Workers Press no. 282

INCORPORATING THE NEWSLETTER • THURSDAY OCTOBER 22, 1970 • NUMBER 282 THE DAILY ORGAN OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE SOCIALIST LABOUR LEAGUE we think rights, must Whe THE MOBILIZATION of the trade unions to fight the Tory government is now the key issue

CORRESPONDENT

before every active trade unionist.

There are approximately ten organized by workers unions affiliated to Trades the Union Congress and these cover all the vital services affecting life in Britain today. COMMUNIST PARTY opposition to the all-out Ily powerful force within the working-cla " is this force which the Tur the worker mobilization of the trade union movement vants to break in order to cut against the anti-union laws was brought right into the open at Tuesday night's Edinburgh

TUCS

Heather speaking yesterday the most eatenary forces against Trades Council meeting. the unions LIFE-and-death involved mantly Cp execu The Trades Counci ring and fake left oulti-national combines only occasion- Party watin the abour movemen Kenya Asian to the suriac but col athe Ford combere Delegates Pledged support to the sacked called on the Scottish TUC to when strike provisions pate ate workers in turope!

are tenda case to how wate are to fore Been down rates where unions were strong.

The can Home out in such alle no illusions girl's stay Cambri esample otides operate sages bilities o limited or the trade resente indeer showdown with the Tories collection ei By Gary Gurmeet national synchronization of pay claims what THE NEWLY formed Immi- "motion On dee gration Appeal Kenya Ase Lakda walla Generator cheets egal terms they hav commented Thet 15 future davala. bear brunt of

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organizations economic crisis E1,250 Fund Challenged Challenged over the da it 10 days

BY A FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT

th that pros cate his coule hel to raise £731 3s 100 This against dictatorshi United Front. tion on the Tories on moon air Theme to roace the Tortes ad strike. • people of an ill pisses (White Negroes of

OUNG SOCIALIS

seems to mose new ahe • ite other Common

TUDENT SOCIET

for sedition are esti

MEETING

Ada over bul in eat, Thursday, October 22, inate is cers Bank rate cut • Powers Actin THE BELGIAN bank rate wa:

IMPERIAL COLLEGE

cut from Mechanical Ensineering co take used ent "The Arab Revolution' the

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• PAGE FOUR Cob. 1 The daily paper that leads the fight against the Tory government PRICE 6d. Troops still at the ready as

BY STEPHEN JOHNS

AS SEVEN more councils agreed to pay their manual workers the union leaders in London yesterday rejected the full increase, 38s rise, but made fresh appeals to employers for a new offer.

The authorities who agreed meet demands in full were Kidsgrove, Newcastle- Bedworth, Inter- Lome Cleethorpes, Falmouth, Wales and Ruthin Skelmersdale. unis brines the total num.

per ot authorities conceded to the claim to 14.

The pollution room at the new Ministry yesterday ready distress calls from loca

NUPE

dumnonues spokesman gener

OFFICIAL

were that ther taking river samples or that they would without requests from councils.

REPORTS

1 his is despite newspaper reports yesterday claiming Home Secreta that the would necessarily local authorities to appeal to the government before send-

LIOODS

prevent pollution. As vet no local authoritt Palace pickets has and

TOT

help corporation Keading expressed puzzlement at the out as rubbish announcement that a in the may Have le used in next few days

DUSTMEN

mounts

WESTMIN-

Lu prevent contammanor o the Thames. They pointed out that this will local harden the strikers' attitude and made have a rubbish noblem

COVENTRY

SOOn unriina The Houses of Parliament are pail thon threat to it clear that there yet council out for a token stop.

attected. The trike was escalated i

OXFORD

it was men voted to star

TOO

dorkers in the Nor an ast

YORKŠHIRE

on strike. thought that the threat of Mal LewIs, i dustman, said: may milltary intervention Bedore the d • or the vee This talks held in the borough today.

BRISTOL

over wages. housewives with Swindon ater the TOr rights. father their mise icy end finance com lobbied fought for the rights of trad.

city's Wales education commatter unione as a miner in neeting to discuss Specia and went to iail and we Yesterday demanding The prepared to corporation raton pay up and mee Hazaru workers' claim Following A Home Office statement merr Croydon No OnE engineers late on Tuesdav night stated The strike has closed nearly has backed govern- thA ing on the district commitee all Bristol's 220 schools and councilmen's fight by ment's responsibility to Call the polytechnic. sualth did not a ise. public ward to al at the menti General oreanie a one day strike have in their subnort in the aren's lactories and workplaces

ON CALL

Panagoulis Bernadette In view of the sible danger neer do for a matin or sater. "in a tomb' "resting' safety, government considers it their duty as a

