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LEFT-WING GROUPS WILL BE TARGETS

LYNCH'S GOVT

PREPARES

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Condemn Lynch law of

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executive committee the International Socialists this week called on IS trade unionists to move resolutions shop stewards in branches, union committees and other sections of the labour movement condemning the repressive crackdown in Ireland and demanding the immediate release of Sean MacStiofain. They should be sent to the Irish Embassy, Grosvenor Place, SW1.

Front page of the International Socialists' weekly paper "Socialist Worker' on December 1972. In voting against the resolution calling for the release of MacStiofain, the Cambridge IS have revealed the obscene politics of this centrist group.

BY SARAH HANNIGAN

EMERGENCY

AN resolution demanding the release of Sean MacStiofain and Kevin O'Kelly has been defeated at a Cambridge Students' Union meeting. Both the Communist Party and the International Socialism group voted against.

asked The resolution Yet since the formation the Cambridge Stu- of the Anti-Internment dents' Union executive League in 1971, they have to send a telegram to the been marching in demon- Irish Embassy demand. strations city in every ing the release of Mac- Britain calling Victory to Stiofain and O'Kelly and the IRA'. It can only be explained called for the Cambridge on the basis of this treach- students' union represen- group's erous middle-class tatives on the local trades complete abandonment of council to ask the coun- principled stand any in cil to organize a cam- defence of the right paign for their release Irish workers to resist the within the trade union violence of British imperial- ism. movement. The resolution was The this vote against opposed the grounds on resolution exposes the com- that it would be not plete obscenity of the SO- 'popular' the trades on called International Social- council and would disturb ists who, for the last three the *friendly relationship years, have been posing as which the students union the defenders of the work- was establishing with local ing class in the north of trade unionists. Ireland. Lentle, Bob a leading With the Communist Communist Party member Party in August 1969, they on the students' executive supported the intervention and of the trades one of British armed forces on council delegates said the grounds that they he 'agreed wholeheartedly would act as a protection with the sentiments of the for the Catholic minority resolution' against the combined However, the students' 'Orange' forces. union had only just got the When the IS policy was representation on later changed to a demand trades council and it was of the withdrawal of important that they estab- lish good relations' there. troops, not a word of ex- was forthcoming IS members planation present re- for their 1969 policy. mained during the silent Now their members can discussion, but when the vote for what amounts to vote was taken they raised death sentence on Pro- their hands, together with visional

•IRA

Chief-of- the Communist Party, Staff MacStiofain. against the resolution. PORATING THE NEWSLETTER • WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 6, 1972 • No. 939 • 4p

N OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE SOCIALIST LABOUR LEAGUE

FROM IAN YEATS IN DUBLIN

THE LYNCH government has drawn up lists of militants in the Republican and labour movement who will be picked up at a moment's notice under the amended Offences Against the State Act. The amendments were rushed through both houses of parliamnt in the heated aftermath of last Friday's bomb blasts in Dublin. A leading member of the Opposition in the Dail told me that he expected arrests to start in the border areas of Donegal, Monaghan and "far-left Louth in the next week or so. He also expected arrests among elements so that the idea of the left and violence can be associated in the public mind'. He explained that the most likely political targets would be left-wing groups associated with the Official Republican movement.

The safe passage of the legislation has also strengthened the hand of the Tories in Britain to deal with groups who give political support to the IRA. At tomorrow's Cabinet meeting in London, Home Secretary Robert Carr will report on laws relating to the IRA in Britain. He will make a statement in the House late on Thursday afternon. Workers Press has already re- ported the revision of the Special Powers Act to Britain. cover Yesterday's *Financial Times' said: "The introduction of mea- similar the Special sures TO THE OFFICIAL Sinn Fein said yesterday Powers Act is regarded as would go ahead with their Ard-feish drastic political step that should they on December 16 and 17, even be taken only in the last resort.'

(conference) some of their members Were оттестес For months the Eire undes phee sman said:'s e are a registered new laws. Special Branch has been pre- spokesman paring for aarge scale crack. political party and unless there are literally down in the event of general un- hundreds of arrests, we intend to carry on rest against the government.

hest we can" In preparation the police force The officials are expecting arrests to begin has grown larger than the regular on article 34 after the of the reterendum army. constitution which links church and state, There than due to take place tomorrow. more The spokesman said: If the vote goes in 2,000 Special Branch detectives favour of the government, they will take it who are permitted to wear arms.

as a vote of confidence in their policies as a incident In Special recent whole and then we can expect something to were seen sporting Branch men Israeli machine-gun pistols.

happen.' Sixty eight Officials appearing in were Referring to the Dublin bomb court at the Bridewell yesterday charged with blasts which stifled opposition to offences arising out of picketing government the Bill in the Dail. 'left Labour O"Connell, ministers' homes. MP, Dr John told me: I believe it was the British They are did it. ob- army who AMALGAMATED Union of Engineer-

THE

wasted to thee Bill passed y sessed with

IRA

and Workers' Liverpool No 21 branch has called upon the trades council *to support In his view the only other all workers in Ireland in struggle against the alternative was that 'very strong anti-IRA Act brought into being by the of Fianna Fail were supporters' green Tories immediately after Lynch's visit responsible. Heath and which will be used against minority groups and workers struggling for *There are very strong business their rights: of the SuDDorterS Coveriment Carr: to report to Heath Cabinet today. who would have a vested in- terest in seeing that the Bill got through. I believe it might have been them. Both IRA wings and leading Loyalist organizations-including the Ulster Volunteer Force have issued official denials of responsibility for the blasts.

Public suspicion is being fanned by several crucial un- answered questions: • Why were the army and police not mobilized for a massive sec- urity search immediately the bombs went off? • Why were no roadblocks set up around the city • Why was there no cordoning off of the bombed area and sys- tematic The only conclusion is that some powerful people in the government were completely in the know. The man with the English accent, the Derby licence has served his masters well.

workers press

LEFT-WING GROUPS WILL BE TARGETS

LYNCH'S GOVT

¡PREPARES

INCORPORATIN

DAILY OPGAN OF T

Condemn Lynch law of

THE

executive committee the International Socialists this week called on IS trade unionists to move resolutions stewards' in union branches, shop committees and other sections of the labour movement condemning the repressive crackdown in Ireland and demanding the immediate release of Sean MacStiofain. They should be sent to the Jrish Embassy, Grosvenor Place, SW1.

Front pago of the International Socialists' In voting against the resolution calling for the release of MacStiofain, the Cambridge IS have revealed the obscene politics of this centrist group.

BY SARAH HANNIGAN

AN EMERGENCY

resolution demanding the release of Sean MacStiofain and Kevin O'Kelly has pu been defeated at a Cambridge Students' Union meeting. Both the Communist Party and the International Socialism group voted against.

The resolution asked Yet since the formation the Cambridge Stu- of the Anti-Internment dents' Union executive League in 1971, they have to send a telegram to the been marching in demon- Irish Embassy demand- strations in city in every ing the release of Mac- Britain calling 'Victory to the IRA'. Stiofain and O'Kelly and It can only be explained called for the Cambridge on the basis of this treach- students' union represen- group's erous middle-class tatives on the local trades abandonment of complete council to ask the coun- principled stand in any cil to organize a cam- defence of the right of paign for their release Irish workers to resist the within the trade union violence of British imperial- ism. movement. The resolution was The vote against this opposed the grounds on resolution exposes the com- that it would not plete obscenity of the so- 'popular' the trades on called International Social- council and would disturb ists who, for the last three relationship' the 'friendly years, have been posing as students' which the union the defenders of the work- was establishing with local ing class in the north of trade unionists. Ireland. Bob Lentle, a leading With the Communist Communist Party member Party in August 1969, they on the students' executive supported the intervention and the trades one of of British armed forces on council delegates said the grounds that they he 'agreed wholeheartedly would act as a protection with the sentiments of the for the Catholic minority resolution' against the combined However, the students' 'Orange' forces. union had only just got When the IS policy was the representation on later changed to a demand trades council and it was important that they of the withdrawal of estab- "good relations' there. lish troops, not a word of ex- IS members present re- planation was forthcoming for their 1969 policy. during the mained silent Now their members can discussion, but when the vote for what amounts to vote was taken they raised death sentence on Pro- their hands, together with Party,

IRA

Chief-of- the Communist visional Staff MacStiofain. against the resolution. PORATING THE NEWSLETTER • WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 6, 1972 • No. 939 • 4p

N OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE SOCIALIST LABOUR LEAGUE

FROM IAN YEATS IN DUBLIN

THE LYNCH government has drawn up lists of militants in the Republican and labour movement who will be picked up at a moment's notice under the amended Offences Against the State Act. The amendments were rushed through both houses of parliamnt in the heated aftermath of last Friday's bomb blasts in Dublin. A leading member of the Opposition in the Dail told me that he expected arrests to start in the border areas of Donegal, Monaghan and Louth in the next week or so. He also expected arrests among 'far-left elements so that the idea of the left and violence can be associated in the public mind'. He explained that the most likely political targets would be left-wing groups associated with the Official Republican movement.

