Workers Press no. 1110

workers press

UNIONS REVOLT

AGAINST PHASE

INCORPORATING THE NEV

DAILY ORGAN OF THE CENTF

FROM DAVID MAUDE

IN EASTBOURNE

TWO MORE union chiefs may be instructed within the next fortnight to pull out of the Phase Three talks with the Tory government. This distinct possibility loomed yesterday as the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions, representing 3 million workers, voted overwhelmingly for an end to the talks. The two who could follow engineers' president Hugh Scanion, already for- bidden to go to Downing Street are: • Jack Jones, leader of the country's largest union, the Transport and General Workers' Union. • David Basnett, general secretary of the General and Municipal Workers' Union, If all three were removed by their the TUC's unions from talks team, it would be reduced to a right-wing rump of three: Victor Feather, Sir Sidney Greene of the National Union of Rail- waymen and Alf Allen, the shop- workers' leader. At Eastbourne yesterday dele- H.J.

PARK V

gates voted by 1,347,593 votes

MULLINER

to 523,900 majority of 823,643—to press the TUC not to participate in any discussions with the government on any form of wage freeze. Unions in favour of ending talks with the Tories were: all four sections of the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers— construction, foundry- engineers, men and technical and super- visory staffs; the General and Workers' Municipal Union; the white-collar union ASTMS and the Sheetmetal Workers' Union.

Those who wanted to pursue talks with Heath and the CBI were: the electricians' union, the boilermakers, woodworkers and metal mechanics. The T&GWU abstained. But even if its full affiliated weight had been cast against the motion, it would still have been carried.

Jones support to continued participation in the talks at his in 11 days' annual conference time. He faces no less than seven anti-talks motions on the agenda.

The surprise vote against the talks came from the third largest union, the

G&MWU.

Basnett was party to the dele- gation's decision in yesterday's and delegates vote were saying that questionable was now whether he could take part in further parleying with Heath.

The G&MWU's position will be clarified at an executive meet.

ABOUT

300 marched men ing next Tuesday. past Rolls-Royce's Willesden The CSEU has no power factory yesterday in to support bind policy, but of 24 workers who have been unions to its its decisions nevertheless locked out. carry The considerable weight in the union men were locked out after they refused to accept a movement. the new payments system at The successful - resolution, recently opened Hythe Road

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factory. INCORPORATING THE NEWSLETTER • THURSDAY JUNE 28, 1973 • No 1110 • 4p DAILY ORGAN OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE SOCIALIST LABOUR LEAGUE

TALKS

PARK WARD

DIVISION

COMMITTEE,

Rolls-Royce MDW march Rolls-Royce management is Measured. trying to introduce even though no agreement has been reached with the unions conterence time trade union officials pres.

the position.

JUNE 28, 1973

No 1110 4p

THE SOCIALIST LABOUR LEAGUE

THE BIGGEST and most open d in defence of basic democrati Belle Vue, Manchester, on Sunc The All Trades Unions Alliance has called this confer- ence in order that trade union- ists from all over Britain can come together to discuss the way forward for the working class in face of the growing dangers from inflation and the anti-union legislation of the Tory government. Only on the basis of well- worked-out policies can the labour and trade union move- ment unite to restore the right to free negotiation for wages and to organize in trade unions independently of the dictates of the police and the courts.

The central question that must be dealt with is how to Kik fight the Tory government and how to fight the collaboration- ist trade union leaders who are trying to do a deai with the Tories at the expense of the working class. To debate these questions fully, the ATUA has hired the largest arena in the north west.

Belle Vue has seating capacity for 5,000. Shop stewards committees all over the country have been electing delegations to go from their factories. docks, shipyards, and other places mines, work, in response to the invita- tion from the ATUA. Two special trains are going from London direct to Belle Vue station, and another from the West Southampton and Country. Coaches will be travel- ling from other towns through- out Britain. Trade unionists making their own way to the rally will be welcome. To facilitate discussion, special sound equipment has been installed in the arena, with 15 different speaking points.

£100,000 PARTY

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ions Every section of the auditorium will have its own microphone.

As a curtain raiser, a film will be shown in colour of the great Pageant of labour history per- formed by hundreds of workers and professional actors at the Empire Wembley, Pool, on March 11. Some highly sophis- ticated machinery will enable the film to be projected simul- taneously on two screens so as to overcome the problems viewing in a circular arena.

After several hours discus- sion, the rally will end with a satirical specially written cabaret performed by Tom that Kempinksi, Corin Redgrave, / to Kika Markham, Matthew Robert- and son, Mike Cronin, Vanessa Red- lion- grave, Tom Marshall, and Victor are Brox of Music Force, who wrote and played much of the music for the Pageant. The cabaret, written and pro- duced by Roger Smith, Tom Kempinski, and the rest of the company, will take a humorous look at some of the difficulties the Tory government and the ruling class have been running into recently. Belle Vue will mark a decisive stage in the campaign to trans- form the Socialist Labour League Party into the Revolutionary through building a new leader- ship in the labour and trade union movement, to put an end -to the abject surrenders to the vicious acts of a weak Tory government, and instead bring forward socialist policies as the only solution to the capitalist crisis. TICKETS at £1 are still available from 186a Clapham High Street, London, SW4 7UG. BOOK NOW. Or telephone for details. 01-622 7029.

workers press

UNIONS REVOLT

AGAINST PHASE

DAILY (

FROM DAVID MAUDE

IN EASTBOURNE

TWO MORE union chiefs may be instructed within the next fortnight to pull out of the Phase Three talks with the Tory government. This distinct possibility loomed yesterday as the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions, representing 3 million workers, voted overwhelmingly fom an end to the talks. The two who could follow engineers' president Hugh Scanlon, already for- bidden to go to Downing Street are: • Jack Jones, leader of the country's union, largest the Transport and General Workers' Union. • David Basnett, general secretary of the General and Municipal Workers' Union, If all three were removed by their unions the TUC's from talks team, it would be reduced to a right-wing rump of three: Victor Feather, Sir Sidney Greene of the National Union of Rail_ waymen and Alf Allen, the shop- workers' leader. At Eastbourne yesterday dele- gates voted by 1,347,593 votes 523,900 - a to majority 823,643-to 'press the TUC not to participate in any discussions with the government on any form of wage freeze. Unions in favour of ending talks with the Tories were: all four sections of the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers- miners tection, dider- technical and super- visory staffs; the General and Municipal Workers' Union; the white-collar union ASTMS and the Sheetmetal Workers' Union. Those who wanted to pursue talks with Heath and the

CBI

were: the electricians' union, the boilermakers, woodworkers and metal mechanics. The T&GWU abstained. But even if its full affiliated weight had been cast against the motion, it would still have been carried CSEU's decision must The make it more difficult for Jones for to win support continued participation in the talks at his annual conference in Il days' time. He faces no less than seven anti-talks motions on the agenda.

The surprise vote against the talks came from the third largest union, the G&MWU. Basnett was party to the dele- decision gation's in yesterday's vote and delegates were saying that it now questionable was whether he could take part in further parleying with Heath.

The G&MWU's position will be clarified at an executive meet-

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ing next Tuesday. past Roll The CSEU has no power factory y to bind unions to its policy, but of 24 wor its decisions nevertheless carry locked ou considerable weight in the union after they movement. new payn The successful - resolution, recently

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factory.

INCORPORATING THE NEW

DAILY ORGAN OF THE CENTR

H.J

PARK Y

MULLINER

marched

ABOUT 300

men past Rolls-Royce's Willesden factory yesterday in support of 24 workers who have been locked out. The men were locked out after they refused to accept a new payments system at the Hythe Road • opened INCORPORATING THE NEWSLETTER • THURSDAY JUNE 28, 1973 • No 1110 • 4p DAILY ORGAN OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE SOCIALIST LABOUR LEAGUE

THREE

TALKS

PARK WARD

DIVISION

COMMITTEE,

Rolls-Royce MDW march Rolls-Royce management is Measured- to introduce though evel agreement has been reached with the unions. lime trade even officials pred!

conference discuss the position.

JUNE 28, 1973

No 1110 • 4p

THE SOCIALIST LABOUR LEAGUE

THE BIGGEST and most open d in defence of basic democrati Belle Vue, Manchester, on Sund The All Trades Unions Eve Alliance has called this confer- ence in order that trade union- ists from all over Britain can the be together to discuss come way forward for the working class in face of the growing dangers from inflation and the anti-union legislation of the Tory government. Only on the basis of well- worked-out policies can the labour and trade union move- ment unite to restore the right vie to free negotiation for wages and to organize in trade unions independently of the dictates of the police and the courts.

that The central question must be dealt with is how to fight the Tory government and how to fight the collaboration- ist trade union leaders who are trying to do a deal with the Tories at the expense of the working class. To debate these questions fully, the ATUA has hired the largest arena in the north west.

Belle Vue has seating capacity for 5,000. Shop stewards committees all over the country have been electing delegations to go from thine atonds docks, sacesards, mines, other places work, in response to the invita- tion from the ATUA. Two special trains are going from London direct to Belle Vue station, and another from the West Southampton and Country. Coaches will be travel- ling from other towns through- Trade out Britain. unionists making their own way to the rally will be welcome. To facilitate discussion, special sound equipment has been installed in the arena, with different speaking points.