PANAGOU-

presume a make oil call

ALEXANOK.

personnel available on

MID-ULSTER

MP Miss to sewage authorities at any sentenced to death two years Bernadette Devlin ime when it is necessary eased from Armagh jail early Rill for his are ine Palat- meath, it hard. to public mer maghera dying in his vesterday appeared be according to l her resembles a tomb, constituency once has lott some confusion in Whitehall said in Athens for a few days' holidays.

vesterday as to the nrecise vestereav She legal framework in since he berner Tossrison which had nrison in atter to torejon news such a mobilization would agencies, Mrs Athina Panagou- take place appeal against six-month A Home Office spokesma sentence for her part ir the disturbances heads ask will the prese fast ress engagement regime Carrick more in for help, rally conditions' under overnment 'true they constitu- which her son is living ir encv on Saturdav night Drison matier for eMinistay 7 was monization number government has Defence. The

YOUNG SOCIALISTS

em caine from mith al

WEEKEND SCHOOL

calls authonties Not least of these is the

OCTOBER 24 & 25

Emergency Powers Act passed the

WINTER GARDENS, MARGATE

develop workin Saturday Sunday expressed primarily in guest speaker famous Trinle Alliance

CLIFF SLAUGHTER

The miners,

JOHN MCGRATH

made hetweet transport workers and rail- (Central Committee member waymen. (Author ot two highly-praised of the Socialist Labour League) Only an Order of Council "The and nIme Repronina would be needed to activate "The Bofors Gun") How to defeat the Tories and could Act's their attacks the Politics the Commercial Citema against the working class recent canadian examnie shows 2.30 p.m. 9.30 a.m. addition the daniarn. ment could invoke one of a battery of Acts to prevent Saturday evening at 8 p.m.

disaffection attempts disaffection

DISCOTHEOUE

in the forces. Cliftonville Hall, St Pauls Rd One of the most recenu of these is the Incitement ti Cost of the weekread fast and ich concludes petalls from Disaffection 4 СТ hed and break act passed as a result of the Simmance, 186a Clapham High Lohn

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workers press

INCORPORATING THE NEWSLETTER

• THURSDAY OCTOBER 22, 1970 • NUMBER 282

THE DAILY ORGAN OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE SOCIALIȘT LABOUR LEAGUE What The trade unions must take we think United action Capitalist laws today against

THE

Cnada M example mned the inas, ind astrere ressive sufficed to do away ng under our very noses in Whan and Toder durane teoi the Tories i dle not in Nor is it lawsit our at Over the pasi. Lc C nN the Civil Service THE MOBILIZATION of the trade unions to inery for the fight the Tory government is now the key issue

CORRESPONDENT

before every active trade unionist.

There approximately are ten Stalinists cover- million workers organized by unions affiliated the Trades to Union Congress and these cover TUC inaction all "the "vitar services affecting life in Britain today. COMMUNIST PARTY opposition to the all-out mobilization of the trade union movement standard er liking. order to cut against the anti-union laws was brought right into the open at Tuesday night's Edinburgh

TUC'S

•r'calael speaklag esterda Trades Council meeting. The e Tedoni, Co ty il me tive wore deted she bunch Kenya Asian Set drar Tabot aDela tes dt by tentord omen Dangerous close dangerous produc is in Europei i o ina te ansas tir etos ds of US capital was to list more than of factory aims aot uca" авон serot pros ear Victoe nabe ato s. Tine nera epredtages girl's stay schem inern te arad consciously designed * gre steneie Senemes, merely e t the limited showdown with the Tories.

By Gary Gurmeet

THE NEWLY

gration Shahees refused Mis Phên si comay in Britai French-Canadians force it to act in times of ceal they hat MissyS tare tor eT10 bear brunt of

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economic crisis £1,250 Fund o persons reasona nt shogrobn over reasonend a Breas tre t 10 days

BYA PORR GN CORRSSPONDENT

• of ie. EHIND the kidnap crisis i hands of Canadian banks This is broad en mass whie Trudeai was pre ors be to raise Which it wat Other offeces in she amory £731 3s 10d ab line twice of the working the fores an tl ne the Tories ao The hịch action,

YOUNG SOCIALIST

STUDENT SOCIETY

MEETING

detent this T stone untuent.

Thursday, October 22 Bank rate cut 6 p.m. te cam paime dia tehe. cur trom 7, Ar sent rat7, me

IMPERIAL COLLEGE

cent yesterday, bri sing it iBo Ciobisam Mii street, Mech Rical Ensineerine :664 ench bank rate, "he Arab Revolution •

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that leads the fight against the PRICE 6d. Troops still at the ready as

BY STEPHEN JOHNS

AS SEVEN more councils agreed to pay their manual workers the full increase, union leaders in London yesterday rejected the 38s rise, but made fresh appeals to employers for a new offer.

