Workers Press no. 1096

workers press Scanlon - Powell radio chat

AN ANTI-WORKING

CLASS SCANDAL

INCORPORATING THE NEWSLE

DAILY ORGAN OF THE CENT

By Royston Bull broadcast with Enoch Powell raises ment. Powell is an extremely reactionary politician who has em- barked a carefully-calculated plan to gain a foothold amongst more backward sections of workers to add to his following among sections of the middle class.

By indulging in an amiable discussion last Friday night on first-name terms with Powell in the widely-heard 'Any Questions' show, and in front of an audience of British-Leyland car workers, engineering union president Scanlon has provided the right-wing Tory with just the sort of platform he is now seeking.

Powell plans to gather round himself all the most reactionary elements, launching a new party to take advantage rapidly- developing economic crisis.

He has already set in motion campaign to win away from the Heath leadership large sec- tions of the Tory traditionalists in the shires on the issue of Bri- Com- tish sovereignty and the mon Market. He has made the play on the same immigration Powell carefully kept quiet on Lambton-Jellicoe the affair in offend these order not to sec- He dismissed the Lonrho tions. scandal as unimportant in order the further to identify with owerful colonial interests in the Tory Party His campaign for allowing the forces of the free market to sort out the economic problems, re- gardless of how much unemploy.

Powell Scanion and (above) ment is caused, is also winning on Radio 4's appeared together support. 'Any Questions' along with Powell's new represent British-Leyland's Lord Stokes moved the most dangerous threat to the last Friday. growth • See Review page 10. working class since the Mosleyite movement in of the the 1930s. Hugh Scanlon must be asked what he is doing helping provide foothold Powell with in the labour trade union and move- Debating Powell's ment. chau- vinist demagogy and ethnic rub- polite bish with respect is to make them seem reasonable.

But Scanlon's part in this is continuation of the role only the TUC leaders are already play- Street ing in going to Downing to negotiate agreement to an Tory collaborate with the gov- ernment in continuing the attacks working class with Phase on the Three of the pay laws. The trade union leaders openly collaborating with a rul- ENGINEERS' union members at ing class which has launched the Tydfil, Cyfarthfa. the Merthyr unprecedented attack most on Triang work factory to workers' living standards since ratiirn today having won the reinstate- the slump of the 1930s. of two sacked ment workers- The working class is suffering Arthur Tones and Bill convener

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Orchard. NEWSLETTER • TUESDAY JUNE 12, 1973 • 1096 • 4p

E CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE SOCIALIST LABOUR LEAGUE

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CRED THE

PICKE LINE

THE CHRYSLER strike hardened still further at Coventry yesterday, with p plant stopping all transport in and out of the engine plant at Stoke.

plans for their picketing campaign, for instance at the Cosford Green speed-up battle spread to Ford's-see stories pages 12 and 3.

FIRST £50,000 came

£100,000 PARTY

THE

in with £1,184.00 on top.

BUILDING FUND

This is considerable a achievement and easily the outstanding most fund raising campaign of the Socialist Labour League. Our Monday morning's post brought C2,455.03, which £51,184.01 brought the total to which leaves us with £48,815.99 to raise by October 31. Paddington £18; £15; Jarrow Reading £8; Camden £30; Bracknell £10; Barnstaple £10; Leicester Wolverhampton £18: Dagenham £16.25; £50; Totten- £16.50; Watford £30: North ham West £59.50: Kingston £16.50; Lewisham £10: Willesden £30: ay, with pickets from the Ryton assembly toke. Ryton shop stewards laid detailed Green railhead (above). Meanwhile the Wandsworth C25; Crawley £10; Coventry E20; Cambridge £20; Harrow £13; Tooting £15 Basildon C11.75; Brixton £30; Acton £30; Scotland £100; Artists £11; Battersea £25; Ports- mouth £5; Chatham E10; North East £14.50; Holloway £6; Luton E30; Tonbridge £10; Hackney £1.15; Southampton £33: Ban- bury £10; Oxford £15; Merthyr £18.50; Swansea £3; Yorkshire £46; Croydon £30; Southwark £10; Postmen 25: Bristol £11; Actors £37.18; Central London

ATUA £6.20; R.L. £1,500.

Post all donations to: Party Building Fund 186a Clapham High Street London SW4 7UG

workers press Scanlon - Powell radio chat

AN ANTI-WORKING

CLASS SCANDAL

INCORPORATING THE NEWSLE

DAILY ORGAN OF THE CENT

By Royston Bull broadcast with Enoch Powell raises ment. Powell is an extremely reactionary politician who has em- barked on a carefully-calculated plan to gain a foothold amongst more backward sections of workers to add to his following among sections of the middle class.

Friday night on By indulging in an amiable discussion last first-name terms with Powell in the widely-heard 'Any Questions' show, and in front of an audience of British-Leyland car workers, Scanlon has provided the right-wing engineering union president Tory with just the sort of platform he is now seeking.

Powell plans to gather round himself all the most reactionary elements, launching a new to take advantage rapidly- developing economic crisis.

He has already set in motion a campaig campaign to win away from leadership large sec- tions of the Tory traditionalists in the shires on the issue of Bri- Com- and mon Market. the on the immigration same play Powell carefully kept quiet on the Lambton-Jellicoe affair offend these order not to sec- He dismissed the Lonrho tions. scandal as unimportant in order further to identify with the owerful colonial interests in the Tory Party His campaign for allowing the forces of the free market to sort out the economic problems, re- gardless of how much unemploy- Scanion Powell (above) and caused, is also winning ment 1S appeared together on Radio 4's support. 'Any Questions' along tokes with Powell's new moves represent British-Leyland's Lord the most dangerous threat to the last Friday. growth • See Review page 10. working class since the Mosleyite movement of the in the 1930s. Hugh Scanlon must be asked what he is doing helping provide foothold Powell with in the labour trade union and move- Debating Powell's chau- ment. vinist demagogy and ethnic rub- bish with polite is to rachert make them seem reasonable.

But Scanlon's part in this is continuation of the role One Tacleanes are already role Street ing in going to Downing to negotiate agreement to an Tory collaborate with the gov- ernment in continuing the attacks working class with Phase on the Three of the pay laws. The trade leaders union openly collaborating with a rul- ENGINEERS' union members at ing class which has launched the Tydfil, Cyfarthfa. Merthur the unprecedented most attack on. Triang factory to work workers' living standards since today having won the reinstate- the slump of the 1930s. ment of two sacked workers- The working class is suffering convener Arthur Tones and Bill

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Orchard. NEWSLETTER • TUESDAY JUNE 12, 1973 • 1096 • 4p

E CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE SOCIALIST LABOUR LEAGUE

SUPPENI

THE CHRYSLER strike hardened still further at Coventry yesterday, plant at Stoke. plant stopping all transport in and out of the engine pians for their picketing campaign, for instance at the Cosford Green ri speed-up battle spread to Ford's-see storles pages 12 and 3.

FIRST

£100,000 PARTY

THE

£50,000 in came with £1,184.00 on top.

BUILDING FUND

This considerable achievement and easily the fund most outstanding raising campaign of the Socialist Labour League. Our Monday morning's post brought £2,455.03, which £51.184.01 the total brought to which leaves with £48.815.99 uS to raise by Actober 31. Paddington {18: Jarrow £15: Reading £8: Camden £30: Bracknell £10: Barnstaple {10: Wolverhampton {18: Leicester £50: Dagenham £16.25: Totten- £16.50 Watford ham £30: Norih West {59.50 Kingston £16.50 Lewisham 210 Willesden £30: ay, with pickets from the Ryton assembly toke. Ryton shop siewards laid detailed Green railhead (above). Meanwhile the Wandsworth £25: Crawley £10; Coventry £20: Cambridge £20: Harrow £13: Tooting £15: Basildon £11.75: Brixton £30: {30: Acton Scotland £100: Artists £11; Battersea £25: Ports- mouth {5: Chatham £10: North East £14.50; Holloway £6: Luton £30: Tonbridge {10: Hackney {1.15 £33: Ban- Southampton bury £10: Oxford {15; •Merthyr Yorkshire {18.50: Swansea £3; £46: Croydon £30: Southwark Postmen £10: £5: Bristol £11: Actors £37.18: Central London

ATUA £6.20: R.L. £1.500.

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Ominous calm before Nixon storm PAGE 2 Workers Press, Tuesday June 12, 1973 THERE WAS an ominous calm on the European foreign exchange markets yesterday and financiers dealers as awaited the anxiously an- President nouncement of Nixon's anti-inflation mea- Sures. price in London The gold dropped $1.50 to an ounce $115.50, though the dollar again slipped against sterling. Trading conditions were ner- vous. Nixon returned from his

BY JOHN SPENCER

AMONG a spate of developments in the Nixon scandal the been accused of putting pressure on the Federal judge hea Democratic Party brought over the bugging of its headqua Hotel. John Dean III, the former White House counsel, has told Federal investigators that judge Charles Richey engaged off-the- in administration record conversations with aides 'in violation of legal ethics'.