€100,000 PARTY

BUILDING FUND

YESTERDAY'S post raised £13.50 — Cambridge £2, Edinburgh £1, Greenock £2.50, Leicester £8. Let's see if we can speed up the pace. Our total now stands at £51,797.16. Let's press on towards our £100,000 by October 31. Post all donations to: Party Building Fund 186a Clapham High Street, London, SW4 7UG I open discussion ever organized mocratic rights will be held at on Sunday from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.

ions Every section of the auditorium will have its own microphone.

As a curtain raiser, a film will be shown in colour of the great Pageant of labour history per- formed by hundreds of workers and professional actors at the Empire Pool, Wembley, on March 11. Some highly sophis- ticated machinery will enable the film to be projected simul- taneously on two screens so as to overcome the problems of viewing in a circular arena.

After several hours discus- sion, the rally will end with a specially written satirical performed by Tom cabaret Kempinksi, Corin Redgrave, to Kika Markham, Matthew Robert- son, Mike Cronin, Vanessa Red- grave, Tom Marshall, and Victor Brox of Music Force, who wrote and played much of the music for the Pageant. The cabaret, written and pro- duced by Roger Smith, Tom Kempinski, and the rest of the will take a humorous company, look at some of the difficulties the Tory government and the ruling class have been running into recently. Belle Vue will mark a decisive stage in the campaign to trans- form the Socialist Labour League into the Revolutionary Party through building a new leader- ship in the labour and trade union movement, to put an end Vue .to the abject surrenders to the vicious acts of a weak Tory government, and instead bring forward socialist policies as the only solution to the capitalist crisis. TICKETS at £1 are still available from 186a Clapham High Street, London, SW4 7UG. BOOK NOW. Or telephone for details. 01-622 7029.

PAGE 2 Workers Press, Thursday June 28, 1973 US trade deficit boosts gold price THERE WAS another sharp made during the subdued morn- an ounce, reaching $123 in Lon- rush aolars be don. cause heralds further depre- rise in the price of gold in the cent wile ciation US US currency. sive wake of the large May deficit deficit deficit means that successive May was the first In April the trade balance had German devaluations of the dollar have imports of the American balance of since hennian. when ex eden exports by $476.2m. firm months. but the Max deficit war March was only ment in US trade overseas.

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deficit $52.6m The dollar's de- price was has April a surplus 01 s190.3m. mowninso at $122.50 Tuesince, clined between and 30 Both imports and down cents in the years, but during May Cell runhing but still $3.75

WELC

not enough to turn

COSILY

price. ThIS 1S STi rose recoro leves

SADORIS

above the price on Monday.

the terms of trade in favour of cent over the April figure Within the US. latest figures for the US per sent 1055,7 im $5,602m imports by 8.9 The trade balance show that imports improvement it had This in turn is producing a Two-thirds Uruguay president steps up arrests and torture of Equity

A NEW

WAVE of arrests and cause of his death was given as Reports the boy blindfolded shrough parts brought to the prison to con- Was has begun in of the tinue his treatment'. LOTLUTeS linked with president Juan Maria medical examination showed interrogation concent bruising the body. severe Another Ruben Professor Augusto prisoner, the fate insurance Buenos Aires Another Fern-

ALLCIE-

concerns cast Sassano, was repeatedly tortured bessouat ana Mr .). Joura, chiet ando Mejias (13) Ine Inauguraton ceremonies who ten-month freed librarian of the Fondo de Cul- over period, of the new Argentine President, 4.30 Was arresita al a.ll Hector Campora. judge, tura Universitaria of the Univer-

OUT.

military head- was bogus May 4t, Taken to tortured again. He attempted to Republic, both of andez rural Fern- with his sity of the Oscar Mendieta (26) interrogated commit suicide after threats that whom. arrested without died shortly for three days

WCC

11-year-old child, his who and charges alicI Secunty

VISITI

W do

WHOSE

AN

EXHAUSTIVE

forces. Although the official Chile where she had fled. under medical would be whereabouts are unknown. audit of care, Equity Funding Life Insurance, Miners- the subsidiary of Equity Fund- -one-time Allende supporters—in middle of crisis ing Corporation. has confirmed Open talk of earlier fears that about two- thirds of its claimed insurance in force at the end of 1972 did not exist. J. Carl Osborne, who was sent in after the company's disastrous Clas lo ly Salvart some. thing for its many creditors, said appeared to be he ite com Chile civil war policies with 1 cal wills totalling a face value of about $1,260m.

The pre-cash assets of Equity claimed Life

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$3,200m Then abt the bulk of these had boks bulk of these had been fraudulently order saucialcu to sen toen to raise money for the crooked

BY FOREIGN EDITOR JOHN SPENCER

management. of Equity crash Funding THE POLITICAL crisis in Chile is moving towards a crescendo, with both sides Was varucularly Dau news 101 Street many big The copper miners of Chile, talking openly about the prospect of civil war. Santiago and the other cities have banks were owed very election welcomed WIte big- become and some the President a battle-ground with regular and bloody clashes between police and Salvador Allende's money Popular Unity government, are HOVeSLOrs were supporters of the opposition and the government.

holding Equity shares. now in deep conflict with it.

There was an undignified rush On Tuesday, for CA" for the exits company's ample, supporters of Pre- real position gradually leaked out.

Salvador Allende The latest figures show that of were fired with the total business claimed, some by gas grenades police. 64. On ponies withaline meants de- pro-government ine totalling nearly monsualors were $2:000m were bogus. stones of stri- at the wives Earlier from the Teniente • projections been slightly more optimistic about mine which has been

CODOCT

the number of real policies.

strike-bound for 70 davs.

had The women, Checking the real I number was the walked from doublv difficult by

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made une raci that the fraud was worked The Apende sit away, saw computer secret code presidential the fed be into the Lau Le CUlIDULCI between palace. orden false and real policies. Afterwards they said they 'very satisfied' with WelC but The Talks. reTused go into details, saying they Death sentence jeopardize might chances of

THE

TEHRAN

military actic cal. appeal Allende's overtures to the Conned. with hosti- miners have met sentences on six left-wing. guer- rillas accused having tried own Party and Socialst Inr, Douglas from their coalition partners the former American ambassador the Communist Party Iran. They accuse the president Palestine Organiza- of 'vacillation' say Hammami tion spokesman Said wil be chiel speakel the miners 'highly in- Iranian Students' Confederation advisable'. *Palestine Revolution meeting, the was coalition gov- Iran', held imperial which alla sent College, London, at 7.30 p.m. on breakers InTO national- Friday. ized copper ser kite when the for wage much in Allende's Socialist trust tary of would be respected.

1HOL

COULTO

declarations. Party, says the National When peasants began Ruhr coal With the Stalinists in the The President is reported Party hopes landlords' for seizing their they took an the their to be on the of bring. were verge •ace James. line the ing the heads of the three ultra-tough regime. declared a criminal offence, wage though infa armed forces The majority of the Chris- punishable with up to three «emane. has reached runaway cabinet as he did in Novem.

in the red tian Democrats, he says. ale years all Chile proportions and year way Police troops were auring

TOT

the failure the oi strike' overthrow the govern- used to _drive them off the resull ol "bosses government's economic According agency Pressa the Cuban Septem- lands their ment in August or of exploiters. policy. news Latina, When RUHRKOHLE AG, the huge West German Danuaco government ordered The do Preparation oned I he supports workers struck was aareh March warien Alence s the coal combine which narrowly avoided bank- coalition, the mid are preparation 1971, their leader DOnCe use and water-cannon dis- members would to right-wing coup by the ted with 'vio- charged and ruptcy last year, is now even deeper in the 4,000 miners when brought this of the the work' WIll beacherous once laling Santiago marched Allende regime. (in the the right to scab). red.

LICY

orente aecision-making capacity' than they had The majority of the min indications Dress case early of Its latest published a loss of 550 This has given the right- the November cabinet. voted ers at Leniente Populat Unity's leah capitalist parties the million marks for 1972 compared with 177 million wing In pessimis- Unitt consis- unusually слагастет have heen allen t. C 7,2,00 1971. they marks sales were also reported have beer dispatch, Prensa Latina co tie Stahichs, which was hailed tently followed ever since. •••orLunILy

TIC

waiting for. Timossi the including The British Stalinists have dave Hypocritically, they have million. writes British CP,

JUSULY

every

TWIST

the opposed government's of political tension in ample of road and turn of the Allende re- To cut the losses on its balance sheet Ruhrkohle cale ine peacerul order to prepare 'the alternatives for-a solu- to socialism'. dipped into its reserves to the tune of 650 million

DOSTON

gime. to oust Allende. tior becoming fewer, Allende began his perioc The latest turn of the marks. The collal, owned D this situation, Allende while the need for with of office magnates, was, saved from bank- De- assurances lo

COSTS

demonstrates even Stee and coal 'Civil war the owners of private pro- clearly the treachery and ruptcy only by intervention of the local state has necared comes more oressing must be avoided. But he is Carlos Altamirano, perty that their 'rights' bankruptcy of Stalinism. and national governments.

Perkins ask for

RIGHT-WING

Labourites In the National Union of Mine- workers are to press ahead with their witch-hunt against Communist Party members, in Workers first reported Press nine months ago. Next week's annual confer- at Inverness will be ence asked to change the rules of the NUM to bar CP members from attending Labour Party conferences as part of the union's delegation. Although _prevented from being actual delegates, the CPers have in the past helped decide which way the delega- tion should vote. This move by elements in the Officials and Colliery Staff Association of secTion the NUM could lead to a general anti-communist offen- sive by the right wing. It will Inevitably sharpen the contra- dictions within the Stalinist- Labourite reformist leadership of the union. FIFTY women machine oper- ators at Glynwed Fastenings, Darlaston, Staffs, are on strike demanding improved piecework earnings. Negotiations began last Sep-

THE STOKE NEWINGTON

Five Solidarity Committee has issued a statement attack- ing the 'vicious class justice' against four of the defendants serving ten-year sentences.

