FIVE IWA LOCALS
ASK BIG ‘NO’ VOTE

polies can pay more

As 26,000 coast woodworkers prepared to vote on conciliation
Fisher’s proposal for settling the dispute with the forest
the executives of five big |. W.A. locals, representing 17,-
400 members, urged their membership to vote ‘‘no’’ on the grounds
tisfactory and that the forest monopolies can

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A New Flag

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officer E. P.
companies,

that the terms are unsa
afford to pay more.

Despite the efforts of the press,
radio, TV and other publicity
media to stampede the woodwork-
ers into backing the recom-
mendation of IWA regional presi-
dent Jack Moore and the regional
wage policy committee for ac-
ceptance, the five local execu-
tives have rejected the proposed
settlement, They have urged their
memberships to vote overwhelm-
ingly against the terms,

The five locals leading the fight
to reject the Fisher formulae
are the giant Vancouver local 1-
217, with 7,000 members; the
4,000 member Port Alberni lo-
cal 1-85; as well-as the Dun-
can, Courtenay and Haney lo-
cals, The Victoria local, which
two years ago backed Moore and
voted for the Perry formulae,
found the present terms so ob-
jectionable that the executive de-
cided to make no recommenda-
tion to the membership,

The Fisher formulae, which of-
fers 28¢ an hour over a two
year period with 15 cents hourly
for tradesmen, would still leave
woodworkers well below the pre-
vailing rates of pay in other in-
dustries, notably pulp and paper,
according to spokesmen of the
Part Alberni local, Reports are
that the formulae was carefully
prepared with direct participa-
tion ofthe provincial government,
to split the woodworkers andim-
pose an unsatisfactory settlement
on the union.

DOUGLAS: ‘ACT NOW TO SAVE COLUMBIA’

What’s use of a flag flying ov

a
bray” Columbia River is a be-
Be ue Sellout of the people of
Ming @ of Canada, But never
ne have a nice flag for
Ayan Ut what’s the use of a flag

by Some river owned

ea
oust Were the words of T.C.
*ationay’ New Democratic Party
309 es leader, in a speech to
Bina ete last Thursday in a
: Y high school.

has
tog) 2S that the treaty and pro-
faye i Te one of the greatest scan-

Saiq. .(*2adian history, Douglas
Hlege € are being robbed and
wy he nd both old line parties
‘ag + Of it.” He said the pro-
eaty 4kes no difference in the
that 4nd that proof of this is
the y , Will not have to go before
*eady * Congress which has al-

Vv
Sted for the draft treaty.

Ou
emer Charged that the gov-
Dro, Will try to ram the treaty
{Ndi en Parliament, Showing his
© @ copy of a recent issue

of Engineering and Contract Re-
cord, the top engineering mage
zine in Canada edited by James
G. Ripley, Douglas said the Ex-
ternal Affairs Committee hearing
refused to hear Ripley.

Ridiculing the about face of
Liberals Jack Davis (Coast -Ca-
pilano) and James Byrne (East
Kootenay), Douglas said they went
around the province telling the
people that ‘‘the Tories have sold
you out, We willsave the Colum-
bia.’ ‘‘Yes, they saved it al-
right,’’ said the NDP leader,
**but not for us.’’

PROTESTS URGED

Douglas said the Americans
quickly ratified the original
treaty because ‘‘they never gota
Christmas present like this be-
fore in their lives. Controlofthe
Columbia River will be vested in
American authorities. We have
given up the right for multi-pur-
pose diversions which could be
immensely beneficial to us inthe

T. C. DOUGLAS told an audience in
Burnaby that ‘‘unless we havea
free and independent country what
isthe point of flying a flag over it.”’
He urged Canadians to throw off
U.S. domination and to become
masters in our own house.

The giant Vancouver local has
circulated a leaflet calling on
woodworkers to vote ‘‘no’’ and
to ‘ffight for our original
demands,’’ It gives the follow-
ing reasons why the formulae
should be rejected:

@ “Offers no solution to log-
lers required to spend fifty to
sixty hours a week on company
property to qualify for forty hours

os

pay.

e ‘Increased overtime bene-
fits and additional vacations com-

U THANT, sec-gen. of the UN, this
week blasted U.S. presidential as-
pirant Barry Goldwater for caliing
on the U.S. government to use nu-
clear bombs In the S. Vietnam war.
U Thant said anyone who would
advocate this is ‘out of his mind.”’

er U.S.-owned river?’

future,’’ he said, pointing toa re-
port from the Arizona Phoenix
Gazette where a meeting of pro-
minent authorities put forth the
idea of getting 12 million acre
feet of Columbia River water
every year,

Douglas made a strong appeal
to his listeners to act now to
block the giveaway of the Colum-
bia River. ‘‘Protests mustcome
from the people, Write or wire
your M.P, asking him to vote
against it. Write Mr, Pearson
and let him know how you feel
about it. Be sure to bring the
matter up in all the organizations
of which you are a.member and
get them to pass resolutions
opposing this sellout,’’ urged the
NDP leader.

Turning to the issue of the flag
and Canadian independence,
Douglas said it wasa sign of ‘‘po-
litical bankruptcyv’’ to raise the
flag and nothing else,’ While
approving the choice of a maple

pletely ignored,’*

® ‘Shingle proposals com-
pletely off base and unaccept-
able to sawyers and packers,’’

® “‘Union’s original demands
completely justified when balanc-
ed against forest operators’ fan-
tastic profit picture.”’

Commenting on the proposed
settlement ,Vancouver local pre-
sident Syd Thompson pointed to
the vast profits of the compan-
ies and said, ‘‘this settlement
is cheaper today for manage-
ment than it would have been
six or seven years ago. Fifteen
cents today is still a nickel,’’

This week the Labor Commit-
tee of the Communist Party cir-
culated a leaflet throughout the
industry which charged that ‘the
offer is not enough,”’ It said that
‘*determination on the part of
the lumber workers for a fair
shake can bring them a better
deal than the one offered,”’

The leaflet points out that last
year’s average profits in the
woodworking industry were $2,60
per man hour and that the pre-
sent offer is only nine percent
of that, Recalling that the union’s
original.demands were for 40¢ an
hour in a one year contract, the
leaflet points out that the Fisher
formulae is only 35 percent of
the union’s demands and that
other important demands suchas
travel time for loggers is com-
pletely ignored, It points out
that ‘-there is much more where
the 28¢ offer of Fisher comes
from,”’

leaf flag, he said the country
faces serious problems. ‘The
number one problem is the im-
pending scientific revolution, au-
tomation and cybernation which
goes far beyond our wildest
dreams ,.. The government is-
n't blind to the problems, they
just don’t give a damn,’’ added
Douglas,

25% CANADIAN

‘What Mr, Pearson is covering
up is the fact that the Americans
run the country, and unless we
have a free and independent coun-
try what is the point of flying a
flag over it,’ Douglas said ‘‘this
government has sold out our heri-
tage, and we are no longer mas-
ters in our own house,”’

‘*Never has there been acoun-
try that has been so much owned
from the outside as Canada - 70
percent - mostly in the U\S,...
It’s like the family that started

See DOUGLAS, pg. 10