Heath throws VICTOR FEATHER gauntlet

number of Workers F we said: '1970 will be an historic year for the Trotskyist movement. At last, after all the betrayals of social demo. cracy. and Stalinism, the workine class of central and W Europe has within its grasp the political and theoretical resources for the construction of genuine mass revolutionary parties based on Marxism. le significance of a revolutionary daily paper is not only that it enables : us to carry out more activity in the workers' movement, but that it insists upon a • day to day analysis of what is taking place in the class struggle. We have passed through one year of such experience with impressive results. i nosing the need for a serious understanding of most of our efforts have eva past Marxist theory, we have gone into the central work created the largest group which is nearing completion. of steadfast supporters in The most we could do in our history. Since the elec- the provinces was to lay tion of a • Tory government the groundwork for regular last June, the numbers are news stories. But that will. growing , almost daily simply be rapidly improved upon now feels that a showdown When in the next few weeks the because the working class is coming and the more ad- Workers Press we devoted vanced layers want to be a great deal of attention toprepared. wards an accurate estimate It is appreciated that our of our basic costs. Because paper, precisely because it of rising prices, this wasn't FLASH-BACK TO SEPTEMBER 1969: Imperial Father of the Plough Press National Graphical Association Chapel, Mr A Roa (left)—who recently moved a motion against Rudi Dutschke's deportation at the London Trades Council-seen with SLL national secretary G. Healy, looking at the very first issue of is a Marxist newspaper, cannot and will not pander the backwardness of militancy which is separate from the historical tasks posed in the struggle for socialism. We are out to stimulate • an interest in theory whilst at the same time demonstrating its significance in the way we approach all the struggles engaged in by the working class.

To do this Workers Press engages in a dialogue and at times a debate with its readers. This is its strength which explains at the same time why our readership is growing. news agency services through teleprinters. This will be in addition to specialist monitoring services of overseas news. We have almost completed the arrangements for four combined news and camera reporting teams in addition to our regular reporting staff. Within a few weeks we hope to be able to announce the release date of the first Workers Press film concerning events in the North of Ireland. Filmmaking is to be built up as a permanent feature of our news-team work. : the same time we have drawn together the beginparticular, to this year's Labou nings of what promises to be a very effective provincial news team. This has ence delegates in Blackpool, been a slow job over the nact 12 months hecause mean business.

don theme, Mr Heath reathrmed Tory determination to legislate on 'industrial reform and to stand up to a general strike of the unions regardless of consequences.

bureaucracy's objection anti-union laws: "I know there we going to bo ygreat number of howls going up about it.' Heath's speech proves to the hilt what we have said since June 18; that the trade union leaders continued retreat on wages and unemployment would encourage Heath to increase the intensity and widen the scope of his attack. speech on the same day that should have made his sinister were published.

crows. They thrive on it.

the deflationary Treasury and Bank of England policies, backed by the International Monetary Fund, are working and that the criterion of their efficiency is the index of unemployment.

Problem easy. But the groundwork massive growth of unemploywe put in has paid off.

The publication of the six-day Workers Press will mean a substantial increase in costs. This we estimate to be in the region of £300 retribuced to the trade union rest can, a week. We have proposed therefore to increase our campaign fund from £1,000 •to £1,250 a month. Since already we receive over £1,000 each month, this should not be difficult.

We are appealing for 1,000 six-day subscribers which will be, in addition, to an increase of over 2,000 copies a day in circulation.

We are confident now, just as HEATH'S TV interview on clear warning to the worki Continuing his Selshe Docks crisis must speed fight for He dismissed the labour The timing and content of TWO PRONGS of Tory policy have come right out into the open with the scare anIt is no accident that Heath nouncement that Britain's second-largest port —Liverpool-faces a serious financial crisis.

unemployment figures Minister of Transport Unemployment is to the John Peyton has immediTories what carrion is to ately made clear that the Tories have no intention of Heath is fully aware that bolstering loss-making industry in order to save jobs.

And a press campaign is already under way to try and pin at least part of the blame for the ports escalating losses on dockers and their unions.

Without a rapid and closed complex anon cat responsibility for The Mersey Docks an arbour Board-which hi Peed are A may and The dock strike resulted it and of this a mast, i reach Charges, up Thursday night ng class and, in ir Party Conferthat the Tories Feather sees NUM leaders TUC SECRETARY Mr Victor Feather had informal talks yesterday with National Union of Mineworkers' leaders to discuss the present pay deadlock.

The union's executive is calling on Britain's 292,000 miners to support official strike action through a ballot to be held during the week commencing October 12. . The miners have turned down the NCB's 37s 6d to 50s-a-week offer. • • See page four: Jobs and pit pay fight. TAFF LOCKE MAL SCENER ONE ORDER OF HONEY ISTHE ON THE DAY.

SADLERS LOCKOUT VICTIMISATION 2 MEI SACKEI WHILE SI Stalinist and Nasserite betrayal means