The authorities who agreed meet demands in full were Kidsgrove, Newcastle- under-Lyme, Bedworth, Cleethorpes, Falmouth, Ruthin Wales and Skelmersdale. This brings the total num.

ber or autores wao nave conceded to the claim to 14.

The pollution room at the new Ministry alert yesterday ready tor distress calls from local

NUPE

dullorities. spokesman denied

OFFICIAL

they were 8031

STRIKE

taking river samples or that they would without requests from councils.

REPORTS

This is despite newspaper reports that the Home Secretary would tor local authorities to • dopeal lo the government before send prevent

WOODS

Donuton As yel no local authoriti Palace pickets has help asked tor Reading corporation expressed puzzlement at the out as rubbish mounts

DUSTMEN

in

WESTMIN-

to prevent contammadon o TER came out yesterday and the Thames. They pointed out that this buckingnam rarace and wure harden the loca may Will Dall NO strikers' attitude rubbish problem. working and made S001 it clear that there The Houses of Parliament are out for a token stop also affected. real tomorrow. the pollution threat to page The strike was escalated in river. meeting

OXFORD

HAsS the

WEST

COUNTRY

At Swindon stay too it wa voted to mel and nournt tat the threat o VUl onstrike. wal Lewis, a vorkers in the North and East intervention mas military austman. sala: Ridings may jeopardize peace talks held "This the end of elore wages, we are fighting Lne week over

BRISTO

Later fought for the rights of trade rights. coun- mousewives their camarer loDDled mittee committee unions miner Wales the vesterdar demanding discuss health Corporation pay up and meet prepareditoide same. nazaras. manual claim A Home Office statement Their the lead full. late on Tuesday night stated rindon claineer. royaor The strik 220 dosed is arly No 6 AEF branch has that the govern packed Bristol's ment's responsibility to councilmen's fight bv call.

to public the posport polytechnic. Ine on lie district committee anger and General health did not arise. strike orale a one day Workers have in their support in the sleward cided to call all their member.

factories and workplaces.

ON CALL

Panagoulis in view of Bernadette une bos sible danger to public health and 'in a tomb' the need for a margin government 'resting' salter. the considers it their duty as a precaution to make

ALEXANDROS

PANAGOU-

32-year-old Greek

LIS,

soldier

MID-ULSTER

MP Miss tone wisen it is necessary t sewage authorities at any death two years Devlin Bernadette was for his part in a plot meet leased Irom Arman 1al ear health, it said. George Papadc threat hor nagheda and, vestereav

DOULOS

according to' her 1 nere a•beared cen wice resemoes a cor a i tew days holidays.

some confusion in Whitehall said Athens mother for a few yesterday as shin precise yesterday. ince setters to for an framework She had been mobilization would since June 26 after ais naies, Athina take place. six-month appealed e for her form world public opinion and them to Home Office spokesman part in the sentence tor that Derry disturbances. first heads of states who suppor ask Her first will would the enracement tne present ureek regime be under government for help, thes adoress rally Loe arue concitions Carrickmore in her constitu- cedure the be scuss ted. The son is living in which ner cedure to be indeed. ency on Saturday night. prison. mobilization for the Ministry of Jerence government has

YOUNG SOCIALISTS

number of acts Statute inal it coula invoke to meet em sens from om local The

WEEKEND SCHOOL

without calls authorities Not eas or the Act b

OCTOBER 24 & 25

E20 pacy passed to meet

WINTER GARDENS, MARGATE

explosive situation develon.

° in the british work11 ass after the kirst wor Saturday Sunday guest speaker

CLIFF SLAUGHTER

made miners,

JOHN MCGRATH

transport workers and rail- (Central Committee member of the Socialist Labour League) an Order of Council Only would be needed to activate The Bofors Gun') How to defeat the Tories and This could be done with great chances their attacks the olitics and tl ommercial Cinen recent working class shows. 2.30 p.m. 9.30 a.m. ment could invoke one of a Saturday evening at 8 p.m.

vallery or acts to preven disaffection or attemots the

DISCOTHEQUE

alsatrecuon in forces. Cliftonville Hall, St Pauls Rd One of the most recent of these is the Incitement Disaffection breakfas passed from as a result ot the sW4.

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1952

AGRARIAN: •

THE

reform laws of the Nasser- Neguib government failed to .

solve the land question to such an extent that the • West peasant struggles forced a Afric new law onto the statute books. This law, of 1961, reduced the permissible land maxımum holdings from the 1952 figure of = 200 feddan feddan = 1 acre approximately), to 100 feddan.

