Workers Press no. 229

INCORPORATING THE NEWSLETTER • PUBLISHED FROM TUESDAY TO SATURDAY • NUMBER 229 • WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1970 workers press What Oxford carworkers accept a we think Pay deal The issue at Pilkington's without sacked ment. workers" strings union and Whether are miniser tine of actione is exercise of this fishes concerned. HOT ON the heels of the Sovex engineering strike victory of £3 5s a week without strings, British-Leyland workers at Cowley, Oxford, their defeat is mope probable. notched up a decisive victory against the BLMC The are i be the malone employers yesterday morning at a 3,000-strong meeting of hourly-paid workers.

They voted almost unanimously to accept a new

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pav deal with no strins. The shop stewards recom- mendation was put by senior l&GWU steward Bob Pilkington workers have every Fryer after months of exhaustive negotiations.

Student exasperated easic lowest The deal provides pay increases of between tz and take-over z/ a week, giving an average of t4 overall. This Is achieved by the abolition of the existing bonus structure and its replacement by: exposes • Selled a tess semi-s lied 54s; unskilled 1253dl Dangers Stalinist ahead for diplomacy ship money to the strikers.

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get $26 10s ' am loval to the ton negotiations with a deaner. i an increase pur beans them 10s 4d in Phnom Penh. s are based a la to relations the strategic kreis line.

No fixed rate Pike let to work al must not By fish-Leyland have gained very little In Moscow They Diest show of dob in seria Saturday solidarity through- ng-class sported eat the Yon Nol on the Mersey- i deicular, A set plan to strange the unions and or new. ato give effort this case i The hilda a to cried hid 1s could quite easily have and No rect buld Lo of non-politi- any syndicate.

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Pilkingtons must not pass !

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Mount Pleasant members already dismised.

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Wight. 'Devlin Pha: by Septem cond MENe TLord Devin employers the Dock flushed victory after abolition of man is seal an the ali of ah hey bole yet dockers, particularly those The daily organ of the Central Committee of the Socialist Labour League PRICE 6d. Anti-union Ulster Premier wobbles Radio plan outlined Stalinist by Carr attack Minister

EMPLOYMENT

'Star' boosts antuations, plans when he in on Correspondents' Maudling Dubcek Labour gov- hasked the practice, AS YESTERDAY'S conflicting reports of the • Pored 'vote of confidence' in Ulster premier Chichester- THE HUSAK regime con• and its ir collabor Clark at his constituency or the association meeting tinues to step uo its prona- ganda campaign right-wing were emphasizing the extremely weak state of Dubcek with and new his regime, stalinism once more was to be seen cynical attack playing out its role as the main agent of counter- revolution. service earlier week:

BY A WORKERS PRESS

The Ulster premier, laced

CORRESPONDENT

ended his career lik with the growing challenge Unionist publicity-seek i hi Les said he all us,.

no-connaence resolu selfless functionary depicted obtain the backing this resolution official vented ensuin i pro those to the * with •his famil nurce alter nis recurn Iron nollaay by co its ban knows that the truth and she thea country they were up a coat, versionise and that no vote had been taken • но the hind - the - anti-Sovietite. adership crisis now in full he broada test ans Without comment leading Pass a ruing case shing sar she stalinis well be addre yesterday shed i Maudling aung themselves people •Was it really naive political of dangaps Was it indecision or a bad rolowed th in threat ros itical preparedness accounte re See are and rate 'Affairs Minister orman the after speeck meetin naraly surprisingly.

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government star at thes Nue bage would 1970: Thirty years Feather said that Carr's since Trotsky's assassmaton Devon strikers

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get pay offer-but

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jobs not settled

LEAGUE

SHOP STEWARDS at Ottermill Switchgear in Ottery St Mary, Devon, were yesterday to put an interim Memoria agreement to their 175 members whose stubborn strike has entered its 15th week.

Meeting By an industrial reporter Lowe Monday's reting yet.

