» Dd 6 i MM nM MMMM A Word with Our Readers By Grace Greenwood OAT : DEAR FRIENDS: This “is my last report to SI a you on a very successful i pom the time it started on March 15 to its CORE ee < campaign did not lag for a single day and in thanking you all ae ehalf of The People we can ail take pride in an accomplishment ai iands out in the long history of the labor press in this province. ince there were no last minute upsets, the figures for leading SOEuitees as given last week still stand: Dunean, $12700, 317 percent: Hjorth Roa ; eouicpan Lake, $110.50, 276 percent. Se We are hoping that representatives from these committ : l ees can arrange to be with us for our presentation ceremonies to which all ' drive workers are invited, in Hastings Auditorium this coming Mon- day evening, May 22, at 8 p.m. Otherwis ion wi ng, 5 -m. e the presentation will be made by proxy. We can mis i conte ees pro € some fun too—a short program, Hal Griffin will be there to autogra i i ( ph copies of his book for those bright people who topped the $35.00 mark. As far as I can tell now, there will be close to 40 copies to be presented. Although some provincial committees have still not sent in the names of ee apeiied @s asked last week. ha oped to tell you in this column just who the beokwinners were in each branch, and how much each raised. but there are so many of them it just can’t be done. I’d have to spread myself all over this page, and even a good press drive doesn’t rate that in an. 8-page paper! However, a full list will be given in next week’s paper. e@ ese many een eee it is hard to pick out those deserving Special commendation. The success of the three leadin commit- tees speaks for itself. But two_ Vancouver city committees Srnene ne runners-up also made a remarkable showing. Grandview raised very elose to $1,000 00, almost 200 percent of its quota, representing a per capita of over $10.00. This branch, too, has more bookwinners than _ any other. since five members topped the $35 mark. East End also raised close to $1000, and as the members ar almost entirely Ukrainian and Russian speaking, and responsible ee the maintenance of their own language papers. I feel that great eredit is due to them for their generous support of The People. There are four book winners in this branch, one of them, W. Hreherchuk with -$106.25 on his auota. = Kitsilano is a four-star branch, too, led by Orson Downs with $120.00 to his credit, and a good part of this was in subs. : Burnaby was another to do a fine job—Andy Thompson there raised $182.50—and South Vancouver, with 185 percent on its quota, is still another. Then there is the North Vancouver committee led by Bill Leyshon, who reports that although he is the only book winner, he is proud of the way in which the members of his committee worked to exceed: their quota by a good margin. New Westminster also made the grade and has one book winner in Roy Lavigne. Among the outside committees, Osoyoos, led by Joe Klim, did brilliant work and topped 200 percent. Vancouver Island had a num- ber of excellent committees in addition to the two prize winners, but of these I think Victoria conducted the most satisfactory cam- paign, with a nice balance between subs and donations. Generous support from trade unions counted a lot here too Victoria has two book winners, Roy Anderson and Bill Shaw, and I hear that Mrs. Jenny Shouldice also contributed a good deal toward the success of the campaign. 2 e [“ addition to work done by the committee, support for the drive was also received from the following trade unions: Victoria Boilermakers & Iron Shipbuilders __ $50.00 Victoria Machinists Union 25.00 Victoria labor Council 25.00 Vancouver Plumbers & Steamfitters — 10.00 Vancouver IWA, Local 1-71 10.00 Vancouver Moulders & Foundry Workers __ 25.00 Vancouver International Jewellry Workers — 5.00 United Fishermen’s Union 50.00 Duncan IWA Local 1-80 5.00 Duncan IWA Ladies Auxiliary ——______ 10.00 Port Alberni IWA, Local 1-85 10.00 Subscriptions for their members were taken out by these unions: Vancouver Machinists Local 692 ___ $30.00 Vancouver City Firefighters 20.00 Fish Gannery and Reduction Plant Workers — 30.00 Donations received from other organizations were: Jewish Progressive Club pa Ukrainian Ganadian Association Too late for or omitted from last week’s report were the follow- ing amounts: Total Percent IN@]SOn) 2 ee 6.00 -16.00 53 Rossland pee en wees 12100 14.00 35 _ Powel River ——.— _._—s«8«.00 46.00 115 Vernon ..