Richey, who heard the Democrats' suit against Committee the Re-elect the President … TO (CREEP) for bugging the headquarters on June 17 last year delayed taking "some potentially explosive depositions until after the (presiden- tial) election', according to 'Newsweek' Judge Richey has denied this. The magazine also said Dean had told investigators he has many docu- of senior White House officials ments and tapes which 'suggest a damning pattern', though it would not in itself convict Nixon. Among other allegations made by Dean: accepted • Nixon contributions secret totalling $322,000 from the dairy industry, knowing they influence were intended to the government to raise milk-price supports.

The White House tried to justify its own mis- use of the FBI in the Watergate case with the aid of secret report on past presidential abuses. It 'told in anecdotal detail Franklin. D. Roose- how Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy and Lyndon velt, B. had used or abused Johnson the bureau for political omitted Mr purposes but curlously Nixon's own patron Dwight Eisenhower'.

• Low-leyel White House officials considered assas- of Omar sination Torrijos, president of Panama, because he was insufficiently co-operative over the Zone. The plan Canal dropped was before the Watergate appointed assassin, burglar Howard Hunt, could arrive in Panama.

• H. R. (Bob) Haldeman, Nixon's former chief- of-staff, knew of the actual data received by the Watergate wire-tapping and ordered destruction of documents which indicated this on the day after the bugging operation was discovered.

when he confronted was with testi- mony the doorstep of his house was: 'I don't know what you're talking about.' IF IT were not so grim, the present efforts of the Greek

BRIEFLY - BRIEFLY

junta to disencumber itself of

BULGARIAN

the equally parasitic monarchy state enterprises sent exhibits to the ten-day would seem ludicrously funny. fair which ends in Barce- trade Incredible it the as seems, Spain, The lona, today. empha- newspaper sis was on electronic equipment, 'Acropolis' solemnly its

CONVULGA

electric motors and machinery. out of readers that the only way Orders will be sought for ships the authoritarian of the rule and wide of range other colonels and restoration of to Spanish-Bulgarian goods. trade democracy for the Greek 1971 almost doubled from the people to support constitu- 1972 and the aim is to increase tional changes proposed the by it still further this year. junta in coming July the and the endum prevent 1clulll WORKERS at the huge Chilean of the monarchy. Teniente copper mine, whose These if carried proposals - 53-day-old strike has forced would strengthen the power of exports is of the colonels immeasurably and suspension and seriously affecting the country's make it virtually self-perpetuat- have decided economy, to con- ing, the nearest thing to 'until the near tinue their Byzantine monarchy in pay stoppage East. its ultimate consequences. A The recent 100 per cent rise was cut president will then have by 41 per cent. executive power to appoint and Florida residence on Key Bis- cayne. yesterday for further with Treasury conferences Secretary George Schultz and part-time adviser John Con- nally. He is expected to announce a sweeping package of mea- sures in the very near future, but there has been little in- dication from the White House what the measures might contain. Uncertainty about the eco- nomic crisis is compounded by the Watergate affair, which ndal the US administration has dge hearing the civil case the headquarters in the Watergate the and dismiss premier key defence, ministers of national foreign affairs and public order.

He will also have complete pow- ers to issue decrees on many issues of national defence and security. more incredible is the Even assertion of 'Acropolis' that the alternative to the junta would be 'totalitarianism'! According to this wierd jour- nal, if Papadopoulos (the only candidate, incidentally) fails to win, power will be transfer- red to forces and elements which will lead us directly and imme- diately to a totalitarian regime This will no doubt surprise the thousands of Greek political pri- soners who thought - until now - that the Greek regime had plumbed the depths of reaction, brutality and corruption.

is now reaching a crucial stage.

In the next two weeks, such key witnesses as John Dean former and Attorney- General John Mitchell are due to testify. Their testimony could hold the key to Nixon's fate. Under pressure from powerful capi- talist interests to 'combat in- flation', Nixon must act fast and act decisively if he is to win back their support. Yet he dare not mount a frontal attack on workers' liv- said to H. R. (Bob) Haldeman, have destroyed papers linking him with bugging. Below Senate inquiry chief Sam Ervin. HEAVY emphasis on so- called counter-subversion do- minated the ministerial council session of the Central Treaty Organization (Cento) in Tehran at the weekend.

The alliance links three of the most reactionary military re- gimes along the southern flank of the USSR—Turkey, Iran and Pakistan—with Britain and the United States. All three i of these countries have recently undertaken very substantial. rearmament pro- grammes with American assis- tance. Imprisonment, torture and execution militants reached new heights. However, all the speakers at ing stándards at a time when the Watergate scandal has drastically undermined his authority. Over the past year wage increases have been kept down to 5.5 per cent on aver- age thanks to the trade uttion leaders' collaboration. Meanwhile prices have been rising at an annual rate of over 20 per cent-and there is a big lobby of industrialists seeking the reimposition of compulsory controls wage which abolished Six were months ago. ITALIAN premier Giulio Andreotti is expected to tender his resignation this week following the Christian Democratic Party conference in Rome. A majority at the Congress voted in favour of setting up a centre-left coalition, putting end Andreotti's an to attempts to maintain his shaky centre-right government. Andreotti lost his parliamen- tary majority last month when he was deserted by some of his in parliament allies and has since been limping along on a day-to-day basis. Andreotti took office after the premature May elections last year, and brought to an end ten of centre-left coalitions, years dominated by an alliance be- the Christian Democrats tween and the Socialists. His government leaned new to the right, embracing the and relying " on Republicans occasion on the votes of the fascist Italian Social Movement

(MSI).

Mariano another Rumor, Christian Democrat, is expected to try and form a government with the Socialist Party follow- ing Andreotti's fall. A centre-left government can only be a government of crisis, leaning on the trade union bureaucracy and the powerful Stalinist Party as a counter- weight to the growth of the fascists. The Stalinists have said they new-style Grand want involving the Com- Coalition munist Party, the reformist leaders and the 'left' Christian Democrats. Under the slogan of fighting fascism, the Stalinists are in fact opening the door to the fascists by tying the working the discredited insti- class to tutions of parliamentary rule and preventing any: development alternative revolutionary leadership. MILITARY tribunal in Tehran has sentenced six guerrillas to death on charges including trea- son, plotting against the security of the state and an attempt to kidnap a former American am- bassador in Iran, Mr Douglas MacArthur II. the session, according to Reuter, 'recognized the sprit of detente in the world and their foreign ministers • publicly pledged to promote it.' Sources quoted by Reuter said: 'Cento now appeared bound to follow a policy adopted year ago by the South-East Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO)- and exemplihed by Thailand- laying heavy stress henceforth on counter-subversion, uninhibited by simultaneous moves towards accommodation with the com- munists.' Cento chiefs, in other words, they can are well aware that torture, kill and imprison wor- askers and students at home and still maintain the best of rela- tions with the Stalinists-in both the USSR and China.

GEC women seek support for a Witch-hunt in white-

WERE OUT FOR

FAIR

FROM STEPHEN JOHNS

CLERICAL WORKERS on strike in the north west for the principle of equal pay are calling on the engineers' union to give them support.

Shop stewards representing 140 mainly women workers at two Manchester electrical engineering factories are in touch with Amal- Workers' gamated Union of Engineering (AUEW) officials and their case will be put before the men tomorrow. The strikers want engineers to black all goods going into the two plants at Eccles and Heywood owned by Salford Electrical instru-

GEC

of the ments part wards equal pay. This is sup- combine. in by law by posed come 'If we this blacking 1975, but knowing this combine get that is the date they will intro- it would be blow a serious to We think will this duce it.' production. management's hand to force He said the would be men shop steward Gerald negotiate, Pay satised with their Board Roberts told me outside the increases but were sticking out Eccles factory yesterday.

solidarity with the women workers. The strike, described i tal Professional, The strikers have mounted a Association Executive and Computer Staffs determined at both fac- picket (APEX) as 'militancy within the tories and are stopping all trans- and out The law', equal The at Eccles. IS over es Phase port In Tories' the main trouble is one truck driver, wants Two pay increase plus a differen- non-unionist, who retuses to tial for women clerical respect the picket line. workers which would bring their wages Management has tried to up by £3.70. break the solidarity. Strikers say I think GEC sees this they have increased one man's as test case, said Mr Roberts.

"They by 100 per cent for wages ignoring the dispute. are not willing to progress to- over 12 months to give a higher ENGINEERS' union leaders in platform for future negotiations.

