B.C. district union news, July 1, 1955

              ROSSLAND—Midst historic wiiitAindinf^
t rock miners and smdtermen, the Rossland Miners* Hi
tie coming into bmgroi the fufiy autonomous Canadian union.
' Prow the time when the convention opened on Monday, July 18, to the
| ^ thoic of us who were, present will never forget db« series of outstanding events
X J that hfoujght the drea«r~ef the original fewnders p f our gjeat International Union
m Canada to ftjH realization. The members of the Mine, Mill and' Smelterworkers
Union, those of die present, and the hardy old-timers of the past, were as one in
voice and eked and the labor movement of this continent, whose eyese were on
ftossiand for those days* witnessed events of great imjartanoe.
Te* final act ^ tfcf com*. A tnur9m4um wtt by the fied Into that tbe/were taking
ue» «a* tn the historic i a f t a k - i ^ ^ ^ aj, ttMr^ighiwit tinu onr itftofily ote,men^**hip-in
' - ttsos <rf th* first elected e*ecu^^
; t^fcoankV; and "for
Jiioahtar k:Ot ajro*iVn edw fcth^e- ^WMJteMl tV 5a
Ii8i^eadit£J3F» OatJiteat
V i ^ m i d c f t l * Harrey Star*.
phy asd wfsgam K i s N r : Sec-
Local 480, Trail and Diitrirt
Snieiterworkers honored tine
newly-elected executive^uerts
^ delegates to the convention
at a banquet at the Colombo
^*ftvTMMitf^: w f f H^4dM« r Hall, where the of fern of Local
S S T i S ^ ^ l ^ S f t 480 and their w i w n e * !^
i t £ n ^ ' i ^ i K f t i S ^ ^ delegate! aad
; A esw^alion was d n w o p B(, firs* business of the con*
by .'the delegates,. based: spas', vesiion 'was- *n emergency tt~
ihe • j a g i e st coas^Ktttfen, • • .ifcat- solution pledging to bur mem-afiiteilTbe
whole taternati«uL . tjership in the International
-t«F%1rtiwJJhrea^
gram and policies; the seventy
delegates acted decisively and
with determination. Committees
an^ officers alike, under the
aptble chairtha%hip of Ken
Smitnv* president of the JSaiia-n
Council, worked through
jn ;a^way-that brought praise
dtnd compliments from the hon­ored
old-timers who* have wit­nessed
many conventions and
gatherings. President Clark,
Brothers George Casey, George
Dingwall and other veterans
were presenlt at .our. other great
conventions in the past chaired-ty
the first. President Bryce, and
, _ ., . .. by Moirandi.William Haywood,
that aw|erf ^.rV^rWa^mn^Ynt^ happiness and pride were
ship; A unanimous vote recom- expressed in- every way;
'mended to a l l local unions^an
immediate five dollar assess- The townspeople of Bossland
meat a* an «^reaslon of thefe-^^ Trail who met our delega-solve
of, our union that if Inco tions from the east, from the
organizations, but oh a basis of
equality and the" preservation
of thedemocratic rights of our
membership, and shall maintain
ihcreferendum principle of all
important questions. This is in­delibly
stamped into our con­duct
and preserved in our con­stitution.
This we will yield to
none. We will protect all men
and their right's of race, relig­ion,
and political action.
>The convention r e c e i v ed
greetings from unions all over
Continued on page 8
BALDERSON ELECTED
-$tit*Qtm\ with
does not settle, the whole union
wiH be involved. r
White th« convention was tak-ins
pf«c«, owr U S . iwaiisben
were on ffc« piclcat tints e^eimf
tha hit Amarkaa co^»«r trust•/
CM) HM - convention sjrtated
tfHrir st/wwla and showed that
•diim and US.; i m wdaii alilp era
in any- itrufgto f»r
—jigsgai preamble i^aet, seuing a^in m
': the « e ^ ^ Local
CTd triaiapJii tn.the *iaty4wt> .^tlm0bmm:- The Canadian
year* s bm they were written aembership as a whok not only
by the t^eat aae% oJ o » tttiam pledged full support, but aoU-Yukon
and from Yellowknife
arfd Saskatchewan and the Bfitr
ish Columbian mining and-smciting
towns, complimented
the delegates on their conduct
and dignified behavior. _
The resolutions adopted by
the convention were highlight­ed
by resolutions pledging this
union to develop true interna-tionalism:
that the autonomous
Canadian union will work close­ly
with workers in our industry
FOR
BBlf ANNIA-^. H. Batdersort
k president of Ix>cal 663 for his
13th: term, following 185S"*lec-tibns
here, with Jf. Downie vice-president
for Ml- Sheer and
Henry Looyen vice-president :fof
the Beach..
Other officers are G. A, Ben-net,
ag^ii business agent and
secretary - ^eaajperj D. Purss,
recording secw^rf Ie*~^Sp.
hb*ery«ndL,R, Simpson in tbe
•^ame office for th&Beach? ward-ens,
Brothers Anderson and
conventiftft^on' a l l iinest
^aiftina> to ~^50t na&s,
e a/a all ^ <*«r the world; wm work|(> Markoff, MtSheer and Beaclt
respectively; * f t Sheer trttfteeif
W W ; White, Art Hagen, and
Henry Vankuyk'/ Beach trustees,
B i l l Bells sad; Sam Pickering* .
unite the. working people to
Canada and develop tme metal
m i n e r s and smelterworkers
anion. We will finite with all