The safe passage of the legislation has also strengthened the hand of the Tories in Britain to deal with groups who give political support to the IRA. At tomorrow's Cabinet meeting in London, Home Secretary Robert Carr will report on laws relating to the IRA in Britain. He will make a statement in Thursday the House late afternon. Workers Press has already re- Special ported the revision of the Powers Act Britain. to cover Yesterday's 'Financial Times' said: "The introduction of mea- similar the Special THE OFFICIAL Sinn Fein said yesterday Powers Act is regarded as would go ahead with their Ard-fheish drastic political step that should they on December 16 and 17, even be taken only in the last resort.'

(conference) some of their members were arrested For months the Eire Many unde speeson said:'s e are as new laws. Special Branch has been pre- spokesman said: registered naring for large scale crack. political party and unless there are literally down in the event of general un- hundreds of arrests, we intend to carry on rest against the government.

best, we can! In preparation the police force The officials are expecting arrests to begin has grown larger than the regular article 34 of the after the army. constitution which links church and state, There than due to take place tomorrow. more The spokesman said: 'If the vote goes in 2,000 Special Branch detectives favour of the government, they will take it wno are permittea to wear arms.

In incident Special as a vote of confidence in their policies as a recent whole and then we can expect something to Branch men were seen sporting machine-gun pistols. Israeli happen.' Sixty eight Officials in appearing Referring to the Dublin bomb court at the Bridewell yesterday charged with blasts which stifled opposition to offences arising out of picketing government the Bill in the Dail. 'left' Labour O'Connell, ministers' homes. MP, Dr John told me: I believe it was the British army who did it. They are ob- AMALGAMATED Union of Engineer-

THE

IRA

sessed with the and they Liverpool No Workers' ing 21 branch has wanted to get the Bill passed.

called upon the trades council 'to support view the only In his other all workers in Ireland in struggle against the that 'very alternative was strong anti-IRA Act brought into being by the of Fianna Fail were supporters' Tories immediately after Lynch's visit green responsible. Heath and which will be used against minority groups and workers struggling for "There are very strong business their rights! of the Sooner Carr: to report to Heath Cabinet today. who would have a vested in- terest in seeing that the Bill got through. I believe it might have been them.' Both IRA wings and leading organizations—including Loyalist the Ulster Volunteer Force- have issued official denials of responsibility for the blasts.

Public suspieion is being fanned by several crucial un- answered questions: • Why were the army and police not mobilized for a massive sec- urity search immediately the • bombs went off? • Why were no roadblocks set up around the city • Why was there no cordoning off of the bombed area and sys- witnesses? questioning of eye- tematic The only conclusion is that some powerful people in the government were completely in the know. The man with the English accent, the Derby licence has served his masters well.

PAGE 2 Workers Press, Wednesday Deci A MAJOR drive towards the creation of cartels and monopolies on a 'European' basis is being organized by the Com- mon Market commission in Brussels. The commission is acting on decisions taken at the Paris summit meeting of the nine heads of state at the end of October which called for 'a single industrial base for the community as a whole'. The EEC leaders are parti- cularly worried at the growing power of US-owned companies which have proved considerably more successful than European companies in exploiting the inte- grated Common Market. The commission charges that European firms have failed to GEORGES SEGUY, French Communist Party central committee member and sec- retary of the CGT unions, has offered his services to the state fight against infla- tion. On the eve of Finance Min- Socialist Labour League

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7 p.m. County Hotel

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Speakers : MIKE BANDA (SLL Central Committe DAVID JONES (YS national commițte BOB MAINS (Unemployed) VINCENT FOY (Jarrow Trades Co personal capacity).

GLASGOW

SUNDAY DECEMBER 17,2 p.m.

Woodside Halls St George's Cross Speakers :

MIKE BANDA

Central

(SLL

Committee) JOHN BARRIE (YS national committee) WILLIE DOCHERTY (chairman aisley Tenants' Action Com ittee. In personal capacity.

sday December 6, 1972

BY JOHN SPENCER

use the Common Market to the full. It proposes that legislation within the EEC countries be into a single brought rapidly framework enabling firms to standardize their output procedures throughout selling the nine. It is also planning new arrange- firms ments to to encourage or failing that to form merge, associations (cartels). The objec- tion that this might violate the Treaty commitment Rome to maintain "free competition' in the EEC is brushed aside. The stimulus to this belated Washington's econo- drive is mic offensive. President Nixon's appointee George Schultz econo.

has made this mic supremo clear already. His No 1 task is to spearhead the attack on the EEC's tariffs and force the Europeans to open their markets to American goods vast scale. This is what on a Nixon's spokesmen mean when they refer to 1973 as 'the year of Europe'.

BY JUAN GARCIA

ister Giscard d'Estaing's new anti-inflation proposals, Séguy has written a letter to Prime Minister Pierre Messmer call- ing for urgent measures to deal with the rise in the cost of living. This has devalued workers'

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Showing the developments and gains since the first issue of Workers Press. • September 26 1969 Committee) 1 committee) rades Council secretary. In a

BIRMINGHAM

SUNDAY DECEMBER 17, 7 p.m.

Assembly Hall Digbeth Civic Hall Speakers : G. HEALY (SLL National Secre- tary)

WILLIE

AITKIN (YS national committee)

PETER SMITH

(Rover shop steward. In personal capacity.)

CORIN REDGRAVE (Equity. In a personal capacity.) Just as the cartelization of German industry in the 1920s prepared the way for the rise to power of the Nazi Party under the European Hitler, so today employers need dictatorial forms of rule to implement their plans.

like French The Stalinists, Secretary Communist Party Marchais, who claim Georges that the Common Market can be partici- 'democratized' through pation in its institutions, are ex- working class to posing dictatorship. • As long ago as March 1970 the commission submitted Brussels proposals to make the EEC 'an entity . . • permitting large-scale operations'. It warned: 'Too often the term industrial policy has been used to refer to activities designed to keep alive activities that no longer have any prospect of competing in the modern world. 'Much of community industry is unduly fragmented and this is a serious weakness in face of the United competition from States, Japan and other outside countries.' purchasing power by 10 percent, according to the CGT price in- dex for this year. Seguy suggests to ex-army chief Messmer: A sliding-scale based on a realistic and coherent estima- tion of living of the cost should be set up as soon as possible. A CGT meeting with Mess- mer in order to examine this problem 'which should be sub- ject to tripartite negotiations at a national level. This policy of cringing colla- boration with the representatives of the French bourgeoisie dis- arms the French workers' strug- gle against attacks on their right.

A CGT-CFDT (Socialist) trade union delegation on Monday tried to persuade Social Affairs Minister Edgar Faure to force the Berliet-Citröen management to resume wage negotiations and call off the anti-riot charges against nine men. . Two-hour strike During this meeting Berliet workers struck for two hours and demonstrated to the town- hall in Vénissieux where they were welcomed by Communist deputy-mayor, who arranged Houel, the man the meeting with Faure. Albert Rivait, CGT secretary for the Berliet factories, claimed that Faure's pledge to 'find a quick solution with Paul Berliet' would put the management in an "impossible' position.

Bitter scenes But there were bitter. and angry scenes at Berliet yesterday morning as the conciliation com- mittee re-opened negotiations.

