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What we th Nationalize motors NOTHING BETTER illustrates mode of production, and its elementary right to a job, than In the name of 'private enterprise', the manufacture of cars is divided between four companies (British-Leyland, Fords, Vauxhall, and General Motors).

Of these four, three are part.

of US-owned world-wide The hundreds of milliow, bounds in profits extracted these companies are sweated not only out of their own employees, subjected to the most ruthless speed-up, but also, indirectly, out of the workers in hundreds of car-components factories, usually located in areas whére wages are, markedly lower than in the car plants. The capitalist press is in full cry against the breakdowns of car production resulting from the legitimate struggle of these components' workers for higher wages-currently at GKN-Sankey and at Dunlop's.

Workers in the big car will not be deceivedplants their interests have become the tender concern of the press lords, and the directors in the boardrooms whom these press lords represent.

The press campaign against 'anarchy' and 'bloodymindedness' ('The Times')

stems from a very fundamental crisis for the ruling class, and is part of their preparation against the whole working class. But the working class they must defeat has long been mounting its own offensive. 'The Times' yesterday summed 'In terms of days lost through industrial disputes the worst year of the fifteen before 1970 was 1957 with 8.4 million. The average from 1957 to 1962 was 4.8 million. In the next six years to 1968 it fell to 2.8 million. 'From about the time of devaluation the total days 6.8 million in 1969; to 9.2 million 1968;

million in the 12 months to abs halt of i1970; and above the annual rate 11% million in the second quarter of this year.' unemployment is increasing more quickly, the employers are flexing their muscles for a fight to end this wave of militancy. British - Leyland's reorganiza.

ation threatens shutdowns to add to the unemployment; their sports-car plant and their Castle Bromwich be under scrutiny for closure. This is the meaning of their 'rationalization'.

Alongside it the employers intend to' use the union léaders to establish productivity dealing and no-strike pledges in the components sector There is no separation of interest between carworker and component workers. I is vitally urgent, for examthat Pilkington glass comes up for "blacking' in the car " Plantri The decision British-Leyland stewards to ask the TUC to consider the situation is an valion Pilkington's to win RICHARD NIXON has given the US air ue to bomb the Cambodian blank cher into submi the anarchy of the capitalist inability to provide even the the British motor-car industry.

this round would be to miss the whole meaning of the employers' offensive.

What is the alternative? There must be an all-out fight for the right of every worker to keep his job. This will mean bitter struggles with the motor-car giants for control of the factories, a fight which can only be directed to the nationalization of these companies without compensation and under workers' control.

Pentagon official Daniel Henkin, announcing the decision, said: 'US air operations are designed to interdict enemy supplies and manpower that could pose a threat to the lives of US and allied personnel in Vietnam..?

Military spokesmen admit this formulation can be used to cover any bombing raid on Cambodia as well as Laos and Vietnam.

Already the rate of US bombing raids on Cambodia is rising ominously. 80 sorties are now being flown daily, which is double the rate of a few weeks ago.

Vice-President Agnew's current tour of pro-Us puppet regimes in SE Asia has as its central purpose the coordination of a strategy to check the national liberation struggle in Indo-China.

US imperialism, after suffering a long string of reverses in S Vietnam and Laos at the hands of the guerrilla movement, decided last March to secure its flanks by" overthrowing the 'neutralist' Sihanouk government in Cambodia, which allowed the liberation movements to operate on Cambodian territory.

Deposed

The result was the CIAinspired coup of March 16, which deposed Sihanouk and installed the anti-communist, ultra-rightist Lon Nol.

But the Cambodian people fought back. Within weeks, and despite the most horrible massacres perpetrated by the Lon Nol regime on the Vietnamese minority in Cambodia, the CIA puppets were driven back into their stronghold of Phnom Penh, where they have remained besieged ever since.

Nith the Lon Nol regime doomed without external aid, Nixon launched his May 1 invasion.