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Leon Trotsky's done has any come ailed fee negated during meek High St, Acton last words: the DE. with management at 1 am confident of This new development fol- August 23 seven weeks of strike the victory of the Devlin Phase Two Sunday Fourth International by September 7 Go forward'1 Sanssion 28 committee was strike Nanona. osthe agreement and urge acceptance 'te Phase opposed So retary, SM. BANDA This means: All jobs Beies has set to i Forward with the dances Keep Left). first Trotskyist a tractement Chairman: daily newspaper-

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Central Committee). ization committee. gates pending Provisional ALSO: The first public showing of the latest er 7 has been fixed provision.

damn destin Young Socialists' film—'Youth in Action in , the 516 5: expectins the Year of Lenin and Trotsky'.

workers press What we think The issue at Pilkington's Tot 4Th meters of the chie What ta water hend and Worthis are her in It is an inviolable right which judiciary If the Pilkington workers are probable! than only from such more tidi St Helen wor recognize disputes. It was therefore no acciden should has ber in so ingene enter ho can hat con. siri thin ions Then the formot justify se new union, do not particular, The build a Marist leade уса і порон. Pilkingtons must not pass!

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Saturday, August 15 2 р.т.-6 р.m. YMCA Room 1 Mount peasant

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INCORPORATING THE NEWSLETTER • PUBLISHED FROM TUESDAY TO SATURDAY •

NUMBER 229 • WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1970

Oxford carworkers accept a Pay deal without strings HOT ON the heels of the Sovex engineering strike victory of £3 5s a week without strings, British-Leyland workers at Cowley, Oxford, notched up a decisive victory against the BLMC employers yesterday morning at a 3,000-strong meeting of hourly-paid workers.

They voted almost unanimously to accept a new pay deal with no strings. The shop stewards' recom-

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senior T&GWU steward Bob mendation was put by Fryer after months of exhaustive negotiations.

Student The deal provides pay increases of between £2 and £7 a week, giving an average of £4 overall. This is take-over achieved by the abolition of the existing bonus structure and its replacement by: exposes Dangers 14s; unskilled 12s 3d. Stalinist ahead for diplomacy which wil start at sa. 8s immigrant • Production SOVIET-bloc vorked and with the workers starts at 6d. •Cambodia WeLC • Condition payments and the exposea In a most spec EMPLOYMENe Mi Sed when Cam- tacular way

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SDAY, AUGUST 12, 1970

PRICE 6d. Anti-union Ulster Premier wobbles plan outlined by Carr Robert Car yes sterday te Robert on dustibers of Labour not working practice, Cari AS YESTERDAY'S conflicting reports of the 'vote of confidence' in Ulster premier Chichester- THE HUSAK regime con- Por Trade Clark at his constituency association meeting tinues to step up its propa- collaboration right-wing ganda Call pall against were emphasizing the extremelv weak state of DUDCeK will new his regime, Stalinism once more was to be seen cynicalallack plaving out its role as the main agent of counter.

nim in a programme broad- revolution. casti over brausava home service earlier this week:

BY A WORKERS PRESS

The Ulster premier, Communist who

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with the vain, career Brown cannot the IrOm Unionist on the no-conndence resolu wins. was eviaentry aes- this Lees said that t although perate to obtain the backin‹ of his Magehra constituency ta those association meeting on Mon- hurdle after his return from thrown nor teal appointed haut Chichester-Clark's claim he received a confidence "The Ulster Cabinet's decla- The Victor ration yesterday afternoon tha hit can sed hing, anti-Seresade, revisionist and leadership crisis now in fuel spate. Without comment then asks a leading questions Ray to a ruli "The lead it Home Secretar occur in a man? progress mont present

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tolictor could be no wages free- NUR wage claim. 1970: Thirty years for-alther said that since Trotsky's Cart's assassination

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LABOUR

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SHOP STEWARDS at Ottermill Switchgear in Ottery St Mary, Devon, were yesterday to put an interim Memorial agreement to their 175 members whose stubborn strike has entered its 15th week.