The statement says: The Stoke Newington Five Solidarity Committee, con- made by sider the judgement Lord Widgery, Justice Lawton and Justice Milmo, on the ap- peals lodged on behalf of John Barker, Hilary Creek, Anna Men- delson, Jim Greenfield, and Jake Prescott, to be a repressive measure. While, of course, we welcome the fact that Jake Prescott's sen- tence has been reduced, the im- portance of the judgement lies that it accepts as in the fact valid the "justice' vicious class meted out by Justice Stevenson and Justice James. In the case of John, Hilary, Anna and Jim the sentence de- cided upon by Justice James was simply upheld. In the case of Jake Prescott, Lord Widgery made it clear that the only rea- son for reducing the sentence was that of retrospective parity with the sentences given to the other four. He made it quite clear that he considered the sentence given by Justice Stevenson to have been MANAGEMENT at Per- kins' diesel factory, Peter- borough, where 5,700 men are locked out, asked for a meeting with union officials yesterday.

Two and a half hours of talks between company rep- and union resentatives officials at Eastbourne on Tuesday ended in deadlock.

Amalgamated Union of En- gineering Workers' district secretary Mr Bob Wright said: 'We made it clear we want an firm absolutely commitment that the company will recognize the existing gap between the wages of the Perkins men at Peterborough those of Massey Ferguson at Coventry.'

Mr Wright said the unions had put forward a wages formula which hewas sure would get the men back to Glynwed rasi 3 EJW 2Il. tember. At present the manage- ment is saying it needs more time, and that it cannot give the an increase because oi state pay laws. Daywork rate is £17.85 and pieceworkers can to £19 for 40 hours. Some of the correct when it was given and that its lack of validity. was purely a result of events occur- ing after that sentence had been given. Apart from defending Justice Stevenson's decision this had the more sinister implication that the Appeal Court Judges con- sider that a sentence of 15 years could have been justly meted out to the other four. By upholding the verdicts arrived at by the jury, the judges have made the conspiracy charge an even more convenient politi- cal weapon for the ruling class was previously. In than it the case of Jake Prescott, the jury not given clear guidance were from Justice Stevenson as to how to reach a verdict on the con- spiracy. By saying that the jury convict, was correct to the Appeal Court gave a clear indi- cation of the weakness of the evidence which can be used to secure a conviction. In the case of John, Hilary, Anna and Jim, the jury con- victed on a charge of conspiracy when the prosecution claimed conspiracy the existence of a hinged around individuals who that same jury had acquitted.

The representative for the Crown at the Appeal repeated the line taken by the prosecution in the original trial regarding the cen- trality of Stuart Christie to the

BY IAN YEA

work if it was accepted by management. But shop stewards at Peter- borough yesterday had doubts about the kind of settlement officials were their permanent trying to reach. Inspection shop steward Mr Wright Harold Glaysher said had told them last Thursday that they would never get parity with Coventry and that if they did shop stewards at Massey Ferguson would put in a claim of their own to main- tain differentials. Coventry shop stewards have denied they intend to mount a and issued counter-claim 1 Fastenings • R

JW 2IIJ

women work three machines.

Men work machines next to women and are paid nearly double. On Saturdays, the men women's work machines and get £1.50 an hour. The picketing women are (above) the and entrances conspiracy. Yet the appeal court upheld the decision. What does this imply with re- gard to the ease with which a conviction can be secured on the charge of conspiracy? It appears to us that the Court of Appeal has declared its approval of the practice of convicting with no evidence whatsoever other than innuendo and the political be- liefs of the alleged conspirators.

Justice Lawton referred expli- citly to the centrality of the con- cept of 'common cause' in the definition of conspiracy. We con- of this to sider the implications be very profound in the light of the fact that there is no maxi- mum sentence for conspiracy.

Hilary Creek is ex- Finally, tremely ill. Her illness can be shown to be a direct result of prison life, and evidence to this effect was produced in a report by Dr Russel, a consultant psy- chiatrist who the prison authori- ties asked to look into Hilary's condition, which was presented to the Court of Appeal. Despite this evidence, the judges did not show leniency towards any Hilary. We do not find in the results • reason for of the appeals any complacency. We find in them to continue every reason our fight to secure the release of the Stoke Newington Five and to smash the conspiracy laws.

Workers Press, Th

IAN YEATS

statement pledging full support to the Peterborough men. Asked why the Perkins men were so determined to win their parity demand this year where all previous requests have been turned Mr Glaysher down, said: 'I think it's because of the change in attitudes of workers.

We've got a lot more younger people then we had in the past and they are not prepared to be messed about. 'A lot of the older people, 45 to 50, are concerned about their don't jobs and they want trouble but the fresh young blood that's coming in are not stopping everything going in and out. This has caused the management to lay off about 200 at the firm. The firm supplies bolts to a large area of the motor in- including Perkins and dustry, Ford's.

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Open Monday Press, Thursday June 28, 1973 PAGE 3 going to wear it. They are will- ing to have a go. 'Some people might say they're a little hot-headed, but I wouldn't say that at all. They know what's right and what's wrong and they are not going to wear it' Describing how the dispute blew up into a lock-out Mr Glaysher said management accused them of working to rule. He said: 'We weren't work- We were doing ing to rule. should have done, what we nothing more, nothing less.

'We were working normally. They wanted to provoke much trouble as they could.

What they wanted was a strike so that they could weep and wail to the public. When they couldn't get one, they turned round and locked us out. 'The employers Tories are hiding another one moment. don't even Although Perkins bother to hide when it comes to the pay laws. on the wage negotiating I'm committee and Perkins didn't even talk about the government level. They said that's a offer and more or less that's all you're worth. "They came out quite openly.

didn't say we're sorry, They we'd like to give you more, but unfortunately we're not allowed to. 'They said this is a realistic offer. When it came down to parity with Coventry if they didn't think we worth were more than a measly couple of quid in the first place, obviously they didn't want to give parity.

'We've got to get rid of the pay laws, but we can't do it without getting rid of this gor- They ernment. everything are we don't want. They want to get us back to the 1920s when you had to go cap in hand to get a crust of bread. "That's their attitude. There's no give and take. It's all take.

I wonder at times what the TUC are up to discussing with Heath. 'They are there to look after workers' interests, not talking to Heath and his mob. They should be all out to smash them. lot of these don't have sufficient eople just experience of the shop floor. They don't know what's what and they try to give you a load of hog- wash. I think it's right to have the rally at Belle Vue to discuss an alternative leadership. If we'd our loaves, used would we never have had a Tory govern- ment in?

OKS, PERIODICALS AND

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RLOTTE STREET

nday to Saturday

PAGE 4 Workers Press, Thursday June 28, 1973 A discussion around the policies whicl be debated at the All Trades Ul Alliance conference at Belle Vue, Man‹ ter, Sunday July 1st-3 p.m.

THE NATIONAL Com- will more and more and these plans mitiee of the All Trades Phase Three of the Unions pay laws. called a national rally It is this massive of trade unionists at basis for the launch which form Belle Vue, Manchester, struggle Revolutionary Party. for July 1, as a further Therefore it is step in the preparations urgent that these new for building the Revolu- opments, which grea tionary Party. the launching sist Party, Revolutionary This follows on the very be discussed by the successful ATUA conference possible number of of 2.200 workers at Birming- gates and visitors on October 22, 1972, ham July 1 conference. launched the cam- which Arrangements are il paign. to provide appropriate The founding conference ties for such a dis of the Party will be held in ai the Belle Vue, M London at the end of Octo- ter, one of the lara ber 1973. The basis of the sembly halls in the and pro- draft perspectives of England. Invitati gramme for the Party, which delegations have currently being dis- are gone out. cussed in the pages of the The ATUA calls u the Workers was those workers, who ATUA National end the state pay la statement adopted at Birm- restore free nego ingham last year. for wages between adopted In a statement unions and employ on May 13 by the ATUA in join the demand for preparation for the July 1 ing off all talks w the National conference, government on Phase Committee declared: The fight for the The further turn in the of basic democratic crisis is now inseparable grave economic caused by the political and the struggle to bu effects of the Revolutionary Party. economic Nixon scandal will have a We believe that tl profound influence on the can be an in 1 rally inflationary boom in Britain landmark in the stru and the policies of the Tory unite the working cl and Labour leaders. the basis of sociali laid The Tories have cies to create the ne plans for a corporate state, industrial and politic but the sharpening class ditions for forcing tr strugale resulting from the government intensification of the crisis to resign. The Communist created a lot of confusion' Alf Williams, married with lives in a family, Brixton, south London. born in Lagos, He was capital of Nigeria, the and grew up under the civil unrest for indepen- dence. He worked as a building worker and a seaman before coming to Britain more than a decade ago. He works for a south London local council and is a member of UCATT.

Do you think it is possible to get rid of the state pay laws without getting rid of the Tory government? These laws are murderous.

For a start we must have a General Strike. That is the only weapon we have left to defeat the pay laws and the government. We used it in Nigeria in 1945. At that time the cost of living was going up and up, everything was so expen- sive. The administration 1 will put pressure on the union leaders lions not to call a strike, but we hes- withdrew our labour. It was successful, very successful.

