SAFETY RULES VIOLATED CHARGES UNION "TWO MINERS KILLED BY NEGLECT A charge that the two miners killed at the B.C. Hydro project at Hudson Hope on atin ee Ke say sewed! Anacis Is. dig in at CIL plant A gallant band of 26 workers is taking on the giant Canadian Industries Ltd, (CIL) plant on Anacis Island, The workers, members of Local 5 of the Pulp & Paper Workers of Canada, have been on strike since August 23 to back up their demands for a union shop, seniority rights and wage parity with other workers in the same industry, CIL (the “Canadian” portion of its title is purely a myth—the company is 80 percent owned by Imperial Chemicals of Britain) can well afford to pay the modest demands of the workers involved, Last year, for example, this monopoly showed a net profit of 37.7 million, A trip by a PT staff member to Local 5’s picket line at the operation showed that morale of the workers is at a very high level; they have dug in for a long fight, if need be, and are de- termined to win, Of the 20 men and six women employed at the plant, 24 are union members and each takes a regular turn on the 24-hour-a- day, 7-day-a-week picket line, There is also a high degree of solidarity; Teamsters, Electri- cians and other union members have refused to cross the line and the plant is shut down com- pletely, In addition, Local 5 has organized other plantsinthearea ~ 4 : strikers and help is pouring in for the Strikers, The strikers told the PT their Strike pay is “better than aver- age,” despite the fact this is a newly-organized national union— a breakaway from the IUPS& PW A, Of the three pickets interviewed, the oldest (a man of about 45) ex- pressed the opinion that victory would be a lot easier “if there was only one union in every in- dustry.” But he remained confi- dent that this battle would be won anyway, His comments were born out by union business agent Orville Braaten, who said: “This company is very tough to deal with because of the lack of unity by unions in dealing with it, There are seven unions and 33 contracts involved, However, we are confident these problems will be overcome in the very near future,” And if any one is in any doubt as to whether these problems will be ironed out and victory won by the workers, they should visit the strike headquarters and read the poem written by one of the young girls on the picket line, the first stanza of which reads; “Our strike has lasted for a week And shows no signs of ending, Our Local 5 is tough and trim And will not do the bending,” Members of Local 5, Pulp & Paper Workers of Canada, shown picketing the Ana- cis Island plant of Canadian Industries Ltd. The union has been on strike there since August 23 end deserves the wholehearted support of B.C.’s labor move- ment. ; August ; fety 26th, were killed by neglect and that the B.C. government had violated its owe ae q rules otherwise the men would be alive today, was made Wednesday by Harvey ae ome national vice-president of Mine-Mill and Smelterworker’s Union. The two menkilledat the Peace River drainage tunnel at Hudson Hope were John R. Gillis of Bur- naby and John J. Durack of On- tario. The Mine Mill union this seek sent a $1,000 cheque to Durack’s mother under the union’s death benefit fund. Murphy told the PT on Wednes- day that “there was no rescue equipment of any kind at or near the tunnel or in that area. This is in violation of Compensation Right wins in Chile Chile’s new president-elect Senator Eduardo Frei, the Christian Democrat who with Conservative and Liberal sup- port defeated the Popular Ac- tion Front candidate Dr. Allende, said last Saturday he would strengthen links with the U.S. With some results still to come in atpress time, Senator Frei had 1,404,809 votes; Dr. Allende, whose united front included the Socialists and Communists, had 975,310 votes, : Board regulations which say that the owner must supply and main- tain suitable rescue equipment at all times; and that men on every shift must be trainedin the use of that equipment.” “These rules were violated by the B.C. Hydro and shows that the government is not policing its own jobs,” said Murphy. Murphy recalled that at the time of the explosion he charged that there was no safety equip- ment on the job and that B.C. Hydro president Gordon Shrum ridiculed his charge by claiming that there was all kinds of safety equipment on the project. The findings of the inquest jury, which were released a few days ago after an inquest in Hud-_ son Hope on August 31 conducted by the RCMP, fully confirmed the charge made by Mine- Mill. The jury found that Gillis had been killed by ah explosion and that Durack died of carbon-mon- oxide poisoning while trying to rescue Gillis, No blame was at- tached to anyone but its recom- mendations were most damning of government neglect of safety rules. -at the inquest showed