“wn Safety comes first | n the “ripeness of its 43 years the Georgia Viaduct has now become a standing menace to public safety. While not too recent engineer reports have pronounced the Viaduct “structurally sound” the timbering and “shor- ing-up” in recent years to keep this old structure from col- lapsing, belie such reports. Twice in past years (1930 and 1943) automobiles have gone through its brittle and rotting parapet, carrying the occupants to their death. In 1960 City Council clapped on a 20 mile speed limit on the Viaduct, not because of con- gested traffic, but to give motorists a maximum of chance, should the old structure suddenly develop “fallen arches.” That a new Georgia Viaduct is badly needed there is no longer any argument from any quarter. The only ques- tion is, should a new Viaduct be included in the City’s Five-Year-Plan at election time, or voted on seperately by the electors? The decrepit and hazardous state of the old Viaduct provides the answer; a seperate plebiscite to provide the money for a job that can no longer run the risk of an un- certain Five Year Plan plebiscite. Expenditures for a new Viaduct should be voted on seperately—with the electorate fully informed on the al- ternatives: either a new Viaduct, or the old structure closed to ALL traffic. This is one civic issue in which pub- lic safety must be the predominating factor. Nothing but froth SS to investigate Vancouver Province alle- gations of voting irregularities during the 1963 federal elections, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Nathan Nemetz has now rendered his verdict — one which fits that paper and its muck-raking columnist, Ormond Turner to perfec- tion. - Mr. Justice Nemetz found “nothing of substance” in a series of Province articles by Turner, in which the NDP, the IWA and other union bodies were accused of vote-rig- ging and conspiring to have ected. NDP candidates illegally el- The B.C. Federation of Labor fittingly described the Province articles as “‘an abuse of the power of the press’, an art in which the Province excels. Mr. Justice Nemetz’ descriptive classic puts it more concisely—“‘nothing of sub- stance’. Tom McEWEN hen the veteran British Com- munist and former M,P., Willie Gallacher of Paisley, Scot- land, passed away on the evening of August 12, following a long ill- ness, almost 70 years of a revo- lutionary career ended, A career matchless in its devotion, its integrity, and its service to the working people of his own coun- try and of the world, Willie Gallacher began this eareer when only in his early teens as a forceful agitator for the Scottish Temperance Move- ment, And in his early years in the Social Democratic Party and the Socialist Party of Bri- tain, and later as one of the pioneer founders of the British Communist Party, Willie Gall- acher remained a strong advocate of temperance; keenly aware that working men and women “canna think or act their best when their heads are befuddled wi’ drink,” His close friend and lifelong comrade, J.R. (Johnny) Camp- bell, wrote: “It was said of John ~ Knox, the leader of the Reformation in Scotland, that ‘he feared not the face of man,’ Such an estimation fitted Willie Gallacher to perfectiom, He was without reverence for the powers-that-be, whether in capitalist society or in the labor movement, The pompous, the conceited, the self-important, in- evitably attracted his righteous anger and his fierce satire.” It would take a big volume to relate the action-packed years of Willie Gallacher. Agitator, propagandist, pampleteer andor- WILLIAM GALLAGHER “LABOR ROUNDUP: Brewery wor kers hit bricks, refuse to work for froth Failure to reach a settlement . of the dispute on wage and fringe benefits, some 550 Brewery Wor- kers Union membership “hit the bricks” last Sunday at midnight at six of B.C.’s largest brewing plants. Strikebound are Mol- son’s, O’Keefe’s and Pacific Breweries in Vancouver and Lucky Lager in Victoria and New Westminster, Wage increases offered by the brewery operators, while some four percent above that proposed in a previous conciliation board report, were also rejected by the Brewery Workers’ Union. These company proposals, a union spokesman stated, were still considerably below wage levels in the Eastern Canada plants of the same companies, AT VALLEY FAIR. Huge poster showing The fringe benefits contained in the latest companies’ offer was also described by union repre- sentatives as “niggardly.” Union officials have also made it clear that any beer shipped into B.C. from the eastern plants of the breweries now being struck, will be declared “hot.” Only two breweries which will be operating in B.C, during the strike are Tartan at Prince George and Interior Brewery at Creston, Neither are affected by the dispute and their limited production capacity is largely consumed