US and Saigon troops blazed same trail burning, flicted the Vietnamese people for the last quarter of a century.

Nixon's attack did not go unanswered.

From Liverpool and Italy to Australia, workers struck against his war, despite the stubborn refusal of the Stalinists to mobilize the working class for such action.

Butchers

Like the British Stalinists, the Soviet bureaucracy has set Its tace against the struggle of the Cambodians.

When Sihanouk formed his government-in-exile, the Kremlin continued to recognize the pro-US regime of butchers in Phnom Penh. 23 countries have now extended full diplomatic credentials to Sihanouk's guerrilla - based government, which has its temporary seat in Peking.

The Soviet Union, together with its Warsaw Pact allies, is still not among them.

The counter - revolutionary support given to the pro-US regime by Stalinism has never been commented on by the British Communist Party's 'Morning Star', nor any of its other publications.

Instead, the impression is conveyed that the Soviet government and the British CP support the Cambodian people and their guerrilla movement.

Tọ further this deception, maximum publicity is given to the various trade union and 'left' labour delegations which visit Hanoi from time to time.

The latest of these visits' force a people planned for next month, is one such undertaking.

Hanoi recognizes the Sihanouk government. Yet will these trade union leaders demand that the Soviet and East European governments follow N Vietnam's lead?

Unless delegation makes this demand before its departure, the visit can and will be used to provide a cover for the Stalinist strategy of betraying the Cambodians to imperialism.

A publie call for Soviet recognition of Sihanouk will expose this plan before millions of workers.

The Sihanouk government now controls more than two-thirds of Cambodia.

Yet still the 'Star' glosses over the recent incident at the Cambodian embassy in Prague: where a group of proSihanouk students, after taking over the building in the name of the exiled government, have been subjected to police provocations and attempts to starve them out the embassy.

The Kremlin, working through the Arab capitalist class, has succeeded in temporarily disrupting the struggle of the Palestinians for self-determination. This it did with the open approval of the British Stalinists.

Hammer-blows Now, in yesterday's 'Star', Woddis insists that a similar deal be fixed for Indo-China.

Nixon's decision to step up bombing raids on Cambodia is the preparation for just such a plan.

The Zionist terror-bombing raids on Egyption workers and school children were the bloody hammer-blows that helped to drive Nasser, already under Soviet pressure, to the conference table with the Israelis.

The Arab people wanted to hit back.

Nasser chose to capitulate:

Doubtless, hope and the Kremlin same strategy will bring results in SE Asia, that cauldron of struggle for national liberation and socialism.

But they have underestimated the fighting spirit Stalinist calls for 'pressure' on Tories A FEATURE by Jack Woddis in yesterday's 'Morning Star', headed 'New prospects for peace and sanity, calls for trade unionists to concentrate on persuading the Tories to change their foreign policies.

Welcoming the many diplomatic deals being cooked up between the Soviet bureaucracy and imperialism, Woddis deplores the negative role being played in them by the British government.

He concludes: "The recent moving series of articles by Sam Russell in Seamen back glassworkers Rank-and-file secretary John Potter appealing for Mersey SUPPORT for the sacked glassworkers at Pilkington's St Helens factories came yesterday from the Liverpool branch of the National Union of Seamen which passed the following resolution:

'We, the members of the Liverpool branch of the National Union of Seamen, advise our members not to sign articles on ships carrying Pilkington's glass until the sacked men are reinstated.' "This is a magnificent gesture from the seamen,' Gerry Caughey, chairman of the Pilkington rank-and-file committee, commented yesterday.

'Every trade union should reach this decision - because any trade union will be penalized themselves if they stand by while workers are sacked for going on strike.' Wall's strike 2,000 workers at Wall's Atlas Rd factory in London went on strike yesterday after voting to strike every Tuesday until the company stops using the wages computer which has been in operation for the last two months.

CORRESPONDENT BYA the "Morning Star" has forced to ahandon served to bring home to the British people the immense sacrifices being made by the people of Vietnam, and the need to step up the campaign here to make the British government cease its support for the US aggression and to compel the withdrawal of all US forces.