Coventry face demand that they revive the citywide organi- Support for the strikers has toolroom and zation tool- Chrysler and both come from room-rated workers which en- Rolls-Royce workers in the city.

ded last year's bitter following But last Wednesday the toolroom strike. of engineers' quarterly meeting The demand, which the union's closed shop stewards was district committee will consider down by the chairman, who re- resolutions from at its meeting seven days' take fused to from strikers from time, comes the floor. the GEC toolroom in Coventry, demanded a These resolutions towards who are meeting of all Coventry toolroom their 12th week on strike. stewards, and stewards of work- previously allied The strikers, who have decided ers who were not to meet until Thursday of the Coventry toolroom rate, to before it was terminated by the next week, are demanding that a £2.88 pay employers. award be staggered obtain big increases in produc- THE CARWORKERS' strug- only relatively small with tion gle against speed-up spread increases in manning. Merseyside yesterday, to What the company wanted to day-shift when the 1,000 was push up the do, they say, workers walked out at Ford's of produced number gearboxes Halewood, 78 Liverpool, trans- the light car line from on to 104. mission plant. the night Its first target was The walk-out occurred drafted shift. More men were after the suspen- company onto the but this increase line, ded 118 workers for two days half did more than not cover light over stoppages the on the The work. increase extra assembly line car gearbox on obtained by the lifters- was only and Friday of last Thursday off the approved abandoning method doing their job. week. of stoppages took place in Both established issued the line, protest against warnings is to lift been in operation for to two men whose job which has from the three or four years, completed gearboxes is to the day-shift men line. hoist, but as this is physically im- issued, the point out Warnings were 104 possible at rate of there a because company says, hour. discrepancy' be- big was tween the output of men on the The unions failed to challenge shifts, which it day and night the night shift the increase on was attempting to 'balance up'.

to lifting resorted and the men Ford's off manually. The strikers say that the real the boxes its attention to issue Ford's attempts to then turned UNIVERSITY teachers' and civil servants' lead- ers are among the latest to join the chorus of witch-hunting in the white-collar unions. Squeezed between the intransigent legal • Tories' clamps on wages on the one hand and the growing mili- tancy and politicization of their members on the other, these gentlemen have begun to lash out. aimed not at she Tories, but ae Their the left. Union chiefs who have remained virtually silent or in- Heath active the govern- on ment's daily acts of robbery against the working class, snatch- ing pounds from the pay packet while sanctioning continual price rises, have suddenly found their voice against 'extremists' and 'wreckers' First in the field were lead- ers of the clerical union APEX, who at their recent conference actually proscribed the Interna- tional Socialism group. Then William McCall, head of of Professional the Institution Civil Servants, used his confer- whipping the day shift into line.

On both Thursday and Friday, the issuing of formal warnings to the lifters-off was met by stoppages of the whole light car line about an hour before the finish of their shift. Now the day shift in the stopped whole plant has work until the suspensions end.

of • A threatened stoppage production at the Vauxhall fac- tory at Ellesmere Port, Che- shire, over a safety issue was averted. The four-hour night-shift on Friday was cancelled because 170 press shop workers went on strike in sympathy with stacker-truck drivers involved dispute. But during the in the weekend stewards and shop management thrashed out a settlement. talks were taking Further place at the same factory in an effort to settle a dispute con- cerning a change of procedure in gearbox testing. Workers Press, T

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platform to attack the ence growing influence of left-wing 'extremists' in the civil service.

At the Union of Post Office Workers' conference, general secretary Tom Jackson launched • a witch-hunt on the Communist Party, the International Socialists and the Socialist Labour League.

The term 'wreckers' was used by the latest to join the chorus, Laurie Sapper of the Association of University Teachers. The target of his remarks was not, directly at least, members of his own organization, but stu- dents who have attempted to stop lectures by individuals with whom they disagree. Enraged by recent incidents at Sussex University and the Lon- School of Economics, the don AUT leadership has sent out a circular to all 24,000 members reminding them about its policy on professional conduct. Sapper told the Press Asso- ciation: 'Students and in staff, their own interest, should really na-. • put a stop to the activities of a minority of wreckers.' A more insidious attack has been launched inside the Civil and Public Services Association,

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Open Monday to 3 Press, Tuesday June 12, 1973 PAGE 3 the latest edition of whose jour- , carries an article nal, 'Red Tape' by one John Kirby entitled The Way Out Left'. Kirby's approach is double- edged. First he attempts to dis- miss the left wing-claiming that the CP, IS, Suh, International Group and Communist Marxist Party of Britain (Marxist-Lenin- ist) 'probably have not a mem- bership of more than 50,000 be- tween them'. But then he provides ammuni- tion for the witch-hunting cam- paigns of every Fleet Street hack by claiming that the tendencies he mentions 'seek to exercise a spurious influence by imposing their ideas on trade unions'.

He says: Their members are in union assiduous attending making speeches, meetings, or- ganizing demonstrations on every possible occasion and keeping up a barrage of criticism of the union leadership' caricature Kirby With this makes a veiled challenge to the right of CPSA members to fight for political ideas in the union, thus leaning towards the ranks of those who want to ban and illegalize such activities under a Torry corporate state. None of these attacks on the independence of the trade unions can go unanswered. They must all be resisted firmly.

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PAGE 4 Workers Press, Tuesday June 12, 1973

THE

DISCUSSION

GOES ON

'Old methods of protest strikes are going to be less effective' London docks shop stew- ard Mr Alf Waters (36) is a member of the National Amalgamated Stevedores and Dockers union: • I first became interested in politics during. the 1967 strike and afterwards I decided that I had to know the facts behind what was happening on the docks so I started going to trade union meetings. At that time I was opposed Devlin to aspects. certai Lord Devlin on the report by dock After modernization. being a member of the Social- League I see now ist Labour that the only way have Devlin fought fight to against the principles it intro- duced. My real opposition began when I realized the impli- Jater of Devlin- -speed-up cations and the cut-back of the labour force. You can see how they used the Jones-Aldington report [the report drawn

T&GWU

sepretary Jack Tones and Port of London Authority chairman Lord Aldington end last dock strike]. 10.000 year's dockers have they're blackmailing dock ne, workers to productivity through MCCase trade tar catening to other ports. I was attending branch meet- ings of the NASD, but I felt more was needed. Obviously the official leaders of the union weren't prepared to do any- thing support of the National Dock Labour Scheme.

They prepared were LO along with Devlin, even if it meant increased productivity and a cut-back in manning.

'Abandoned nationalization' It was during last summer's dock strike that 1 became asso- ciated with the Socialist Labour League. That was when I became a shop steward. It was just after the national shop stewards decided to aban- don their demand and concentrate The on four. called for ninth point the nationalization of the industry and without compensation under workers' control. At that time there did ap- pear some logic in cutting back from nine points to tour, but I can see now the only reason it was done in that way was They never to bury point nine. had any intention of being con- cerned about nationalization.

I think that was the begin- the of the ning Cordost shop stewards' national

CON-

mittee. I can see only one way forward now and that's for the whole committee to commit itself to Marxism and give Marxist leadership. That would of mean the day June 12, 1973 Jack Jones T&GWU leader faces the ¿ the Jones/Aldington report. As a result point nine as being the only way forward for dock workers.

Last year we had our series strikes, picketing of of day various groupage depots and non-scheme ports, but it did little to alleviate the trouble.

As the crisis of capitalism extends, it is going to be re- flected more and more in the docks and the old methods of protest and one-day strikes are going to be even less effective than they were before. I was in International Social- others but yarnat think ere others, made the slightest difference to the introduction of Devlin.

I could see we weren't really the achieving anything. The League was different— from the point of view of orga- nization and because they acted on principle and not in a purely opportunist fashion.

I went to the IS national conference and told was that because of the different levels of political conscious- ness you must play to the low- est common denominator. That showed me they were nothing else but opportunists. Tory Party policies are a of direct attack on the working aces the anger of dockworkers after the Natic s a result of this report 10,000 dockers have class and the only solution we have at the moment is to bring this government down and re- place it with a Labour govern- to socialist ment pledged policies. Basic rights are being taken away and the cost of living is being forced up as the price for our entry into the Com- mon Market. The only way out for the working class is to bring the Tories down and that way we can educate the working class in its strength as a class and to realize the need for a revo- lutionary party. The Tories have introduced illy the Industrial Relations Act and the state control of wages and obviously they are edging towards dictatorship and fas- cism. It's necessary for them to smash the working class by taking away their democratic rights in order to achieve this.

We've still got the same trade union leaders today who held office during the boom after the war. Although they were able to manage some re- forms, with the end of the boom and the crisis which fol- lowed it they've been unable to defend trade union mem- lie

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of dockworkers after the National Dock Strike fast vear of this report 10,000 dockers have gone and productivity forced up.

bers in any way. They They reformers. are don't have any faith in the working class and not much of understanding the crisis. They seek to collaborate with the lory government as the only way. out of the trouble they are in at the moment.

The Labour Party 1s con- trolled by the right wing- people like Wilson and Jen- kins-and at every turn of the crisis it is forced to turn awav from the working class. 'Expose Wilson and the right Our first task is to bring down this Conservative gov- ernment and return the Labour Party to power. If the Labour Party continued under the con- trol of Wilson and une rigau wing they would be exposed for what they they are and would have to be expelled from the Labour Party. The crisis we are faced with would still be with us and the only way forward to the intro- duction socialist measures would be through the revolu- tionary party. When I joined the IS I be- • lieved they were a party which

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was brought to an end on the basis of would have such an attitude, but all the way through their campaign against state control of wages they refused to con- sider the fact we were in a crisis. All they were saying about the state control of wages was that it was neces- sary for us to have some anti- freeze. They were trying to per- suade workers that it was a similar wage freeze to the one the Labour Party introduced some years ago, but it is not.

It's completely different.

I think the League will achieve its aims and that's why I hope I will be able to help transform it into the revolu- tionary party. As the crisis manifests itself, ur workers will be pushed for- and they will see the ward Socialist Labour League as the only alternative. They will join out of necessity. Although workers appear to be at times confused, this is only because of the confusion created by other groups such as the IS, IMG, the CP, the trade union leaders and leaders of the Labour Party.

Once Marxism is explained to them I think it is ich readily acceptable.

