LUMBER WORKER Page Five FINANCIER DALSKOG B= shabby actions of Dalskog over the $1500 loan he ob- tained with the backing of IWA Loggers’ Local is the clearest exposure of him and his irres. ponsible clique. In the news columns today, you will read that the reformed Local 1-71, IWA, has got a court judg- ment against Dalskog for $1323. They still have to collect the money. Now we'll go through the transaction, ‘step by step. On June 18, 1948, Dalskog @::: $1500 for some pérsonal juxpose, Off he goes to the bank at the corner of Hastings and Victory Square in Vancouver. He asks for the loan. “Certainly,” says the banker in @::: “As long as you've got od_security.”” That was a simple matter for Dalskog, because he has ar- ranged that Nils Madsen and Don Barbour, two “responsible” offi- cers of Local 1-71, will pledge the cash of the loggers in that local to cover the Dalskog loan. That was duly done, and Dalskog got the money on a personal promis- sory note, payable at any time on demand. Between then and October 3, 1948, Dalskog made a few $60 to $70 payments on the loan. But, of course, bank managers as well as other people read the daily press, and on Monday morn- ing, October 4, the banker saw that Dalskog had fled the IWA, and was no longer an official of the body which stood guarantor for the outstanding sum of $1,323. The bink manager wasted no time. He charged the loan to the aceount of Local 1-71, IWA, tak- ing the money of the logging union (as was his just and legal zi ht) to clear Dalskog’s personal lebts. Dalskog had “cleared” his debt. Cleared it, that it, through bis _guar- antors, the loggers of Local 1-71. Then the reformed Local 1-71, free of renegades and union, split- ters, stepped in and sued Dalskog- He made no attempt to defend the suit, He made no attempt to make even a dollar payment on his per- sonal debt. Now the judgment has been given against him. And that judgment he will have to pay, if it takes him the next fifty years. COMMON INTERESTS Don’t let anybody tell_you that the interests of the industrial workers are opposed to those of the farmers. Writing in the cio News, Allan L, Swim says, “Ag-| ricultural prices are tied more closely to the earnings of labor than to the profits of the big cor- rations. The farmer is among first to feel the effects of in- dustrial unemployment or wage reductions in the manufacturing industries.” PROFITS VS. WAGES profits of International Co, have jumped from $8, Bi 1oab 20.8 mere $60, ‘in 1 e . sted’ by Paper Mal r 3 Loggers’ Local Catches Up On By “High Rigger” “Frnie” 2s ...Ray Of Hope For Quebec Unionists ASBESTOS AFTERMATH ‘ADE union observers from other provinces, find the pres- ent ‘situation in Quebee resulting from the Asbestos strike, a strange brew of trade unionismp, polities and religion. Two pronounced trends have now come to the surface which will have 4 profound effect on the whole Ca- nadian labor movement. Quebec labor, including both the Catholic syndicates and the interna- tional unions ‘in that province, are determined to make their standards the same as those prevailing else- where in North America. The new attitude of the labor syndicates has been accomplished by @ growing acceptance of a liberal interpretation by the Catholic Church of papal social doctrine. ‘The leaders of the ‘province- wide Confederation of Canadian Catholic Workers were trained in Laval University. The University School of Social Sciences has graduated both laymen and clergy who have assumed positions of prominence in the Quebec labor movement. Some of. the priests serve as union chaplains, others are on the influential body called the Sacerdotal Commission of So- cial Studies. Its reports have in- sisted that the worker must be accepted as a full partner in in- dustry. One priest went so far as to say: “The wage system is the road to ruin.” The Archbishop of Montreal told the congregation of Notre Dame, when appealing for aid on behalf of the Asbestos strikers: “The working class is the victim of a conspiracy which wishes to crush it... . itis the duty of the Church to intervene.” The Asbestos strike was_dir- ected as much against the Dup- lessis Government as against the Johns-Manville Co. A joint con- ference of CIO, AFL and Catho- lic Workers Confederation was formed to fight the Duplessis anti-labor bill. The conference is still in existence, as it is assumed that Duplessis is out to “break” labor in Quebec. While the Catholic Bishops are unwilling to enter into open con- flict with the Government, labor's cause is finding ecclesiastical sup- port, which a few years ago would have been considered un- thinkable. DANGER AHEAD ALL the danger signals are to be seen for Canadian unions in the present trend of events in the United States. Canadian business trends usu- ally follow the American curves either up or down, with a lag of from six to twelve months. Ameriean wages have risen steadily for ten years. Now a downturn in business seems to be heading into 2. summer. slump. Employers hold a stronger hand in collective bargaining and have determined: that wages have reached the top limit. Lay-offs are steadily increas- ing, workers laid off find it hard to get other jobs. The work week has shortened—overtime pay is disappearing, as factory output is slowing down. Down-grading of workers from higher-paid jobs to lower classi- fications is taking place. Laid- off workers are often hired back at lower pay than their former jobs. In non-union ‘plants, wage- cuts of 8% have already been Inventories of manufactured goods are large. In face of a failing de- mand, employers claim that wage increases cannot be passed on. With goods piling up, they are in a good position to “sit out’ any prolonged strike. Strikes have not produced any sizable concessions. Many strikes have been ended without winning wage increases. Unions can no longer depend on a scarcity of labor to back up their picket lines. for un- employment is growing rapidly. In some industries where busi- ness is declining sharply, the unions can offer their members nothing more than a policy of holding the ‘line against wage cuts. It’s time to close ranks, before the storm hits Canada more sev- erely. MONTREAL CLEAN-UP MONTREAL Labor Council (CIO-CCL) is the most re- cent on the growing list of labor organizations which have re- jected Communist control. At the recent annual elections, the whole Communist-sponsored slate was beaten. A Communist move to secure the Council's endorsement of the CSU strike was defeated. Like Toronto and other CCL Labor Councils, Montreal took the position that it would not interfere in the dispute until a course of action had been more clearly determined in the other Congress. W. J. Smith of the C.B. of R.B, is the new President of the Mont- real Council with 'R. L. Lamour- eaux, United Steelworkers as Sec- retary. U.K. WELFARE PLAN GPEAKING of welfare plans, the British people now have one of the best, according to CIO investigators, reporting on the health plan of the United King- dom. On the strength of their findings, additional pressure will be exerted on the U.S. Congress to enact President Truman’s Health Insurance Bill. It’s only a small brown card, but it’s almost like a special Aladdin's lamp to the British citizen who car- ries it. The card brings to its own- ers the aid of doctors, dentists, hos- pitals, and obtains medicines, eye- glasses, or anything else in the way of medical care that he may need. Any resident of the British Isles may have one of these magic brown cards for the asking, entitling him to all the benefits of Britain's universal free medical service. Ninety-three per cent of the 48 million people in Britain are already enrolled in the program. Patients can choose their own doetors, and doctors have the right to accept or reject patients. ATLAS PRINTERS Social & Commercial Printers 356 Alexander Street VANCOUVER PAcific 3723 The medical men are paid on the basis of an’ annual fee by the Government for each of their pa- tients. If a person needs glasses or dental care, all he needs’ to do is go to the nearest qualified dent- ist or optician. About 20,000 of the 21,000 Brit- ish doctors, and almost all of the 14,000 dentists have signed up with the scheme, to keep the Brit- ish people healthy from birth to old age. The New York Times, recently. corroborated the CIO, statement, that the scheme is tremendously popular in Britain, especially among the trade unions. Said the Times, “There is no substantial political or professional group that proposes to abandon the service”. 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