Assembly line workers were locked out because 'of a lack of stocks caused by recent strikes, according to the factory's labour relations department. Edgar Faure was not in evi- dence-he had flown to London for talks with Tory premier Heath. They could no doubt agree that both the French and British communist parties are of no danger to the plans of the Euro- pean monopolies.

FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT

THE NATIONAL Union of Teachers today issues a pam- phlet entitled 'What is Mrs Thatcher up to?' The Tories have been in power more than two years and the luminaries on the executive of the NUT still feel that a 16-page book- let is necessary to answer this obvious question.

The Press release from the Hamilton House HQ describes the contents of this booklet as 'a strong attack' on Education Secretary Mrs Margaret Thatcher. It depends what you feel is ences of the Young Teachers' Association. The pamphlet is a futile exercise comparing In Thatcher's 'achievements' with and support those of the Tory Or in another passage: 'The previous education spokesman, Lord time has come to set out what outdated Boyle. regard the we as document Throughout the nature of her attitude and the quoted one is against the harmful effect of of certain other. her decisions, so that the pub- The NUT statement says: might know what Mrs Thatcher is up to' 'Few contrasts in modern Bri- tish politics could have been Or again: 'It is sad and dis- sharper than the contrast in turbing that the Secretary of the attitudes of Mrs Thatcher State for Education, of all and Lord Boyle.' should show herself people, The conclusion of the NUT's unwilling to accept the unmis- 'attack' is to plead with takable evidence that selection Thatcher: for secondary has education It would be a major ad- become a discredited practice.

vance if the Secretary of State This is 'a strong attack' in decided to give active encour- the best traditions of the For- authorities to agement to go eign Office when it sends a comprehensive and to give full pleni- 'stiff note' to an erring support to those LEAs which potentiary. had decided to follow such a It can be stated without a course. shadow of doubt that the There is no basis for plead- Communist Party Press will with this government. •ing herald this document as a de- It has drawn up deliberate vastating rebuff to Thatcher. plans against the trade unions That is because a Commun- and against the whole spec- ist Party member, Max Morris, trum of education, health and is this year's president.

And it social services. is also because the Stalinists If the NUT leadership was obscure the real are trying to. serious about to im- wanting rightward drift in the

NUT

prove the education system leadership. would not be asking 'What is Workers Press has already Mrs Thatcher up to?' it would reported the NUT decision be demanding 'Get the Tories to prevent further annual confer- out'.' Heary police guard for Mrs Thatcher whenever students use their democratic right to protest against the cutting of their grants.

NORMAN St John Stevas, 'If these incidents continue the darling of the liberals, and it will not be

STOW

question of reviewing has started to show his Tory grants upwards. mettle..... "It will be question of The recently appointed seeking to resist the remorse- under-secretary at the Depart- tide less public opinion Education of and ment which will demand a radical Science has warned students reform of the whole system to 'behave'. If not, they will of student support? have their grants reviewed.

'The students in the audi- St John Stevas, whose ap- "Heath out' ence chanted reshuffled as pointment to the the minister spoke. Heath ministry was enthusias- They entitled to. The tically welcomed in papers Heath government has made "The Guardian' "The like and attack after attack on the Times', is launching cam- education system and even paign of political intimidation.

attempted to get state control At his first public engage- of student unions. Minister, Education ment as Stevas's statement St Iohn St John Stevas was howled the at the is clear warning that down by the students government preparing London is to North Polytechnic. He said he had gone to the create the conditions under 'deliver which students grants are cut polytechnic to message of goodwill. further. this period of capitalist In 'Before could even open my mouth I was howled down decline, the capitalist class a group of demonstrators has no use for university- by With prevented anyone trained young people. who their BAs and BScs, they troop from distinguished audience hearing a word of what I had from the graduation ceremony to the dole. to say.

Courageous battle

BY OUR OWN

CORRESPONDENT

THE SEVENTY women and girls on strike from Barbours' factory, South rainwear Shields, Co Durham, have voted consistently and unanimously to fight on for union recognition. And their morale remains high. Last weekend South the Shields Trades Union Council organized a big demonstration and rally of the in support womens' fight for their rights.

Workers Press interviewed some of the leading strike com- members the on march ask how they see the situa- tion at Barbours. In spite of management's con- tinued discuss refusal to even recognition for the Transport and General Workers' Union--on the basis and the refusal of Social Security that it is registered to the young, single girls money on strike, the women are in com- plete agreement that they won't go back without their own union.

Secretary of the Strike Com- mittee, Mrs Josie Lloyd, told us: 'Our demonstration today is to try and bring home to the South Shields people in and throughout the the im- area portance of our struggle.

•We must get across to the working class exactly what we We have are against. been up locked out-Barbours' refuse to let us join a trade union of our choice. Social Security money. fraid her who has been refused 'We for are not out more are fighting for our money-we see the factory close down than The single girls rights. and pack in our fight for trade widows are those suffering the We'll have to stick union. this most. They are making the out and win.' sacrifices. They have biggest been refused Social Security.

Alwyn Yeoman, a member of the strike committee, recently 'Although we have got sup- evicted by the police from South other factories port from and Shields Social Security office for trade unionists in the area, much daring to claim benefit, said: more is needed. Christmas on the picket line is no joke! We make 'We have picked a strong trade this urgent appeal to workers and T&G. That's what union- trade unionists everywhere.

Barbours are afraid of. We don't finance is 'We will win, but get enough publicity. It would be Help better if other newspapers would urgently needed. us to to defend our rights.' Workers fight back like the carry reports Marion Houston is 21, a single Press, but they only

CHRYSLER

fear ates in Spain workers and has cornered 8 per cent of the market.

In that the move by the Ameri- Britain has the market share can parent company to take declined in the face of foreign complete control of car pro- competition and operations have duction in Britain heralds a been loss-making. The firm formed when move towards the Common was Chrysler old Rootes hought the Market, and particularly 1967-1968 in and Spain. herited a £10m loss. Since then losses have been the first reaction This was company has but the cut, re- to the shock move by the mained largely in the red. The American board, which has first six months of the current announced a £6m takeover financial year show a £l.3m loss.

bid the 15 for per cent of The last Labour government Chrysler UK it does not con- insisted that there should be a British holding. but the trol. token Tories off all have taken res- Chrysler directors admit that traints to a fully independent the takeover has been prompted European strategy. by Britain's entry into Europe.

The UK management has made 'The acquisition of the no secret of its beliefs that the minority shareholding will per- major problem in Britain is the mit the improved co-ordination militancy of their work force.

of UK the operations of Chrysler deputy managing director UK and other companies within Donald Lander commented the Chrysler they cently on the penetration of the group, an- nounced in a company statement.

home market by European manu- The directors say they do not facturers: 'What does concern us be want to at disadvantage is the way in which output is compared with their major com- continually affected by industrial petitors in Europe. and this is, action rather than Chrysler is being forced into any other factor, what is really Ford e by General Motors like damaging us.' Ford General Motors. The most shaky Chrysler decision Ford to launch Scotland. sections are in Top £90m massive investment in executives have warned many Spain has set off a mad scramble because times that of high for Europe. production there transport costs. Two representatives of General is not maintained for wholly Motors have been already in financial reasons. Madrid for talks and the Spanish Chrysler now poised to government has relaxed its law build its performance in up on investment to Europe. The take-over is a signal foreign car of struggles ahead for the com- attract new projects. Simca-Chrysler already oper- pany's British workers. interested in scandals and so on.

I think we will get more sup- han port when workers realize what we are fighting.' Pauline, 18, is a 'runner' at Barbours: 'I don't want to go back with- out a union,' ; she said. 'There has never been trade union at a Barbours, but there will be when we go back. We are getting good support from some workers, not only money, which is important busmen joined us Monur picken.

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Workers Press, Wednes Top: The picket line. Left: Marion Houston (I) and Alwyn Yeoman —single giris not recelving so- clal Security benefit. Above: Mrs Josie Lloyd, strike committee secretary. Said striker Joan Burton: 'We are marching today for our right to join a trade union. We have been denied this right. I think all workers should fight for their rights today. In our case we have to see behind Barbours-behind that | every employer-stands the Tory government and the Industrial Relations Act. 'Everyone's rights are threat- ened today-rents, rising prices, Comon Market, wage freeze and anti-union This is laws. the message of the march today. Defend your rights! Support the Barbours strike!' ITInGS 07

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s, Wednesday December 6, 1972 PAGE 3 THE STRIKE by 500 Asian workers at Loughborough, Leice- stershire, which has lasted five and a half weeks, was yesterday declared official by the National Union of Hosiery and Knitwear Workers. Strikers, who work for the Mansfield Hosiery group,. have agreed to the dispute going to arbitration. They returned to work for a short period this week, but walked out again alleging some of their jobs had been taken by white workers.