CIALIST LABOUR LEAGUE

Victor Yeung people coming forward to take their rightful places bullding a working-class parly concerned with working-class-not

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SOCi Young Socialists on May Day: in getting OBEs and Royal le, 'Wilson is a man without a policy' of ti- Mrs A. P. is a London assistant and a catering er- member of the Transport ne and General Workers' ed Union. She said: ot. I think there is a need for When ill party. you

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look the Party, Labour Wilson iS man without elp He's. got lu- policy. the red flag in the left pocket and the blue elf, and white in the right. I think the League is the or- he only party telling you what's and building he up political consciousness. in I think the of the policies League are right and there's no mistaking they wav are. They are quite clear. on Things ch couldn't be worse than under this government. he about he vy nat ao 1 1t! Everything. There is absolutely nothing I can like. ed The cost of living is dread- ful. Going buy some- thing has ceased to a joke. be : 'I think it is good • to see young people comir landshakes.' Below: Victor Feather.

A thing which was 10p today may be 20p tomorrow-and for no reason at all. The Labour Party and the TUC haven't got a policy. They are always going for meetings with Heath. They just agree with what he says. I think the League's fight will be a hard one. Not a losing one, but a hard one.

These people are going to fight like hell to keep their places.

They have built up this class system for centuries and they not going to let go as are easily as that. They'll fight to the death to keep their position. I've seen it in my own home town in Guyana. If men used to strike for Is a day instead of 6d it was considered very wicked and we often used to get a few bullets thrown at us. Before the election of 1953 we suddenly became a terrible communistic lot of people in the eyes of the authorities. On the Sunday before the election, the Bishop of Guyana told us the voice of the people was the voice of God. But on the Tuesday, after the election, he said the voice of the people ke. was the voice of the devil.

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Every jack voted for man I think the League is doing I think it is good to sep People's Progressive Party great job. If you read the people coming forward young and suddenly, after the count- Workers Press you understand rightful places Lake usel ing, it was a landslide victory that the Party is educating the building a working-class party -the voice of the be- people working class. If you read the concerned working-class came the voice of the devil.

paper seriously every day you OBEs people-not in getting have finished would know things you never and Royal with the thought existed. passifiers. They handshakes. are Courch. Their job is to keep the work- ing class down. Our masters told us we were The voting communist.

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showed why US WC welc Whatever oppressed. it was, everybody in Guyana realized there had to be drastic change; that we were deliber- ately being kept down and that God was taking too long to help us. Nearly 2,000 years of wait- ing for Jesus Christ to lift our Wait- was too much. Dure ens and waiting and ing dying. Living in hopes and dying in despair. move they threw the bullets Every time at you. think it will come to bullets here. They have de- cided not to listen what we have to say. The working class here has the capacity to fight and will fight.

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BY JOHN SPENCER

The policy of diplomatic, trade and commercial relations with Spanish fascism adopted by the bureaucracies of the Soviet Union, eastern Europe and China is a source of great dismay to the leaders of the Span- ish Communist Party. Having boasted for many that their 'comrades' had years no relations with Franco, they are now unable to explain the urn in Stalinist policy to the workers fahting fascism. They have been forced into denouncing—naturally, more in than in anger- the sorrow position while trying their best to present it as a 'mistake' or aberration. an isolated In fact the policy is being Tuesday June 12, 1973 by the bureaucrats. And it is in line with the entire counter- revolutionary history of Stalin- ism in Spain. The latest issue of the Span- ish Communist Party's maga- zine 'Nuestra Bandera' ('Our Flag') carries details of speech by Central Committee member Enrique Lopez, at an international Stalinist sym- posium held in Essen, West Germany, in February. The symposium was organ- ized by the magazine 'World Marxist Review'. But the re- port of the discussion carried by this magazine omits all the specific criticisms of east Euro- ›ean countries made by the Spanish delegation and simpit reports that the Spanish dele- 'spoke out against the gate establishment of diplomatic relations and other govern- ment-level with contacts Franco's fascist regime'.

All the specific passages re- ferring to the East German and Polish governments have been excised from the report. version 'Nuestra Bandera's' it clear why the makes 'Review's' Soviet editors cut out these passages. took issue Their delegate even with the title of the meet- ing: 'Fascism, Neo-Fascism and the Dangers These Entail.

Lopez said the use of word 'neo-fascism' gave rise to the 'erroneous and unjustified' idea that there was no longer such a thing as fascism in it- self. He also expressed surprise that the preparation of reports for the meeting should have been placed in the entirely hands 'of parties fighting under conditions of bourgeois demo- cracy. He said: It seems to us that, at a meeting like this, it is neces- sary to bear in mind that there are communist parties in Por- Spain, tugal, in Greece, in "neo-fascist which face not the menace", but a real problem of fascist oppression.' His delegation had been sur- prised to find that their invita- tion to the meeting said they could take part in the discus- sion if you want to Clearly three Spanish delegates, the Lopez, Manuel Azcarate and Mauricio Perez, felt they were being badly treated by the organizers. This is no less than they deserve because all three are hardened Stalinists who are simply proving unable to adapt with sufficient pliability to the latest turn of Moscow policy.

But there is plenty to show 'hosts' at Essen that their badly wanted them to keep quiet. Lopez raised so many embar- rassing questions for all con- cerned that it is worth repro- ducing what he said in some detail. He began with the European Security Conference, for which the Soviet govern- ment has been campaigning for more than seven years. This been conference has declared open to all govern- ments in Europe-and to the United States. The invitation includes the military and fas- Spain, in cist dictatorships Portugal. Lopez Greece and said the Spanish CP wanted to reiterate its opposition to in- viting Franco: 'The problems of European security can be discussed and without solved perfectly well any need of assistance from a government like Franco's. And, on the other hand, to accept his presence means, today, to certain political aid, give cer- tain international respect, the ultra-fascist group which holds power in Spain. In this passage Lopez only to under- reveals his inability stand wilful for attempt to cover up) the real aim of this policy: to shackle the working class in both western and east- Europe and the ern avert threat of social revolution in capitalist and the countries political revolution in the de- formed workers' states. This policy requires the par- of the most solidlv ticipation anti-working class regimes to act as the pillars of capitalist rule in the Lopez is west. simply avoid this trying to basic bureaucratic necessity.

That is why he can express 'surprise the and disgust' the Spanish CP when it learnt Ger- of the decision of the man Democratic Republic to exchange ambassadors with Franco-a decision about which the Spanish CP was neither informed nor con- sulted. (It is worth noting that sup- ports "as an exceptional case' the Cuban government's close Franco: these relations with by the were made necessary need to break with the US, he said.) Particularly galling and em- barrassing to Lopez and his comrades, was the reaction of fascist the Spanish Press, which welcomed the step by community' 'socialist the to abandon the attitude adopted towards Spain since World War II and establish full state relations. The German Stalinist news- better. The were no papers official 'Neues Deutschland' of January 13, 19/3, according to Lopez, contained articles on Spain which 'deformed reality so much that they didn t even mention the word fascism'.

The paper contained a photo- graph of Franco with an almost eulogistic blurb, totally obscur- ing his relations Hitler with and presenting his accession to power as a mere military coup.

Lopez went on to complain about the Polish government's invitation to a delegation of from pseudo-parliamentarians Cortes [parliament]'. Franco's He said everyone knew that there is neither freedom. elec- tions, nor parliament in Spain, and that the Polish invitation was a form of support for the 'farce' of the Cortes. 'But there is much worse,' he added. 'The delegation of Franco's pseudo-parliamentar- ians was led by the Count of Mayalde, was chief of who police in one of the bloodiest periods of the fascist terror; and among its members was General Iniesta Cano, a notor- ious ultra-fascist and present head of the Civil Guard, one of the direct instigators of the ferocious repression our people is suffering today.' (The Moscow Stalinists are not unaware of Cano's record.

commentary on the strike Spain situation in broadcast over Moscow Radio on May 26 "ultras" describes how 'the together with the police car- ried out a demonstration in which they insulted the gov- ernment [sic] and demanded additional for Gen power Iniesta Cano, well-known for his repression of demonstra- tions. and Chief of the Civil Marcelino Camacho, Stal Guard' faces 20 vears iail for tra Lopez then turned to try the Civil Guard. Workers Press, Tuesday June 12, 1973

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and justify opposition result of the 1936-1939 civil to tres with Franco within the frame- war. work of 'peaceful co-existence'.

lightly Lopez passes over The imperialists, Lopez said, this period in a few carefully- 'interpret co-existence the chosen sentences which do not ds of the political clash with the standard stalın.

fuarleualle and social status quo .. of these events. He as a ist version describes the Spanish war orake on lne ant-lascıst, demo liberating of World War II, cratic, and revolu- first battle tonary changes which are being at the end of which 'the Span.

prepared within the capitalist people were victims world'. historical tremendous injus- Exactly! And the imperialists tice: being left alone to fight are not alone in this view: the fascism after the 'liberation' of Stalinists of the Kremlin are rest of Europe. the surely not under the illusion The fact that this 'injustice" that by courting Franco they was perpetrated by the 'Allies' are helping the Spanish work- with the full connivance of But Lopez, a pri- Stalin is passed over in silence.

ing class. soner of Stalinist concepts, But isn't what happened must pursue his pathetic argu- after Spain before and DOlr ment to the end: World War II the most devas- For us tating rebuttal of the ideology COmmUS Ssd question of principle to reject and of ot the Popular front this interpretation of peacetui "democratic" reliance on bour- the mainten- geoisie to fight fascism?