'Sanity'

'A new opportunity will be presented when the important British trade union delegation to Vietnam, due to leave Britain next month, returns here and reports on its visit.

European security, the workers' support.

draughtsmen COVENTRY Rolls-Royce joint shop stewards' committee is meeting today to discuss support for the 1,000 design and technical staff who have been locked out by the management over the past seven weeks.

This is the first. full meeting of the stewards on this issue and the Draughtsmen's and Allied Technicians' strike committee are asking for support by the 'blacking' of material which would have been used by DATA members and by forming a second line of pickets to enforce this.

In addition a joint statement will be issued on the implications of the dispute for the whole combine.

DATA members are holding Middle East, Vietnam — on each of these issues the British government must be structive role and throw its 1LO UUweight on the side of sanity and peace.

In two weeks' time, at this year's Trade Union Congress, Britain's trade unionists can make a decisive stand for peace by speaking out for a complete change in British foreign policy' (Our emphasis.)

Applauds US He applauds the US moves to settle the Palestine question - by guaranteeing the Zionist occupation for ever.

"The Soviet Union _ has that a committee is being set up to advise on the 'supply use and availability of arms to the Royal Ulster Constabulary.

This move follows demands from the RUC for all officers to be rearmed.

The mie on the spe of arms, under which police would be justified in using them and the location of armouries'→ yet not to decide on the actual rearming.

But why establish an advisory body unless it is to plan action?

The Hunt Report last November recommended the RUC should no longer carry arms 'in principle and in normal practice, whatever this meant.

All those like the Irish Stalinists who welcomed the this transparent fraud are now shown to have greased the slipway for repression in Ulster.

They chose to ignore the Hunt recommendation that arms should be readily available to police in cases of emergency—the provision now endorsed by the N Ireland government.

These, moves towards re-arming the RUC form a backdrop to the sordid manoeuvres of Gerard Fitt MP and his 'united opposition' in StorDonors te bour pened and that Fitt and Paddy Wilson had been expelled from the Republican Labour Party.

for Rolls a mass meeting later this morning and a demonstration to the town centre.

The staff members have been locked out since July 14 following a work-to-rule over their claim for 'a substantial wage increase'-around £5 a week. The company has refused to move from its offer of 7 per cent: an increase of £2 15s for those between 21 and 25 and £2 5s for older PROFITS DROP With the company facing acuté economic problems the implications of the lock-out go far beyond the confines of Coventry.

Despite the Labour government's £20 million financial transfusion, Rolls-Royce profits have dropped disastrously and there is a strong possibility of their losing Lockheed's order for the RB-211 engine-which has already cost over £100 million to develop.

Opposition to DATA's claim has therefore been stiff, and the company are insisting that any increasé is restricted to Coventry and not extended throughout the combine. York. All the Israeli objections BY JOHN CRAWFORD on the level of representation and venue miraculously dissolved over. the weekend.

Fulbright, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, indicated the type of settlement to be expected.

He called for US-Israel underwrite any agreement reached by the talks at the UN. This would guarantee the security and independencé of Israel, 'within the borders of 1967'.

The UN settlement might have to be imposed by force, says Senator Fulbright.

Thus, acceptance of the US 'peacé talks' by Nasser, under pressure by the Soviet leaders, opens the way for the imperialists to force Arab agreement to the permanent occupation of Palestine by Zionism.

It is in ths context that the situation of the Arab guerrilla movement must be seen.

Mainly based in Jordan, the groups now face destruc tron by the Arab leaders backed by imperialism and the Moscow bureaucrats. King Hussein of Jordan returned home on Monday after three days of talks with Nasser. The main issue discussed was clearly the fate of the guerrillas in Amman.

Nabulsi, the chairman of the National Block, and leader of the exiled Palestine geoisie. The object revent any oppositior from his. quarter to Hussein takin scien was rose and with the guerrillas.

