Further action to change 4-L
(Loyal Legion of Loggers and!
Lumbermen) into a strictly employee organization "to comply
with provisions of the Wagner labor act," leaders contend, will be
taken at a meeting of the Inland
Empire council in Spokane May 15.
A. D. Chisholm, Portland, Ore.,
president of the 4-L, is expected to
attend the meeting.
The final conference to determine acceptance or refusal of the
proposed new name, I. E. U. (Industrial Employees' union), will be
conducted by the board of directors
in Portland, Ore., May 17.
H. E. Zeness, member of the
general staff, said at the Spokane
headquarters of the 4-L yesterday
that the organization is continuing
its activities during the period of
transition and that the name 4-L
will be kept until formal acceptance of the new name May 17. He
declared there will be no suspension of 4-L activities during the period of reorganization.
President Chisholm is reported to
have addressed a meeting of between 400 and 500 employees of the
Potlatch Forest, Inc., Saturday in
Lewiston, Idaho, outlining the purposes of the new employee organi-