WORK was resumed in the paint shop at Ford's Halewood plant, near Liverpool, yesterday while under way over an appeal got the dismissal of a worker which sparked off a strike last Friday.

The 50 paint shop men are de- manding the reinstatement of the worker, who was sacked for alleged vandalism. MRS PEGGY FENNER, parlia- mentary secretary to the Min- istry of Agriculture, says she can see no hope of a fall in the price of beef, though one forecast esti- mates that the farmers will pro- duce a million tons of beef next year for the first time. Fenner said, after tour- Mrs ing the Royal Smithfield Show at Earls Court, London, yesterday: 'Certainly we have stepped up home production, but there is a world shortage and it is no use blinking our eyes to that. We shall be up against this situation for a long time.'

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PAGE 4 Workers Press, Wednesday Dece How successful have the polic Irish Republican Army been si in Ulster in 1968? IAN YEAI articles based on interviews wi revisionists and reformists on l The aims of the Provi- sional IRA after the 1969 split were twofold: first the defence of Catholic ghetto areas and secondly to wreck the commercial and industrial life of Ulster to the point where the British government would be forced to nego. tiate a settlement. succeeded, In the first they particularly after internment in August 1971 and the mass terror by the British army of How successful have the policies of Sinn Fein and the Irish Republican Army been since the first civil unrest in Ulster in 1968? IAN YEATS reports in a series of articles based on interviews with leading Republicans, revisionists and reformists on both sides of the border.

Catholic ghetto areas. second, they But the failed. Partly because the 1972 bombing campaign of alienated even Catholic opinion and partly because of the Tory government's determination to defend the 'rule of law'.

As one Tory MP said in the House of Commons on the eve of direct rule: If we lose the gunmen on the streets of be Belfast, Birmingham will next. The Provos gave full backing the civil rights campaign of civil disobedience, but un- like the Officials they insisted military that a campaign drive the British out of Ireland be waged at must une same time. Civil disobedience and the bullet went hand in hand.

Moreover, Provisionals the held that mass support could and should be built up directly behind Sinn Fein as the re- volutionary party of the Irish people vis-d-vis british im- perialism. By 1969 the Oficials had of decided that this kind traditional élitist leadership would never succeed in mobil- izing the mass movement they wanted. They decided to enter campaigning for organizations such things as houses, jobs and civil rights and to promote themselves campaigns for limited reforms in spheres immediately affecting people's lives. Moreover, they claimed that their policies would stand a better chance of public support if they were seen to be raised in the two partition parlia- ments. To the hard-line Republicans who became the Provisionals such participation appeared to put the prospect of a 32- county Ireland further away instead of closer. During 1970 and 1971 they developed a policy for Ireland collated under the title 'Eire Nua' which, far from extending recognition to the parliaments at Stormont and Leinster House, called for the setting up of four alternative regional parliaments linked by an all- Ireland council. All these regional parlia- ments have been set up, although none have effective powers to do anything. By far the most potent reason for the split were the Provos' fears that the Officials so-called turn to Marxism threatened traditional Repub- licanism and paved the way to communist dictatorship. From 1962 onwards the Officials had slipped increas- ingly under the influence of the Communist Party and as early as 1965 as part of the movement's search for a mass base 'co-operation with other radical groups' was suggested.

By 1969 co-operation had become crystallized into the of idea of a National Liberation Front. The Provos saw in this the prospect of the final dilution of their Republican aims and they poured scorn both on the idea of an NLF and on to the 'communists' they believed inspired it. In a document explaining the the Provos accused: split ... by 1969 they [the com- munists] had become master minds and policy- makers of the Republican movement. One of them in particular had been in charge of an "education department" [Roy Johnson] for the stated purpose of educating new and members re-educating older members into certain social and economic policies. 'The " historical background to the movement and the fundamental Republican posi- tion were, needless to say, not part of the education courses.

'There is no doubt that an extreme form of socialism was being pushed on the movement by the policy-makers referred to and their aides. 'While believe in we a democratic socialist republic for all Ireland, it' seems certain that the ultimate objective of the leadership which remained at the Intercontinental Hotel is nothing but totalitarian a dictatorship of the left.

'It was admitted that the National Liberation' Front would eventually involve a merger and amalgamation with the "radical groups" mentioned since all would be working for "the same ultimate objective" Meanwhile it was stated joint education classes involving members of the Communist The British Army on the streets of Northern Ireland. Right: IRA suspects are searched. The Pro- visionals' alms were to defend the Catholic ghetto areas and launch a military campaign to drive the British out. Party and the Irish Workers' Party could be held. 'We know that in other countries which have come under the control of organ- izations similar these to "radical groups", totalitarian dictatorship has been the out- come. We have no reason to believe the result would be any different in Ireland.'

The Provos' almost patho- logical response to communist infiltration of the Republican movement was rooted in two sets of factors. First their confusion about theoretical and the practical distinction between Stalinism and communism and second their social composition drawn, were, from small they as farmers and businessmen and the professions. An introduction to 'Eire Nua' published separately hints at what the Provos understood by socialism: 'In the drafting of this pro- gramme our aim has been to outline a social system which would strike a balance between western individualistic capital- ism with its poor and hungry amid plenty on the right and eastern Soviet state capitalism with its denial of freedom and human rights.' The Provo state is essentially corporatist. Under it Irish men and women would march for- ward in co-operation and free from exploitation under the benevolent gaze of a fiercely interventionalist state. economy would of The necessity be mixed because of the distortions brought about by Ireland's long and continued

association with imperialism.

The money supply, banks and insurance companies would be nationalized to ensure the optimum use of Ireland's small capital resources. Mines, building land and fishing rights would be nationalized as would key industries many of which would either have to be begun by the state or are at present in foreign hands and would have to be taken over. Bulk of trade, agriculture and industry would be charac- terized by worker-owner co- operatives, though as the programme pointedly con- leaving cludes, "still ample for private initiative room under state supervision'.

In practice the Provos' policy ran into two major snags. Many workers south of the border failed to see how Ireland's going it alone in the world economy or their participation in capitalist ownership could do much to improve their lot.

And north of the border only a handful of Catholics at the most believed they would be better off as a result of in- tegration with the 26 counties.

North and south of the border workers were looking beyond mere independence for answers to the causes of unemployment and inflation which the Provos were not giving. In the south the Provos became identified with mere terror and votes for Fianna Fail as the party of peace have increased dramatically to the point where jack Lynch now feels bold enough to stage a major push against the IRA.

The same attitude had its counterpart in the north. At first Catholics welcomed the Provos as protectors, but few attached much credence to their political and economic with the result perspectives that once IRA terror got out of hand and with the British army adopting a low-profile approach many withdrew their support. The Provos were by no means blind to the problem that they were valued more for. their than their guns politics and as early as January this year the Belfast 'Repub- • News' was stressing: lican 'We must convince our own supporters and those at pre- sent opposed to us that we have a solution to our present tnoubles and a political and economic policy for the future which will guarantee peace prosperity, liberty and and justice in our country.' Nevertheless it was not until the wholesale rejection of their terror tactics by the Catholic population of the north that the Provos finally accepted, too late, the need to switch their emphasis from the bomb to the pamphlet. They had hailed direct rule as a means of getting at the throats of the British for one last all-out fight through to final independence. They launched their campaign, but Heath's determination to hang The British Tory government, backed vigorously by the Catholic Church, used every blandishment to break moder- ate Catholics from the IRA- and to a degree succeeded.