As Hussein returned to sions accepty ze of the Rogers plan TAKE OVER There is now speculation, both in Israel and in Amman, of American scheme to ditch Hussein and allow Fatah could be the basis for a sethe issue Sar aront for the the rapu of Palestine, stated that the at the end, the Israeli ambassador in Trotsky Memorial Lectures TROTSKYS LAST WORDS IAM CONFIDENT OF THE VICTORY OF THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL GO FORWARD.... 1965 THAT MEANS FORWARD TO THE FIRST DAILY TROTSKYIST PAPER: 197 THAT MEANS BUILD THE W Washington, Yitzchak Rabin, said: 'We should not be SUTprised if the United States recognized the existence of the Palestinian element and takes it into account even in its contacts.

'The United States is sitting at a negotiating table-if I may use that term - with a Fatah which is killing Americans; with the Vietcong. If the Americans are prepared to accept that, we should not be surprised if they are prepared to accept a Fatah which is killing Israelis?

Meanwhile, Amman is surrounded by the 'special units' of the US-financed Jordan army.

CLASHED

These were the forcés engaged in clashes with guerrillas in June. At the same time, Nasser has been arrestin the latost Bay in diatribe accuses the Iraqis of working secretly with Britishpresumably against the US.

The Iraqi regimé, which re jects the plan and has used Nasser's open betrayal to strengthen its own position in Jordan, turn just as quickly against the guerrillas.

Despite its 'left' and anti-imperialist propaganda, it has a record of bitter anti-communist persecution at home.

Ba'athist ideology

nothing in common with revolutionary Marxism.

The guerrilla leaders have been unable to prepare for the grim situation in which the Palestine liberation movement now finds itself.

When the fighting in Amman ended with an agreement between the guerrillas and Hussein in June, it was clear that the threat remained so long as Hussein's regime survived. But Arafat declared that there would be no interference in Jordan's 'internal affairs'.

Now, having correctly denounced US plan as a plot against Palestine people, Arafat still tries to La loophole for the reestablishment of Egyptian aid in the event of the negotiations breaking down.

So long as the struggle of the Arab masses against imperialism remains within the bounds of nationalism and democracy, it is threatened with defeat and betrayal.

In tomorrow's Workers Press, a member of our foreign news staff interviews a member of the Communist Party of Iraq (Revolutionary Group) recently arrived in this counor after fertil movemene

How does the employer see the prospect? The 'Financial Times' continued:

"There is some hope that a bargain may be struck whereby piece-work is abolished (or at least reduced in scope); for this the unions may demand guarantees of income during lay-ofis caused by disputes in component manufacturing plants Any such 'bargain' would give the employers everything they want.

'So attractive'

They in any case advocate that: They too • (the components companies) must be persuaded to abandon piecework-which is so attractive to militant trade unionists...

In other words, they will mount pressure to see that months to bring about enthuses.

strikes are in any case cut to the minimum in components by institutins Measured-Day Work-making the guarantee of income during lay-offs worth nothing!

There is no way forward ways. along the path of such 'bargains' with the motor employers.

The end of the 'Financial Times' editorial made it very clear that what is involved is a strategy for struggle between the classes. The em- the election. ployers only use the trade union leadership and their 'bargains' to cover up their plans to inflict defeats on the working class.

In line That is why the paper concluded:

"What is needed is convinc- inevitable. ing evidence that a number of employers, starting with the government departments and the nationalized industries, is determined to resist unreasonable demands, of existence, and the whatever kind, from the trade unions' The plans of the motor bosses are in line with the plans of the Tories. betray The struggles in the car over industry must be centred on a struggle to force the resignation of the government. undertaken intense diplomatic activities for many Middle solution to the East crisis, Now, after calling for 'pressure to change Wilson's ›olicies since 1964, the plane Stalinists aim to turn th the Soviet Union for exploit trade union movement towards convincing the Tories us House of Representative see the error of their