Meeting the nils ise By an industrial reporter Monday's rejected the

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THE BASIS of all 'pro- ductivity working meth- ods is the insistence that a wage increase can only occur through a direct intensification of labour by the workers them. selves. Increases in output by means of new machines, labour-saving devices etc., counted to the are not workers' credit. The Labour government, through the Prices and Incomes Board, made this quite clear by insisting that increased pay can only be based on 'more exacting work' and 'changed working practices'. Why is this? Karl Marx showed 100 years ago that under capitalism increased production through continued introduction of enormously expensive new, machinery and plant forces down the profit rate, i.e. the amount made compared to the amount invested to get it.

Firms which cannot afford new machines will try to turn into machines. the workers Firms which can afford them will try to offset the huge costs involved by getting rid of as possible, workers as many intensifying the labour of those remaining, running and the factories night and day, every day of the week. This is why the introduc- tion of new machines under capitalism does not mean a easier life, better, with a slower pace of working and non-p with all workers only required to work a few hours a day. ants It means a drive by the employers for timing to be introduced to ensure that the machinery worth hundreds of thousands of pounds is not held up for a single second because of the "slowness' of for extended the operator, shifts to ensure round-the- clock, seven-day working and for the elimination of every worker who is not essential to the productive process. In the present economic crisis the last government set up bodies like the Prices and Incomes Board to push through intensification of labour schemes (productivity deals) for every single worker.

This work is now to be taken up and extended by the Com- mission for Industry and Man- power and the Commission on Industrial Relations under the Tories. One aspect of this attack on the working class has been the great encouragement given to the growth of management consultant and work-study firms which specialize in the introduction of Measured-Day Work and other methods and which assist in the setting up of work-study permanent departments in firms to ensure the smooth and continuous running of the new schemes.

It is important not only to look at the various methods introduced by the 'experts'— job-evaluation, MTM, etc. - but also to examine their way of analysing the 'elements' of which the work is composed.

The thinking of these people runs along the following lines: It is posible to divide all work, irrespective of trade, grade or skill, into two main parts: productive working, and non-productive working.

PRODUMTIVITY WORKING

is any work directly concerned with the production of goods • vals or a service; machine operat- ing, ploughing, typing, ham- mering, humping goods, driv- ing, weaving, etc.

NON-PRODUCTIVE WORK-

ING includes: (a) preparing for work, fetching tools and materials, all work not directly associ- ated with production, chang- ing over jobs, walking from one job to another, cleaning the work done by crafts- mens' mates, assistants and labourers. (b) Any delays in the work; waiting for materials, waiting for another job to finish, breakdowns, waiting for bad weather to end. I would like inform Fill in the form below and se

SECRETARY, SOCIALIST LI

186A CLAPHAM HIGH ST, LO

Name Address (C) rest: any action not part of the work process, whether short pauses from exertion, nose-blowing. cleaning spec- tacles, scratching, or a major rest from heavy work, tea- breaks, going to the lavatory, washing time and normal rests needed by human beings in attempting to carry out con- tinuous activity. Also, all work, whether pro- ductive or non-productive, is said to be either 'effective' or "ineffective'. INEFFECTIVE WORKING is any action which is not really necessary to the process of production. For example, a man turning his whole body sideways to pick up an object instead of simply turning his head and reaching out an arm, would be carrying out an 'ineffective' action. The difference between the time taken to turn completely and the time taken to simply reach out for the object is called 'ineffective time'.

In general, according to the consultants' logic, any work which does not stick 100 per cent to their motion specifica- tion and to their performance levels must contain some ineffective working. Wide variations are found in these theories purely to suit the convenience of the con- sultants and to fit in with whatever story is being told at the time. For example, machine opera- tors may be told that they are the only real productive workers on a firm because they are the ones who produce the finished articles. However, when the consultants are with the storemen, drivers or office workers, these also will be divided into productive and non-productive sections. But in general, the consult- ants and employers set out to simp prove that as much of the work as possible is 'non- productive, especially where bonus payments are based on productive working only. Further, it is usually found that anyone found vital to the

FIGURE 1

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Productive time (A) (B) (C) running of a firm—at least for 'pro- the present-is termed ductive', while anyone who the consultants think might pos- sibly be removed from the work process is termed 'non- productive'. But all work done is broken down into these components and on this basis, part of an electrician's work, with inter- •vals measured by the stop- watch may look like Diagram 1 to a work-study expert.