Priests in Derry and Belfast stood in their pulpits and told all communists or members of the IRA to leave the con- gregation. They railed against supporting all forms of violence and extremism. 'Operation Motorman' was the Ace of Spades for the Provos who then began to find themselves harassed by the Eire government as well. Some Provos and even wanted to fight Officials had the occupation of the "no go' areas to the last man, but in the end it was decided that the army was too powerful and in any case the support of the people could no longer be relied upon. The need for a political initiative from the Provos was now a matter of President Rory livered it at this theish famous phrase the slate clean and s After 'Motorman feared they and then excluded constitutional new Ene norn based or both religious can their desperate Ard fheish testant Republicans. Immediately befo fheish, 'An Protestants Whitelaw reject imperial bosses who have shown by murders by British p of two Irishmen on kill that they what religious the "Paddies" 'We appeal to our fellow countrymen public ineir at an Irish conferenc the Republican would be represente willing to talk willing to talk you fellow Irishmen?' Both wings of the had contacts Protestants in the r time time to four leader others, has Although it has I explicit, made are known to be re with down the chiefs of Protestant the Ulster Defence I

(UDA),

provided there is agreement o of Republicanism. After some culminating in Vangi ter of urgency and •'Brad It this month's Ard in the now. "let wipe us ean and start again' otorman' the Provos would be isolated excluded from any tutional set in up basea on moaerate swing Pro- behind the ely before the Ard said: Phoblacht' the appeal to of the north to and his in England hown by the recent British paratroopers the Shan- ley could not care religious persuasion are al to our Protestant make winner co conference at which We are talk with you Are talk with your gs of the IRA have with the in the north from over the past Belfast Provo Cahill, 5 described these fruitful it has never been Prove to be ready right-wing The otestant groups like Defence Association that eement on the goal nitial hysteri in Vanguard leade William Craig's 'I a kill' speech, have been signs that they are of breaking ways isolation of extremi reality euphoric and larges fheish since 1925 of the e beginning Within Provos. more than 25 of t been Mrs Moira Drumm. The Provos' come from Lause l who wanted to hel struggle in the nortl in the north who fe no choice but the As the Tory pear gathers momentum Provos find they cal public support, or weapons, thei channelled very fr politically and mil How does the av and-file Provo vien We talked to a you living of Belfast. arcas John is a Provo Belfast. We Walll British out of have been in the movement since I w want a Republic built on the rights for every I am in the Pro vou have got to d self. The British arn terrorize the people. fire at children and come into the Catho raiding. We had a cut off a girl's thihe Provo leader to talk to the Prote because they turned against army. I think the raig's I am ready to Protestants too showing mounting they are lookin for : sic the f extremism. this month's nd largest ever Ard marked the end for the two weeks 25 of their leaders arrested including Drumm. had Po support those in the south ed to help with the the north and those h who felt they had but the gun. Tory peace initiative omentum and the they cannot rely on port, or even obtain are being ons, they very firmly into a they will be and militarily im- the average rank- ovo view hic role to a young 'gunman' of the Catholic Provo gunman in drive the out of Ireland. I in the Republican since 1 was nine and Republican Ireland basis of equal the Provos because got to defend your- ritish army is out to le people. Thev ever Iren and Protestants he cathole districTe had a case where ff a girl's breasts. leadership wants the Protestants now think they have the British ink the chances of 95 this are but it will nave to point eventually wh sides get together: • The done nothing yet, b do we Whitelaw. If will the and place they get in their si shot. We want an enc ment, abolish better housing and A new government be government led Fitt, Hume and Hu don't think I think affect us. ment wıll borrow development because bankrupt already borrowed that money. Not all Provos John, whose of the hard-line the their civilian campaign. Hackett, Gerry Provo. I left the Pro started politics. Before I h a sense of duty ab ing family my troops. I was in the Briti several years, but opened my eyes wa in England was told to stand move food. I could the tro stand why be used to break up struggle started to think the army was for. When I was poste 5 per cent against, have to come to the tually where the two ror campaigns have ing yet, but they will talk they don't talk s will have wrecker soldier every 1 their sights will be It an end to intern the Specia it, abolish Stormont, sing and better pay. mont in tha m ^a+- Wednesday December 6, 1 that is when the Iris me. It all seem sided, just. the Cat funerals were the would itself. in the • was about three month: there was campaign.*: They ambition was to the co drive out get would strong party the way Ireland. of Marxi one party think the Catholics and be brought the through through jobs floor. I would like t worker get union. The biggest strug unite Protestants, but you in workers The workers in wise you are not g the sam going in rights, Salut 'not got to shooting ings. To me the Conn could be a revolutior would have They their name because not join whil would were linked to I would like to se raise demand and Irish gether to get covernmen Clubs don't about politics. someone to that is they capitalists out the back for Ireland. like to see a good that can show to a socialist like to see of Marxism formed only way ind Protestants can together now is trade unions, the factory on uld like to see every under one big est struggle here is Catholics and , but you must bring the south and s in England other- re not going to get the same struggles n England for the although it has shootings and kill- the Connolly Clubs revolutionary group. to change because Protestants while the clubs to Republicanism like to see the clubs lemand for English particular this The really know much They need them show possible.

PAGE & Workers Prees, Wedneeday December

BY DAVID MAUDE

OUR INDUSTRIAL

CORRESPONDENT

I don't regard the wages system as a principle. The Trots do, silly buggers. But you have to have some sys- tem. Communist countries use Measured-Day Work come to that. I'd regard my job as to get the best pos- sible deal, whatever the sys- tem. If you're asking what system is the best, I'd say piecework, but if it comes to having a confrontation and smashing the whole thing no? - Dick up, l'd say shop stewards Etheridge, leader at Austin Longbridge, Birmingham (quoted in "The New Militants, by Paul Ferris). ednceday December 6, 1972 DICK ETHERIDGE and the leaders of the joint shop stewards' committee Austin Longbridge at have opened the door to a major speed-up drive throughout the British- Leyland combine. For the 'standard daywork' agreement signed by Etheridge and his committee a few hours pay-control before the Tory law was announced, four weeks ago, is a dangerous document by any standards. In 25 pages, Leyland has set a sharp-toothed trap for car- workers. And Etheridge, Communist Party member, has handed the company the string to jerk it closed. The main points of the deal, which lasts until May 1974, are as follows: • Abolition of piecework and its replacement by a new, flat- duction studies at BSI 100 for rate pay system. • Scrapping of the existing piecework pay- structure grades and the redivision of all workers in the Longbridge complex into two new grades: grade and semi-direct main grade. • Union co-operation with 'all professionally recognized techniques of industrial en- gineering' • Establishment of 'fair and reasonable' standards work based on an effort level of 100 according to the British Standards Institute scale.

• In the interim period before these work standards are estab- standards lished, provisional will be set by industrial engineers. These will be based the existing piecework on manning and output levels.

• Union acceptance that in the event of any disagreement on manning or work content, there will be continuous pro- between two and seven shifts.

• Mobility of labour both from the main to the semi- direct grade, and across the entire Longbridge complex.

• Flexibility of labour in a particular area of the complex trade between main-grade groups and throughout the semi-direct grade. • New pay rates of £46 for main-grade workers and £39.10 for semi-directs, rising to £48 and £40.80 in November 1973.

These provide increases £4.50-£9.75 for 40 hours, in- cluding f2 on fringe benefits.

issue The is, of money irrelevant when deal- course, ing with an agreement of this type. However high the rates offered they are immediately eaten away by price increases, rent rises and higher transport costs. Leyland's Austin-Morris divi- sion estimate that the deal will in any case put only 8 to 10 per cent on their wages bill— à cost they will soon recoup in higher production and re- ductions in labour if the deal is allowed to operate. But the concessions on principle which the deal makes, and which provide for massive and continuous increases in effort within the Longbridge complex will be permanent.

And they will form the spear- head of company efforts to tighten. up on the MDW deals it has already imposed on other factories in the division.

The key concessions relate to the issue of work standards.

agreed these It is that standards will be established on the basis of BSI 100, which is defined in a guidance note.

It is, says the note, 'the rate which qualified output workers will naturally achieve without over-exertion as an average over the working day or shift provided they adhere specified and to the method provided they motivated are to their o apply themselves vork? More simoly. it mean: they must work at full pelt.

