THE B.C. LUMBER WORKER September 4, 1944

NAME HERRIDGE CANDIDATE FOR WEST KOOTENAY

Safety Is Sense

By JOE PTUER

Ra tsanes:

OOOO OOOO a is little sense in locking the stable door after the horse is

espite the

ae expressed w Herbert ee

e by tno grave, MLA, that he did not think

whom I met in town the other § ae a ‘Tast issue of imber the nomination would epta-

Worker I ay a passing swipe at ae a a lo; cad ae eats to ple to the CCF provincial commit-

realize the grim importance of wearing tee, CCF nominating e

‘These lads had read my column (it e cee ie bor w that somebody tee : Tast. weekend ananimoteg

besides myself and the editor Eine it!) and they informed m pee

I was a fin on to be so . They remembered m; hos ereee®

bt y 240 from cate back a fees a skidder show over ces oe 1

oy could be tended to. Yes, I fear 1 am trying to put a padlock on a stable door. My boots

me is not are hung up and, largely because of that same ee (1 men- them, although he had long been tioned above, I can no longer engage in such gentle tasks as playing ntionedtaatth elcand\datelanonndl the Swedish fiddle, worrying Eos cnoeere or jockeying one of our m, because of his “progressive incline. . . . It is true there stand, the trade union locals, CCE, is no teacher to equal bitter experien and LPP clubs in ie cnstene inferest im niead injuries is Eas ar Passel one. Long efore I be-} Prefabricated tugs are now being assembled in British shipyar rds |could unite their fore came a camp-pill-pusher I feared such accidents. from the material sent by American firms of eauuerenl engi Herridge’s name was broneh When I was just a little fellow we had some neighbors more next| cers. All the shipyards have to:do is put the parts together. Pict before the convention by a deleg: eer eetcaw except (ict ae was a| SfOWS 4 tus which will be ready for launching ir finer "ys when z y e P| : engines and boilers, which are delivered from another _contractor a ees ue pee al logger and she made the swellest cookies along the street. His name] are installed and final touches put to the superstruct inion of Min id Smelter was ae an a few old-timers I have since met tell me he wa: Work ich, Cates a sug-

rs, whi 5 gesti nced._ Db:

oem eae school, while ona aa snagging jaunt, I called on L t Bi d | O t phy, international organizer and paint wife, She had been crying and my childish consternation as oede pe rarlion iit LPP federal candidate for Kew no bounds when I heard that he ea been badly hurt. There Si 6 n:

were no oak that day. A t ane Herridge should be drafted. After anxious days Helmut was brought to town but not h A Ig Ns U n ion g reemen Elected as CCF member of the hospital bed was to be his for many months, Even an expensive fede legislature for Rossland-Trail in |ARRY LAWSON hers. The meeting, which was] 1941, Herridge’s report to the last they first got to ine a thought he was dead, but Helmut came ee os a pea of 80 per preside over by Sub-local’ Chair-|CCF provincial convention urging a race of if tough Io log: BY ehitie’ erublovees of this n Bro. Joe Grant, with Bro. M.|full acceptance of the Teheran Mrs. ee taco. Ber nes eaves on the day he was allowed = Eee of ise Seat a McKinnon as secretary, en-|Declaration drew upon him the thorie Mes ay hospital. But he wasn't home long before she began to| «. we ons. | done the report, and elected a| fire of Angus MacInnis, MP., Dor-

wiew. signs eeistrain’ and anxlety, ee neighborly, my mother asked eh Sup local 1-85, LW. s rievance committee of five | othy Steeves, MLA, and Colin Cam- i ter was anything aay ah Mo, but she little thought that it would | anization is away to a good|members: M. Sullivan, sawmill;|eron, MLA, long known for their { hours before Mrs. Helmut’s anguished shrieks brought start and daily new members are} Ross McGie, yard; John Thirsk,| anti-Soviet, anti-unity stand, in Ha Prague eiding into her home followed closely by a hastily| being recruited to swell the total| Planer; John Mohammed, East In-| closed + convention — discussions summoned policeman. IWA members in the logging and | dians, and Mar Book Yen, Chinese.| which ended in adoption of an Helmut’s skull had healed—the X-ray showed that—but his frais sawmill industry of B.C. At a later meeting this committee bees eae statement by major- was sorely bruised. ‘The good-natured and doting Sa ha r fe Having been duly granted certi-|24med Bro. M. Sullivan chairman | ity way toa snarling madman who now mesehaet| pare Bi pus mie toa seen by: Departm a and Bro. R. McGie, SHEEN. his wife. se was cates before he was again rational. aes after they moved ur district and I lost track a them and ae ee ees Aeicutely, everyone struck on the head does eyeereus ae best of ae wife

: Every Member the Community Hall. Good results Get a Member! am s ee

ha y for| oni te Chinese employees here by vi Att + ention ! y ant aa ae Chinese IWA organizer ae We C “i, complete Line of i ‘d contr as 2 o think I am nuts ; es, ‘A conference is shortly to be GENTS" "CLOTHING ‘A signed by IWA officers and com- ¢ y can ever be done to make loggers realize just how important

keraeh se ace is to aes: aH only their safety but the safety of ins B the whole ut aes a Stewart & Welch operations in fs lla and cents|Sctrch Columbia. | ‘@ the termination of the medical WINDSOR, TAILORING it is often tbr in and suffering it is greater. - ; epee te pela and suitertng * This sublocal was organized ponbraclay ame nns has| |'49 E, Hastings - Vancouver, B.C. 4 0

A safety hat is easy to we: ba It is Saas ae or properly by tl i a ¢| will be considered pro and con. | peer A committee of Great Central em- > e: en authorized at-

tab) be a Helmut! ae ‘the stable door now—by wearing your a

Brothers H. Bergren loyees has be rized to at- cee From a small beginning, the) 1/04 ‘they are: Chief Engineer Sunt) Gs dily-| Burrows, Geo. Hamilton, J. W. "Styles oe oh Men and Stockholm Cate: Ban Jast spring, at a meeting of], 7” Sukh Shey: Younes” Tait, R. eae Ben Marr and J. y 8” | Our Meals are as Good as he members, it was decided to). .mme V ALUES Best—Better than the ee are a strong effort to bring this ee der a union contract We Specialize in perac nr Workmen's Meals ee Bro, R. Paquette was named| Good — ress b steward. Under his energetic 311 MAIN ST. - Vancouver ae the membership cam- Made: At Elder PAcific 0538 paign soon brought the ‘desired| he regular meeting of the ae Always at aa Home| of -—o# | result: | sub-local of 1-118 was held on Mon- (ON MADE Clot

At a well-attended meeting held| gay, Aug. 28 at which the agree-|| — and Friendly Service. in the Community Hall here, on] oot was rea ‘ Tuesday evening, August 15, of : & LAN LID Hsia notice Gt the competion of |2¢ Was Teported by the shop com iT 5 pay Seal ah Toei Be 8, contract ries given the members| had be cet 's, Boys’ Clothing by Bro, A. Dewhurst, secretary of

Local Ls who also reported on rnishings be

Established For Over 40 Years

negotiations with the compa relative to wage increases in cases 707 Columbia Street where the rate in Great Central |° EAST HASTING: Phone 442 New Westminster [J] Mil was below, that of Fort Al- Be Vancouver, B.C. berni. These met with success in] The meeting will be held |most cases, partial success in| on the aa and 28h of September. ae ra aes

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