__-_____—- 9.00 41.00 82 Final total for the drive. stands as follows: Subscriptions —_____ $3,241.50 Deductions for expenses Donations). === 4,755.37 commissions and Dance — 2,578.00 prizes $2,453.20 qOtal 2 $10,574.87 Balance $8,121.57 So, you see, we made a fair amount over our $7,500 quota! New readers were close to 2,100 at the time the books closed. T must not close my report without a word of thanks to those volunteer workers who gave me much -help here in the office and without whom I should have been hopelessly “snowed under” Jong ago—and especially thanks to Gerry Delaney who put in many, many hours of good hard work. And now, with my personal thanks to all of you who helped to make our drive such a happy affair, Ill be signing off—till the next GRACE GREENWOOD. drive rolls around. velopment Completed At One Meeting Z : 3 : 2 p Record Set in Island Contrac Evidence of the value of the federal labor code was seen this week in the complete | ganization of the Salmon River Logging Company by the Courtenay-Campbell River of the IWA. This is the first camp in B.C. where the union-could sign up the crew, e lish a sub-local and be ready for certification i. one meeting. q = Organization of the Salmon River camp —only one of the large association camps 1s the meeting, which was addressed by Hjalmar Bergren, IWA international .representa ~ Nigel Morgan, executive board member; and Jack Higgins, local secretary. “We have a clear majority and will apply to the provincial de- partment of labor for the bar- faining rights. We also expect to ‘start negotiations with Elk River Timber Company next week for a signed contract,” Nigel Morgan announced. In the mass initiation, 78 em- ployees joined the union. There were already over 40 union mem- bers in the camp, which gives the IWA at least 75 percent of the crew. Officers of the Salmon ~ River sub-local, elected at the meet- ing, ineluded: Louis Harris, president; Ted Dempsay, vice- president; Dick White, secretary; and Bunt Bloomfield, warden. @ @ e@ Shortly after a new agreement had been signed with Bateo De- Company, Campbell River, sranting union camp, check-off. vacations with pay and an excellent hospitalization scheme, the company was sold for $1,000,000 to the H. R. Mac- Millan interests, according to a reliable report. The contract is a continuing agreement and will be binding en H. R. MacMillan. Former manager Al Simpson, who had established an excellent record in labor relations by signing the first full union agree- ment in B.C., made the follow- ing statement on the sale of the company: “J am unable to operate on a sufficiently large scale to carry “statements the overhead beeause of false being written and issued against me. Because of this and other factors my control, I have been forced to dispose of the Batco Develop- ment Company at a considerable sacrifice. I wish to extend my thanks to all those whose Co- eperation I have enjoyed in the past and especially my 100 per- cent TWA union crew.” beyond | Despite a petition circu! 3 among the employees of # Spruce, Sixth Avenue and — an agreement with TWA, ci asking the company not to cation of the union under I@A act about six weeks eannot be reversed, it wai nounced this week by 3. Thomson of the provincial ~ department and conciliatc the dispute. Yard Charged Witl Death Of Unionist A coroner’s jury last week found Burrard Drydock 5 building Company responsible for negligence when a sy staging broke and resulted in the drowning of John WM. Neil, 29-year-old welder. This is the first verdict of its kind ever returned | ease concerning a Vancouver shipyard despite a large ;. ber of fatal shipyard accidents in the past few years. Boilermakers Union is urging that a safety campaign be conducted “T am positive that if Work- men’s Compensation Act regu- lations had been observed, this man would be alive today,” Bill White, union business agent, told The People. “After a year- long struggle with operators, in which we demanded staging reg- ulations be obeyed, the company has consistently failed to live up to its assurances that safety rules woulud be observed. In this special case no boat was on hand for picking the drowning man out of the harbor. A boat Lad been ordered six month: but not delivered. “There is a tendency a part of the company to di, age criticism by moving di fied workers to places working conditions are - worse. Then they arsue th no connection between the plaint about lack of safety cautions and the transfer. “Now, unless the Work Compensation Act needs hauling, MeNeil’s death ¢ | leave the company open t viction on a charge of cr | negligence.” Boilermakers & Iron Shipbuilders Union of Canada : LOCAL No. 1 ‘ : .-) _ May 24th, 1:00 p.m. : HASTINGS PARK STADIUM, VANCOUVER, B.C. | No. 14—Hastings & Windermere : No. 20—Powell’ & Renfr } © All Open Events include Armed Services. : @ Special Closed Events for Armed Forees @ Special Events for Children Archery — Judo — Badminton — Physical Fitness — Basketball — Roller Skating — Baseball — Skiing — Bowling — Fastball — Boxing — Swimming — Football — Table Tennis — Golf — Tennis — Hockey TRACK AND FIELD - - Sanctioned by B.C. Branch AAUo™ Special Event: Children’s Races, 7 to 14. : Entries at Grounds. General Admission - - $1.00 Armed Forces - - = = 3 Children 7 to 17. - - - 25¢ = Children Under 7 - - £1} PRIZES ON GENERAL ADMISSION —— isi PRIZE $500.00, & 500 of $100.' | e@ SPECIAL PRIZES ON CHILDREN’S AND ARMED FORCES’? ADMISSION TICKETS SS “unorganized—is indicative of the IWA’s growing strength. Great enthusiasm was show