Bill White was the head of the Vancouver Labour Council and president of the Marine Workers and Boilermakers Union during the war. A Hard Man to Beat by author Howard White (no relation) was re-issued last year as one of ten Vancouver 125 Legacy books. Howard White talks about how he came to know Bill White and write his biography.
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