C cascl. ance of the political and social Lopez described the reality one of Franco's regime: status yu objective of co-existence is to •The liberties of the people prevent a new world war. The have been taken away. That, says Lopez, is why the working class has no unions of Spanish CP favours participa- l nere : Is no right 01 tion ot the United states meeting, expression or associa- the But security conference. tion. In the years Franco Franco something else en- has been in power here nas tirely. a proper amnesty. never vecn *The socialist countries have Every day the number of exiles practised a policy ot co-exist. is swollen with new victims of ence for many years without persecution. having relations Franco. At present the regime is pre- Why, now, have such relations paring a monstrous trial of ten become necessary?' unionists, among them arane He avoids at all costs draw- of men nationa and interna- ing the glaring conclusion that tional standing like Marcelino the Soviet bureaucracy requires Camacho [a Stalinist leader of •peaceful co-existence' with the illegal union, the Workers fascist Spain, Greece and Por- Commissions]. The prosecutor combat acute is demanding sentences of 20 tugal years for the of crime talist countries of Europe.

having fought for trade union He himself draws attention rights. to the fact that it is only now In appealing for a change of that the new generation of Soviet East line by the and Spanish workers has begun to European leaders, the Spanish challenge the fascist state that the extremely celendte Usec Moscow and its satellites enter reactionary argument that they diplomatic and trade pacts with should take of the account the fascists. 'new reality' in Europe. How is this to be explained 'A whole series of political on the basis of "peaceful forces, which have grave his- existence'? After over a quar- torical responsibilities for of a century of hostility, Franco's victory, are changing why bother forging ties with a their traditional attitude.

regime which the working class "Thus, this the in sense, is about to sweep off the map?

Vatican itself has entered into The only explanation that a conflicting political situation the Stalinists want at all costs with regard to the Franco re- to keep Franco there. gime, supporting, IS waen To avoid this conclusion, initiating, the opposition not Lopez is at pains to cover up of the Spanish Church. played by the real role 'All Common Market Soviet bureaucracy and his own countries maintain that party in strangling, the revolu- Spain remains fascist Spanish workers ot the the European Economic Com-

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democracy very unere the left, important move to shown in whole series of each of internal questions in the farropean sunt tor 'Harold Wilson, his part. in his speech at the Labour Party conference . . • [made clear] that 11U organization in Europe which doors open its LU Franco regime will be the able to count on the support the socialists. Lopez appeal is based on of the so-called the policies 'pact of freedom' adopted by CP at its the Spanish greshis bases itself on This bases the prospect of alliances with the military and church heir- archies for the 're-establish- of democracy" ment on the basis of EEC entry and full co-operation with the Euro- pean bourgeoisie. The Spanish Stalinists are simply asking their koulile!. Dars n ecdats o lat European Soviet East until this wait 'new

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reality has come into heins -- with the assistance of the Vatican and Harold Milson But "hatever Lopez' aim have been. the may question ansucred raises must he he Soriet and not just be the East European Stalinists.

above all by the British Com- Partt leaders uhn munist commendab!! are sometimes of vocal ahout the prutalt the Franco regime but alway: comardly silence mantain elino Camacno, stalnıst ieader or te workers commissions. e the between 20 years jail for trade union organizing. Above: Franco reviewing ahout ties Madrid and Moscow.

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Workers Press, Tuesday June

BOOK REVIEW, PART ONE

BY MICHAEL NOLAN

"The General Strike, May 1926.

By Christopher Farman. Rupert Hart-Davis. £3.50. It is not surprising that a publisher is able to make money by bringing out yet another account of the 1926 General Strike. The shadow of those events is still cast over every twist and turn of the class struggle. The Tories and employers remember what happened with a mingled sense of fear and relief. For workers engaged in Tory current battles against attempts at wage regulation and union-bashing, the signi- ficance of those distant times is not lessened with the pass- ing of the years. say that we This is not to look at 1926 to 'learn lessons' in some simple, mechanical way. We recall those times be- cause the course and outcome of the General Strike decisively affected the balance of class forces and the whole experi- ence of social conflict since then. This latest version of the story is written by a liberal journalist, and adds to some of its predecessors much in- teresting information about the attitudes and activities of the ruling class, using material to be found particularly in the recently-published diaries and memoirs of Tom Jones, who deputy secretary to the was Cabinet, and of J. C. C. David- son, who was a close adviser of Prime Minister Baldwin.

Farman provides a fluent and well-written account of the political background and the chief negotiations that led to millions of workers striking to support the miners, who were threatened with wage- cuts and longer working hours.

He gives information about the activities of trade union and strike-breaking organiza- tions during the struggle and details of the capitulation of the trade union leaders in the face of the Tory onslaught and the increasing strength of their • own rank and file. Farman's account of these events serves to bring out the determination of the ruling class to have a clear and open confrontation with the trade union movement in 1926. The British capitalist class of the 1920s was faced with the rapid contraction . of the main industries on which its previously been fortunes had based, and without a decisive defeat of the working class would have been unable to create the conditions for its own survival. Thus beneath the feigned moderation and apparent in- activity of the Tory govern- ment that took office at the end of 1924, there lay a deter- mination to face and defeat the working class in a confron- tation where everybody under- stood what was at stake. In July 1925, the Cabinet bet felt, according to its Perman- ent Secretary, that 'the present moment' was badly chosen for the fight, though the conditions 'more would favourable be months hence'. nine • Thus on 'Red Friday', the unions forced the government to continue subsidize the temporarily to wagers of the miners. During the negotiations, however, Baldwin had said, licl according to the miners' lead-. cel ers: 'All the workers in this country have got to face a Co sday June 12, 1973 Above: Recruiting strike-breakers on l After 'Red Friday' he systematically pre reduction in wages to help put industry on its feet? In the months that followed Red Friday, the Tories pre- pared systematically to make , sure that this policy would be put into effect. Already in August, the ultra-right wing Home Secretary Joynson-Hicks was outlining the issues as he saw them: 'Sooner or later this ques- tion has got to be fought out by the people of the land. Is England to be governed by parliament and the Cabinet or by a handful of trade union leaders?' Beneath these ideological pre- parations, the Tories were pre- paring secret strike-breaking machinery to ensure they were ready for the confrontation when it came. Among other steps, they arrested and im- prisoned most of the Commu- nist Party leaders, and sup- ported the allegedly indepen- dent 'Organization the Maintenance of Supplies' (OMS), which recruited strike- breakers. These developments serve well to illustrate the relations between the Tory Cabinet and the capitalist class. While the people who join the adminis- trations of the capitalist parties are not always those who run the big businesses that directly exploit the labour of the work- ing class, in a very real sense these governments constitute the executive committee of the bourgeoisie. When in 1923 Davidson pub- licly held the sinecure of Chan-.

cellor of the Dutchy of Lan- caster, he was in fact Chief Commissioner in charge of kers on May 3, 1926. Right: Baldwin. tically prepared for the showdown.

building an emergency organi- zation to deal with the expec- ted strike, and he was paid for this directly from Tory Party funds. Later on, although the Cabi- net at times rebuked the wilder claims of the coal-owners, it acted, according to Tom Jones, 'friends jointly with them as exploring a situation'. Even Beatrice Webb became convinced that the Tories acted as 'parliamentary agents of the coal-owners'. In the same way that Marx described the capi- talist government of the 1840s agreeing to the reduction of working hours in cotton mills as an action on behalf of the capitalist class as whole rather than of one individual or section, so also the Tories in the 1920s acted in ways of which individual employers might disapprove, but which nevertheless served the inter- ests of them all. By rallying the employers, by making it clear that no compromise was possible be- cause the whole future of the social system was at stake, the Tories acted as general agents for the employers' attack on the working class. When the struggle was over, the Tories also held back from the com- plete extinction of trade union- ism that some bosses favoured.

Baldwin explained the neces- sity of maintaining 'organiza- which could speak for tions and bind the parties on both sides'. In other words ithe the trade union • bureaucracy necessary complement to big business in the reinforcement of modern capitalism.

CONTINUED TOMORROW

BBC'S NEW ANGLE'ON IRELAND

'Belfast Firemen'-Documentary.

ВВС 1. 'Feet Together, Hands to the By Sides? Tom Clarke 30 minute play. Westward TV.

Ben (36) is a fireman; married with four kids; not ambitious. Lives in a comfortable semi- detached. All he wants for his kids is a decent life. His problem, so ran the BBC. documentary last Tuesday night, is that he lives in Belfast and - in particular - the place is overrun with terrorism. His wife can't get to sleep until 6 a.m. His kids have to bel kept away from the television and papers and amused in other ways (these points accompanied by atmospheric close-ups of wife and children lying awake at night in bed). Even so, the

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Following Harold Wilson's anti-nationalization, anti-NEC outburst, the London 'Even- ing Standard' did one of its usual 'picture-probe' features where people are stopped on asked what the street and they think. Ten picture captions were printed. Only one person in.

terviewed was in favour of commentary astutely re- minded us, 'his children are not immune to the violence and bigotry outside their home. First on the programme we had a quick tour of some of the Belfast streets - gutted houses, shell-like structures where the bombs left their mark. Ben drove around and passed the odd comment: 'A £6,000 bungalow used to be there-that was a f£12m Co-op store.' We saw the fire station~ the firemen lined up in military fashion for roll-call; the first telephone call and down the pole into the vehicle and out into a cold night; struggling to get their gear on. Their feelings about their Ben, 'rise above work, says religion ... it's just one big mass of people who require help'. When there's a break they play pool and read the papers, chat, worry about their families. Back home, Ben's wife says: The children worry about their father.' Harold Wilson-'Picture probe' found eight out of ten were against nationalization. giving further nationalization a try. Eight were against, and one thought it was OK for things like breweries. A solid vote against pub- And there's a telephone chat between wife and husband: 'Not much shooting here, she says, 'it's further off tonight.'

