WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER 1st Issue, i July, 1961 7 Rigged Ballot | Court Judgment Ousts ' British Union Leader . Five years of bitter struggling within the Communist-led Elec- i trical Trades Union have ended in a High Court judgment which has removed the General Secretary, Frank Haxell, and replaced 3 him with an anti-Communist, John Thomas Byrne. Mr. Justice Winn ruled that Byrne ' 4 had been elected General Secretary in ; the election in December, 1959, and not Haxell. If the ballot had not been F | A rigged Byrne would have won by at ame S | } least 1,150 votes ‘ ; Communist Controlled Fleeting t The Judge also ruled: y i That the Communists had held hi o oni ZN i) } power in this union by fraudulent T Ing 5 go. P i\ methods arid ballot rigging; is 5 i * y j That the Communist Party had a Sa ae a ae a rae oo A powerful national advisory commit- a aie Bene Sy a anal