The agreement goes on to lay out a procedure for arriving at accepted work standards on this basis. If it is not possible to reach mutual agreement on manning levels and work content for a particular job, this specifies, then the only reasonable way to achieve final agreement be- tween both parties is to carry production continuous out studies to prove the validity of the proposals'. These 'continuous studies'- carried out by industrial engineers who have already been given carte blanche to "all professionally use recog- nized techniques'-can last for up to seven days. In other words, the worker steward are and his shop placed in the position of mere

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appellants against what they consider excessive an may workload. But the basis of the appeal has already been taken away, the judge is the company and the jury is the medieval method of trial-by-ordeal.

It is instructive to compare these clauses, which presum- ably express Etheridge's philo- 'best sophy of getting the possible deal whatever the system', with the corresponding sections of the Austin-Morris assembly plant deal at Cowley, Oxford. This insists: Final imple- mentation of work allocations will take place only after agreement has been mutual reached with the steward or stewards of the section con- cerned. 'It is, however, accepted that in order that operational change should not be delayed, : of work implementation allocations will be un- not reasonably withheld, even if mutual agreement has not been immediately achieved. In the event of no immediate agreement being reached, each side undertakes to make a genuine effort to agree a temporary arrangement under work allocations which the could be implemented. This may mean the company giving additional assistance or equally the operators attempting to Workers Preet - IS complete the work allocations, studies taking aure while attempting to give a fair place. effort.' out and assist They wil try By contrast, the Longbridge with new production methods and equipment, the notes say.

agreement gives the company two bites at the task of speed- They will work the under conditions of provisional work ing up its labour force. During the transitional period standards until normal stan- 'normal' work standards until dards can be set. are established, it says, Among the industrial man- ning and output will be main- gineering techniques with which it is agreed the unions tained at level existing the piecework system. will co-operate are time-study; under This is in itself a concession, motion - time predetermined including since it means workers can be systems, Methods- asked to continue putting in a Measurement; analytical Time estimating; activity sampling; a flat rate of pay. category estimating; synthetics; Having established this, the method study; and production industrial engineers will then studies. move in to set up provisional work standards based on cur- rent operating conditions' Again, this with compare the Cowley the situation at The agreement These cover the whole range assembly plant. of there states simply: There will methods necessary for be no provisional timings or screwing workers down to their scrutiny* studies undertaken.' jobs. seven-day Under the Longbridge agree- under these methods would 'normal' work ment, the final, enable a job to be broken down to the minutest detail standards must, therefore, rep- in and the smallest possible resent massive increase effort by the workers amount of effort to be ex- cerned. tracted. Notes for guidance on the The mobility end tibitte Longbridge establishment clauses ot these dards specify that the unions agreement are also contentious, will see their members work they allow mobility since 10 'normally'-in other words at take place across an extremely BSI 100while the industrial wide area of the factory.

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Austin, Longbridge, workers on a demonstration against unemploy- ment. Left: Dick Etheridge with Harraway, Stalinist steward Sid at Ford's Dagenham. And as workers at Ford's have discovered to their cost, the wider the area across which mobility can take place, the greater the company's are opportunities for cutting down labour. Unlike Cowley, on where only relief workers are mobile, all Longbridge workers are mobile within their grade.

The Longbridge agreement forms part of a pattern, and Leyland's is the pattern strategy for tightening up all the MDW agreements it has imposed in the Austin-Morris division. Shop stewards fighting MDW point out that each agreement the company obtains, except where there • is a principled struggle against MDW, is worse than the last. The later agree- ments thus become a weapon in Leyland's hands for forcing more concessions under the earlier deals. The Longbridge deal is a decisive refutation the Stalinist philosophy of Etheridge. * The maximum time for which a job can be studied at Cowley in ten cycles, or about minutes.

PAGE 8 Workers Press, Wednesday December 6, 1972 A new series of articles by Jack Gale dealing especially with the situation in Ceylon.

Just as the revisionists' remains the Ceylonese section of the Fourth International, world leaders covered up and thus should be given all for de Silva, Perera and possible assistance in its work all bodies of the Inter- when they company, joined Mrs Bandara- 4. That the double function government in naike's both the CMU 1964, even though they terminated section were well aware of rapidly as possible. where they were going, 5. The RSP would not be recognized as the Ceylon sec- so now they seek even tion even were there not desperately to more already a recognized section cover up for Bala Tam- in Ceylon. The unacceptable this poe and the LSSP(R). methods by which ten- dency carried through its fac- This total retreat from all tional fight before and after honest politics is spelled out the dictate split very in the minutes of their Third reserved attitude on this ques- World Congress since reuni- We appeal to the

RSP

tion. The LSSP(R) is fication. to to prove its proclaimed loyalty remain the official Unified Sec- to the Fourth International in retariat in Ceylon. All politi- renouncing the at once pre- cal questions are avoided.

A of being the tension recog- resolution that the next meet- nized section, by retracting IEC should have ing of the the above-mentioned unaccept- the activity of the Ceylon sec- • able attacks Comrade upon tion on its agenda is defeated.

Bala, by renouncing further Finally, Bala Tampoe is attacks of a factional nature unanimously re-elected to the the

LSSP(R)

and upon Its IEC of the Unified Secretariat.

leadership, and by this means Here are the minutes of the prepare the eventual regroup- World Congress: ing of the Trotskyist forces of Ceylon in a united section.

'Minutes of the Third World Motion by Pia: That Bala Congress reunification since and Edmund be given (Ninth World Congress) of the each one-half hour to explain their Fourth International, World positions. Party of the Socialist Revolu- Motion carried. tion.' Discussion on Ceylon Com- (Extracts dealing with Ceylon) mission report: Edmund, Bala,

ORGANIZATION OF

Pierre.

THE CONGRESS

Motion by Pierre: That the from the Procedural motions only question to be discussed now is the recognition of the outgoing Unified Secretariat: Ceylon section. That the following d. com- Discussion. be constituted with missions Motion carried. the following members: Continuation 3. Ceylon Commission of discussion Kailas, Pia, on Ceylon Commission report: Therese, Abel, Peng, Okatani (if he Walter, Abel. arrives). Motion Bala raises question by Abel: That the as to Executive Com- of the basis for constitution International the Ceylon Commission. mittee investigate with the full Livio for power of.the World Congress Clarification by the allegations made Unified Secre- by the the outgoing comrades from Ceylon and tariat that the Ceylon Com- that the incoming IEC have mission constituted to was the disaffiliate the appeal and charges power to review an Ceylon section pending the made by Comrade Edmund, results of the investigation.

of the outgoing IEC. member Continuation of discussion Pia requests that he not be a member of the Ceylon Com- on Ceylon Commission report: Lewis, Walter, Abel, Gulam, mission. Pierre. Amendment by Pia: That Summary of Ceylon Com- from Pia be removed the mission report by Pia. Ceylon Commission. Fia defeated. Amendment by

XIII. VOTING ON RESOLU-•

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approve the composition of all

REPORTS.

commissions as amended. 5. Motion by Abel: Motion carried. That this World Congress a.

REPORT

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PIA.

Comrade that the

RSP

of Motions from Ceylon Commis- Edmund be recognized as the Certon sections sion: is 1. That the leading bodies The

LSSP(R)

and of the International be in- remains the Ceylon section of structed small the Fourth International.

to appoint a investigating committee along That view of the C. in lines mentioned above. the charges levelled, we instruct This committee will submit a the International Control Com- report of its findings and its missIon to carry out recommendations for action to thorough investigation and to the of the IEC. next meeting submit a report containing its findings and 2. That the IEC act with all its recommenda- possible speed on the recom- tions for action to the coming mendations of this committee meeting of the IEC. full Motion by Pierre: with the powers World Congress, including the The World Congress a. disaffiliate to the rejects the request by Com- power

SSP(R)

as the Ceylon rade Edmund for disaffiliation sec- tion of the Fourth Inter- of the ISSP(R). national if it feels this is the b. The

LSSP(R)

is and remains the Ceylonese section proper action. 3. That

IEC

of the Fourth International.

until the decides otherwise, the LSSP(R) c. The of the next session Congress who jolned the unanlmous vote for Tampoe to remain on; the Ernest Mandel, one of those at the Above: Edmund executive. Samarakkody who made the charges against Tampoe.

Motion carried IEC will have agenda Pierre's motion.

