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AGREE TO 20,000 DEMONSTRATORS marched through the Jordan capital Amman yesterday. They carried placards and shouted slogans denouncing US proposals for the Middle East.

Shops along the route of the procession were closed by a strike called by the Palestine Liberation Organization.

the Communist Party, has declared itself against the deal, but observers believe that this is just for internal consumption, and that the Syrian leaders will not stand in the way of a settlement.

DENOUNCED

The Lebanese Ciend Socialist Progressive Ba'ath Parties, in a joint statement, have denounced the plan, but do not mention Nasser's acceptance of it or its Moscow backing.

Only the Iraqi government has directly attacked the deal.

However, they are now under severe pressure from the Soviet government to back down, and their dependence on Russian miliJuly EIDO day to go CONGRATULATIONS and many, many thanks to our readers. With one day still to go our July Appeal Fund stood at £1,012 8s 6d yesterday, bringing us well above our £1,000 goal. Liverpool meeting against Devlin BY A WORKERS PRESS MERSEYSIDE shop stewards yesterday further postponed deciding what recommendation to put before today's 11 a.m. mass portworkers' meeting.

Joint union-employer talks to clarify the local application of the Pearson formula dragged on past the declared time for yesterday morning's stewards meeting and the stewards, most of whom had been waiting at the Transport and General Workers' Union Liverpool headquarters for nearly three hours for the outcome, agreed to meet again Appeal Fund 8s 6d with one The magnificent and overperiod has proven without any doubt that our readers will fight hard for the Workers Press.

We move into August with renewed confidence and strength. Once again dear readers, thank you.

must stand at 9 o'clock this morning.

It's more than crossing the "t's" and dotting the "i's"', commented one steward in a cynical reference to Thursday's estimate of the talks by union officials.

Many more felt that the longer the talks went on the more Devlin Phase Two strings the employers would attempt to tie to the Pearson recommendations.

Betrayal

'Accepting Pearson was … a complete betrayal', NAS&D area committee delegate Hugh Cunningham told the Workers Press.

'Now it's Phase Two all the way as far as the employers are concerned.' Dockers queueing for strike pay yesterday morning felt that unless a firm stand is taken against Devlin Phase Two at this morning's meeting they • could return in a weak position to fight the scheme.

They also feared that without a leadership determined to go all the way in this struggle, Liverpool could be isolated and defeated.

E LONDON

POSTMEN OUT EAST LONDON postmen were out on strike yesterday in defence of their branch secretary, Mr J. Taylor, who claims he is being victimized for his union activities.

4 mass meeting of the 201 postmen decided to strike until Monday and the action affects Whitechapel, Spitalfields, Mile End, Wapping and Aldgate. LAUNCHED on May 1, our fund is rapidly nearing its target of £5,000 by August 23.

So far we have raised £3,120, which leaves us with £1,880 to collect with 23 days to go.

This is again another outstanding proof of the devotion of our readers to the struggle of the for Trotskyist principles.

And you will not be disappointed with the results of your efforts. Left is a photograph of the installation by our printers of a further web offset addition to the presses, which print Workers Press.

All the major items of plant have now been installed. We shall shortly be publishing the outline of further plans for its development.

tary and economic aid makes a lengthy resistance unlikely.

Arab guerrilla leaders now face great problems. over 80 per cent of their equipment has been provided by E European countries and the rest by Cairo.

Their radio stations have now moved from Egypt to Syria, but this venue may not be available indefinitely, as already indicated.

Their main base in Amman is now threatened by the Jordan government's expected capitulation.

Above all, their political conception of the liberation of Palestine from Zionism by means of actions which 'aroused world opinion' is now bankrupt, when the issue is seen to be the independent mobilization of the Arab masses.

Meanwhile, the Israeli government crisis continues, as Mrs Meir tries to maintain the support of the right-wing Gahal Party, while accepting the principles of the Rogers plan.

At a Los Angeles press conference on Thursday: Nixon tried to allay Israeli fears that the 90-day ceasefire proposed in the plan would allow the Arab states to gain a military advantage.

It is clear that he can promise the Israelis this will not happen, because the Soviet leaders have assured the imperialists on the question.

talks still bogged NO AGREEMENT has yet main parties supporting the C in his efforts to form a new I The Socialist Party leaders are now insisting that they will only enter a new 'centreleft' coalition if the anticommunist Social Democrats are excluded from it.

The Socialists and Social Democrats have fallen out over the former's participation