31. particularly in the last year our operations have been affected by unauthorized work stoppages over minor disputes and often in violation of the settlement procedures called for under our existing labor agreements. Although the wages paid to our union employees and the housing provided them is the best for this type of work in Australia, the Miners' Union is militant, admittedly Communist dominated, and admittedly anti-American. All mining companies in Australia are experiencing difficulty but we sometimes feel that as the largest and most profitable coal mining company in Australia we have been selected as a special target. Perhaps this results because we are surface miners and American at that, while the Miners' Union has its principal membership