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TIVE COMMITTEE.

Roll call vote on point c. of questions which the Unified Abel's motion. Motion by Walter: That the Secretariat has tried to avoid.

Full delegates: 14 for, 28 following comrades make In doing so we shall expose up the complete departure from against, 8 abstentions. tne Ieu.... Dala. Fraternal delegates: 8 for, 8 Motion by Walter. To Marxist principles and the against, no abstentions. accept slate as amended by in- dishonesty and pollical generation of the revisionists' Motion defeated. clusion of [two additional Voice vote on point of 'International'. nominees as full members.

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186a Clapham High Street, London SW4 7UG. After the two students were k month, the Workers League warning to the whole Ameri Rouge Today, Labour Tomo The cold-blooded murder of two students at South- ern University in Baton Rouge last week is a sharp warning to the American working class of what Nixon is pre- paring for the trade union movement. This is the real meaning of his statement revealed by the Star-News' 'Washington that his election would mean an end to the era of 'permissive- ness,' and that he would roll all the gains of the back working class in the past period because it has been too 'pampered' and 'spoiled'.

Baton Rouge shows, Nixon's remarks were not idle words. When Nixon talks about the American working people being pampered he is saying that he is prepared now . to slash the living standards of drive American workers to them into massive unemploy- ment, to cut their wages and to destroy the unions. When Nixon talks about an end to the 'era of permissiveness', he using is talking about the state power to smash all those who enter struggles for a decent standard of life, for jobs and wages. What lies behind the strug- gles of the students in Baton Rouge is the enormous unem- ployment in this city-over 25 per cent-as the working class lives in abject poverty in a state with some of the richest corporations. This is the situ- Workers Press, Wednes • were killed by police at Baton Rou League through their weekly paper, American working class under th • Tomorrow? We reprint it here: ation facing the working class as a whole in the period fol- lowing Nixon's election as the big corporations who threw their millions into Nixon's campaign now demand blood from the working class to pre- serve their system. There is a new element in Baton Rouge following Nixon's election. During the Kent the capitalist State events Press and various political re- 'deplored' the presentatives shootings. Today not even this cover exists, as the murder is defended. The governor of Louisiana made clear this is how any other struggles of the working class and youth will be dealt with from now on. The methods used against the students in Baton Rouge are what are now being im- plemented against the union movement. This is what we warned of last year when two black militants were murdered in Baton Rouge. Nixon and his capitalist backers face a powerful work- ing class that strengthened it- self in the whole period of the boom, that has gone un- defeated in the last 40 years.

It is the tremendous move- ment of labour now in resist- ance to the Pay Board, speed- up and unemployment that Nixon fears. This is why he now un- leashes the police, the courts, and the National Guard against the unions themselves.

On November 5 members of the Newspaper Guild striking for a contract in Wilmington, 3, Wednesday December 6, 1972 PAGE 9 on Rouge, Louisiana, last paper, 'Bulletin', issued a nder the heading: 'Baton Delaware were batoned by police. At the strike of the Cleve- land 'Plain Dealer' cops were called in mounted on horses against the pickets. In Boston a strike for the right to a decent contract by hospital workers of 1199 has been daily met with mass arrests. This follows the murder in Philadelphia of a union orga- nizer. In Dayton strikers who . in a wildcat are went out jailed. The labour movement must draw the lessons of Baton Rouge. Labour must act now!

The inaction of the labour leadership in the face of Nixon's open statements to cut all social services, pass anti-strike legislation, lower the Pay Board guidelines, and increase unemployment, now gives him precious time to prepare his attacks and to try to isolate union struggles.

The ranks of the trade unions must take up a fight now in their locals and inter- nationals for an emergency Congress of Labour. This Con- gress must map out a plan of action "Dy the entire labour movement against the Pay Board, unemployment and the repression against the unions.

This Congress must act now to set up the organization of a Labour Party. Below: The National Guard fires on students at Kent State Univer- sity in 1971. Now two more stu- dents : have been killed in Baton Rouge.

PAGE 10 Workers Press, Wednesday December 6, 1972

SLL LECTURES

TV

LIVERPOOL

Wednesday December 6 Trotskylsm and the founding of the Fourth International

COMMON HALL

HACKINS HEY

BBC 1

off Dale Street, 7.30 p.m.

Lectures aiven Tom Kemp (SLL Central 9.15 Schools. 10.30 Steamhorse.

Committee) 11.00 Schools. 12.30 Nai zindagi 1.00 Pebble Mill at a vavan

LONDON

one. 1.30 Mary, and Mungo Midae. 1.45 Made in Britain. 2.00.

Sunday December 10 3.30 Mastermind. 2.45 Schools. Opponents of Marxism Play 4.UU Deputy •awel 4.70 school. 4.35 Crystal Tibbs. 4.40

BEAVER HALL

Jackanory. 4.55 Island the at Mansion House tube great yellow ox. 5.30 Screentest.

7 p.m. 5.45 News. 4. Heres given by

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BARNSLEY

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She say ele for polo

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struggle for power

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Hoover men determined to By OUR OWN REPORTERS TRANSPORT and General Workers' Union leaders are to collaborate with big business in a study scheme to promote 'the improvement of indus- trial relations'. More than that, the initiative for the scheme came originally from lead- British ing sections capitalism, who noted that 1972 the was T&GWU's 50th anniversary.

Significantly the plan is to go under the name of the "Ernest Bevin Study International Group Scheme'. If there was ever a friend of the emplovers and the lories it was Bevin. As secretary of

T&GWU,

the played Tuc Part alongside other General Council members betraying veneral surike In 1940. right- notorious winger, Bevin could wait the wartime to Join coannon government under Churchill. As Minister Labour from 1940, Bevin of all the was strike-breaking laws passed during the war. Slave scheme On the docks overtime was compulsory and The

SOCK

introduced. Appropriately by dockers Known save Seneme direction of labour all Britain. The regula- over 1305 made all stmke.

LOH

illegal and arbitration compulsory. Now Jack Jones is fol- lowing Bevin's foot- The steps. ERNEST BEVIN: The T&GWU secretary who jumped at the chance to join jointly financing the reads like a Who's scheme Churchill's war cabinet and implement all its anti-union laws.

They include Ford, employers and employees Of course the inanage. government, now chairman Joseph Lucas, British. in industry,' he said. ment committee would not Cadbury •ciweroes. Cadbury Leyland, Tory chan- The scheme would make a complete without Schweppes Dunlop, dvis John Thorneycroft, contribution Tories best friend, Victor Lord TO a Rank Cellor Laing, that lic ahead chairman of Pirelli. Feather,

TUC

general McDougall, Sainsbury and the understanding secretary. the Imperial Chemical Lord Watkin- At lor brush Industry • was clear what monsanes. Already this year wanted out of

T&GWU

leadership has £22m profit On the management Co-operation with The sonene. collaborated in the quest for profit. committee will jack jones Rela- National Industrial are former Tory tions Court, betrayed Last year his food firm have always ministers, cabinet peeves dock strike and sanctioned in the concept of a work- defence made a tuzm pront rom its 28,500 workers. 1ory in the Macmillan between •iscuss ons win lac minister ing partnership was informed of non-co-operation 22, the factory total A GROUP of workers at until Hoover Ltd negotiations uD and the nim's rega Lo the Hoover Limited factory, that the stewards had decided pay mcreases aestiveu. London, Perivale, west aproach the other plants at Indeed Hoover workers are demanding that if the company Workers for have written to Cambuslang detailing action against the company at allow their workers' standards to their fight Press combine level. penalized by Tory justice. Their for wage then action be taken to ensure stopped work once The factory the anger see nothing of shows also statement Com- sular cholacis more for the day in protest.

the boast about that has been generated by Ther bine talks are now taking place Hoover workers are not Hoover remember Heath's state pay plan. in to • fight the their own trying similar freeze of the lorv wage freeze and part Hoover Ltd, reputedly one of government did not DrevciL luc combine's action mUSt the enlightened firms company from allowing increased most unite Hoover workers' actions Due to last year's agree- completely of their Lit country. those of millions 'let's year's efforts, this WIlL exposed and this Theit