Above all, she says, she has 'faith in the community. So much faith that she and her fireman husband are founding members of the local com- munity centre where everyone helps one another and they while away evenings pretend- ing none of it's happening.

On television at home, Mar- garet, the wife, watches the programme telling her that the marvellous work of the security forces has reduced IRA violence almost to a standstill. Next we see the children going to their lunch from school to home and back again and the troops on street corners — 'the lollipop patrols' — four of these have been shot and six wounded says the commentary, in their job protecting the children.

Most of the rest of the pro- gramme is devoted to watch- ing the firemen fighting various blazes, bombs going off, the lic ownership, apparently. But who did the 'Standard' interview? A shop manager; a char- tered Tory accountant; a MP's daughter; a freelance artist from Burough Green, Kent; a textiles company director; an insurance con- an undescribed sultant; 68- year-old man from Islington; housewite trom finchley, Tory MP Margaret Thatcher's constituency, a sales execu- cutive; and a clerk A nice balanced cross- section of British workers.

'Standard' makes The a regular feature of this 'picture- probe' • And somehow anti- socialist views always seem to predominate. Could it be anything to do with the fact industrial that few very workers have the time or the walking opportunity • of around central London in the middle of the day being inter- viewed by a Tory newspaper?

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graphed and presented in restrained, sympathetic fashion and Showing from everything the individual point of view, on a crudely emotional level.

There is doubt no that in one sense Ben is a courageous man, and means very well by the world he lives There in. doubt wife and is no his children suffer. But this is a dangerously one-sided of assessment situation which, Northern In Ireland and this country, is nothing more nor less than the bitter and historically most far-reaching class warfare. Individuals, their good in- tentions and their concerns, in this sense, can be used merely calculated distraction, as especially where potent propa- ganda is concerned, to turn us all away from the real issues and from a proper understand- ing with which to fight all those who wish to sustain the fiction that it is not the Tory government and its lackeys it Ireland who are at the centre of the troubles, but the

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and other so-called 'criminals' and order out who to destroy law are Tom Clarke's sharp little half- hour 'Feet Together, play Hands to the Sides', with Brenda Bruce impeccably play- ing the leading role, was a brief observation centred on a village school in Cornwall, the new teacher and her first meeting with local parents in order to introduce herself and her aims for their children.

It was soon clear that 'Miss Broxley' was a familiar figure: marks of self- with all the confident achievement on her and a rigid conviction in her own powers which chilled the spine, she made it apparent children that all in her care helping of people out of burn- would achieve, against all ing buildings. No attempts are odds, including doubtful made to relate Ben's life all those in parents, attributes way to the real world required make them any to around him, other than in the 'success' in their future most restricted of re- careers. sense vealing purely the activities in They would stand marked. "her children' which he is engaged. as she said, as No reference is made to the and thus attain grandiose real fabric of the crisis in heights such as levels, Ireland. No mention of history.

good conduct awards and be- The BBC has found a new and ing chosen for the school TV this was necessary angle: programme. With considerable percep- tale of that mythical beast, so often hauled out for appraisal tion in a few strokes, the by Tory government and ruling writer painted a of class--'the man in the street' the small-time dictatorshin Here, which this teacher was about the programme im- plied, is a decent, law-abiding to impose her pupils upon and with the best of all reasons- citizen, doing his duty what does he get in return? to prepare them for the com- day petitive modern world He risks his life every The doing his duty and helping parents, watchful at others and what is his reward?

first, were all too readily im- pressed the - Violence, bombing, terror- - only farmer's ism, everything from wife, nervous and unhappy at stems the IRA who, the talks she did not fully appear appar- from nowhere and de- understand, left in tears at ently, the of her son at the light in wiping out innocent notion of this ferocious new victims and destroying mercv bright future which was being property for no purpose set up for him... whether he Of course this is blatant propaganda — cleverly photo- liked it or not. Where is Britain Going? Paperback 37₺p • Problems of the British Revolution Paperback 35p Lessons of October Paperback 60p In Defence of the October Revolution Pamphlet 15p Marxism and the Trade Unions Pamphlet 25p Death Agony of Capitalism and the Tasks of the Fourth International Pamphlet 10p Postage: 10p per book, 5p per pamphlet.

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PAGE 10 Workers Press, Tuesday June 12, 1873 'What Hugh!^ice chap you A disgusting spectacle in are, 'Before you say that, Enoch, remember we're on record!'

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chummy sound be- -I might kiss little exchange could spoil out the ruling notatoo was to tween the 'left' the jolly bonhomie, all-pals- you, Hugh!' It's the deliberately split the word Amalga- together act. Billie!'- to offer racialism to work- record, mated Union of Engineer- God Enoch. you're a conjurer!'

soulful banalities and

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Workers' President ing "It's on the record, Hugh.' helping we own rule. DIllaın Hugh Scanlon and Enoch couldn't all get together. Nor On strikes, remarkable did he that the Day tected by the Stalinists, got Powell, the self-pro- achieved Even on racialism on swimmingly with Stokes Scanlon, Powell and Stokes. politely presented as drive the racialists off the claimed 'virus that kills 'cul- Hugh and Powell streets. Lne Heroine employel, heat Scanlon (far socialists'. Said Lure -110 was Powell the arch-Tory. Britain being strike-prone Similarly nationaliza- tea. rowell sala nrmly unat left and Both appearing, Scanlon must be utterly were exaggerated. We outcome culturepeople of he prattled on about were tion, Enoch Powell together with British- bad the different living nation's good but weren't 'the condemneer this disgusting spectacle. Leyland chief Lord Stokes that (far right) most kev a banese. never daily battling are and Billie White- Stokes said there be conflict and that it was Labour government ought actress were the this 'rule' 9. nationalize all the basic to protect their living stand- law, in the Radio 4 'Any faults both sides and strangers to ards and basic rights. that needed explanation. plus the land, Questions' programme last they ought get round industries. each other. The job of trade union the table more. His 'explanation' was that banks Friday night. ana noises That without compensation and _ is to They met there extens Scanlon contained The from the sale WelC violence Was workers' control. what they are paid for, out cuestons under faults on both sides and long as there was 'external previously at audience of the union dues of their Were se mani there ought to be a review domination' but Neither did he ever say a function enough to that he in favour of of industrial relations. that it exploded immediately organized by voke conflict: people Tory It is not part of their job down the No listener could have bringing Wal was wildawn. hob-nob with the the Business

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POLICE

and troops swooped on the Belfast headquarters Ulster Defence Associa- tion (UDA) at dawn yes- terday after a weekend of violence said to be the work of Protestant ex- Hard-line sections of Ulster's Protestant com- munity are known to be im- placably imposed to sharing political power with Catho- Sunday's night of violence in which Protestant extrem- ists are reported to have turned their guns on security forces was thought to be in retaliation for arms seizures in east Belfast.

An army spokesman said all the shooting came from Protest- ant streets and appeared to be part of a 'deliberate and organ- ized campaign'. Commenting on the shooting "The Guardian' a UDA 'We don't spokesman said: know much about it.' A 38-year-old man, alleged to be a UDA company comman- der, was admitted to hospital shortly after troops said they had hit gunman operating from the Protestant Ribble Street. In yesterday's raid on the headquarters 'several

UDA

people' were arrested and quan- tities of arms and ammunition confiscated police by and troops. weekend announcement "militant' from a new, UDA in

ALL TRADES UN

BERMONDSEY: Tuesday June 12, 8 p.m. 'Havelock Arms', Bala- Street. Forward to the clava revolutionary party. CAMDEN: Tuesday June 12, 8 p.m. 'Prince Albert', Wharfedale Road, Kings Cross. 'Trade unions and the revolutionary party'.

DUNDEE: Tuesday June 12, 7.30 p.m. YMCA, Constitution Road.

'Forward to the Belle Vue con- ference'. HARROW: Tuesday June 12, 8 p.m. Co-op Hall (Small Hall), Wealdstone. Masons Avenue, 'Forward to ATUA conference'.

LEAMINGTON: Tuesday, June 12, The Commonwealth 7.30 p.m. Club, Church Street, 'The Tory government and trade unions.' PADDINGTON: Tuesday June 12, 8 p.m. 'Prince of Wales', , Harrow Road, corner of. Western Road.

'Force the Tories to resign. Return Labour government For pledged to socialist policies'.

TOOTING: Tuesday June 12, Tooting p.m. Tooting Broadway. 'Force the resign. Return a Labour govern- ment pledged to socialist poli- cies' WALTON-ON-THAMES: Tuesday June 12, 8 p.m. The Kiwi, New Zealand Ave., Walton. 'Building the Revolutionary Party.'