Once again massive compensa- tion was paid to the landlords whose lands were redistributed.

And once again the fellahin had to pay with their cheap labour and taxes for this compensation.

The 1961 law was followed by another of 1962 in which foreign who were expro- landowners priated were compensated.

The total of the 1952, 1961 and. 1962 land reform laws, when fully implemented under the Plan of the Arab Socialist Union-the only legal party in Egypt—would be follows: as That ultimately only one million out of the six to seven million feddan of cultivated land would have been redistributed i.e. about 16 per cent of the land area. Ultimately 250,000 families, or cent of the some eight per fellahin, would benefit from the land reform laws of 1952-1962.

The fact that the land was not redistributed and freely that peasant seizures were illegal, restricted the reforms to one sixth of the cultivated land area and one twelfth of the fellahin.

Over 90 per cent of the fellahin continued to suffer from absolute or relative landlessness under the "radical' agrarian reform laws of Nasser's Arab or African socialism. This paralleled the failure of and later the Ben Bella Boumedienne regime in Algeria to solve the same problem.

Both failures were due in the first place to the tie up of the ruling national bourgeoisie with the imperialists who retained their basic interest in the primary and industry Egypt nature Algeria as semi-colonies.

In Egypt's case, in addition, the national bourgeoisie had his- torical ties, through the Misr group, with the feudal land- and the latter had owners financial links, since the 19th century, with British, French and other imperialist powers.

Peasant poverty Part of the poor peasantry of Egypt is the wage-earning farm labourer. The Arab Socialist Union's programme froze wages at the equivalent of four shillings a day for migrant,. seasonal and other semi-migrant farm workers.

At the same time the overall economic plan continued to stress cotton production, the traditional imperialist crop, Agrarian Reform Co-operatives, under state con- order to trol, were set up in rationalize this primary crop pro- duction and thereby perpetuate the cause for Egyptian poverty and landlessness. Over 1.5 million families

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A labour exchange In Sunderland. remain landless, 2.5 million own that these states have not only half the less than feddan, semi-colonial but also imperialist minimum for basic subsistence.

features. The extent of Egypt's financial As Trotsky said of S Africa, in for West is refected in commercial ties with the the 1930s, the Africans it its was a 'slave colony', but for the Only one per cent of these go to 'whites' it was a 'dominion'.

Africa itself. The bulk are 'White S Africa' and Rhodesia's des- primary producuon 'white community' represent tined for the US and W Europe.

exactly simply and overseas extensions of the British Isles Mining, farming and the mono- themselves. Politically and econo- of which is the culture cotton, they mically are imperialists largest, comprise over 50 per cent geographically inside the of national production. The 1952 differing from Britain colonies, National of Charter Declaration only that the latter iS Nasser rejected industry dil separated from her semi-colonies immediate target, thereby retain- by oceans. ing the economic structure im- The apparent of S posed the by exceptions Africa and Rhodesia thus prove imperialism. The the rule. only other rela- The characteristic complement tively industrialized of the Imperialst concentration Africa is Egypt. And even there, on primary industry (mining and despite the strength its OI farming) in the semi-colonies is the starvation of industry.

national bourgeoisie Africa, its that elsewhere in As its immediate aim this has industrialization is slight.

the preservation of the existing In 1960 the share of the state manufacturing industries inside industries in production was the imperialist countries, which and according to. the per cent do not want to create competi- projected to uve-year plans wa. tion for themselves. be below 50 per cent by 1970 At the same time the creation esidentlay Afters, when Minister of of urban manufacturers inside the said Presidential semi-colonies would result in an that nationalization itself is not urbanized working increased for us of liquidating means class and imperialism has more of property but spreading or less deliberately set its face wider'. That this did not mean a against this development.

greater 'public' in There have been some excep- nationalization, but greater tions to this, including Japanese 'public' interest was shown in the of super-exploitation techniques fact that the National: Charter and of industry in certain areas; itself stipulated that 75 per cent in Rhodesia and S Africa.

domestic alone commerce should be But the industrialization of S in the private sector Africa and Southern Rhodesia is and only 25 per cent in the state fact sector. simply an expression of the

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For the youth who never went through it, this period rests like a grim shadow, a constant reminder of the depths to which monopoly capitalism will thrust the working class to save itself and its system. Today under the Tory gov- ernment such blurred images the 1930s are brought from sharply back into focus for workers and their families in the North East. Unemployment now stands at 63,139 in the northern

TRUGGLES IN

JOHN SPENCER

EXAMINES

THE EFFECTS

OF NOISE IN

INDUSTRY

'NOISE POLLUTION' is the latest fashionable by-word, with agitation against Jumbo jets, airports and motorways heading the list. In the glamour of this new- found catch-phrase, it is generally forgotten that noise pollution is nothing new, and that in industries like textiles, heavy engineering, shipbuilding and nail-making, 'noise pollu- tion' has been a reality for many years. Unlike a number of other harmful pollutants—-poisonous asbestos, carcino- chemicals, etc., the worker has gens, virtually no legal protection against noise. Controls are, to all intents non-existent. and purposes, while Yet the effects, less dramatic, can be as crippling harmful exposure to as chemicals. The effects of loud and con- tinuous industrial noise are not very dramatic in most /cases. In simple terms the sufferer slowly but surely becomes deaf.