locally. Meantime, beer stocks in gov- ernment stores and beer parlors are drying up fast. Some beer parlors are already “sold out,” * as Vietnamese child burnt by napalm and urging support for the B.C. Peace Council petition to Prime Minister Pearson, was mounted on this car during the Cloverdale fair. The float took part in the workers collected over 700 parade and received much appl Valley p names on the petition on Saturday and Sunday, August 14-15 at the fair. ganizer; initiator and builder of the British Shop Stewards move- ment; leader of the Clydeside Shop Stewards during World War Be An outstanding leader and champion of the great mass struggles of that era, rent strikes, munition workers’ strikes, the 40 hour week strikes, the struggles of Britain’s jobless in the “Hungry Thirties.” «Revolt on the Clyde,” his book of that title, is a stirring saga of working class determination and unity to win over seemingly insurmountable odds, A champion of the long and bitter Irish struggle for freedom, a fearless spokesman for India’s struggle for freedom and inde- pendence, The struggles of all colonial peoples everywhere found a staunch and fearless ally and supporter in Willie Gall- acher, From 1935 to 1950 the people of Fifeshire chose Willie Gall- acher as their voice in Parlia- ment, a voice which served them (and others) fearlessly and well, The only voice heard in the «Mother of Parliaments” against the Munich sellout of Czechoslo- vakia to Hitler. Less than one month apart, in 1944, his two sons, Lieu- tenants John and Donald Gall- acher died in action, symbolic of the evil fruit of Munich, Willie Gallacher was a mem- ber of the national committee of the Communist Party he helped found in 1921 until his death, He also served many years asan executive member of the Com- munist International, attended many of its Congresses, and was a personnal friend and co-worker of Lenin, A mark ofhistenacity to strug- gle “right on to the end of the road” is the fact that even at the ripe age of 81 years, Willie marched the route in the now famed Aldermaston March, One of the cherished memories of many oldtimers in Vancouver, Victoria and Nanaimo dates back to the late 30’s when Willie toured Canada, His crisp and crusty style dissecting the *pay-triots” while customer “stock-piling” i2~ preparation for a long “diya spell is rapidly depleting LCB stocks, Chain stores also report a rapid increase in the sale of hops, malt and other essentia! ingredients for “home-bre beer. At press time there was ne indication of any resumption of negotiations between the brewing companies and union represen- tatives, * ok OK Mine- Mill reports a signal vic- tory in a Federal Government- supervised certification vote at the Cominco Pine Point opera- tions in the Northwest Terri tories, Less than 35 percent of the workers marked their ballot im favor of the raiding union, 1? this case to Operating Engineer Local 802, Mine-Mill which has held the bargaining rights since the opening of these Cominco operations in the NWT won out by a substantial majority. Vice-president Harvey Murphy and National Board Member Bill Kennedy, who attended the Federal Board Hearings i Ottawa, “expressed full confi- dence that now the raiding Wa5 out of the way, the men CO unite again and current bargait- ing, (disrupted by the raiders) get under way, and major gains for the Pine Point men wO be won.” Island picnic The 11th Annual Vancouver Island Labor Day picnic will be held in the Parksville Community Centre, Sunday, September 5t~ rain or shine, Chairman Ce Wallace announced this week that an excellent program for the daY has been arranged. of British monopoly, and °% pecially the British shipping magnates, is still remembered PY many old timers, who now share a deep feeling of loss at Wis passing, Perhaps the hardest blow evel suffered by Willie Gallache? aside from the loss of his tW? young sons in World War Il, wie the death of his “Bonnie Jea? three years ago in July, 1962+ Deeply devoted to each othe? and to the working class caus® they both served, Bonnie Je was his inspiration and his CO” stant companion in a long 2 glorious and turbulent life in the service of his fellowmen. We salute the memory of willie Gallacher — a priceless heri and example to the generat? that follows him, Associate Editor countries, $6.00 one year. All other ment of postage in cash. Editor — TOM McEWEN Circulation Manager — JERRY SHACK ; Published weekly at Ford Bldg., Mezzanine No. 3, 193 E. Hastings St. : Phone 685-5288 ~ Subscription Rates: i Canada, $5.00 one year. North and South America and Commonw: as second class mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa, and for pay — MAURICE RUSH ealth — countries, $7.00 one year. Authoriz a August 27, 1965—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—P09?”