Agnew draws reactionaries together

TUC banned from US MRS JANET JAGAN American - born wife Or Cheddi Tagan, has lost her US citizenship for the second time and been banned from entering America.

the discovery this week when she was arranging to visit her ailing mother in California.

was she no longer an American itizen, but an old ban deny. ng entry had been reimposed Mrs Jagan said she made SPIRO T. AGNEW, Nixon's deputy and self-appointed high priest of the right-wing American backlash, is barnstorming round the United She was told that not only States in a converted executive jet.

At his meetings, he She was also told she hac attacks student protest, calls for 'law and order' and makes red-baiting attacks on his more liberal political opponents.

The technique is not newNixon used it when • he was Eisenhower's vice-president — In June 1967 she was told but it is proving very dangerous weapon in Nixon's battle with the working class.

Agnew is drawing together all the forces of US reaction behind a programme of repressive laws and tighter police General situation: A large anticyclone centred over Denmark is Break-up It will be dry almost everywhere He appeals to the middle class and backward sections of northern Ireland, Central and white workers who feel themperiods after a few early fog selves threatened by crime, student protest, drugs and ay with ariane rain be pornography.

Outlook for Saturday and Sunday: But Agnew's success is not at all of strength.

NO CROYDON MARCH Some of the Croydon council workers who had congregated for a march yesterday.

See story page one. Draughtsmen consider pay offer DRAUGHTSMEN at Coventry, Bristol, and Leavesden Rolls-Royce plants were meeting yesterday to decide their attitude to the company's latest offer of between a 7 and 16 per cent pay rise.

At Coventry-where 1,000 men from the Parkside and Ansty plants were locked out for 13 weeks for refusing to Sydney: October 7 - While accept a 7 per cent offer— the British Tories are engaged the firm is proposing to give in moves to shackle the trade the men f4 5s—a 16 per cent unions, some of their, Australian counterparts in indusand a 13 per cent increase to try are fighting to revitalize draughtsmen of 30 and over. Australia's arbitration system, In Scotland the offered in- which, in the words of one crease is f4 with a reducing newspaper is: ' ... a battered, scale to £2 5s at 29 and over. beheaded and belittled shell of.

Men at Bristol face a £2 10s its former self .... all-round increase (9 per cent) and Leavesden draughtsmen Australian capitalists will must decide whether to accept now be watching the turn of events in Britain with interest.

Draughtsmen Derby, If Heath and his fellow Hatfield, Chesterfield, Bar- Tories can get the shackles noldswick and Hucknall have on the unions in Britain, it already accepted 7 per cent. will give greater impetus . for the Draughts- those who want to wrap them round Australian ankles once more. dropped all the productivity The Metal Trades Industry strings that were previously Association of Australia has long been vociferous in its here is only vague mentio: demands that the battle n the offer of, 'future talks t against the working class improve productivity', a clauss should be stepped up. included in three previous par This week it has been at it The firm is insisting that again.

National president Mr J. B. any further national increase Clarkson claimed, rather unhappily, that the unions were currently being permitted to exercise rights without being called upon to carry out their obligations. would only receive the surIn words familiar to workers Rolls-Royce made they me in Southampton or Sydney, Ballarat or Birmingham, he nion officials when they me hem for talks earlier thi said that the present level of week that a refusal to accept strikes (in Australia) restrict the offer would lead to a total economic growth and reduce the capacity to improve living lock-out of their members Above all it is symptomati of the break-up party system in the States and the crisis of leader. ship in the working class.

If he is able to win support from working-class like the privileged 'hard-hats it is because there is no independent working-class party in the United States and the labour leaders carry out a chauvinistic policy of appealing for walls whilst banging the patriotic drum.

adventurist Venturist pacies bf the dent movement to he stu are entirely without a perspective to fight Nixon.

The Stalinists and revisionist Party, by their uncritical support for the confrontationists and their refusal to raise the issue of a third party based create one cousion inde on the trade unions Attack gnew has been quick the weaknes opportunisi leader at the same time as big fissures appear in the Republican In the New York Senate election campaign, he has violently attacked the Repub. lican Senator supported the ultra-conservative Republican Buckley while openly canvassing the votes of backward white workers anti-labour racialist lines.

Buckley's family is notoriously pro big business and anti-labour and anti-civil rights. Buckley's brother edits the 'National Review' which has consistently campaigned for the legal abolition of the closed shop..

This however does not prevent Agnew from solicitingand receiving-the support of reactionary union leaders like Brennan of the New York Trades Councils — and leader of the notorious 'hard-hat' construction workers.

In the army, Nixon and Agnew really have problems. Young workers are no longer prepared to die in rUS colonial bloodbath for imperialism. And Nixon knows it.

nat is why he is with drawing troops from sE Asi while protecting his back with his peace' proposals, his 'Vietnamization policy and appeals to world Stalinism for support.

All these developments are forerunners class soruggles in the United States, which will pose before the working class the urgent need to create a Labour Party with a revolutionary programme.

ALL TRADES UNIONS ALLIANCE MEETINGS MERSEYSIDE: Sunday, Swan Hotel, London 'Support the couneworkers an-inion laws. Bring down the Tory Saturday Octobe OL On The October 24, •Miners and the ATUA.' Speaker: Plough Ollerton. Mike Banda Editor Workers Press Willesten Labour and Thursday rades Hall WILLESDEN October High Road SOUTHALL: Tuesday, SM B Bridge oad. Southall Community LONDON: Tuesday, Head, Falcor 28, 8 P. Kings 'LONDON:

Street. Sisters Road: Co-op Seven LONDON: October Australian LETTER standards — although whose living standards he did not make clear.

Mr Clarkson which he addressed, represents which he addressed employers' Australian states.

Although the Australian arbitration system has been weakened over recent years by union militancy, it is certainly not 'battered and beheaded'.

Working-class action has weakened the structure, but there are many battles ahead ADELAIDE: OCT 14—Port Adelaide tug crews placed a black ban on the guided missile destroyer, HMAS 'Hobart', when she arrived at Port Adelaide today, but the vessel berthed easily without their assistance.

The tug seamen have voted not to tow any warship that had been actively involved in supporting 'the aggressive policies against the people of Vietnam by the governments of Australia and the United States of America'.

Elements of importance of Marxist philosophy building of the revolutionary party.

This means that some of the very large American warships which visit Australia will not be able to berth in the harbour.

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Twenty-five thousand members of the New South Wales Building Workers' Industrial Union stopped work for a 24-hour strike this week in demand for a $10 (£4 13s) a week increase.

The men are also demanding full pay when off work because of accidents and a long-service leave scheme.

Like their British counterparts, the Australian building workers have a high degree of insecurity, losing many fringe benefits obtained by workers in other industries, and being among the first hit during slumps. Marxism lectures by HEALY the Socialist Labour League)

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Doors open 12 noon PAR AVION AUSTRA Metal tradesmen employed by the Railways Department— among the lowest-paid of skilled men in the countryalso struck this week demanding $75 a week (£35), an increase of $I0 (£4 13s).

Seamen are also threatening strike action — possibly on a national level. The union is claiming a $10-a-week increase and improvement in conditions.

An indication of the seamen's mood has been shown by recent stoppages of work around the Australian coast. In some ports vessels were held up for a week.