Do you think that the Labour and trade union disrupt leaders want to get expose rid of the Tory stateR government! No, the Labour Party is class happy with what the Tories ng of are doing. The Tories are do- s the ing their dirty work. The Labour Party doesn't criti- vitally cize the Tories. devel- have no confidence in ly as- the Labour Party any more. of the And the trade union leaders, should with they take sides the largest Tory government. They con- dele- fuse us—they sweet-talk the o the workers while they do the opposite thing. • hand • facili- ussion inches- est as- north ns already on all vant to Ns and tiations trade to ers, break- th the Three. lefence rights from Id the le July portant ggle to ass on poli- cessary al con- e Tory What experiences have you had that make you feel that getting rid of the Tory government is an urgent task? There are many things really.

The Tories have no sympathy for the workers. They want workers to be poorer so that they can be made into slaves.

They want to break down the unions. Everything, single every item of policy has been to he the disadvantage of workers.

You work and work, you get but still you're broke. just get older, there's nothing in the lives of workers except work. The quicker we get rid of the Tories the better. Then we can dictate our terms to Labour. What do you think of the TUC's collaboration with the Tories over the pay laws and Phase Three? That is real treachery. No enemy can do more than that.

are real traitors to the there and then they do this.

What do you think of the role of leaders like Jack Jones and Hugh Scanlon in the collaboration?- Scanlon - everybody now knows about Scanlon. They said they 'lefts' but were they are fake lefts. Remember it was Scanlon's union that fined f65,000 by the was courts. Now he goes to Heath.

They should both be sacked — Jackson from the Post Office workers too. The basic democratic rights of the working class are under attack. What can be done to unify people in defence of these rights? Are protests and one-day strikes enough? Protests and one-day strikes aren't enough at all. It hurts is more. If I go or lay strike, I lose mon overnment just laughs Ve must all down tor show we really mean b What do you think be done to build a new leadership? It's obvious isn't it Labour Party can't They nothing. Tories more than us. was in the Com Party of Great Britain but lead the wall. policy forward and then backwards. The Communist Par lot created dice or something else be even a deal with the Nobody can say wh CP stands today. mass rally of trade unionists to build t leadership? The conference at Bel this Sunday is a step f Many people are ig are pathetic. The with the confidence in lost workers. conference wil This people's eyes. to open them make aware If the Tori situation. away with it now, the have had it. workers will have had really workers in Spain. Above: Alf Williams. Belo nousing- ine workers to be po want they can

'It was really the dispute at Chrysler (above) that first started me thinking about the Torles ... They are putting prices up and trying to tell us what wages we can have?

'It was really the dispute at Chrysler ( Jim Anderson is a young production worker at Chrysler's Ryton plant, Coventry. Do you think it is possible to get rid of the state pay laws without getting rid of the Tory government? No. Definitely not. Do you think the Labour and trade union leaders want to force the Tories to resign? I very much doubt it. The Labour government was the first to try to bring in an Industrial Relations Act and now the unions are all talking to the Tories-except Scanlon.

It will be Jones' turn to be pulled out next. The Labour Party could have called on the trade unions to mobilize for a General Strike. In Chrysler there were a lot of arguments and grievances over May Day when there was a one-day strike. People didn't Chrysler (above) that first started me thinking mind striking but not for a day. Would you like to see a movement built which would make this government resign? Yes. A major concern at the moment should be to build an alternative leadership-to try and give it a firm foundation within the next two years so that when a Labour govern- ment comes to power we will be there ready. I don't think we can use the Labour Party as a sort of puppet govern- ment. If they can't fulfil their commitments to the people who voted for them I agree that they should get out of the way. What experiences have you had that make you believe that getting rid of this Tory government is an urgent task? It was really the dispute at Chrysler that first started me thinking about the Tories. The thinking about the Tories ... They are puttin government could have taken over this company when Rootes went bankrupt, but instead they let the Americans have the whole lot. Then there's the Industrial Relations Act. You've got to work within the confines of what the government says and that's been known never before. Look at the 'fair rents' Act.

When I was down in London I was paying £6 for one room with a bed in it. If you vote Tory you're voting for your boss. What do you think of the TUC's collaboration with the Tories over the pay laws and Phase Three? It's terrible. Anybody who has negotiations with this govern- ment is not a working man.

If they could improve on what's been forced on the trade unions all well and good, but I can't see how they can. This government has set out to say 'We're going to do this and that' and they've done it.

They've brought in laws. We've got a pay rise coming up but we're stuck with plus 4 per cent. The AUEW have _ come lo their senses. They should have forced Scanion out of the tälks The Tories a long time ago. are trying to put the working They class down. are putting prices up and trying to tell us You What wages we caven can't talk to people like that.

The Communist Party and others describe Jones and Scanlon as 'lefts' and refuse to expose their collaboration. What do you think of this? The Communist Party don't fight working man.

TOM

The China prove Russia and this. Working men kept down al c It's there too. or less dictatorship. We've got several at Ryton.

They support protests and sell papers and that's all they do.

There discussions are no trying to talk you over. They just sell you a paper and that's Press, Thursday Juno 28, 1973 PAGE 5 Il us what wages we can have.'

The basic democratic rights of the working class are under attack. What can be done to unify people in defence of these rights? Are protests and one-day strikes enough? A one-day strike is no good.

There has got to be an in- definite General Strike until all the laws the Tories have put through have been repealed or they get out altogether. Are you in favour of a mass rally of trade unionists at Belle Vue to build a new leadership? I'm definitely in favour of it.

If we don't build an alternative leadership, what else have we got? Working-class blokes vote Labour but then the Labour Party carries out Tory policies.

That's no good. In the next two years we have got to go out and get support and really build up.

OPPOSE WHITELAW'S GUN-POINT POLL

PAGE 6 Workers Press, Thursday June 28, 1 Statement from the Central Comm Tory Prime Minister, Heath the very regime which deprives Irish worke The Workers League de- clares complete and un- equivocal opposition to the Northern Ireland Assembly elections to be held on June 28. We warn all Ulster workers that these elections are a fraud which will enable the British imperialists to use the fiction Proportional Representa- tion in a bogus Assembly to the betrayal of conceal the reformists, Stalinists and Official Republicans as well as the Bonapartist veto of supremo Whitelaw. None of outstanding the in questions Ulster-unem- wretched housing, ployment, economic destitution and poli- tical oppression, will be solved by this election. On the contrary imperial- ism's position will be consoli- dated by this electoral farce against repression while Catholic and Protestant wor- kers will be intensified.

The considerable increase in Ulster Defence Association provocation and military re- Catholic pression the ghettos of Belfast and Derry inescapable part of is an Whitelaw's preparations to en- sure victory for a new puppet regime to replace Stormont.

Similarly, the increase in the number of bombings and un- assassinations explained over which the past two weeks directly serve Whitelaw's ends must be regarded with deep suspicion by every class- conscious worker. Despite talk of 'Committees of Assembly' and a 'represen- tative executive' the new re- be nothing more gime will than a new form of direct rule wherein Whitelaw will have sole power to select the heads of department who will con- stitute the new executive.

As the local government elections have shown, the forthcoming Assembly elec- tions will leave the political of the reactionary power Unionist-Tory bourgeoisie intact. of the Unionist The power bourgeoisie will be greatly en- hanced by the implementation of the Diplock Commission recommendations. These pro- posals which supersede the Act Special Powers will legalize the most vicious as- pects of imperialist repression workers and deprive Ulster democratic of their basic rights. No class-conscious worker, honest Republican, no principled socialist can give the slightest support to these elections. The Workers League calls boycott on all workers to these elections, to reject the reformist leaders of the Social Democratic and Labour_ Party, Labour Northern Ireland Party and the Northern Ire- land Civil Rights Association Thursday June 28, 1973 Central Committee of the Workers League, and Ulster supremo, Whitelaw: Chiefs of leprives Irish workers of their rights.

and prepare in unity with British and southern Irish joint struggle to workers a smash the White Paper and force the Tory government to resign. Because of the direct sub- ordination . of the new Assem- bly to Whitehall and, with it, the relegation of Ulster to the of a Crown colony, status every struggle against the new regime created by the elec- tions will be a direct challenge to Heath and more poses, sharply than ever before, the vital necessity for the unity of British and Irish workers in a common struggle to defeat and expropriate imperialism. This principally, requires, the creation of an all-Ireland Marxist party which will fight uncompromisingly unity of Protestant and Catho- lic workers against the reac- tionary puppet regimes north and south and for a de- mocratic-socialist Ireland purged of the reactionary in- fluence of clericalism and the Orange Order. The Workers League rejects with contempt the reformist- revisionist plea that sectarian- ism is irrevocably • embedded in the consciousness of Ulster implicit workers and the imperialism assumption that is invincible because of the religious divisions. On the contrary the present situation the Protestant workers demonstrates vividly that the crisis of imperialism threatens the privileged posi- tion of Protestant workers as much as it does the disaffected Catholics. The callous sacking of 2,500 steel workers in the recent Belfast shipyards dispute and grant social refusal the to security to the strikers is a sombre warning to the Pro- testant working class that the 'British connection' does not stand above considerations of profit and 'efficiency' for the capitalists. Paradoxically, the reac- tionary power of sectarianism is today being undermined by the policies of those forces which invoked its help in the Because of the severe past. inflation by unleashed the breakdown of the monetary system and the rapid decline in the profits of the shipbuild- ing industry—despite generous grants from the Exchequer- the employers are unable to make Ulster shipbuilding viable without the most strin- gent application of the Tory Counter-Inflation Act and the job- most intense forms of evaluation. Wage-cutting and increased exploitation of the shipyard workers is the sinister pros- concealed behind the pect present crisis in Belfast's ship- yards. Despite all attempts by the Orange Order and the Loyalist Association of Workers, as McGarvey of well the as orkers League, Irish section, International C Boilermakers' Society to per- suade the workers to return, there still remains a poten- tially explosive situation which is the loyalty straining Protestant workers to break- ,ing point. The laws of the class strug- gie, even in Ulster, cannot be thwarted by sectarian rhetoric and bullets. In the south the coalition of Labour-Fine Gael cannot en- dure because it is based on the shakiest of economic and poli- tical foundations. While small farmers and businesses are threatened with bankruptcy under the EEC, the wages and savings of in- are being dustrial workers consumed by a raging inflation and the unprecedently heavy incidence of indirect taxation.

