CORBEIL loggers who received total permanent disability through logging accidents and thi many loggers forced intu early retirement because they can no longer keep up with the highball conditions of to- day’s logging camps. Latest financial reports from all companies in the lumbering industry show con- tinued increasing large profits which is the result of the new powerful mobile equipment and is the only reason for the purchase of this equipment. With this new powerful mo- bile equipment the company can produce more logs with fewer loggers. This results in the elimination of jobs, doubling-up of duties and general speed-up for the re- maining crews. Some of this new logging equipment has been in opera- tion in M.B & P.R. camps (in the Alberni area) for many years and to date the com- pany has refused to negotiate proper rates of pay with the Union. This results in the operators of this equipment working at sub-standard rates of pay that were arbitrarily set by the company. If M.B. & PR. is really in- terested in the welfare of its employees, I would - suggest that money spent on this type of newspaper ads could be used to a far greater advan- tage by sitting down with the Union and negotiating proper rates of pay for the employ- ees working with the new powerful mobile logging equipment, and share some of their fantastic profits with the workers who are risking life and limb to make these profits possible for the share- holders. GUEST SPEAKER Dr. Gordon Hepworth with Local 1-357 officers Norm Kelly, Financial Secretary; Rae Eddie, Re- cording Secretary; and Wyman Trineer, President. “FAILURE OF THE CENTURY" A British MD, Dr. Gordon Hepworth, charged at a meet- ing of Local 1-357 IWA, May 30, that the Social Credit gov- ernment was failing to meet the pare needs of the people. He placed the majority of the blame squarely on the shoulders of Health Minister Eric Martin whom he called, “this ignominous minister of misinformation” and “the minister of ill health and minimal-ecare who has carved his place in history as the failure of the century in the health field.” His attack on Martin was prompted by the minister's refusal to reply to a letter by Hepworth seeking answers on chronic care in the Province. He stated Martin couldn't answer, “without taking the dynamite out of the dynamic society” He eis said the Province’s medicare scheme was a dis- and that Martin’s claim is an honest man, then he doesn’t know what is going on in his own department. During his address, Hep- worth attempted to remain objective in presenting his case against the Socreds. but he slipped badly when asked about the Saskatchewan med- icare plan. He stated the plan itself was good but the government had been too hasty in imple- menting the scheme. In an at- tempt to justify this remark, he added that the doctors were a bad lot at negotiating and the NDP government should have taken this into consideration. He also left the impression, deliberately or not, that the Saskatchewan government had rushed its plan in over- night. No mention was made by him that the government had been given a clear man- date by the people of Saskat- chewan to put the plan into operation and the government had negotiated with the doc- tors of the province for months prior to the plan’s implementation. BINGHAM VERSUS McNEILL. Loggers at Jeune Landing, Northern Vancouver Island, faced with the prospect of losing their monthly camp newspaper due to the illness of the editor, pitched in and published their first issue of the Jeune Landing Journal. The volunteer group of as- sociates editors, Art Bene- dicten (log truck driver), Carl Ettinger (second loader) and Bill Selwood (survey crew axman), were ably as- sisted by Jim Davis (woods scaler) doing the illustrations and Jack Ellm (camp ac- countant) handling the fa- shion and society page. Their reporting of the following sports item il- lustrates how well they have carried on in the finest tra- ditions of the newspaper pro- fession during the absence of the editor-in-chief “Stump” Daly. It also illustrates the re- laxed, friendly atmosphere in logging camps when during their leisure time all mem- bers of the community par- ticipate in camp social events. (AP WIRE-SERVICE) ... HEAVY-WEIGHT TITLE SET The Canadian Amateur Belly - Bouncing Association has set the date for the return championship battle between current champ “Bulge” Bing- ham and sensational challeng- er “Big Dave” McNeill, for June 25, next in Madison Square Gardens, New York. Dave earned the title shot on the merits of his impres- sive TKO victory over the champ in a non-title go held at the spiritual home of the sport, Jeune Landing, before a sell-out crowd of 11,000 cheering fans. Both challenger and champ have thrown themselves into a strenuous training sched- ule, and reports from the champions quarters indicate that he is in the finest condi- tion of his long and illustrious career. The challenger’s camp is enjoying an aura of extreme confidence, and “Big Dave” himself is predicting an early knockout. At press time the aggressive challenger was a solid favorite to repeat his stunning victory over the ag- ing champion ... The officers of Local 1-71 informs us that “Bulge” Bingham is better known as Al Bingham, a very active member who represented the crew at the Local’s recent Delegated Meeting in Van- couver. “Big Dave” McNeill is Dave McNeill, Camp Superintend- ent. The Local officers wish both contestants success in their chosen sport and in the continued advancement of the good relations existing in Jeune Landing. They also ex- tend wishes for a speedy re- covery to editor “Stump” Daly and congratulate the as- sociate editors on their fine effort. SS I TT! "ALL SOOKE DAY" Bei ae GORDON HURLBERT, 2nd Vice- President of Local 1-424, IWA, Prince George, is attending the Labour College in Montreal. The annual “All Sooke Day” noted for its exhibition of loggers sports will be cele- brated July 10, at Sooke Flats, twenty-three miles west of Victoria on Highway 14, Now in its twenty-sixth year, “All Sooke Day” is sponsored by the Sooke Com- munity Association to keep alive the traditional logging methods and sporting events of the early loggers. While the emphasis is on loggers sports, the day’s pro- gramme has been designed to appeal to the whole family. It is planned to hold events such as racing, women’s nail driv- ing, horseshoe pitching, etc., in the morning. The afternoon will be given over to the loggers and the events will include log-birl- ing, tree chopping log rolling, tree climbing and many others. ‘Attractive cash prizes are offered and anyone is eligible to compete. Those interested in attend- ing or competing and desiring further information should write to the secretary of the Sooke Community Associa- tion, Sooke, B.C.