He or she may not notice for some their years that hearing is less acute. By the time the deafness is noticed, it may be so marked as to prevent hearing of normal conversation. Over a working lifetime, industrial noise can produce almost complete deafness.

The reason why this hap- pens is now fairly well under- stood by scientists and doctors who treat and study industrial deafness. It appears that constant exposure of the delicate ear membranes to strong vibra- tions and changes of pressure thickens them and makes them less sensitive, particularly to the higher tones which play an important part in speech, music. and a key part in Hearing ability is at its peak in youth and deteriorates with age, even under normal con- ditions. No doubt this ageing process is connected with the exposure which everyone undergoes at one time or another to loud noises, which have a cumula- tive effect. region with much of it con- centrated on Tyneside. The area is dominated by heavy engineering of the shipping industry. But in a highly competitive world market the out-of-date and inadequate yards building industry must face a production race in which the far more modern facilities of Japan and continental coun- tries set the pace. The employers have an answer — speed-up, intense exploitation and a smaller labour force. This hits the youth particu- larly hard. With no security of in training the shipyards (those who do get an appren- ticeship are the lucky ones from a very long list of school of leavers) for thousands youth there is only the dole queue. • Friday morning from Every , 12.00 first the boys 9.30 to then the girls line up to receive a miserable £2 16s. In their last year at school these young people were told about their bright future with a career and all the trimmings.

When they leave they find that at least ten are chasing just one job. The corollary in such a situation is that wages for the youth are very low because the employers arrogantly rely on a pool of unemployed to choose from. Some of the girls in the long dole queue in Sunderland told us very forcefully what they Tories' felt about the un- employment policy and the for youth, when future visited the town as part of our national recruitment campaign.

Unemployment in this town totals 5,752. Nolse is the worst part of working In th In the case of workers in very noisy jobs, this ageing process is speeded up and the ability to hear high tones dis- appears very rapidly. It is now possible to calcu- late the degree of deafness which will be caused by a specific amount of loud noise.

* It has even been said that the loud music played in dis- cotheques has a measurable effect in causing hearing loss.

If this is the case for a few hours' exposure to loud pop music there is little doubt that working in a noisy job can be damaging indeed to very hearing. The question of hearing loss caused by exposure to loud noise at work has been investi- gated by a number of scientific research teams. But their findings have made little impact on the situation in the factories. Most of their proposals boil down to providing ear-mufflers people working under these conditions. But like many other safety precautions this is, in fact, quite inadequate. In many jobs it is necessary to be able to hear shouted instructions Thursday, October 22, 1970 • Sixteen-year-old Liza said she had been unemployed for three and a half months. Her friend Rosemary was on the dole for five months. Both complained of the treatment meted out to them by petty officials at the youth employment office. "They send you to a job but in most cases ten gırls have already been interviewed. • You're just told there aren't any vacancies? * Some of the girls had been offered jobs in Scotland, away from their families and their friends. One had an interview for a job in Durham-15 miles from her home - in a technical school as a cleaner. She was offered f5 6s of which f2 18s was for board and lodgings.

This would have left her with less than she was getting on the dole. All were clear on one thing - a future under Toryism meant no future at all. In their discussions with the Socialists national Young recruitment team they ex- pressed the firm determination that they weren't going to have the 1930s back. Their feelings were shared by many young people both employed and unemployed who became new members to the Young Socialists during our stay in the area. • Not for them the demora- lization of a youth spent fruit- lessly chasing job after job.

They wanted the kind of life that scientific development, computerization and automa- tion could offer thousands of workers, they said. And they were joining the Young Socialists to fight to ensure that they and thousands like them got it. of working in this linen mill In Belfast.

over the noise and ear-mufflers would lead to a deterioration in safety. Much of the research that has been done comes from the National Physical Laboratory - a government laboratory with a record of objective and painstaking research in industry. This laboratory is now threatened with the Tory axe.