A government crisis is in- evitable and a major confron- tation with the unions-over the National Wage Agreement -cannot be long postponed.

The demands of the Central Bank and the Federated Union Employers for incomes an policy à-la-Heath is clear proof that the Irish bourgeoisie is determinedly seeking war with a section of workers.

The attacks of the Irish bourgeoisie can be fought only by the ideological tempering of the Marxist cadre in an all- International Committee of the Fourth Intel out struggle against the poli- cies and ideas of the reformist and petty-bourgeois national- ist and terrorist groups.

The Workers League in par- ticular calls on Irish workers to reject completely the oppor- tunist leadership of Irish Sta- linism which, for over 50 years, has held back the development of socialist consciousness in Irish working class and the prostituted its interests to im- perialism and the native capi- talists. Nowhere is this anti-working class reformism more clearly expressed than in the recent leading Irish comment of a Stalinist, Edwina Stewart, on the role of the British army publication in the 'Marxism Today': 'We need a change in the role of the British army; they must be returned to barracks at once, and only used to pre- vent sectarian outbreaks'.

This is the authentic voice of Stalinism perfidy whose towards the Irish people is only exceeded by its reformist fawning before Heath. Instead of a principled class opposi- tion to Heath, Irish Stalinism, with the overt support of King Street, is determined to con- vert the Irish working class into a pawn in its political chess game with imperialism.

he Fourth International the words of Mrs In Stewart: 'The British government have peaceful and democratic a solution to their hand, and we British people to ask the change the policy of their gov- ('Marxism Today'. ernment. June 1973). This revolting and cynical display of opportunism is accompanied by spurious for a fake Bill of campaign Rights from the very regime which, under successive com- of inquiry, White missions Papers and bureaucratic enact- has deprived Irish ments workers of many of their cherished rights. If Stalinism has been able • betray the working class, it has been able to do so be- cause of the total bankruptcy of the Official Republicans in particular. Their capitulation to imperialism is now com- plete. By their participation in the fraudulent local government the Officials have elections, given credence to Whitelaw's deepened the sinister plans, confusion Catholic among workers and enabled the Sta- linists to continue their dirty work in the Civil Rights move- ment. Their unctuous talk of re- pression' administered by the (left), Bernadette Devlin who credibility of the Republicans. Edwina policy of their government.

Above: demonstrations by Catholics.

sectarian rhetoric and bullets.'

Provisionals implies support and for the torture arrest, of young militants internment army. Neither the exploitation the British the Con- of charisma nor the fake nolly socialist hide demagogy can the fact that Official Republi- canism-like every petty- bourgeois tendency under im- perialism-is rapidly being transformed into a counter- revolutionary agency of the has re-emerged from many months icans. Edwina Stewart (right), who calls on the Britist ent. Above: Police hold back crowds of Protestant wo 'The laws of the class struggle, even in imperialist ruling class.

Their total pessimism and helplessness was clearly shown at Bodenstown where Mc- Giolla and McMillan talked about being 'on the verge of sectarian disaster and sell-out' and said that 'the people (?)

of the 26 counties have hands of washed their the "troubles of the North" fear- ful that the awful violence there will overspill and engulf of silence to sustain the sinking the British people to change the ds of Protestant workers during Civil Rights e, even in Ulster, cannot be thwarted by them'. This is not just false impressionism but a vile slan- der on the southern working class that serves to cover up the Officials' own total capi- tulation. The Workers League unhesi- the tatingly denounces un- of the principled intrigues which,

SDLP

together with Stalinism and the Official IRA, constitute an important ancil- lary pillar of imperialism.

Workers Press, Thursda It is true to say that with- this species of middle- out reformism, Whitelaw class could not have reconstructed the medieval constitutional and legal structure of Ulster. What Whitelaw thinks today, the SDLP does tomorrow. Its latest decision to aban- don its demand for an end to internment as a precondition for participating in elections is entirely in line with its history of spineless middle-class radi- calism. Nowhere in the British Isles is there a more chilling example of a party reeking in demagogy, of totally bereft principles and unashamedly prepared to use Catholic workers and internees as elec- tion fodder to facilitate their rise to power' in the impotent institutions. of the post- Stormont era. No statement on Ulster is complete without a condemn- ation of the grotesque pacifist- reformist-protest masquerade of Bernadette Devlin, who has re-emerged from many months of silence to sustain the sink- ing credibility of both wings of Republicanism. Devlin is the archetype for the protes- ters of the Pabloite Revolu- tionary Marxist Group and the Militant Group who kotow alternately to Stalinism and nationalism-while maintain- kers Press, Thursday June 28, 1973 PAGE 7 ing a consistent hostility to Marxism. Their hostility to the revo- lutionary party based on Marx- ism leads them—in the case of RMG-to the the support worst anti-Trotskyist slander- ers of the extreme Catholic elements of the Provisionals (as for example the gross dis- tortions and lies of the Ander- 'Volunteer' paper of sonstown the local branch of Sinn Fein).

The latest example of the hostility of these elements to the Workers League is the intervention of the leadership of Sinn Fein (Kevin St.) and People's Democracy to stop of their own members some speaking at a Workers League meeting in Belfast against the against Assembly elections, which neither movement has mounted any campaign. The 'Militant', true to its social democratic patronage and tradition, advocates the counter-revolutionary idea of 'third force'-trade union a defence guards supplementing the UDR and the British Army —while saying nothing_about to force Heath's a struggle government to resign. The state-capitalist Socialist Workers Movement called on workers in the May issue of its paper the 'Worker' to vote for Republican Club candi- dates on the spurious grounds that 'they were trying. (!) to express a position that is anti- imperialist and in some sense (!) socialist'. A similar position was advanced by the League for a Workers Republic who claimed that by participating in these fraudulent elections the Clubs were representing 'to a limited extent the anti-imperialist aspi- rations of the working class'.

This complete capitulation to petty-bourgeois nationalism is the inevitable outcome of the equivocal position of this group (which describes itself as Trotskyist, and has joined forces with the OCI) on the international, theoretical and political conquests of the International, Fourth estab- lished in the struggle of the International Committee against Pabloism. Significantly the LWR has said not a word about what attitude workers should adopt towards the Assembly elec- tions and to have appears 'dropped' this 'irritating' ques- tion. None of these groups offer a viable revolutionary policy or perspective for Irish work- ers for raising their conscious- ness from nationalism to socialism. The bankruptcy of these groups, the mortal danger of Stalinist and reformist betray- als of the Irish working class and the unprecedented crisis of Irish and British capitalism demand, imperatively, the resolution of the crisis of pro- letarian leadership by the forces of Irish Trotskyism.

that we say unequivocally the political conditions for a major advance for the forces of the International Commit- tee in Ireland are exceptionally favourable and that only a party which bases itself on dialectical materialism, the theory of Permanent Revolu- tion and the organizational principles of Bolshevism can lead the Irish working class out of its present impasse.

WE DEMAND

• Release all political prison- withdraw British troops ers; now. • Force the Tories to resign; smash the White Paper. • Boycott the Assembly elec- tions. • Build the revolutionary party.

PAGE 8 Workers Press, Thursday Jun Part 1. Ramelson opt: By ROYSTON BULL Bert Ramelson, industrial organizer of the Com- munist Party, has attack- ed the Socialist Labour League in an article in the CP's paper 'Morning Star'. Without mentioning the SLI by name, Ramelson has made accusations about League policies under the headline: 'Ultra-left tactics hold back advance'. "To impose upon the rank- and-file movement political objectives which at present only a minority could be got to support would be to com- pletely narrow it—to the joy of the right wing,' Ramelson writes. It is the negation of leader- ship in developing class strug- gle to narrow participation by imposing tasks beyond the level of political achievement.

'This not only makes it more difficult to achieve suc- cesses in immediate struggles, but hampers the revolutionary movement in its efforts to help workers learn from their experience in struggle the need to change society'. This is essentially a Men- shevik position against which Lenin conducted an all-out struggle from 1903 onwards.

Lenin understood that if wor- reday June 28, 1973 : 5214) kers learned from their 'ex- perience in struggle' the level of spontaneity.

The Bolshevik position was that the Marxist theory of re- volutionary leadership had to be brought into the working ciass's practice, not by im- posing it, but in a necessary conflict with workers' spon- taneous action. Only this con- flict can produce • the con- sciousness needed for the working , class to transform itself into the ruling class.

Spontaneously, the working class will always fight against capitalism. It has done this in Britain for over 200 years, since long before political par- ties of the working class were formed. without revolutionary But theory, the working class could go on for another 200 and never take the years powers away from the capi- talist class. cadres Ideas must be brought into the labour movement which go beyond workers' immediate union experience of trade fighting for extra money or in defence of trade union rights.