WANDSWORTH: Tuesday June 12, 8 p.m. 'Foresters', All Farth- ing Lane. . 'Force the Tories to resign. Return a Labour govern- socialist ment pledged to policies'. ABERDEEN: Wednesday June 13, The Trades Hall, 8 p.m. Adelphi. 'Forward to the Belle Vue conference'. HULL (Special meeting of engl- neers' section): Wednesday, June 13, 8 p.m. 'The Windmill Hotel', Witham. JARROW: Wednesday June 13, Golden Lion Inn, 7.30 p.m. Ellison Street. SLOUGH: Wednesday June 13, 8 p.m. Community Centre, Farn- ham Road. 'Force the Tories to resign'. SALFORD: Wednesday, June 13, 8 p.m. 'Kings Arms' , Whit Lane. 'Forward to the ATUA Belle Vue conference.' SOUTHALL: Wednesday June 13, Park Road. resign. Return a Labour govern- ment socialist to leadership, reported to be com- prised of young men aged be- tween 17 and 30, called for an end to the movement's flirta- tion with politics. Mr Tommy. Herron, the for- mer UDA chief in east Belfast, is said to be among five mem- the 17-strong Inner bers Council 'arrested' by the mili- tants. The new leadership said it would tolerate continued not Martin McGuinness and Mrs Maire Drumm, both of the Provisionals, who spoke at the Wolfe Tone memorial meeting A in Eire at the weekend.

S UNIONS ALLIANC

WALTHAMSTOW:

Wednesday Nev June 13, 8 p.m. 'Crooked Billet, bre North Circular Road. Statinism CR and the struggle to defend demo- cratic rights'. WEMBLEY: Wednesday June 13, 8 p.M.,Build the revolutionary Copland School, Road. party.' WOOLWICH: Wednesday June , Bur- 13, 8 p.m. 'Queen's Arms', rage Road. 'TUC and Stalinists —supporters of corporatism'.

GLASGOW: Wednesday June 13, 7.30 p.m. Woodside Halls, St George's Cross.

WYTHENSHAWE

(Manchester): Wednesday June 13, 8 p.m.

Cock th' North, °' Portway. 'Forward to the Belle Vue Con- ference.' BASILDON: Thursday June 14, 8 Barnstaple p.m. community Centre. 'Make the Tories resign.

Force a Labour government to carry out socialist policies'.

CROYDON: Thursday June 14, 8 p.m. Ruskin House, Coombe Road. 'Force the Tories to resign' FELTHAM: Thursday June 14, 8 p.m. 'Three Horse Shoes', High Street. Labour to power, pledged to socialist policies of national- ization of land and property'.

LUTON: Thursday June 14, 8 p.m. Recreation Centre, Old Bed- 'Stalinism ford Road. and the struggle to defend democratic rights'. SHEFFIELD: Thursday June 14, 'The Hallamshire' 7.30 p.m. West Street. 'End talks with the Tories'. WILLESDEN: Thursday June 14, 8 p.m. Brent Labour and Trades Hall, High Road, N.W.10. 'Force the Tory government to resign'.

TONBRIDGE: Thursday June 14, 'The Foresters', Quarry 8 p.m. Full support for the Belle Hill. Vue ATUA conference.' 13, CENTRAL LONDON: Sunday arn- June 17, 7.15 p.m. Holborn Couh- Chambers, Holborn Town Hall, 197 High Holborn. "The for one big entertainment case union.' Chairman Roy Battersby and a panel of speakers from the relevant unions. ACTON: Monday June 18, 8 p.m.

'Six Bells' • High Street, W.3 'Build the revolutionary party. Defend democratic rights'.

LEWISHAM: Monday June 18, 8 p.m. Deptford Engineers Club, Clif

BY IAN YEATS

harassment of the Loyalist population by security forces and the IRA. The statement claimed the UDA would bomb and burn Belfast and attack security forces and Catholic areas if any loyalists arrested. more were Unionist leader Mr Brian Faulkner issued immediate an condemnation of the violence

ANCE MEETINGS

day New Cross Road. "TUC let, break off Phase Three talks: must ISM CRAWLEY: Monday June 18, 8 p.m. Council for Social Services Hall, 19 Station Road. 'Force the Tories to resign. A Labour must nationalize government major industries'. BATTERSEA: Tuesday June 19, 8 p.m. 'Nag's Head', Wandsworth Road. 'Force the Tories to re- sign. Return a Labour govern- policies, Pledged to socialist ment BRIXTON: Tuesday June 19, 8 p.m. Training Centre, Control Room. 'Force the Tories to re- Return a Labour govern- sign. ment socialist DAGENHAM: Tuesday June 19, 8 p.m. Barking Co-op Hall, Fan- shawe Avenue. 'Force the Tories nity to resign. A Labour government nationalize major indus- must tries' CLYDEBANK: Tuesday June 19, 7.30 Co-op Hall, Hume p.m. Fight the Street, Clydebank. rent Act. Throw the Tories out.'

HACKNEY: Wednesday June 20, 8 p.m. Parlour Room, Central Hall, Mare Street. 'Labour must nationalize major industries'.

LIVERPOOL: Wednesday, June 20, 7.30 p.m. 'The Westminster Inn', Westminster Road, Walton.

'Defend democratic rights! For- ward to the ATUA conference!'

SWINDON: Wednesday June 20, 7.30 р.m. Co-op Hall, East Street. 'Down with the pay laws.

TUC

: must break off Phase Three talks.' FULHAM: Thursday June 21, 8 p.m. The Swan', Fulham Broad- way. Trade unions and the Tory government. GOOLE: Thursday, June 21, 8 p.m. The Station Hotel. "The Revolutionary Party and the Fight against the Tories. HOLLOWAY: Thursday June 21, • р.т. Co-op Hall, Seven Sisters Road. 'Inflation and the crisis of capitalism'. KINGSTON: Thursday June 21, 8 p.m. Norbiton Hotel, Clifton Road.

'Force the Tories resign. Labour must nationalize the major industries'. LEEDS: Thursday June 21, 8 p.m. Peel Hotel, Boar Lane. 'Defence of Trade Unions and democratic rights. Forward to the ATUA conference.' Speaker: Cliff Slaughter. Workers Press, Ti yesterday and spoke of Protest- revulsion' ants feeling 'utter and 'shame' at the shootings.

He said: 'If it is true it was the work of Protestants, they are certainly not representative of the people of east Belfast who have consistently refused to al- low themselves to be used by such a rabble.' The UDA hard-liners are said to want security forces to smash the IRA once and for all and at

SOCIALIST LABOUR

LEAGUE LECTURES

given by. Peter Jeffries Sunday June 17 Marxism and the study of history Sunday June 24 Trade Unions and political struggle in Britain Sunday July 8 Chartism, yesterday and today Sunday July 15 The Revolutionary Party and the British working class at Stanley Halls Upper Parliament Street 3 р.т.

SOCIALIST LABOUR

LEAGUE LECTURES

Given by Gerry Healy National Secretary of the Socialist Labour League Sunday June 17 The materialist conception of History Sunday June 24 Dialectical Materialism-a Marxist theory of knowledge Sunday July 8 Theory and Practise of Marxism Sunday July 15 Role of the Revolutionary Party at The Red Lion Worsborough Near Barnsley 7.30 p.m. 7AO0 03 03 • Press, Tuesday June 12, 1973 PAGE 11 the weekend they threatened to carry the war into the Repub- lic unless the Cosgrave govern- ment in Dublin clamps. down on the 'evil men of violence'.

UNREST at the Eire ment's persecution of their mem- bers is clearly mounting in the ranks of the Provisional IRA.

Belfast Provisional leader Mrs Maire Drumm warned they would carry the war south if two people wanted for questioning in Ulster are extradited from the Republic.

An extradition order has al- ready been granted against Mrs Roysin McLaughlin wanted for questioning in connection with the murder of three suldiers at a Belfast flat. • further expression uf IRA frustration at the Eire govern- ment's collaboration with the Tories came on Sunday night in Dublin when baton-swinging po- lice charged hundreds of rioting youth in the city centre.

Many of them were among the crowd which had 10,000-strong earlier attended a Wolfe Tone commemoration rally at Bodens- town. Bugside Provisional IRA leader Martin McGuinness told the assembly the fight in the north would go on.

THE BRITISH

said army yesterday that during the past week 80 IRA men, 22 of them officers, had been arrested.

Twenty-eight Protestants were also detained. Registered as newspaper at the Office, Published Post by Workers Press, Clapham High Street, 7UG. Printed Plough

SOCIALIST LABOUR

LEAGUE LECTURES

Manchester given by Peter Jeftries. Sunday June 17 Marxism and the study of history Sunday June 24 Trade Unions and political struggle in Britain Sunday July 8 Chartism, yesterday and today Sunday July 15 The Revolutionary Party and the British working class at Black Lion Blackfriars St/Chapel St near Salford Bus Station 7.30 p.m.

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LEAGUE

Leicester lectures given by Cliff Slaughter (SLL Central Committee) The Socialist Revolution in Britain: 1. Political tasks facing the British working class. Marxism and the revolutionary role of the working class. Lessons of the history of the working class in Britain. 2. The roots of capitalist crisis: Marxism and the con- tradictions of capitalism. Britain and the world crisis.