The aim of the experts is to speed-up working by: (1) Intensifying the productivity working through: Fixing fast times to rates of to hammer retraining plifying work to remove the need for accuracy, using intim- idation, threats, and general pressure from management, using mobility, flexibility and interchangeability to ensure that worker is fully the occupied at all times, reduc- сильно • information about below and send to NATIONAL

CIALIST LABOUR LEAGUE,

HIGH ST, LONDON, SW4.

tion in manning and staffing for the same reason, speeding machines, up the lines, etc., or giving the worker more machines to operate.

(2) Cutting and simplifying the non-productive working by use of: Method study to rationalize every action, cutting out all wasteful, "ineffective' move- F Productive working time Non-productive working time Rest (Included In non-productive time) non-productive time ment (picking up two tools at once, changing work sequen- ces, changing lay-out of work- place for minimum movement), introduction of machines to bring up materials, etc., elimin- ation of craftsmen's mates who carry out many of the supple- mentary actions, setting a fixed percentage of times for contingencies (say 5 per cent which must be kept to). Also through cutting down on rest periods by setting times which allow only a fixed percentage of rest each day (any other rest taken resulting in a drop in earnings), setting machine the worker to a which he cannot leave, plan- ning of work sequences to cut out stops, agreements between bosses and trade union leaders to cut out tea breaks, washing time etc., restrictions on going to the lavatory, use of 'critical path analysis' and flow-line methods to ensure that at all times the worker is confronted with a pile of work to be done (much of the discussion in the capitalist press about 'ineffi- cient management' is aimed at managers who have not got the flow of work sufficiently well organized to keep the workers fully occupied in this way). The employer is so keenly interested in extending productive time because this is when the actual products are completed; (the cars come off the line, the building compon- ents are assembled, the car- goes are moved from ship to shore, etc.) for him, more productive time means more raising output well as as opportunities for large reduc- tions in the work force. Let us take an example of the sort of change this type of working could make. (Fig. 2).

(A) An eight-hour day of nor-

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mal working might consist 5 hours productive work, 3 hours non-productive work (including 1 hour rest). (B) An 8-hour day plus two hours' normal overtime working might be: 6 hours productive work, 4 hours non-productive work (including 14 hours' rest). (C) An 8-hour day under the new system with rest H 1 G A Fetch screwdriver B Tighten screw C Put down screwdriver D Pick up spanner E Tighten bush F Rest G Continue tightening bush H Put down spanner 1 Fetch cables... etc. 8 hours 10 hours 8 hours fixed at about 6 per cent, contingencies at approxi- mately 6 per cent: 7 hours productive work, 1 hour non-productive work (including * hour rest). It is this change in relative amounts of productive time, non-productive time and rest that is one of the main aims of work study. As we can see, the new sys- tem (C) not only extends pro- ductive time beyond that of the old eight-hour working day (by 40 per cent in this case) but also is able to extend it beyond that of a ten-hour day (here 16} per cent more.)

Total working time, produc- tive and non-productive, has increased beyond that of the • system at the expense of 'rest', which has been cut by half. But further, as well as these changes in proportion of the capitalist is time spent, also intensifying both produc- tive and non-productive work- ing in the ways listed. To sum up, it is by elimin- ating all 'ineffective' motions, which may not be the quickest way to do a job, but may be method most physically and mentally satisfactory to worker, by speeding-up the and extending production and by cutting back on rest-time that a huge increase in inten- sification of labour is brought about. Following this, the new eight-hour day contains not only a far greater quantity of labour than previously, but a greater quantity than even the old ten-hour working day could provide. Several points on a num- ber of questions arise from this outlook. BY

BERNARD

FRANKS

(i) Direct and indirect labour With this system, the work- ers who spend most of their ime doing so-called productivi work, who directly handl raw materials and components and work them up into fin- ished products, are called by

DIRECT

the consultants

WORKERS.