This requires training revolu- within cadres tionary trade union movement. Ramelson states that: "The involvement of wor- kers in struggle on issues of struggle [sic] helps to develop political appreciation of the nature of capitalist society and can indeed change rebels into revolutionaries.' But this will never happen unless the question of power is made the central issue.

It is only by taking revolu- tionary demands into practice that the working class will make a real advance in their understanding. By making bringing down the Tory gov- ernment the main demand, the working class sees its real enemy clearly, and learns from this. Ramelson is guilty of the most 'narrow' thinking in divi- ding 'immediate struggles' off from 'the revolutionary move- ment's efforts to help workers learn from their experience in struggle the need to change society, quoting his Men- shevik formula. There is no dividing wall between them and only an out-and-out reformist, posing as a revolutionary, could in- vent one. Transitional demands are precisely those which express the immediate needs of the working class but which chal- lenge the existing political framework if they are to be carried out. Trotsky described transi- tional demands as 'stemming from today's conditions and from today's consciousness of Left: Bernle Steer, CP member shop steward with and docks T&GWU chief, Jack Jones. On the docks the CP has confined struggles to single issues and Isolated sections of workers.

wide layers of the working class and unalterably leading to one final conclusion: the conquest of power by the pro- letariat.' (Transitional Pro- gramme'. SLL 1970 pp 14-15.)

is The all narrowness Ramelson's in seeing these de- mands as 'tasks beyond the leve! of political achievement'.

Their very purpose is to bring the working class onto the political arena and away from narrow trade-unionism. The tasks are 'beyond' wor- kers only in the sente of being beyond their previous experi- but without this there ence, could be no development at all. Workers would continue for ever repeating the same old trade union experiences under this CP formula. Essential new knowledge gained from can only be plunging into the class strug- gle itself, from the objective movement of class forces. Ideas cannot be learned in a contrived one-sided way, at a speed dictated by the Com- munist Party. 'political objec- Equally, tives' cannot be determined on the basis of how much support could 'at present' be got for them. To proceed in this way is to succumb to spontaneity.

What Ramelson really saying is that the mobilization of a General Strike is beyond the capability of the working class, beyond their level of political achievement. This reveals the lack of con- fidence in the working class lying at the heart of the counter-revolutionary philo- sophy of Stalinism. This lack of confidence at the theoretical level leads to contempt for the working class in practice, as witnessed by the frequent unity between the Stalinists and the right wing. For example at last September's TUC Congress, Communist Party delegates voted to allow the bureaucracy to enter collaborationist talks with the government to intro- duce the pay laws. The Stalinists are ascribing to the working class an un- willingness and unprepared- ness to challenge for state power, which in fact are their own failings. They are blaming the working class for their own weakness, which is the weakness of all middle-class strata. History shows that in all struggles, the middle great class has no independent posi- tion but will go over to the strongest side in a crisis. The middle class depends on the bourgeoisie and acts as its spokesmen and administrators.

It is a characteristic of the petty-bourgeoisie to surrender without a • fight to the ruling class. It is in their class nature as appendages of the bour- geoisie. Leaders Stalinism grew out of pre- cisely these attitudes prevail- some sections of ing among the leadership of the Soviet Union in the early 1920s who following Lenin's death, aban- doned the world revolution out of fear of the strength of imperialism. So it isn't the working class that it not ready to take on government in a the Tory General Strike; it is Ramelson himself. The only thing that in fact holds back the working class from a revolutionary confron- tation with the ruling class is its own leaders, whether La- bour Party or Communist Party, and their determination to compromise the fight. But things cannot stay this way for long. The old ways of fighting, of purely trade union struggle ending always in a compromise, are being made quickly- by the obsolete maturing economic crisis of capitalism. With their own position in the world rapidly worsening, British capitalist class have been forced to bring in new laws which now make agitation for a wage demand a criminal offence. By putting the full force of the law, and therefore the full authority of the state, be- hind resistance to a wage struggle or a fight for trade union rights, the Tories are turning mands which pose the ques- tion of political power. To plead with the Tory government to change its mind over the pay laws, the rent Act, rising prices, or any other issue; or to expect mere pressure to make them give way is to foster an illusion.

The capitalist class are being driven to step up exploitation by the inflationary crisis and trade war. They face extinc- tion otherwise. The only demands which are at all realistic are precisely which challenge the those Tories' political power itself; such as the demand for an end to all landlordism, and the scandal of high rents and housing shortage, by nationa- lizing without compensation workers' and putting under control every , scrap of land and property in Britain except owner-occupied houses and small farms. The developing crisis brings demands these transitional more and more onto the cen- tre of the stage. The ruling class is forced to withdraw the concessions made under re- formist pressure in the Tories now substitute class offensive for compromise.

The demand for On the docks, for example, the National • Dock Labour Scheme has been seriously eroded because the struggles over the Devlin and Jones- Aldington Reports, container supplementary dockers, other issues have all been con- ducted as single issues and con- fined to isolated sections of workers by the CP. The demand by the Social- ist Labour League for a united fight by dockers, lorry drivers, and container depot workers for the nationalization of the whole port transport industry workers' under control and is in- without compensation creasingly seen as the only answer to 'immediate strug- gles' on the docks as well as raising a transitional demand which will pose the questíon of political power. Similarly on the question of basic democratic rights. The two major trade unions have been fined by the National Industrial Relations Court, the rent Act pushed through, strike pickets arrested, and free negotiations for wages made illegal. Single-issue pro- test politics of 'Kill the Bill' and 'No Wage Freeze' have been unable to prevent these things. The SLL correctly identified from Tory policies the moment this government got into office in Tune 1970 as an unprecedented attack on working-class rights, made in- evitable by the crisis and based on new laws, which could only be defeated by a General Strike to force the govern- on ment to resign. But this demand must of necessity start with 'only a minority' in support. If it were otherwise, it would mean the working class were spon- taneously revolutionary and Marxism would never have been historically necessary.

Ramelson's real concern, however, is not whether ideas have minority support. His aim is to keep the working class away from revolutionary ideas altogether.

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Mr and Mrs Arnholt Smith (right) at the $2,000-a-couple Nixon campaign dinner in 1968. Smith is alleged to have appropriated $17.5m.

Members of the Territorial Army in Lancashire have been interested in a new develop- ment that has been taking place. They heard recently of a second battalion, being new, formed from their regiment, which the officers had already joined, and men were being to transfer to. asked Curious about the new unit's purpose, one man ven- tured to mention it to one of the officers he happened to encounter socially, and ask what it was all about. The officer murmured some- thing vague about 'all these strikes and that .. .. Soviet broadcasts have been notably silent about the Water- gate scandal, passing it over in news for internal consump- and ignoring it in most tion foreign programmes. Strangely enough there was one exception. There were number of commentaries in the Quechua language beamed listeners in the Andean to region of Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru. Their main theme was contrast corruption in US elec- tions—'which casts shame on US democracy' — with the honesty of the elections for the Supreme Soviet in the

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Kremlinologists must be in- trigued to know why of all Radio Moscow's listeners only the Quechua speaking. people were privileged to learn about Watergate affair, which the was described as the most spectacular espionage case in modern times involving Nixon's top advisers.

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ivailable from: Hew Park Publications 10ca. Clapham High Strect condon, SW4 7UG or ine Paperbacks Centre 25 Charlotle Street London, W1 (Enclose 10p for postage) Mr and Mrs Arnholt Smith (right) at th Weis Securities is a much-respected broker- age house on Wall Street.

It has stood there since 1927. That's 46 years' service oiling the machin- ery of US capitalism. Last week it went bust. The Securities and Exchange Com- mission (SEC) closed it down.

The thousands of investors were stunned. The SEC later revealed . it had taken this abrupt action because Weis had attempted to prevent a collapse by illegally borrowing 30 times amount of its existing capital. What happened to Weis is the continuation of a series of failures and scandals which have hit 'the Street' in the past few months. The un- certainty prompted one broker to comment: "Things are getting a bit windy. You just don't know who to trust around here any more.' Take the case of the broker and the Swiss banker indic- ted by a Federal grand jury ten days ago. They conspired to buy $67m of stock entirely on credit. The indictment named Swiss banker Johan Paravicini of Berne and Louis W. Pemberton, a regis- tered representative Lehman Brothers Inc., one of the most prestigious names on Wall Street. Among the stocks they pur- chased were chunks of Polar- oid, Fairchild Camera, Glen Alden, Motorola, IBM and Southern Union Gas. ght) at the $2,000-a-couple Nixon campalgn din It's no wonder that an SEC official told the 'Bulletin', the newspaper of the Workers' League in the United States: 'We're being besieged by tele- phone calls from people who are worried about their invest- ments.' Particularly alarming for shareholders is the Weis col- lapse. Only a month ago there was nothing to indicate serious financial difficulties. When its books were inspected in April 1972 the firm seemed to be enjoying the effects of the Wall Street 'boom' But beneath the genuine artistry of the account books lay gigantic losses. Last Feb- ruary, the officers of the firm —with the approval of Weis chairman Arthur J. Levine- monkeyed with the books by debiting bank loans and credit- ing several income accounts.

