NEW MINISTER IN SCANDAL

MEMBERS of the Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs will today start a blacking campaign which, their leaders claim, could quickly shut down Rolls-Royce aeroengine production. As shelled trawler limps home to Grimsby Fishing giants in a last- minute profits grab THE BRITISH trawler 'Everton' limped low in the water yesterday after being hit fired by an Icelandic gunboat.

A spokesman said the 884ton trawler was making way under her own steam— escorted by the ocean-going tug 'Statesman'-after being repaired by a team from the navy frigate HMS 'Jupiter'.

The incident, which is the most serious so far in the so-called cod war, took place when the 'Everton' sped away from the gunboat 'Aegir'.

After firing blanks and live ammunition over the Grimsby trawler's bows, the gunboat opened up with non-exploding shells.

Despite this the Royal Navy is still keeping a low profile in the area and is particularly conerned by the presence of th oviet fleet off Murmansk, whic guards the Baltic approaches to The shelling will, however, increase demands from trawler owners and skippers for a more war-like stance by the Navy.

A helicopter from the Jupiter had 'contacted' the "Aegir', the gunboat which fired the shots, and the frigate was keeping an eye on her movements.

A Nimrod aircraft from RAF Kinloss in Scotland swept over the area on a surveillance flight and took photographs.

Eight British trawlers fishing off Iceland's north coast BRITISH-LEYLAND'S plans I-LEYLAND'S plans to double production of their latest model, the Allegro, at Longbridge, Birmingham, this week have been upset by 2,000 craftsmen.

The men-toolroom workers and maintenance engineers —say their wages are falling behind those of production workers under the MeasuredDay Work system accepted by union leaders last year. ASTMS blacking could close aero-engine plant FROM STEPHEN JOHNS British-Leyland's Allegro plans are held up e production of their wages of £45.50 a week are fl The campaign is against a Nickel Alloys ASTMS members have been on strike for the last 14 weeks in defence of basic trade union A subsidiary of the USfinanced company International Nickel, Wiggin's make parts for homewards by six shells with the support ship 'Miranda' and another seven were heading north escorted by the frigate •HMS Cleopatra'.

Off the south-east coast there were 12 trawlers with the frigate HMS "Plymouth', the support ship 'Othello' and the defence tug "Englishman'.

The Icelandic water represents the last chance of profit for the firms who own Britain's ageing fleet of side trawlers.

In the next ten years this section of the trawling industry will become redundant, resulting in widespread unemployment of skippers and men. Already the bigger firms, like British United Trawlers, want to get skippers on contracts in preparation for later sacking.

In the short term, however, they want to grab as much money as they can from the continental shelf around Iceland.

Hence the clamour to keep the seas open to the British trawling industry.

The owners, of course, fight the war from the dockside offices.

But skippers eagerly enter the fray because their livelihood and future as big earners depends entirely on their catches.

Two poor trips can mean that a skipper loses command of his vessel and joins the ranks of the unemployed or takes a job as a mate.

At present, they say, their At present, they say, their wages of £45.50 a week are fl 4l... A . 1 IANO madele a well craftemen to below those on the line. And they threaten to fall even further behind.

They want the restoration of traditional differentials and have formed a craft committee aimed at securing separate negotiating Talks on Thursday between the tion and the craftsmen banned servicing during the spring holiday which began on Friday night. another Minister', the 'Sunday People' was too coy to publish his name.

This is the same story which appeared in "The Times' last Thursday and in a number of other national dailies on Friday and Saturday.

least one of the 'heavy' Sunday papers had a story connecting the Cabinet Minister with the scandal. They did not publish, however, because of 'legal In the background, the whole of policemen. Rolls, as well as for Lucas, British-Leyland and many other big combines.

Clive Jenkins, ASTMS general secretary, said that Rolls are extremely worried by the blacking action. "They have told us it would close down their engine plants within 48 hours,' he added.

ASTMS says that Wiggin's Trawlaima vinist demands.

DAVID This means that the tooling-up of a second Allegro assembly line, with which Leyland hoped to push up production from 1,200 to 2,400 cars a week, will have to be put off until Thursday when the holiday ends.

Leyland threatened thousands of lay-offs among production workers if the craftsmen refused to work over the holiday. The company claimed any delay on the new line would disrupt schework the present, ageing feets for about another ter rears. This will help the fishing employers make a quick profits-grat which can be used to set up 'factory' ship fleets. These need fewer men and skippers. Meanwhile some workers, misguided by their union and MPs, have been diverted from fighting for their jobs into making chauwant to tie it to a no-strike agreement.

Its rights, Wiggin's claim, include, but [are] not limited to, the right to determine by whom, when, where and how, work is to be performed'.

Manual unions are also moving towards a dispute on the same issues.

ALLIS LOST dules not only for the Allegro, but for the Mini, 1100, 1300 and 1800 models as well.

Last Thursday's talks, which went on for more than seven hours, were between Hugh Scanlon, engineers' union president, Transport and General Workers' national organizer Moss Evans na fat Lowry, British Leyland's ndustrial relations director.

All three men were closely associated with the introduction of MDW into factories in Leyland's Austin-Morris car division.

New dules not only for the Allegro, have been thrashed ‹ but for the Mini, 1100, 1300 anc talks mained are st keep them in power.

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arms have been thrashed out in the talks, aimed at persuading the craftsmen to work the holiday. But the 1,200 toolroom workers and 800 electricians and others in the central services department were apparently nat impressed.

Leyland faces further MDW trouble when the three-year agreement at its Cofton Hackett engineer plant, Birmingham, ends shortly. Workers there were the first production section to accept a flat-rate pay • system and are already campaigning for higher pay rates.