They are said to be directly participating in the labour process. The remaining workers, who assist who operations, • pre- pare the ground for produc- tion to take place or who look after the work place who in fact are mainly con- cerned with so called non- productive work-are called

INDIRECT WORKERS.

They are said to be only indirectly connected with the labour process. The logic of this system for the employers is that if as much 'non-productive' work as possible is to be cut out of the work process, then the indirect workers (whose work is mostly 'non-productive') must be elim- inated altogether. This is, in fact, government policy as expressed through the recom- mendations of the PIB and the employers are making a con- certed effort to eliminate all craftsmen's mates from indus- try in line with this. The ridiculous lengths to which the 'experts' go to try and prove that deep divisions exist in work - and among in the workers-is shown 'official' definition of produc- tive work, which, according to the British Standards Institu- tion, is as follows: 'Work which alters the physical or chemical nature of the product or advances the process as a necessary con- tribution to its completion.'

(BS 3138 No A1012 Produc- tive Work.) The first part of this inter- pretation tries to limit produc- tive working to only a minority of operatives who actually handle the end product; but the second part opens the door again to every single worker.

The whole definition seeks to base productive work purely on a technicality of the pro- cess of production. A long time ago Karl Marx exposed this fraud in the great- est detail, showing how capi- talist economists define pro- ductive labour according to their own need and justify the existence of themselves and their system. Marx showed that the basis of productive labour was not whether or not a worker took part directly in working up raw material into products, but whether or not he created a 'surplus value', a quantity of value over and above his own wages which is taken entirely by the employers as profit.

Marx showed that the mod- ern developments of produc- tion, especially 'division of labour', where a process is broken up into separate jobs with workers simply concen- trating on their own job, per- haps not even knowing what is going on elsewhere in the pro- cess or eveh what the end pro- duct will be, ensures that directly every worker involved in production how- ever 'secondary' the bosses try to make out his or her work This is shown clearly in factory production where a 'But the totality of these who possess labour thei labourers, of different value power unp (although all the employed exal much the maintain same re-p level) produce the result, han which, considered as the result mas of the labour-process pure it i and simple, is expressed in a I h commodity OI material pro- pap duct; and altogether as mol workshop, they the liv- are con ing production machine of ma: these products: ... It is indeed labr the characteristic feature of the the capitalist mode of produc- for tion that it separates the vari- for ous kinds of labour from each other, therefore also ers® mental and manual labour-or kinds of labour in which one or the other predominates-and dis- tributes them among different people. was This, however, does not pre- vent the material product from now eing the common product o arran hese persons, or their com ting embodied in mon product the c material wealth; any more tion than the other hand it on prevents or in any way alters A the relation of each of one a te these persons to capital being work likes wage-labourer and in this pre- eminent sense being that of a but productive labourer. direc maki 'All these persons are not pany only directly engaged in the production of material wealth, Bu but they exchange their labour whicl directly for capital, money as awn and consequently directly ing reproduce, in addition to their will wages, a surplus value for the labor labour capitalist. Their con- pensi sists of paid labour plus unpaid surplus-labour.' In the Under capitalism can lighterman, a lorry driver (in who in th strike by Marx's day a carter, carrier or one section of work- drayman), a docker and a sea- as po ers, whether they be cleaners, ation be called man productive security men, storemen, workers? drivers, office staff or draughts- Fo men, can severely restrict out- line Marx explains that they can, put or stop it altogether.