the The jury recommend all times efficient and SI equipment be kept in se and that trained personn 3 available to use the equipm and further that in this 2” oo future underground workings the project that flame @® oat: plosive-proof electrical ee ment be used. ; These recommendations# open admission that the made by Murphy were ee that neglect of safety ee , B.C. Hydro was the cause accident. : S : nt out Further evidence prot ons ing neglect of safety precallits D. H. Joss, superintendt Inter-Mountain const y e , company handling th aware there were special r by the Compensation Bo@ had neyer seen them. It was also revealed 2, us testimony that the tunne > the closed for five days bee explosion because of dane! 5 gas yet it was not barricade ge men worked 20 to 40 feet i oon when the explosion took Pi ‘Rebel Girl’ mourned | By TOM McEWEN Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, na- tional chairman of the Commun- ist Party of the United States of America, and chairman of the “Gus Hall-Benjamin J, Davis De- fence Committee” against the persecution of the U.S, McCarran Act, is dead, : On September 5th, in Moscow, the great heart of one of Ameri- ca’s outstanding Communist leaders ceased to beat, The “Rebel Girl? who inspired the immortal song of Joe Hill, has crossed the “Great Divide,” In her youthful days in the forefront of America’s stirring labor battles for the right of or- - ganization and to speak freely, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn became the inspiration of Joe Hill’s im- mortal tribute to the fighting qualities of America’s militant womanhood, and in camps and mills and construction gangs, countless thousands of embattled IWW workingmen sang of Eliza- beth Gurley Flynn, the “Rebel Girl,” Few of the great struggles of American labor ever took place where the name of Gurley Flynn was not foremost in the battle, In or out of prison, and frequent- ly in on the order of U.S, reaction, Gurley Flynn never faltered, Even in her 70’s this lovable and motherly woman became the out- spoken champion of the rights of all Americans, Communist and non-Communist alike, In her work as national chair- man of the CPUSA and as chair- man of the Hall-Davis Defence Committee against the fascist Smith and McCarran Acts, di- rected against American labor, with the CPUSA as its prime target, And during the years in between whenever American reaction struck with violence and frame- up against labor, Elizabeth Gur- ley Flynn was in the forefront to stay its hand and defend its vic- tims, In the mining bosses’ frame-up and murder of Joe Hill, in the 1916 Tom Mooney San Francisco frame-up, in the long years of struggle and effort to Save Sacco and Vanzetti from their judicial killers, in the Julius and Ethel Rosenberg crucifixion ‘by bigotry and class hate, in GURLEY FLYNN Scotsborough and the hardrock miners’ battles in Butte, Cripple Creek and the Cour d’Alenes, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn was there on the workers’ defense lines, fearless, determined, confident that the rights of America’s com- mon people would ultimately pre- vail against the entrenched pow- ers of reaction, Only a few short weeks ago we chatted with Gurley Flynn in Mos- cow, Her very presence there denoted a tremendous victory; a “break-through”? as she termed it for the right of American Com- ley Flynn told us of some? oy. munists and progressive>. travel abroad, Washington is nts curtain denial of passport ‘ to the citizen had bee? down, On August 8 in tie elaborate banquet was 0F8 rie to celebrate Elizabeth 7 Flynn’s 74th birthday. me great occasion with many inclu ay? tel ow # national celebrities, George Hardy of England, ; a warm tribute to agreat ; 17 By some inexplainable — sight four Canadians theP dent in Moscow, were 2 ot vited to this auspicious oF gl This oversight greatly ai wp Gurley Flynn, but she made : to us the following mor at being our exclusive s8uU® rer breakfast and graciously net sponding to our toasts fF : health and happiness, Gu "In good heart and spirits; highlights of her long yea, struggle, of the heart-wart victories against the notot provisions of the McCarra? oh? About her plans to find a ‘Date é (summer cottage) somewher the beautiful Moscow coum” side, where she planned t0 oO plete her own biography. To four Canadians that 1 breakfast hour in Moscow " Elizabeth Gurley Flynn 25 appt beloved guest, was a very Be - hour with a very gracious © an rade and guest, And now, perishable memory, In § n we will always cherish that™®, ory as we join our grief with 4 Communist Party of the alee with the millions of Ame? workers who will also mour? I passing of one of Amer ¢ S greatest champions of the 4° trodden and persecuted— beth Gurley Flynn, orroWs ; on 2 September 11, 1964—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Pag? :