Within several weeks of that Weis reduced an- adventure, other bank loan of $2m with- out paying it but taking the income on the money. These actions concealed the fact that Weis Securities had ury borrowed 30 times its existing capital. The revelations have an unmitigated disaster meant for many of the firm's 55,000 customers. Each account is covered by a maximum of $50,000 in securities and $20,00 in. cash. 'There is no guarantee that any Weis customer who has invested beyond that amount will ever see his money again,' an SEC officer said. The SEC has • been active elsewhere. Charges have been brought against Bausch and Workers Press, Th paign dinner in 1968. Smith is alleged to have 'Fortune' Lomb, listed by magazıne as the 536th largest corporation in the country with assets of $161m. This follows allegations that B&L illegally gave inside infor- mation to select investors that the firm was suffering major financial difficulties. While this information was kept from the share-buying public, insid- their stock in a ers unloaded hurry. On March 16, it was the most heavily traded stock on the New York Stock Exchange —348,00 shares—and its price fell from $145.125 to $137.

Another major share ma- nipulation is being brought to light in the trial of Jack L.

Clark, the former chairman of Four Seasons Nursing Centres of America Inc. He has plead- ed guilty to the first charge of a 65-count indictment which alleges that he and leading officers of the firm 'doctored' the earnings and financial pro- jections in order to wildly in- flate its stock price. The affair broke in 1970 when Four Seasons-then the hottest thing on the share market—suddenly went bank- rupt, taking investors to the cleaners to the tune of $200m.

On the West Coast the SEC has further big investigations underway. Take financier C. Arnholt Smith, a close social and political friend of Presi- dent Nixon. He is charged with looting the assets of his West- gate California conglomerate.

The indictment estimates that Smith appropriated about $17.5m for his personal use.

career in m He began his Press, Thursday June 28, 1973 PAGE 9 d to have appropriated $17.5m.

gambling, passed through real estate and then onto banking —it has been the natural pro- gression of so many 'finan- ciers' created by the post-war inflationary boom. Nixon owes his political career to men like Smith, who have backed his campaigns since 1948. Overshadowing all these scandals is Equity Funding, the highflying insurance brok- which dissolved, taking ers with it $120m in assets. Robert Loeffler, trustee in bankruptcy, told the investi- The financial gating judge: statements available have not only the same fascination of fables, but also about the same relationship to reality' In the face of the bogus in- surance business written by Equity managers and the multi-million dollar losses, it is the height of absurdity • for Judge Pregerson to say: "The purpose of these proceedings is to keep Equity Funding alive and not to rehabilitate it. I'm here to conduct funeral not services but to oversee the re- organization of this company.'

But that is exactly what is doing-even if Pregerson he doesn't know it. With each financial failure, with each business scandal, the capitalist system is seen very clearly to be in its death throes. A creeping death is passing its limbs as a direct through result of the break-up of the inflationary boom: those businesses based this on mythology of value are being called to account - and many of them can't!

PAGE 10 Workers Press, Thursday June 28, 1973

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given by Peter Jeffries Sunday July 8 Chartism, yesterday and today Sunday July 15 The Revolutionary Party and the British working class at Stanley Halls Upper Parliament Street 3 p.m. Alberto Moravia's novet about Two Wo in wartime Italy has been dramatized starts tonight.

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Manchester given by Peter Jeffries Sunday July 8 Chartism, yesterday and today Sunday July 15 The Revolutionary Party and the British working class at Black Lion Blackfriars St/Chapel St near Salford Bus Station 7.30 p.m. t "Two Women' fighting for their survival dramatized In four parts for BBC 2. It never was. 12.20 Greatest man who fights. 12.35. Lectern. Gourmet.

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LECTURES

Leicester lectures given by Cliff Slaughter (SLL Central Committee) Soclalist Revolution The in Britain: 3. The state and revolution. and revolution in Reformism Britain. The fight for demo- today means cratic rights working-class preparing for power. Sunday July 8 Stockingfarm Community Centre, Stockingfarm 7.30 p.m.

$2m public money spent on Nixon's own houses MORE THAN $2.2m of public money has been spent 1 President Nixon's private homes at San Clemente, Cali Key Biscayne, Florida, since he took office.

Details of the huge sums spent at the request of the Secret Service, which is charged with protecting the President, have been revealed by government accountants in Washington. This is not the first time Nixon has been found blurring the distinction between his own private property and public funds.

His career to date is pock-marked with scandals about money, including his gifts from wealthy Cali- fornian businessmen, which nearly cost him the vice-presidency in 1952. Other murky episodes include a loan from Howard R. Hughes; purchase of a piece of land at low price from the Teamsters' Union pension fund, whose trustee is James Hoffa, and the financing of his house at Clemente, which has still to be San cleared up. According of the to government accountants General Services Administration the government has spent $703,367 of taxpayers' money on the complete restoration of Nixon's San Clemente property. At Key Biscayne, the total amount of public spent to date is $1,180,522.

Other money money has been spent on doing up the of Nixon's houses. pals in the area. Among the bills paid by the San Clemente government at were: Stain entratice gates, other painting $312; replace stairs and landing on walk to beach, $1,950; build wall around entire 24.6-acre estate, $57;582, instalt new fur- nace-heating system $13,500; pro- vide landscaping sprinkler and $76,000; pave driveway, system, $7,515; frames, $6.83: roof $3,200 trees, move $3,278; fertilizer, $999; tree trim- ming, $575 and 'landscape main- tenance, $25,524.

GRANDIOSE

There was also $4,843 to fur- nish the 'President's office' at his home in San Clemente. However. Nixon has already been provided-at taxpayers' ing $42,293 expense, naturally-with a separ- of for trees; and ate office in the grounds of the paving, landscaping and installing house at San Clemente. cables and lights. The renovation and develop- Also, a septic tank, $1,995; ment of Nixon's property at Key flag pole, $587; repair of beach Biscayne was, if anything, $2,000; even erosion, ice-making more grandiose. Money for the Service spent machine Secret there included $4,786 for remov- detail, $621.50; a swimming pool ing a wall and planting a hedge; cleaner, $475 and two golf carts, $3,050 for demolition and There was also a sum of plant- $3,580. THE COMMUNITY Relations Commission should resign in protest against the House of Lords decision on illegal immi- grants, an Asian leader said yesterday.

Dr Dhani Prem, chairman enjoyed the confidence of immi- of the Standing Conference of Now grant communities. they Asian Organizations in the know that even the government United Kingdom, said the does not take them seriously' Lords ruling has caused deep The Lords decided that the 1971 Immigration Act had retro- anger among Asians. spective to deport any powers I call upon the Community immigrant who entered Britain Relations Commission to resign illegally over the past ten years.

in protest as a body. They never It has been estimated that up 10.000 to immigrants face ex- pulsion because this reac- tionary and discriminatory ruling. Dr Prem said there was still time for the government to 01-622 7029 avoid a serious confrontation by deleting the retrospective clause.

'If they do not act soon the Standing Conference will call upon the immigrant communi- well as our friends in ties, as 01-720 2000 the British community, to take all constitutional measures neces- sary. Workers Press, Th Nixon and his wife Pat with his big self- buddy, made millionaire spent to improve Bebe Rebozo. The Long Island Newsday' says editor and a reporter were Investigated following an article about Rebozo- te, California and confirming a claim made by John Dean in his Watergate evidence. (See story on right.) Bottom: The 'western White House' Clemente, at San modernized at public expense.

This pad was built for alleged security reasons by the Army Corps of Engineers in 1969. Its purpose was to ensure the Pre- sident could walk directly into house rather than take two-mile drive from the existing helicopter field. Most of the money that paid for Nixon's home. -improvements was allocated under a law passed after the assassination of Senator Robert Kennedy in June 1968. This says that all government agencies must give support to the Secret Service when asked.

INVENTIVE

According Tack Warner, assistant to the director of the Secret Service, the service takes the view that any situation that threatens harm to the President should be corrected immediately.

planting trees obscure pos- $78.872 "repair sible lines of fire, spent on and cutting out maintenance, presidential dead that might provide com- a fire hazard plex area'. or installing a fan draught in the pre- to create The quoted by sums the sidential fireplace. Agency not include all the of items public expenditure at the Nixon mansions. For example, (and next to a the largest single expenditure willing taxpayer an inventive taxpayers' Secret Serviceman is a president's a helicopter money. pad, is not listed. best friend.

THE

NEWLY-ELECTED Equity solved to de-register immedi- Council voted by 20-4 at its first ately. meeting to reverse the outgoing Council In batervent, e-re Council the Councils decision to de-regis- it believes says actors' the union and to would be to the best contrary defy the annual conference de- interests of the members. It cision this earlier week when decided, however, hold to by 198 votes to 102, it was re- fresh referendum on the issue.

YESTERDAY morning 38- Bejam, which he started five ago, of runs series year-old John Apthorp vears frozen food firms. The 2.750.000 climbed aboard his private shares 72D. opened at In fast jet and flew to Brussels to and furious buying the price to 125p soared and closed at check on the price of the 117p. sprouts over there. It 'pandemonium, fine. was fullblooded old-fashioned', He and was due to fly back late said 'Daily Mail's' yesterday having the City cornered the editor, Patrick Sergeant. market in- sprouts and other fresh vegetables. •I haven't really Apthorp's had time to game that he freezes them think about what has happened' and sells them in bulk. said Apthorp the share On fortune mounted. became Tuesday he panding at suced a fase are ex- millionaire twice over when his public on company went the Apthorp is a JP and Tory London Stock Exchange. councillor for Barnet. Press, Thursday June 28, 1973 PAGE 11 THE LONG ISLAND 'News- day' claims that the income tax returns of its editor and top investigating reporter were checked after the paper ran a series critical of Presi- dent Nixon's friend, Charles 'Bebe' Rebozo. The paper's revelation came after former White House lawyer John Dean told the senate Watergate committee that the White House had a tax audit done on a writer he did not name. Dean cited this as an ex- ample of White House use of government agencies against political opponents. The Pulitzer prizewinning 'Newsday' said intensive checks were done by the in- land revenue department on the tax returns of editor David Lavanthol and reporter Robert Greene, who had headed a six- inquiry into Rebozo's month land dealings. Greene said he had to pay a $100 accountant's bill.