that over the exchange value tape goods is enhanced by their shown with the It is also movement to the place where trol, effect that a stoppage by so- 'feed they are required and that pro- called 'secondary' workers can case, fit is made on the labour of have on society e.g. dustmen, who the workers who transport the gravediggers, transport work- 'indir goods just as it is on the labour ers, postal workers, etc., Marx retail have actually those who explained: made them. Ur the I 'With the development of productive Is singer a ment capitalist mode worker? Marx says: the specially share of production, in which many ers, 1 labourers work together in the 'A singer who sells her song speci production of the same for her own account is an Con- ciers, modity, the direct relation unproductive labourer. But the plus which their labour bears to the same singer commissioned by rema object produced naturally an entrepreneur to sing to popu varies greatly. make money for him is a pro- ductive labourer; for she pro- To 'For example the unskilled duces capital.' atten a factory labourers in class, Similarly: have nothing directly to do white up of the with the working work It is the same with enter- raw material. The workmen work prises such as theatres, places who function as overseers of skille of entertainment, etc. In such those directly engaged in work- cases the actor's relation to the begir ing up the material are raw gover public is that of an artist, but further away; one step the thous in relation to his employer, he works engineer has yet another indus is a "productive labourer": relation and in the main only with his brain, and so on.

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Wednesday, August 12, 1970 TWO REVIEWS BY MARK JENKINS: The i Shakespeare's RICHARD II performed by the Christopher Marlowe's HENRY II will appea THE TRAGEDY of our royal realm, the revenue whereof shall furnish us for 'King Richard If', like all If affairs in hand. that of Shakespeare's plays, comes short our subsultutes au home shall have blank cheques, astound never ceases to we shall know whereto, when even those well acquain- are rich, what men they shall ted with the texts when them for subscribe large sums and send them it is performed. The Pros- of gold, after to supply our wants' pect Theatre's presenta- Fearing the Commons will tion, Thursday, July 30, tear them to pieces 'like curs', was masterly. the King forced lean iS to heavily on the merchants for Ian McKellen, superb in support. the lead role, acts out the Price tragedy of a feudal monarch who is gradually forced to But by asking too high that Kingly the realization price for charters and levying heavy taxes, monarchs always power is not god-given but faced the danger they that rests upon the power of men might back a rival candidate and swords. the throne. That is what for happens in this play. Once these desert him, he is But what is illustrated with left a pathetic spectacle with clarity is the all the formal trimmings and break-up of feudal relationships outward symbols of monarchy that accompanies this growing but in reality feeble, con- conflict. fused, a broken mortal. Finally All considerations of birth half-mad, he is murdered.

and position cast aside. are Chivalry, the family and morality are breaking up under the power the money In the 14th century the power of landed aristocracy o whom the King was head, was cousin, Tonk of Gaunt's lad. The de waning. roke wool merchants in The Duke of York warns him: parliament were growing Take Hereford's rights away Ability. the outmoded and take from Time his charters ador hot ar The play abounds with refer- rights to the a king but by fair sequenc ences King and succession But spurred on by historica which he has no institution of monarchy itsell question

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When Bolingbroke returns monious duty. tor vou have b mistook with bread like you. The Church makes an ero- pow. quent proving Devond thát Richard quesuon 'rightfully' the King. Boling- Bolingbroke so broke's men reply. Kine has to in ase betwe 'Well have you argued, sir; and for: your pains, of capital to choose between two relauves, one or woom 1 treason we arrest vou here.

King. He chooses migh argument. the much tor even and l Kichard returns to unci Finally Richard is not himself a King in name only, King of his own grief. He is bereft of power. in red and he court a mirow 4 firm believer in the divin‹ right of kings , he calls on God hath destroyed impressed by Kine Heram, tic- un-

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charge There have been times the that the Israel stenge of impest Stalinist policy the Middle Israel stooges been popular but Soviet sup- Inese circles. of the stresses that the Kogers port 101 formation ith State resolution Novem- happy for them some time and declares: even through open the most "Israel knows quite well that periods of Stalinist anti-Sem- of the itism which followed. the intention resolution ensure withdrawa from all occupied territories Moscow line Onlv when this is cone Israel guarantees Antain. tha security the At the CP for har present Time. borders she had before June leaders Mos- can detend the 1967

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line without ottending supporters in their nro. ionist the slightest. Soviet Repeatedly of the existence state Soviet "As for the Union. been it has repeatedly stated their policy for 22 years. that "every state in the Middle the Soviet bureaucrats the right to indepen- the to moved towards at people assures the nine 'Morning Star has had to defend the two maln Inemes Nas- First comes praise for state. based argument. comes very close to oppression of those Palestinians ser. ane onoosition those open Zionism. who criticize him going who remain in their own coun.

