SUPPORT

ket on Wednesday.

In a key editorial statement the Party's daily paper 'Morning Star' yesterday defended Scanlon over his outburst which has been welcomed in Tory the Cabinet.

In his speech, the trade union Ion accepted the of Tory policy. • HE OFFERED the Industrial Act in exchange amendments. • HE AGREED principie Ior wage control providing government concessions were made. • HE ADMITTED that the trade unions would accept the principle of Common Market entry.

In their editorial the Stalinists who control the 'Morning Star' launched a massive cover-up. They accused those who condemn Scanlon for abandoning the fight against Tory policy of spreading illusions' They say Scanlon's volte face is not a real change of mind and that his views are the views of one man.

Stripped of its double-talk, the 'Star' article is nothing less than an acceptance of the Scanlon line and the darl he wants with the Tories.

They do not point out that the Scanlon statement is a flagrant violation of his own union's policy decided democratically at conference.

They do not point out that the views of Scanlon will be interpreted by millions of workers, particularly those who fight the pay laws, as the policy of the engineering union.

On these issues, the Stalinists are silent. Workers who know of their past treachery will be right to judge this silence as acquiescence with the Scanlon manoeuvre.

In the two years and ten months of Tory government Communist Party and the 'Morning Star' have done all in their power to prevent a political confrontation between the Tories and the working-class.

Now they are parties to a cynical proposal for a deal with the Tories.

This is how Stalinist 'peaceful co-existence' becomes class collaboration. Throughout its long history British Stalinism has been notorious for this kind of political treachery and that is why tens of thousands of young workers utterly reject the Communist Party.

The next stage of the betrayal will take place at the AUEW national committee, TURN TO BACK circles, including which has rocked movement, Scanthree main planks to accept for Tory with the Some London c/vil servants at a Caxton Hall meeting Civil service strike hampered MEMBERS of the Civil and Public Services Association and the Society for Civil Servants plus some other civil service unions held meetings during office hours and then walked out for the day throughout the country yesterday.

In London, about 500 civil servants held a meeting at Caxton Hall attacking the Tory government for driving down the standard of living of the working class.

A speaker who called for a General Strike to get the government out of office was well received.

But the strike movement clearly being hampered the confusion being sown Civil Service Unions. 0 Broken agreements Government.

ROYSTON BULL in the trade union movement generally by the TUC leaders who refuse to fight the Tory government.

The civil servants' own leaders are helping this confusion by their own indecisiveness.

Because the one - day stoppages are unable to influence the Tory government in any way, workers like civil servants and hospital workers are beginning to lose their enthusiasm.

At a similar national day of protest meetings and walk-outs a month ago, there were pickets out at many civil service departments in London and over 2,000 crowded a Central Hall rally.

Only an all-out deal.

Standard': movement can shift the government, starting individual i ndustries and spreading to a General Strike to force the Tories to resign.

Anything less than this will only wear out and demoralize workers and will not deter the government one bit.

Some of the absence of pickets yesterday was due to plicit: police interference.

They had told union organizers that large congregations could not be permitted because of the bombthreat security precautions.

This kind of harassment, and managements' threats to victimize civil servants who walked out can only be finally answered by the General Strike. • See interviews John Elliott, Labour Editor of the 'Financial Times,' on Thursday:

than totally repealing the Act.

later this year.' The "Financial Times' yesterday TURN TO BACK PAGE