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B.C. LUMBER WORKER

1st Issue December

Duncan Local Opens Hall

Membership meeting of Local 1-80, IWA, on December 18, will be held in the newly-erected quarters of the Local Union, Brae Road, Duncan. The occasion will be the elec- tion of delegates to the Annual Conventions of the B.C.

District Council and the B. C. Federation of Labor.

The new IWA building was completed and ready for occu- paney this week. Office accom- modation has been provided for the Local Union’s President, Fi- nancial Secretary, and Business Agents.

In addition, space has been made available for the offices of the Duncan Sub-Local. The lower portion of the building has been constructed as to provide audi- torium space for Local Union meetings.

Observers state that the build- ing is a credit to the community, in its design and equipment.

Bear Creek Camps

The Bear Creek and Harris Creek Camps were visited recent- ly by Financial’ Secretary Ed Linder, and capacity meetings were reported.

Main subject of discussion was’ the Interior strike, which the visiting official, explained fully.

New Record

Local Union officials report that the membership dues for the Lo- cal Union touched a new high last month. Credit for this is accorded to the job stewards, whose activities in recent months have been exceptionally energetic.

PRINCE ALEX L

One of the latest additions to the membership of Local 1-118, IWA is Prince Alexandre of Liechtenstein, who is working in the B.C. Forest Products | Mill in Victoria, piling lumber.

Tust out from Vienna, where he took a course in forestry, Alex, as he prefers to be called, just wants to be “one of the gang.” The 24-year-old prince, a strap- |

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ping six foot one, finds the work hard but interesting.

The principality of Liechten- stein itself, lies hidden in the Alps between Austria and Switz-

|erland, and has a population of

roughly twelve thousand people. Purchased originally from Aus- tria by an ancestor of Alex's, the reigning prince now is Franz Joseph.

JOBLESS INCREASE

Application for employment on file at National Employment Service offices at October 22, 1953, totalled 191,900, accord- ing to the Department of Labor.

This represents an increase of 29,900 or about 18 percent over the September 17 total of 162,000 and an increase of 44,- 300 or 30 percent over the total for October 23, 1952.

TAHSIS NETS STRIKE $102

Smoker promoted by Tahsis Sub-Local 1-85, IWA, at Tahsis Canal, B.C., netted the sum of $102.10 to aid the IWA strike in the Northern and Southern In- terior.

The sum so raised has been forwarded to the District Secre- tary-Treasurer, George Mitchell.

Canadians sent or received 1,- 934,433 cablegrams during 1952.

“THE STORE WITH THI HANEY

“ESQUIRE” MEN’S WEAR

(Graham Mowatt) Complete Stock of Work and Dress Clothing

IE POPULAR BRANDS’ BRITISH COLUMBIA

VOGUE CLEANERS Truck Calls at

Mesachie Lake, Cowichan Lake, Crofton & south to Shawnigan. Hats Cleaned and Blocked

Press While U Wait — Phone 360 DUNCAN, B.C.

DUNCAN BUSINESS GUIDE

J. LINDSAY LOUTET (C. Bradshaw & Co.) INSURANCE and REAL ESTATE

DUNCAN, 131 Jubileo Street

LAKE COWICHAN BRANCH: Old Post Office Building”

©PORT ALBERNI BUSINESS GUIDE

MacGREGOR’S MEN’S WEAR

For Everything a Man Wears WORK, SPORT or DRESS

We Can Afford to Sell the BEST for LESS!

MacDONALD’S PHARMACY

Prescriptions, Drug Sundries, First Aid Supplies

Registered Optometrist Argyle Street Port Alberni

WOODWAR

(PORT ALBERNI) LTD. “Your Gamily Shopping Centre”

“Closed Wednesdays All Day”

Phone 1600

D STORES -

Hours: 9 - 5:30

| there under M. Evasiuk, Camp

Report Shows Growth

Continuous progress of IWA organized camps of Muchalat, Zeballos, Gold River and the’ mill at Tahsis, has been report- ed by. Business Agent, Gil Ingram, Local 1-85, IWA, upon his return from a recent ser- vice trip to these points.

The following is a synopsis of his report as made available to the Local Union and the District Office:

MUCHALAT — This camp has a new Superintendent in the per- son of Mr. Steinoff, formerly of Zeballos. The camp is running smoothly and there were no com- plaints. Brother A. Elliott is the camp’s Sub-Local Chairman and Brother Maloney, Camp Secre- tary.

GOLD RIVER—A large land clearing operation is under way there for a new town and camp site. Rumor has it that it will really be something when com- pleted. It is believed the plans call for married quarters, central bunkhouses, a large recreation hall, and a ball field. The project should be finished next summer. On November 14, I attended the community group’s Klondike Night Party, and a fine time was had by all.

TAHSIS—Heré I am pleased to report conditions have greatly improved. Since the East Asiatic Company has taken over complete control from Gibson Brothers the cooperation between the Superin- tendents and the Union Commit- tees is working to the satisfaction of all concernéd. The Company is going on an all out safety cam- paign after being plagued with a number of small accidents. The Union Committees under Brother Greene, Chairman and Brother Nick Albertson, Secretary, are doing a fine job.

ZEBALLOS — This operation has about 25 men working now and they believe the area will be logged off completely by June, 1954, Everything is going well

Chairman and $. Jones, Secre- tary.