WORK

mell •rotters ano Cowa

LAC

together myth November year nonanya country who can also see that the increase Hoover who forecast profits over wage only real solution to this problem £15m but because a Tory govern- week and one OI General Tories a bullica

SULULIUL.

a freeze saying there coula de no rurner ment amboses force the strike to worthwhile negotiations. (Hoover Ltd says no to increased earnings.

resign. themselves pledged In the yearly wage lave negotiations past Since Workers Press is the yearly negotiations.) taken place at only newspaper consistently to the above then Angry Hoover workers replied plant lever. nese are not normal campaign wage negotiations. Press play its Workers with an immediae rolest s work stoppage and forced the manage- The Tory wage freeze must be workers part by unlung tnose the destroyed. This cannot done in the fight against the government. with threats plant level. Hoover table emecovery at Hoover's ask the weekly stoppages. workers throughout the combine united and Workers space in Talks for dragged on two They their paper for letters and com- combine action. and the management sug- Dack the from brothers this demand: gested more time de made . most important fight Since But due to pressure from One-day now strikes TrON Yours, factory floor, this until the end of the year. the group of January unable 1 in adaitor stewares were naily 4 to 110l Hoover workers. grant, and so, around November to one-erv sonces there must be Workers Press, Wednesday December 6, 1972 PAGE 11 And house- building back to 1963 Tory levels

BY PHILIP WADE

THE TORY government's policies of cuts in public and have expenditure, inflation speculation, resulted in an enormous fall in the rate of council- house and flat-building. The number of flats and houses built will be the lowest for eight years. The figures for the number of starts made are even worse. They show a slump to 1961 levels. Figures for the first ten 107,000 months show houses and flats completed in the public sector by local councils. The highest total that could be reached by year end is 124,000. This means that council-building is now back at the 1963 level, last yea of the previous Tory govern- ment's administration. When nen are consaered. the devastation wrought Tory policies is even more by severe. the first months total was 05,200. On basis the could be the annudi lolal owest sunce yor same time as municipal housing is savaged, there has not been an increase in the number of private houses built oftset the drop. 101 salt l An estimated nave been bullt up to the ena or uctober.

final total of just over 190,000 would be only marginally higher than last year. Together with the public figures.

SCCLOT

grand total of all house building will on all estimates be the lowest since 1963. At least million people live in houses which have been conaenne. unli Tor Rumar nabladon. clear they now have little chance of being rehoused.

The Tory government pledged before the 1970 elec- tion it would put an end to municipal housing. On that Tories passed the DaSTS Housing Finance Act. It destroys the subsidized rent basis of coun cabinet and the CBI on cil ano

CUTS

grants wages. which local councils have used to build more houses. T&GWU rank-and- All file members most reject At the same time. piece 'work. in capital investment in industry uns lalesi with taken prices ing together' and speculation employers and clear out out-of-reach heights. those leaders who insist on the When the 'fair rents' Act has assisting enemy begins to bite, the slump in the time when the Tory goy- council-building will is depriving evel Chical greater than this year's figure.

rade union every basic democratic right. HOTEL PRICES will go up be.

tween 10 and 15 per cent next because Value Added yeal Tax. Sir Mark Henig of English Tourist Board, said in London yesterday.

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Com Exch Leeds nasday December 6, 1972 ONE MAN was killed and another wounded after Bri- tish troops opened fire in Belfast's Ardoyne district yesterday. Yesterday the afternoon army issued a statement from its Ulster headquarters claim- ing that the shooting of the two men was a 'mistake. It THE NORTH Atlantic Treaty Organization, holding in its ministerial meeting Brussels this week, is divided by sharp disagreements on who should pay for military expenditure in Europe. Defence Secretary Melvin Laird, spokesman for the Nixon

Y DECEMBER 9

exchange erica Bp said 'indications are that these men were plumbers. 'One was on the roof, the otber was seen an man upper window. Both men were holding tools and piping?

The statement claimed that the house had previously been empty and has been used in LEADERS of th today after thei Relations Court. Scanion (left) would not be drawn on what action he and his executive (some of them seen above) might take. administration, warned on Mon- day that the European

NATO

members must expect to increase their military spending in the coming year. The American congress pressing for cuts in US troop levels western Europe and Nixon is simultaneously negoti- ating with the USSR on so-called mutual and balanced force re- ductions. The United States has not abandoned its military ambitions in Europe-it is simply demand- 'partners' ing that its

NATO

foot the bill to maintain the NATO alignment. Military spending overseas is a major element in the US bal- ance of payments deficit which the Nixon government has set itself to reduce. The European countries are displeased at the prospect of forking out more cash to support NATO.

Behind this manifestation of growing tension between the US and Europe is the escalation of the trade war between the Com- mon Market and America. The two sides are shortly to begin a crucial round of nego- tiations on what the Americans choose to call the 'liberalization' of world trade-that is, the opening up of protected foreign markets to US exports. The European capitalists find it increasingly irksome to have to finance • alliance a military which is founded on the main- tenance of US supremacy in the capitalist world. Their hostility to American de- mands more money to pay NATO's bills is a sign of the extent to which relations have become strained by the economic conflict between Europe and the the past as a sniping post.

Earlier an army spokesman had said that six shots had been fired 'at a military post' in the Republican stronghold.

The later statement read: 'Obviously the men who had fired at the troops in that area escaped scott free' IS of the giant engineering union are ter their decision to go on defying s Court. The meeting will be to dis- cuss what new steps can be taken in the light of a further contempt action the union faces in the NIRC on Friday.

President of Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers, Scanlon, Hugh would not say whether a re-call of the union's possible national committee or industrial action would be under consideration. In a statement after yesterday's regular national executive meet- ing, Mr Scanlon announced that the policy of defying the court was unchanged. "The executive council after long discussion have decided they are still bound by the policy of the union and in those circum- stances will not be able to appear in the court,' he said. The AUEW faces fines-pos- sibly of £50,000 and over-for their refusal to instruct its Sud- to give bury branch officers James Goad, a Suffolk engineer, full union rignts. The union has already been fined £5,000 for contempt and further contempt yesterday a notice was laid before the court.

The case will be heard at 10 a.m.

on Friday. Mr Scanlon would be not on any possible action drawn the union-the second biggest in

BY A WORKERS PRES

WORKERS

occupying the CAV-Lucas plant at Fazakerley on Merseyside will meet today or tomorrow to decide on any new action after the firm has told them the factory must close. Shop stewards will report back Monday's meeting between union officials and top Lucas management when the firm said it could not change the decision to shut the plant in April.

Spokesmen warned that the Lucas Industrial Equipment, on the same site, would also be in trouble unless it could resume normal production soon. The stewards said yesterday On Monday night in the Ardoyne, 16-year-old boy The dead another teenager. boy was yesterday named as Bernard Fox of Etna Drive, Ardoyne. Police named workman shot dead as William (30), Shankill area. He had : two- year-old baby daughter. lion are to hold a crisis meeting lefying the National Industrial the country-might take in the light of further fines. 'We will be discussing the crisis that the union faces. I can inform you that there will be a special meeting of the executive tomorow morning, he said.

The union also told represen- tatives of the merchant banker Hill Samuel at its displeasure over their paying £5,000 from the union's account to the court.

Mr Scanlon said that there no decision on this had made. He said that there had been many resolutions from branches expressing support for union's policy of total non-co- operation with the court.

Last spring the Transport and General Workers' Union ignored orders and was fined court Then it £5,000 then £50,000. changed its policy and began to appear before the court. The action against the AUEW arises out of a refusal by the Sudbury branch to allow Goad, evangelist who says all his an activities are guided by God, into branch meetings. They claim he forfeited his rights as a union member when he worked during a strike and •subsequently, refused to pay a fine for his behaviour.

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that their fight went on.

Nothing the came out of meeting and this was no surprise said to us, Dave convenor Martin. Next Tuesday the Liverpool Trades Council has organized a meeting of Merseyside shop ste- wards to discuss what further action can be taken in support of the occupation. One burning issue is whether the leader of the Liverpool dock- ers will agree to black Lucas goods. This would be a powerful blow to the company, but it would displease Jack Jones, leader of of the Transport and General Workers' Union, who is trying desperately to avoid any further trouble with the National In- dustrial Relations Court.