From the Editor A word with our readers

WE ARE now entering the sixth week of to the production of a newspaper such as ours, have been overcome.

The time has come to look ahead towards plans for even more improvements in the paper.

Firstly, we are discussing arrangements to improve our news coverage with the possibility of a late edition for the London area in view.

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able but cramped. We will be taking over a new block by the end of the year, so there will be facilities for more staff.

Secondly, plans for a weekend magazine devoted to more lengthy articles and analyses of the political situation are going ahead.

This would be inserted into the Saturday edition or sold separately. Our readers would be able to file the magazine section for study and future reference.

Network

On the editorial side we are still a long way from utilizing our network of reader-correspondents in the way that is required if our paper is to reflect what is going on in the areas.

We will shortly be making direct contact with those concerned in order to improve this side of our service.

Every Workers Press reader should consider themselves a *Heinz recognize unions EUROPE'S largest food factory has at long last agreed to recognize shop stewards and trade unions.

The firm is H. J. Heinz Ltd., American-owned makers of beans and other canned foods, which has a giant plant at Kitt Green, Wigan, and a smaller one at nearby Standish, employing around 4,000 The new status for the unions and their officials part of an agreement on insibilities dustral disputers which has been drawn up between Heinz management and local trade union officials.

Mr W. Broxton, Wigan and District AEF secretary, is reported to have said:

It is along the lines of most modern agreements, but I ELLMRADES UN ONSIALLIANCE MOTOR WORKERS' Saturday, November 8 2 p.m. to 7 P local correspondent and phone is any news they think nas some importance.

The circulation is steadily increasing, even before we launch our campaign for new readers.

The campaign will begin in Scotland towards the end of November and move southwards.

We plan two weeks of factory-gate meetings and canvassing for new readers to be climaxed by an area meeting at which the 'new. 22-minute 16 mm. sound film on the first issue of Workers Press will be shown.

Enthusiasm The film has been completed and those who have been fortunate enough to have seen the preview are beside themselves with • enthusiasm.

For the first time in the history of working-class newspapers, it will be possible for readers to see how their paper is prepared from the editorial to the final stage of We are especially grateful to the Plough Press's National Graphical Association members who appear in a professional capacity.

A special loudspeaker van will be available for the campaign.

Finally a word about costs and finance.

Everyone"s that production costs ale almost certain to rise in the New Year.

Already the capitalist press is talking about an 8d. daily.

We want to keep the cost at 6d., but if we are to do it, we need to cover a deficit of £1,000 a month or £250 a week-approximately £50 an issue.

We started with £5,000 in our fund and our aim is to keep this sum behind us, less, of course, the £1,000 needed for October.

What it boils down to is that starting November 30, we need £1,000 on that date and thereafter £1,000 by the end of each month.

This is not a large sum and we have purposely. kept this way because the circulation of the paper is going up all the time.

Those who said we would run into insurmountable financial difficulties will be disappointed, because we know we can rely on our readers to provide us with what is needed.

In the past we have said it is up to you and you have never disappointed us.

We are confident it will be the same this time.

All car, car delivery and components workers are invited to a motor workers' conference Digbeth Civic Hall, Digbeth BIRMINGHAM rday, November 8 2 p.m. to 7 Write for credentials to R. larsons, Strawberry Path, Blackbird Leys, Oxf Conference fee 5s. a person

believed to have no principled differences with the general proposals, are asking for £37 iOs. for 'A' grade and £29 for Dockers fear that in the postal ballot organized by the Transport and General Workers' Union they may not be posed with a straight alterna. tive of acceptance or rejection, but with a choice of accepting either employers' proposals or the union's.

The Socialist Labour League says unequivocally — these proposals must be rejected outright ! wouldn't like to give any details as it has not been ratified by the workers at the factories.

While welcoming the union's achievement in winning recognition from a firm with such a long anti-union record, Heinz workers must beware of possible strings attached to the agreement and not commit themselves before carefully studying the details.