'I'm going to try to get that money back from Nixon,' he said.

'Newsday' also said that its White correspondent, House Martin Schramm, was the only regular daily paper correspon- dent at the White House to be denied permission to accom- pany President Nixon to China.

'Newsday's' series, published in October 1971, alleged that Rebozo, a Florida businessman, received 'kid-glove' treatment in real estate dealings with the Federal government. It also alleged President Nixon sold shares in a real estate invest- ment for twice what other stockholders were getting.

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FELTHAM: Thursday, June 28, 8 p.m. 'The Three Horse Shoes' High Street. The struggle for the Revolutionary Party! LANCASTER: Thursday June 28, The Trades 7.30 p.m. Hall, Fenton Street, near the Post Office. FELTHAM: Thursday, July 5, p.m. 'Three Horse Shoes' , Felt- ham High Street. "Report-back Belle Vue rally and from the conference'.

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Given by Gerry Healy National Secretary of the Socialist Labour League Sunday July 8 Theory and Practice of Marxism Sunday July 15 Role of the Revolutionary Party at The Red Lion Worsborough Near Barnsley 7.30 p.m. Registered as a newspaper at the Post Office, Published Workers SW4 Printed Plough 01-622 7029.

Bribery 'infected' Yorkshire Prosecution tells trial PAGE 12 Workers Press, Thursday. Jun FURTHER police investiga- tions of corruption in local government will be launched as a result of the Leeds bri- bery case. During the trial, which ended ex-Mayor yesterday, Pontefract, Maurice Byrne, wrote the names of four men-coun- cillors and officials-on a piece of paper and handed it to the judge. This has now been passed to police who are looking into corruption on councils in the Yorkshire area. Yesterday Byrne was sentenced to 30 months' imprisonment on charges of receiving corrupt pay- ments. His associates, Anthony Joseph Flannery, received four years, and William Starling was given 12 months. Mr Justice Waller told them: 'You three men have been con- victed of charges of corruption, which, as has been said, is an evil which undermines and des- troys commercial morality.

'Where local authority con- tracts are concerned, it defeats the interest of the public be- cause, as emerged in this case,

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sub-contracts not given are their merits, but be- solely on cause of bribes that ‚were paid.' The judge told Byrne, Flannery and Starling that 'sub-contrac- tors had to pay bribes to one or more of you, either to get on the list of tenderers or to get the tender or, when they had put in a price that was too high, had the opportunity of reduc- it, being told what the ing lowest tender was'. went on: 'How The judge widespread it is in the building the north east, industry in don't know. It was said by you, Byrne, to be widespread. It does at least appear in this case that it only started in éarly 1967, and so far as I am con- cerned it is sufficient to say that thereafter it obviously took place on the widest possible scale.'

It was 'a terrifying fact that the total figure which was paid out by sub-contractors and the architect in this case was £9,450, if my arithmetic is right, and there were additional cash pay- ments as well. THE TUC General Council allowed the whole question of the collaboration with the Tory government, and the barring ot Hugh Scanlon by the

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moved by the engineers, instruc- ted the CSEU executive to reject Phase Two of the pay laws. And it instructed it 'to press the TUC to participate in any dis- not cussions with the government on any form of wage freeze' engineers' section The also declaration • that the wanted CSEU 'will not be bound by any decisions arising from talks be- tween the TUC, the CBI and the government which would place restrictions, voluntary im- or upon the free collective posed, bargaining of wages and condi- tions'. In itself, of course, this does not bar union chiets trom partici- pating in talks. But in moving the resolution, Reg Birch, AUEW executive councilman, made clear that following last week's decision of his own union it did mean no talks. Workers must not be forced to accept responsibility for capi- he said. The talism's crisis, unions should have no truck whatsoever with the government.

'We ask you to join with us that we should use our full It is quite appalling that that should happen in this country.

'You, as a management team for a large contractor, were a source of infection which spread It appears into various parts ot Yorkshire and Durham.' It required a team 'because it presented less risk, by using the words public relations as a cover, using you Byrne as the collector Flannery as the using you manager, able to make the deci- sions but needing some support from Allen and Starling, in, I accept a lesser degree. 'It is a very unpleasant duty . to have to send to prison three hard-working men who, in vary- have achieved ing degrees, posi- tions in life; who have not been in any kind of trouble before and who, in at any rate in one of your cases, has positively been of benefit to his fellow man.

'The sentences I must pass are to punish you for not merely what you have done, but to make it clear to all the seriousness of the offences that were committed however much you may and, regret it now, the evil nature of your conduct' premier Edward Heath. with But the Economic Committee will make the final decision subject to General Council approval, replacing the about engineers' president or not.

Meanwhile Pay Board chair- Frank Figgures revealed man that Phase Three of the pay laws will intensify the onslaught on the standard of living of the working class. Low pay, Figgures said, could

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this right by management who by have been backed the Merseyside Confederation of Shipbuilding Unions. official Bill Confederation authority in this body to press TUC to refrain from parti- the cipating in any discussions with this government." Moss Evans, T&GWU national organizer, moved his union's motion, declaring 'total opposi- tion to government intervention in wage bargaining' and calling on affiliated unions to support this policy. The T&GWU was not being 'mealy-mouthed', he claimed.

But while it was not unsympa- thetic to the AUEW motion, its own conference had not yet had the opportunity to debate its policy. Since the T&GWU was only affiliated to the CSEU for 25 per cent of its members, it could not commit the other 75 per cent without a full debate.

Danny McGarvey, boiler- makers' leader, said that it had been the TUC which asked for the talks in the first place.

He opposed the AUEW motion and called for support for the weak-kneed T&GWU re- solution. He said union leaders were 'doing a job of work' at Down- ing Street. Construction engineers' leader,

FROM STEPHEN JOHNS IN

THE PRESENCE of workers dents could leave them open to or making an affray, it was c workers' conspiracy trial here t Maurice Drake, QC, for the prose established law on intimidation it violence, but merely that the pre accused caused workers to stop wor become a slogan • without real substance'. Whether anything could be done about low pay depended whether the on higher-paid were prepared to see their differentials reduced.

outsider's 'Judging . from an seat, 1 should doubt whether there can be as much flexibility as many would like, if we are not to saddle ourselves with a general increase that would be unaccountably low, ', he added.

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Crighton has condemned the stagers action which he says is other worker/s at against The stagers have bitterly yard. denied this and they have been backed by the Cammell Laird labour force. Eddie Marsden, said it was not the unions' job to solve the capi- talist crisis in the capitalists' interest. A grim-faced Scanlon sat on the platform throughout the de- bate in silence. The vote by the CSEU is a powerful demonstration of the determination of the working class not to submit to Tory rule.

It utterly confirms the : policy of the Workers Press which has breaking consistently been the Tories as off of talks with the a pre-condition of a full scale mobilization of the labour and trade union movement to force the government to resign.

Getting rid of the Tories can- not be entrusted to the trade union leaders. This requires determined and principled leadership. The trans- formation of the Socialist La- bour League into a revolutionary party becomes the immediate task. A decisive step in this fight will be taken on Sunday at the national conference of the All Trades Unions Alliance at Belle Vue in Manchester. All out for Belle Vue!

HNS IN MOLD, FLINTSHIRE

vorkers at large picketing inci- open to arrest for intimidation t was claimed in the building al here today. the prosecution, said under the long- ation it was not necessary to prove the presence and conduct of the stop work. Similarly with the charge of an affray, the prosecution only had to show that the accused were 'present, adding 'and to the numbers encourag- ing a show of force' opening the Mr Drake was case against eight building work- ers charged after incidents at in Denbigh Brenig Reservoir September 11 during the on building workers' strike.

On intimidation they are all charged under the Conspiracy and Protection of Party Act of 1875. Mr Drake said there was no atempt to undermine the right to take industrial action. 'I say beginning of the this at the lest it be suggested by case, involves anyone that this case attack on the right to an picket' He said that the building workers paid two visits to the site. On the second occasion - September 11—two busloads of or 60 had entered the site 50 and split into two groups. One went to a drilling rig and pushed it over and the others picked up rocks and hurled them at machinery and windows causing approximately £100 damage.

The court heard that it was not until November that the police began interviews with the accused which led their pictures arrest. In some cases were used to identify the defen- dants. The first witness for the prose- cution, Mr H. A. Roland, site engineer at Brenig, agreed under cross-examination that the damage on the site was only superficial. He said that he first met the - striking building workers on April 23 when an agreement was made between them and the contractor to stop work on the site. strikers In return the said they would not put a picket on gate. But Mr Roland said work was restarted the follow- ing Tuesday. Asked whether it was clear that the damage was aimed at management and not intended to frighten men on the site, Roland said he could not say.

The hearing continues. Socialist Labour League and International Marxist Group

JOINT MEETING

Defend Basic Support Shrewsbury 24 FRIDAY JULY 6, 8 p.m. Acton Town Hall High Street, Acton Collection will be made for Shrewsbury 24 Speakers: DAVE JACKSON (Chairman Shrewsbury Defence Committee)

BOB PENNINGTON (IMG)

GERRY HEALY (SLL)