CHAMISS BAY — Arrived there in time for the election of the new Camp Chairman to take the place of Brother Brown, who has left the, Company. J. H. Boy- den was elected to fill the yac- ancy. The camp is 98% organized and the fellows are proud of it. I attended a camp safety meeting while there along with a large group of the men. The operation is doing a fine job on safety.

SARITA RIVER

EMPLOYEES

Local 1-85, IWA, has had word of a possible increase in the logging crew at the Sarita River operation at the beginning of the new year. All members laid off during the summer cut-back, who are desirous of returning to camp in the event of its opening, should notify the MacMillan & Bloedel Hiring Hall in Vancouver, the Per- sonnel Office of the company at Sarita River and the IWA

office in Port Alberni.

Convention Call

TO ALL LOCALS OF THE INTERNATIONAL WOODWORKERS OF AMERICA B. C. DISTRICT COUNCIL NO. 1

GREETINGS

B.C. District Council No. 1, of the International Woodworkers of America, issue this Convention Call at a time when serious prob- lems confront the Trade Union Movement, not only on the home front, but throughout the world.

This struggle is not necessarily confined to wages and working conditions. It has reached a broader aspect, that of survival of the Trade Union Movement itself. The Employers have united themselves in a determined effort to weaken, and, wherever possible, smash the Trade Union Movement.

Therefore, this Convention will haye. the graye responsibility of developing and promoting a program to offset these vicious attacks and to unite all Trade Unionists around a program, in con- cert with other Unions, to further the interests of the Trade Union Movement and the working peoples of the world. 3

Therefore, every Local Union should be fully represented in this Convention so that the democratic principles of our Organization shall not only be maintained, but extended to those in need.

CALL The Seventeenth Annual B.C. District Convention of the Interna- tional Woodworkers of America will be held in the Georgia Hotel, Ballrooms corner Georgia and Howe Streets, Vancouver, B.C., com- mencing at 10:00 a.m, Monday, February 15, and continuing through Thursday, February 18, 1954. 4

REPRESENTATION

Your representation shall be based on Section 3, Article 5, which reads as follows: :

“Delegates to the District Convention shall be elected by and from each Local on the basis of two (2) delegates for the firat one hundred (100) members or less, and one (1) additional delegate for each one hundred (100) members or major fraction thereof up to five hundred (500) members and one (1) additional delegate for each three hundred (300) members thereafter or major fraction thereof.” :

Duplicate Credentials are to be brought to the Convention by the delegates to whom they are issued. ORIGINAL CREDENTIALS must be forwarded to George H. Mitchell, Secretary, International Woodworkers of America, B.C. District Council No. 1, 4 — 45 Kingsway, Vancouver 10, B.C.

No Credential shall be accepted later than one o’clock (1.00 p.m.) on the first day of the Convention. All Delegates arriving later will be seated by Convention action.

ELECTION OF DELEGATES

Local Unions are to elect their delegates to the Conyention by the following method:

Delegates to the Convention must be elected at the official meetings of Local Unions after the Call for the Convention has been received and has been read to the Local Union. The Local Recording Secretary shall give notice to the membership at a reasonable time in advance, stating that delegates are to be elected at a meeting on a certain date. Delegates receiving the highest number of votes of the members present at such meetings and no meeting other than the one first advertised and called in accordance herewith, shall be recognized as an official meeting for the election

of delegates. ° RESOLUTIONS

All resolutions should be typewritten and double spaced. Two copies should be mailed to the office of the District Secretary- Treasurer ten days in advance of the Convention so that copies will be available for each delegate on the first day of the Convention. Resolutions should be as brief as possible and deal with only one subject. Resolutions must bear the official Seal of the Local Union and be signed by an authorized officer of the Local Union or delegate attending the Convention.

CONVENTION HEADQUARTERS

Convention Headquarters will be in the Georgia Hotel, corner Georgia and Howe Streets, Vancouver, B.C.

CONVENTION REGISTRATION

Delegates to the Convention will register on Monday, February 15, commencing at 8:30 a.m. at the Georgia Hotel.

There will be a registration fee of six ($6.00) dollars for each Delegate to the Convention, to take care of the Convention Banquet

expenses. ERE NE

All Local Unions sending Delegates to the Convention are requested to make their own reservations immediately on the receipt of the Convention Call. 3

The District Officers urge each Local to be fully represented in the Convention so that our democratic processes will result in greater benefits in wages, hours and working conditions for our

entire membership.

Fraternally yours,

B.C. DISTRICT COUNCIL NO. 1, L.W.A. J. Morris, President

Wn. N. Gray, 1st Vice-President

S. M. Hodgson, 2nd Vice-President

F. Fieber, 3rd Vice-President

Geo. H. Mitchell, Secretary-Treasurer

PARTS

Nanaimo » Phone 1515

IRA BECKER & SON

Vancouver Island Distributors

I.E. L. POWER CHAIN SAWS

ISSUES AIRED

Leader of the Opposition, Arnold Webster, M.LA., will describe his experiences with the IWA picket line in Prince George when he ad- dresses a public-meeting in the Garden Ballroom, 2305 East .Hastings, on the eve- ning of December 15. He will be stipported by Arthur Turner, M.L.A.

SERVICE

Campbell River Phone 94H