The new Trade and Industry supremo,, John Davies, has made it known that the gov- ernment is to be 'disengaged' from industry — laboratories like the National Physical Laboratory will be cut to the bone. * "The government, Davies says, 'should only be involved in industrial research and development if industry is prepared to pay the govern- ment to do it. In other words, the Tories are going to break up the gov- ernment laboratories and put the damper on all industrial research which is not directly financed by industrial firms.

The current research into hearing loss and industrial deafness will undoubtedly come very low on companies' priorities if they have to pay for research themselves.

Thursday, October 22, 1970 strike could halt tubes

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cent offer of a £l4 l6s minimum wage for a 42-hour week.

Many of them were rightly incensed by this derisory answer to their 37-pieai-cs 350.00m. 350,000 agricultural want f18 for hey are year in trember. anquate tor chilare this at to women,

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JOE THIRLWELL, Thoresby Colliery (Notts): and new starts on a bore at IF WE LOSE this, we might a: HIS rIGHi is for tne lower would well jack giving in to the NCB. We've got to go with the strike especially for the lower-paid men. Robens is trying to bribe us with the offer of 50s. That offer is an insult and in my opinior we have bowed down to then long enough. I'm prepared to stick it out for the full 'Es nothing less. We'll stick it out to the finish.

he's on the owe me. .. I'm not a political man, but 1 think the time nas come to M. ALLEN, Thoresby Colliery (Notts): stand out now. FRANK SCULLION, Thores- ar ng harder for i today by Colliery (Notts): i or nobody tags how a sad Will c CONDITIONS in the pits are bad. Dust conditions are getting no better, especially with the new prong the give is They have been openly black machines that are being Dressed into the collieries. Also, today they can send you to the shift bottom to seek ol in materials (under the Power- Loading Agreement. Inis is no union benefit to the lads in the pit.

The wages in the pit now are especially to the There men on contract work who have lost as much as f5 a week, because the Power-Loading Agreement finished payments fol The conditions contract work. under PLA don't make for up the dangers to health from the sue treased there me Robens' television intervier . was nothing new. He was asked about his and said the miners buy things at th same prices as him. Why should 3 Noting Whateveres than Robens get his huge rise? He's not working in the dust. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1971. I1 a.m.

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FRANCE

BY DAVID BARNES

THE STRUGGLE by the 43,000 workers of France's state aerospace industry (SNIAS) for a new wage contract is threatened by the two main unions' splitting tactics. Faced with widespread official plants stoppages 1n throughout France,

SNIAS

President who Ziegler President finally offered national contract which gave only derisory wage increases and included anti-strike Clauses. Socialist 'Force Ouvrière' union leaders have now called on their to decide either members to accept the contract outright or go on immediate indefinite strike.

asylum dies In their hands, this is clearly a manoeuvre to get the contract accepted whilst the Stalinist CGT leaders are still calling for 'pres- sure' to improve the terms.

in Mexico Division There is here a clear division of labour. FO chiefs, faced with militancy GENERAL Lazaro Cardenas who their own great by especially died in Mexico City this members, the week, 75, Toulouse factory where Concorde aged the Mexican is being built, can put on a 'left' who president gave asylum to mask. Leon Trotsky in 1937. The CGT, with a policy of General Cardenas was one of actions at plant level, provides the leading generals of the the means to keep the struggle Mexican revolution from 1910 at the pace of the least militant to 1920 and was elected president sections. in 1934. In doing so they cover up the FO leaders' bluff. FO militants know that only a joint indefinite wide support among strike could the day. win peasantry, though Cardenas him- self occupied Bonapartist Ban balancing politically position, be- French dockers have been tween the peasantry and workers and the great oil interests. operating ban on overtime and weekend and night shifts, in Trotsky When his wife of claims for improved and support out of Norway were ordered fall-back in pay, lower retiring 1937 the Mexican painter Diego age 'and against the running- Riveira interceded with Cardenas down of the ports. and asked him to give Trotsky The CGT dockers' federation asylum. has appealed to other sections of workers for solidarity in the ban. operating Pressure Over 4,000 in the miners Merlebach coalfield (in Lorraine) Cardenas agreed, despite the are strike following intense Stalinist diplomatic black- from the major unions last week.

mail and The has been against action called pressure this decision. against management attempts to reorganize the shift system with- He declared that he had not out offering any compensation only granted Trotsky asylum, whatsoever. had invited him but to be the guest. Love tene Occupying Right up to Trotsky's assassin- In the Oise region over 800 ation on August 20. 1940, Trefimetaux metal workers Cardenas faithful to his Serifontaine are occupying the pledge. plant in a week-old strike for increase and a sliding scale His pay only condition that was of wages. Trotsky should not interfere in Management has so far refused Mexico's internal affairs, can. even to offer parity with workers dition to which Trotsky adhered in their other plants. scrupulously. Background the dailv Despite wages and iobs in virulent Stalinist struggles on campaign inside and France is the report just issued outside Mexico his by the Centre for against actions in Aconomic Studies of the CGT on unemploy- harbouring Trotsky, Cardenas de- fended his ment. right to speak out About 440,000 are now with- against the Stalinist slanderers. a job- -almost many as A11T as Cardenas revolu- the recorded figure shortly after not a tionary, despite his offer the May-June 1968 general strike.

of asylum to Trotsky. But by stand- But now a high proportion of ing the Stalinist slander these are long-term unemployed campaign during those bleak and young people. important serie to the develope reaction, An estimated 40 per cent of an the jobless are less than 24 years ment of the Fourth International.