3. The state and revolution.

Reformism and revolution in Britain. The fight for demo- today cratic rights means preparing for working-class power. Basic reading: Perspectives for transforming the SLL into revolutionary a party. Marxist Analysis of the Crisis.

Problems of the British Revolution (Trolsky) . Death Agony of Capitalism and the Tasks of the Fourth International, Communist Manifesto. Sunday June 17, 24, July 8 Stockingfarm Community Centre, Stockingfarm 7.30 p.m. ...... .°' .....

'Casuals' threat now in Pickets attitudes harden All Trades Unions Alliance Conference: To discuss defence of democratic rights

BELLE VUE

Kings Hall: Belle Vue Zoo Park: Manchester-Sunday July 1: 3 p.m.-9 p.m.

Special showing of the Pageant film 'THE ROAD TO WORKERS POWER' and songs and scenes from history PAGE 12 Workers Press, Tuesday June

BY ALEX MITCHELL

SIR HUMPHREY

BROWNE, chairman of British Transport the Docks Board, yesterday made clear that "casual, supplementary dockers would be a growing and permanent feature of government-run ports. He said: 'I don't know how port without sup- you run à plementaries. You can't live with a rigid system of employ- because of the violent ment fluctuations in this industry.

Supplementaries neces- are sary.' Of the Board's total dock labour force of 4,750, more than 1,000 are on the supplementary register, from which men can be a week's notice. And fired at the Board wants to increase this number by hundreds at Hull.

Delivering the Board's annual report, Browne said there were SHOP STEWARDS at Chrysle at Coventry, predicted yestero kers there would be laid ofi fo sive' picket by strikers from t The Ryton pickets, who are hghting arbitrary layofts by the company, claimed 100 per cent success in turning away lorries trying to enter the plant and stopping finished com- ponents leaving. This, they said, took them forcing their aim nearer Chrysler to either negotiate or lay off the entire Stoke labour force and the 8,000 at Linwood, near Glasgow, too. Pickets again accused the US- owned company of provoking the Ryton strike as part of a general crackdown, orchestrated by the Tory government, by employers all over the country. But they warned that the 4,500 strikers were not going to down under this attack. Their

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from unheard-of-rates of price and rent increases at a time when their income is held down by law through the state control of wages. On top of this comes a speed. - up offensive which is provoking the most bitter confrontations in industry. Instead of an organized fight- back by the labour and trade union this movement against class war on a wide front, the TUC leaders are tying the unions to the most reactionary, politics of collaboration with the Tory and friendly chats government with a dangerous enemy of the working class. Powell's credo 'I am the virus ', and the em- that kills socialism' ployers' all-out attack the on working class, are not matters chat shows. for humorous The campaign for the massive anti-Tory rally of trade unionists at Belle Vue,. Manchester, on July 1 now becomes the most urgent matter for the working At this rally, all the im- class. facing portant questions the movement will be under labour discussion. of the Workers The pages Press are open to all trade union- ists to discuss whether it is pos- sible to get rid of the pay laws without getting rid of the Tory what is the effect government; of the TUC's collaboration . with Heath; what is the role of the like Scanion and Jack 'lefts' Jones in all this? And one crucial question must be dealt with. day June 12, 1973 Sir Humphrey Browne. 800 supplementaries at Southam- docks. Applications had pton either been granted or were being approved for supplemen- labour at Swansea, Barry, tary Fleetwood, Garston, Cardiff, and Immingham. When questioned about dan- gerous tendencies towards cas- alastian sone said priate is an inappropriate word. It is wholly erroneous to think : that they are employed on the nod on the day? Chrysler's Stoke engine plant, yesterday that all 3,500 wor- d off following a 'most impres- from the nearby Ryton plant.

ABOUT 170 men walked out of the blast furnace and coke ovens at Ford's Dagenham, yesterday, following a between meeting stewards and management. The management had announ- ced that they intended to close mood was hardening all the time, they said. Lorry drivers with • loads des- tined for the Stoke plant yester- day accepted the authority of the pickets and turned after away their work sheets had been signed 'no delivery' by the pickets.

There was only enough sand in the iron foundry to last until last night, pickets claimed.

Eddie McLuskey, senior Transport and General Workers' eir Union steward at the Stoke plant, Is it enough to have protests and one-day strikes to unite the whole working class to defend its rights from attack, such as the right to free negotiation for wages? And what effect does the Communist Party's policy have ed. - on this issue? only The working class can answer these questions in the struggle to build a new leader- ship. The Belle Vue_rally called by the All Trades Unions Alliance will play a key part in trans- forming into he revolutionary Socialist Labour League party. Through this rally, trade union- ists have the opportunity to pre- pare a decisive answer to the Tory government, Powell and the whole attack on the working class. All Trades Unions A Kings Hall: Belle Special showing of the Pas Tickets £1 Asked whether he thought the supplementary register under- mined the rights of dockers under the National Dock Labour Scheme, Browne commented: 'This is said, but I don't follow the argument.' Browne reported the Board had a surplus of £8.4m last year compared with f7.6m in 1971.

He warned, however, that big needed economies would be during the year to retain this profitability. level of Asked where the cuts would be made, Browne replied: 'We are con- stantly reducing labour.'

He said 600 jobs had been axed on the Humber last year.

And he inferred this redundancy drive would be maintained throughout the Board's ports.

Annual Report The spells serious, danger for two ports Barrow and Newport. Browne one plant down as part of their plan to phase out the department by mid 1975. The workers claim proper consultation did not take place.

Pickets were on duty to greet the night-shift workers. told Workers Press: "The Ryton strikers have mounted the most impressive picket I have ever seen. 'Lay-ofis from the engine plant should commence pretty rapidly, and I think by the middle of the week the whole plant will be laid off.' Avenger production has al- ready been stopped by the Ryton strike. A shutdown at Linwood would stop the Imp, Hunter and Hum-• ber ranges as well. But Chrysler yesterday main- tained its hard line against the strikers. Pat Torley, an inspector in the of the body-in-white section Ryton plant, explained the im- pact of this on the strikers' thinking.

WARNING

"What Chrysler is doing should be a warning to all other factory workers ever accept not to Measured-day Work', he said.

doubt that 'There is no Chrysler provoked this strike. i theat to stop investment is Its similar to that used by the Ford Motor Company during the big strike there in 1971. 'This is part of a general crackdown by the employers everywhere, and I think the Tory is behind all these government attacks. ons Alliance Conference: To Belle Vue Zoo Park: Manches the Pageant film 'THE ROAD TO WO Tickets £1: Available from R. Smith, 60 Welling announced that the Board would close down Barrow at the end of this year. There is no justification for the losses there. We can't exist on dreams, we must get some traffic. The real truth, the heart of the matter, is that the docks the iron were doomed when works closed. There is no pros- pect, I'm afraid, for seeing any improvement.' When asked what would hap- he pen to the Barrow dockers, said they would have to go back onto the register. Newport faces a savage run- down in traffic by the switch of iron ore imports to Port Talbot.

Browne tried to gloss over the redundancy threat this poses at Newport by saying that other traffic could be picked up. But he didn't specify where this trade would come from. Chrysler hardening 'Now is its attitude a lot. But our pickets are hardening twice as much.

'We haven't got a tradition of picketing at Chrysler's, but as every hour by and goes more more people are joining the pic- ket and we're getting better at it. Ken Clements, another body-in- white, inspector said: 'Rejects and are definitely used on were the line, but of course it's not in the company's interest to ad- mit this. 'When they suspended the body shop for one-and-a-half hours, in effect the firm was not only attacking the body workers victimizing but also was very inspectors who had rejected the panels in the first place.'

STATEMENT

Coventry Labour MP, Maurice Edelman, was yesterday attempt- ing to elicit a House of Com- mons statement from Employ- ment Secretary Maurice Macmil- lan, who is thought to have dis- cussed the strike on Sunday with Heath and Sir Geoffrey Howe, one of the chief architects of the Industrial Relations Act and the 'restrictive' practices' provisions of the Fair Trading Act. A reference to the Commis- sion on Industrial Relations appears to have been ruled out.

• Toolroom strikers at the Ward End transmission factory of Bri- tish Leyland yesterday agreed to return to work tonight. Some 1,500 men laid off were being recalled from last night's the basis that night shift on 'realistic discussions' between the union and would management start soon on the men's claim for parity with skilled electricians.

e: To discuss defence of de anchester—Sunday July 1: 3| TO WORKERS POWER' and songs an 30 Wellington Street West, Salford 7, Manchest A question mark , was placed over the future of Garston when Browne said that substitute traf- fic must be found to replace coal. And he added: 'Our job is to run ports not to close them.'

Financial results at Hull were slightly worse than in 1971, but the losses were checked during the latter part of the year.

At one point, the Board had that these spiralling losses felt could only lead • to the collapse of the port, but Browne reported unofficial strikes that and 'general awkwardness' had been resolved. 'By the end of 1972 the rot had stopped at Hull, Browne said. 'The spirit at Hull is im- proving — cross my fingers. It's all very fragile. It all depends on industrial relations and on the state of the economy

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'The Peel Hotel' (Town Centre) Monday June 25, 8 p.m. (Please note date change) 'Bulld the Revolutlonary Party' of democratic rights 11:3 p.m.-9 p.m. ongs and scenes from history Manchester.