To with the Rogers plan those won accuce the try and the nermanent axile nt Soviet arming thousands Secondl the Star has stres. Union the hindreds Egyptians, Russell an an- sed the division of opinion the Israeli I Moscon condition laid Last 'But down with- speech of July Editor Sam President made feature headed clear essential proviso? Soviet while developing these lines of Union lost the future to pointer L (Left to right, facing camera) DAVID CALDER Henry Bolingbroke and IAN MCKELLAN as Kir IS Secretary o State ROGERS (right) and 'Morning Star' man Sam

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course of the negotiations is provided by Russell: 'The Soviet Union,' he says in his eagerness to show how "reasonable' he is, 'did not exclude the possibility of modification of its proposals, providing the principles were accepted by Israel and the US! Now Russell turns to the defence of Arab 'unity' behind Nasser and the attempt of 'Israel's hawks' to exploit 'differences among the Arab States'. Israeli 'doves' : It is noticeable that the 'Star' has never explained who of pi the Israeli 'doves' are, by the and FRIDAY'S Daily Telegraph' revealed the amazing story of Britis how George Watt, the British engineer held as an alleged spy he fo in Peking until last week, fooled his captors. He had been told that he should show his repentance for being a spy by bowing three times a day to a picture of Mao. For reasons not yet divulged, Mr Watt, who had readily future signed a confession of espion- to th

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DAVID CALDER as Lord Ross, TIMOTHY WEST as ICKELLAN as King Richard II.

way. Now Moscow Radio im- tory of Stalinism many decades plies that Mrs Meir has quali- training in such treachery.

of fied for the title! Before concluding his article Nationalism with irrelevant quotation an from a Soviet admiral, Russell nationalism has gives us the following classic As Arab developed (and in the last sentence: three years the Arab guerrilla movement), the Stalinists have Big effort of pretended to be a friend their struggle. 'But a big effort is being They have all along been overcome the differ- quite that, this made to conscious was and only preparatory to selling the secure full Arab and appreciation of President Arab people to Zionism Nasser's in imperialism. action accepting US plan, While Russell's friends have the even though it contained fond of their nothing new.' (Our been cloaking guise of emphasis.) anti-Semitism in the Russell brings the work fighting 'Zionism', their to true of preparing the most direct aim has been quite consistent Zionists. and open betrayal in the his- with the real stamp. (Our emphasis.) To his objected this age, to un- British jailers watching through act of obeisance. appeared ingenuity, peephole, be But, with great he to he found a solution. bowing to Mao's picture above the table. Under a piece of wood in The stamp accompanied Mr drawer he concealed 4d Watt when he crossed the bor- bearing the portrait of stamp, der into Hong Kong-wrapped Her Majesty the Queen. in greaseproof paper and hid- 'When his den in a tube of toothpaste' meals were understood that real served,' reports the 'Telegraph', It is 'he stood up, flicked the block British agents are now to be of wood in the partly opened issued with blocks stamps, of wood and tubes of tooth- drawer to one side, and bowed to the Queen's picture on the paste.