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Trees bar raise leal revisionists Fish Stalinı The king, of Canada is because a div derman Tail se In rranc of distributing ay, only three years ban Pilkington behind tole speaker Scared of offending that from the right trade union leaders mas educations the LANCASTER Trades Union Defence Com- 5 and the

CORRESPONDENT

mittee, which is backed by shop stewards at call trike against Lansils and other workers, planning to in the anti-union laws prepares distribute leaflets the local factories, In Tory dangers union exposing the OI the legislation, and to call a public meeting in the town on opposition to the Tory laws.

Chat Milkins o ncomes pliger the pre- turned down, although it

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MEETINGS

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is 'pitiful' nst cuts in servicemen, nee position was made sungested later that ive speaker offence makes steward, from Livers AV - Union organizer on underine are ten from nember of th THE OFFER of a £14 16s minimum wage to his duty or allegiance. vitolicy as conell, Britain's 180,000 farmworkers was described as which in so minery field, both 'inadequate and pitiful' by a local union

ALL TRADES UNIONS ALLIANCE

organizer yesterday. mum and wht an 618 'We fron sun dutieres away

CONFERENCES

Union to meet and women who work land a living w St Helens Support Plkingot gaeworkers and their ange of activities that coul nand industrial building firm retwee he council workers claim Harrises Defeat the proposed Tory antl-union laws Natio troops Worker Presens: to

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 8

COVENTRY: Keith's Club, Cox Street, 3.30 p.m.

NEWCASTLE: Royal Turk's Head Hotel, Grey Street, 3 p.m.

5.30 PImLD: Crooksmoor Vestry Hall, Crooksmoor Road, negotiating tab

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 15

ernment pressure. (rom phe areas, reas so ear scened officials must ASGOW: Partick Burgh Lesser Hall, near Merkland Str 13s. Hair of it will not the sale, erarouna, 1.30 | LONDON: Woodlands Hail, Grown Street, Acton, 7.00 p.m.

Speakers will be from the Pilkington Rank and File Committee are mati this bi play Botre but then 100k st to in :LL ora Kober or more thar

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idented in the pas answer their ques- Reggio

CHOCOLATE JOBS TO GO

Ltd, ocolate will then be locolal 850 thei

MATT LASS

statutory force. week in on November End Board inflation. oficia

PROTESTINOBENYES QUIZ

like to see sentatives awhich na mino reepre- city and a with members me brow party amants, co National Coal Board, to Neh comery management La system where we wou Italian Abery,

GREEK ASYLUM GRANTED

i Farmers Uni weekend press rence da thoute Greek securited thorities banners again this offer ma of ke the Buch t ands steam said this elements or neggio Harrison. Setented. i Site ished by ian Stalinists recognizing to a hesitation conditions 'We cain shed power ere years expressed a peppiar Probe bom • the land appears on page coal Un

BY A

FORE GN CORRESPONDeN FRENCH imperialism is now seriously concerned at the prospect of WaS ( necessarv serous v damace coe who e sonary. install a pro-Gaullist regime of French policy in Africa ruinous colonial war in Congo-Brazzaville. Sahara.' south of the Chad - one of the the Opposition the Chad

KEY AREA

dictatorship 'independent' nominally despite the But of the states French torture and simply leave the vulic

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Foreign central Community ernment to its well-déserved Hall Co. Africa. Tate. Th FRO LINALi OnaS IS Though Chad itself is one neent. rAULA, Tombalbaye, whie ot the Doorest countres u separate unts an aver- France's puppet dictator the world, with a calculated age size ot 800 men. Chad, head There are more volun- than £10 a year, the struggle teers than can be accepted key a much irench Gaullist minister Léo there, can the 'France Atrique October 1970 nallUr uctlaica, Jean Mialet National is given a raris Assemoly ạch new recruit and toal al porces wille wild close coldburalor told, sycal Foccart. acoues Lne the carlicol DUSSIDCl *renci capitalism, always oncal responsiole with a tuliLy. Icolace ready with hypocritical Hrench nollci in anad exc rine capturea nom _rrencn attack the Ils war plained the dilemma: governmènt forces. Indo-China, has already had "Thé affair in Chad is not a simple of main-

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African order in cat Africa deterior- Using camels and had 1707 paralioops the the liberation to be Presi- sent to protect aliul highly which cent Moa or wados aralns! populatic a nu arber on with threatened in sutrecuon. nenIY Drobault France and in 1968 an armed con- would equippea hao not intervenea. a hunuck rocket-launchers dilu 11101 Liberation fighters training in N Chad.

