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Heath tells of three-pronged anti-T.U. plan

By David Maude

Workers Press no. 176, 2 June 1970 · scan pages 2, 5

Topics: Tory government

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rumours.

Encouraged The Tories are encouraged in this form of attack by the lack of a viable policy and the equivocal statements of Wilson, Callaghan and company, who now base themselves on the traditional loyalty of the working class to Labour and nothing else to win.

They are like genenals without a strategy leading an unarmed army, equipped only with a belief in ultimate victory against a cunning and well-armed foe.

If we win it will be in spite of this cowardly and kicking off the General Election campaign proper yesterday about the issues which will be the main concern of millions of working-class voters.

Few, of the sweating journalists who emerged from the first round of the parties' daily news conferences yesterday lunchtime could claim to be much the wiser than they had been two hours earlier about housing, inflation and union 'reform'.

• Tory leader, Edward the man pane attack on the prions.

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their sounding prase of the Tories What actually mean?

Well,' said Heath, this wi e done within the whole range door proposals."

that the framework ola nid party's proposals would be contracts between unions and Throwing away 'Union leaders,, thought Heath, 'would be able to say to théir members - because strikes could react back on heir funds— "surely you'n sked what check a To vernment could hope to ir world-wide phenomenon-the on Tory leader claimed Quixotic. ally that he did not see 'why we have to go along , witl hese trends. of any interes B'ham stu BIRMINGHAM student leaders are uncertain about the next stage of their campaign against the Tory city council's proposals for an élitist system of further This follows the agreement of the City Corporation in the High Court last Friday to lift the 75 injunctions taken out against members of the Joint Guild of Students, Gosta Green.

The injunctions were to prevent the students from entering the Corporation's education offices following their May 7 sit-in at Margaret St.

In an affidavit Guild president Charles Pugh subemerged from either the Labour or Liberal press conferences yesterday.

Upper House. Liberal leader Lord Byers praised the Young Liberals' manifesto as one of the 'most interesting announce PILKINGTON'S St Helens management has thrown down the gauntlet to its 8,000 workers by announcing that 22 maintenance workers are to be made redundant within the next fortnight.

The announcement-which came on the eve of a second meeting between union chiefs and the leaders of the recent strike—-was described as la big shock' by the St Helens rank-and-file committee.

worthless leadership-if we lose it will be a serious setback.

We warn all Labour supporters that the greatest weapon of the Tories is complacency in Labour's ranks; a complacency that is being sedulously fed by the 'opinion' polls and the Wars are not decided by histrionic gestures and elections are not won by promises and speeches.

If the Tories are to be beaten-forever-then the ALL TRADES MEETINGS NOTTINGHAM 'Beat the Tories' Thursday, June 4, 7.30 People's Hall Heathcote St BIRMINGHAM "The General Election and the Economic Crisi Thursday, June 4, 8 I 6m.

The Wellington Cnr of Bristol St/Bromsgrove COVENTRY 'Beat the Tories' Thursday, June 4, 7.30 p.

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LATE_NEWISE POLICE TO PATROL POLLS Special police arrangements have been made to prevent disorder at eléction meetings of controversial figures like Enoch Powell.

When one of the more 'controversial' figures is canvassing, police will be alerted and will offer protection if needed.

Other police will be standing by to prevent disturbances at all candidates' committee rooms.

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Printed by Plough Press Ltd. (TU). 180b Clapham High Street, London, and well-written' he had read.

Of course the party didn't agree with it—particularly its insistence uncontrolled immigration and workers' control-and had its own manifesto for the election.

Copies of the 'interesting and well-written' document were not distributed.

Slip

• Defending the late disclosures of his time-table of election meetings, Harold Wilson let slip the following:

'We shall give enough notice to people in the area to be able to get there, but not so much that they become the targets for busloads of people to come from all over the country to demonstrate' Pound slips in Canada dollars scramble The pound slipped back on the London foreign exchange markets yesterday in the wake of a hectic scramble Canadian dollars.

For the first time since january 4i, the pound dipped to below its parity with the US dollar.

The selling of sterling Canadian dollars follows Canadian government's cision at the weekend to their currency 'float'.

Vote Labour ]i Expose Wilson!

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