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presoubse is being perator to Eo ason of th doct sh e the Sscond 1 ya er fez Clotpng in dustry. equipped to satistiles wie na unions rules Unless tho Wednesday, August 12, 1970 -Zionist leader HOW LITTLE the Zionist leaders have con- ceded by agreeing to the US-inspired 'peace proposals' was revealed by the Israeli Deput Prime Minister Yigal Allon in an Israeli Home Service interview. y our Middie Ea: When reminded that the orresponden Soviet and US govern- is why the Zionists are prais- ments imposed an uncon- ing him for his decision ditional withdrawal from back the US plan despite the unpopularity that it is already Sinai on the Zionists after stirring in the Arab up the 1956 Allon war, masses. replied: Polish *The strong US reaction was primarily aimed at Britain and France rather than Israel ..

praise as I sée not—at it, we shall least in the foreseeable future -face the possibility of pres- for Vatican sure for withdrawal without conditions, or negotia- peace happened tions, as after the Sinai 1956. campaign in THE NEW Vatican policy Allon's confidence of collaborating with the from his recognition that this international Stalinist move- time, both Nasser and the ment has been praised by Soviet bureaucracy are ready the Rome correspondent of to come to terms with Zion- the Polish journal 'Zycie ism quite openly: Warszawy' in a recent dis-

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patch from Italy. In a broadcast on Moraw- 'When a cease-fire was in- ski's report from Rome, directly proposed to us some Polish Radio commented : months ago, it was not ac- series of moves in a undertaken companied with any by the Vatican Sual all tees whatsoever. Since among them Cardi- this year, then, however, the cease-fire Wildebrand's nal visit to has been included in a written and Moscow Leningrad last detailed arrangement in or Patriarch Vazgen's spring, with US clauses, government meeting with the Pope and in co- guarantees, apparently the latter's cautious support ordination with the Soviet for the Brandt eastern policy Union. proves the Vatican has changed its stand towards 'We have a basis for assum- socialist countries.' ing that the present To confirm the views of thé fire will not be misused [i.e., journal's Rome correspondent, the broadcast approvingly

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notes: «The Amman, Jordan, Vatican official news- Tuesday — 'Osservatore Romano" guerrilla Palestinian leader paper reports ever more boldly and Yasser Arafat has sent an peaceful aide to China, N Vietnam and extensively the N Korea initiatives of socialist coun- for important talks reprints pravda" articles from on the Middle East. tries, Moscow the and from other papers of the The talks the emissary would conduct, the Al Fatah To sum socialist camp. newspaper said today, up, the signs testifying to the would deal with measures to be emergence of a "new eastern taken to foil the US peace policy" in the Vatican are so plan. obvious that nobody questions them any more. Very much in the spirit of Christian-Stalinist the 'dia- for an Egyptian military build- logue', pursued in Britain with Premier said in up), as such vigour her address to the nation.'

Lewis, mann and the broadcast concludes: Allon able was even to 'The church, fighting for its praise Nasser, while express- place in a world that changes ing concern that the Egyptian and ruined quickly gets ever more President might have has simply secular, come to his militant reputation by the conclusion that it cannot agreeing so readily to a deal afford negating the existence with the Israelis: of the new forces which co- move from I believe to formation the of perate ir of cease-fire towards situation he history of man, and mus peace negotiations looks more establish a dialogue and find feasible from than jump modus virendi with conne hostility to negotiations.

those forces for its own good'

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Rescue This concerted attempt by 'Therefore, I do hope that European Stalinism to President Nasser thought this rescue the Catholic Church from problem carefully over very disaster is part of its wider before decided. He did he of class-collaboration policy undertake certain dangers and with imperialism. opposition risks-I mean the It is no accident that Vati- of other Arab countries, and can - Stalinist relations have the terrorist organizations are improved at the same time as all opposing this move, maybe Poland (together with other some little opposition at home E European Stalinist regimes) and it seems that 100, has entered into the closest (Our means business diplomatic and economic re- emphasis.) with the Franco dic- lations So the Zionists are ready to tatorship in Spain. agree to a cease-fire and talks Franco The regime, now because certain guarantees than through the more ever, touched Allon - have on by Dei' introduction of 'Opus been given to them by both members the Spanish into the Soviet and US govern- cabinet, is intimately linked ments. with the so-called 'progres- Nasser knows this too. That sives' in the Vatican.

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