CHeCuYC aralls l ana vences useo ov tre rrenca troops. The French government has not the slightest of destroying this any are esitating before committing Lacuscivce w ds walca lney can see nu

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1 ne Clau, that in vetam. Is une Con- cern international the working class. All organizations the labour drawal troops trom the country Caledonian- BUA link confirmed

CALEDONIAN

Airways taking over British United Airways to form Britain's in- dependent 'second force' air- line, it was confirmed yester- day. The new airline has been assured Board Lilc Iraae mnau tnere woua be powers

"BOAC®

Droben a DOUT transfer routes from Miners suspended for BOAC said that it would nol arree way dacie- ban aay

MIT

CIlVe zenkins FOURTEEN branch officials at A N Sald ate ccn taken against the Hem heatn colery, stoke wollle be Trent, President the Board have been suspended their area executive Trade approvatre cut wahout their

BEA

tor to end By an Industrial correspondent oh the mitims victimized laid dowr the not toed by both the area and nationa.

execulves. sail •Wilt suspenaea omciais wno men reseni most we had been suspended forth. But have the feeling duty to .our members

FRANCO'S

to continue the puppet 'parlament, the Cortes, Cisil ban has begun its debate on a draft labour law, d lilass mneelns. aimed at putting a more 'liberal' facade on the 12-man 1 ne tnev WIll lake rurtnel fascist corporate unions.

if the Midlands' acton executive oi the Nv coes Independent trade unions not reinstate branch

BY A

their have been illegal in Spain since officials. Their ultimatum runs

FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT

lue Livll yal anu dl of the 37.000 Nottin hamsire miners dre lorcea lo Toln une

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ene bao ned electe govern- alcacos walch their now election is ment, employers and the government allowed for certain lowel dl c are represented. unic Dall. di ca

CACLULIYC

Not surprisingly, the fascist spokesman said yesterday thal However, top officials will unions call strikes There were no moves alS• sull be appolntea,

WILD

The the oven che geis lane waxed any cib ne tnet memoers ano lnal bower to discipiine WOt. over the they had in fact recommended on the kers who step out of line, and yeais the action. dissolve branches caschst Cole loll compusory meu- spokesman London regime's Delsip levics. admitted yesterday that the Ana Inouen tne new law 1s principles. recommended couched albera lzine action be move, Franco's government is Same dog dese this friday, sike balon.

n the past all union officials As one Spanish militant put it : It's the dog with a same different collar. The law will , and will fool lIC W Spanish workers, talniy luer ue strike surugaics an0 l Tne crowin tne lekal workers commissions The original impetus for the new law came from the arra. the Franco ur y union head wistr demands, men tro structuré came tne lascisl a sem pance or emocialy side tne unions Over the nast four vears the Tarragona proposals have been emasculated lawyers, who finally draft before the Cortes. Convince Armoured vehicles remain on the alert in Reggio.

of the Main purpose new legislation convince Labour n Mar- their led the fully line with internallonai recines lilal tactics, whe Common Isauon ana trencter mn une ursu placc parlamentary ket modify countries WOrKeIS calis tor srucural reTorIs

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•Dan oves submerging the question Common Marker. ouc oDec- beneath a dis- tions ins deis have been raised a Doll taxes and public position spending. there. insurrection Reggio Thursday, October 22, 1970 Algerian regime murders Krim Adarian mer- checked * Krim of hi. Krim, the French …He server army war, Building De Movement for Mest Had as loab He French, part clany atte It was this committee whic uprising November 1954. One left of the they one, lagan Bitat, ria tida of author. One Ait Atm • Kable asant s Killed by ene n by th Boume. war minister • Evian, later disagreed with Ben Bella's He formed Parisian Renewal in 1967 in ree ntle inate him fọr hi paradoxically, Defended anst the resended hil against the The disappearance' murder of Krim pressing its Kenya Asian

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not work. i can only go can- as a tourist. Miss Lakdawalla, 20- in 9%sith a British passport * cooplied for he sides. • Sept tem- Died for i would enable her t0 fend the bet ribunal ly appealed to the • her, Miss K. traye is tofice Витья Номе All she and ask for a passport.