Er "Wrong for state to intervene' A. E.F. REJECTS GOVT. STANDARD INQUIRY

Wing themselves on th ermination of the miner strike, the Stalinists now hope to slap down rank and-file calls for the re leadership as before. The area ConLer Cacc passea a resolution sociauna certain elements wno invove taemse ves in per sonal abuse national •ficials at the lobbyot the national delegate conference last week.

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attempt miners Daly's removal will backfire. iveryone can see that th CP is more interested i Tuture re atonsniD with Dav than in clear. ing the road real strugge with the NCB It is becoming increasingly clear that the demand for leadership-a of minersonly carried through fighting not only Daly, but his Stalin cover up men nemarchy. workers, the majority union at Standard-Triumph's Merseyside plant, has refused to co-operate with the government's court of inquiry into the ten-week-old strike there over lay off and bonus pay.

Against the wishes of other members of the union's leadership, the North-West's executive councilman Mr Arthur Hearsey insisted that it was wrong for the state to intervene and impose morally-binding solutions to disputes.

"The implications, in recent months, of giving evidence to an inquiry is that you have to stand by its decisions', he said on Tuesday night.

It is reported that Mr Hugh Scanlon, the union's 'left' president, was one of those opposed to Hearsey's stand.

Backed

But they are said to have backed him because the dispute-though unofficial—is primarily his responsibility.

On the pattern of the Port albot inquiry, Mrs Barbara Castle on Monday appointed one trade unionist, one uniCombine backing Athens court martial for S-TI strikers WORKERS at British-Leyland's Lancashire subsidiary, Leyland Motors, decided on Tuesday to join the one-day strike throughout the combine in support of the Standard-Triumph workers.

A total of 185,000 BritishLeyland workers throughout the country are expected to strike.

The Leyland Motors workers have already given financial support to the strikers.

versity professor and one employer to 'look into the cause and circumstances of the dispute and report'.

These were Sheffield University law professor John Wood, British Railways Board personnel director Leonard Neal and former blastfurnacemen's general secretary Joseph O'Hagan.

The AEF's decision is a major blow not simply to the court itself, but to the government.

It reflects the enormous pressure now being exerted by the working class on their Young Socialists 43 years jail for student heroine TWO GIRL students, Kalliope Tzembelikou and Margerita arali, were sentenced by a special Athens military court on Monday to terms of 17 and 15 years' imprisonment respectively.

damn aleady imposed on to imposed two students in a previous "trial'.

As the recutive, zen a Greek prison, and her comrade Yarali 25. charged with being members of 'Rigas Ferrairs', an illegal student Greek regised to the Loyalty The two students conducted themselves heroically at the trial, proudly affirming their loyalty to the anti-dictatorship resistance.

Demands for their release must be raised in every section of the British labour movement.

Govt. Welcomes Nixon speech THE LABOUR government reacted quickly to Nixon's Vietnam war speech with a statement on Tuesday welcoming the US president's Nixon has decided to through to the under a barrage P.S.F. EQUAL BONUS CLAIM WOMEN workers at PressedSteel Fisher's Llanelli car body plant struck for equal bonus payments with men on Tuesday.

Production at the Carmarthenshire plant came to a virtual standstill when the 120 strikers were joined by 600 men. Vehicle Builders and Transport and General Workers stewards instructed their members not to perform jobs normally done by the women.

The factory-a British-Leyland subsidiary-has a total labour force of 1,700. Newcastle electricians act against NEARLY 60 coil winders at the Newcastle works of C. A. Parsons, Ltd., staged a one-day strike this week over merger plans.

Workers at the factory are threatened with redundancy when the Parsons' transformer division is moved to Scotland next year, following the recent merger with Bruce Peebles of Edinburgh.

The coil winders demonstrated for an hour outside the company's Heaton Works Firemen criticize union leaders merger plan proclaiming that work which should have been transferred to Scotland is still being done at Newcastle because there is no labour available in Edinburgh.

The walkout follows prolonged union demands for definite information about the number of workers likely to be sacked at the Newcastle division.

The Electrical Trades Union meetings NORTH KENT Labour government the trade unions' Thursday, November 6 Duchess of Wellington General Gordon Place Woolwich WILLESDEN 'The Common Market' Thursday, November 6 rillesden Trades and Labou Hall High Road, N.W.10 LUTON 'Labour government and the trade unions' Thursday, November The Cock Park Square COVENTRY in motorsThursday November 6 7.30 p.m.

Sydenham Palace Hotel Cox Street has started operating an overtime ban for all its members in Heaton Works in a further attempt to bring pressure on the firm.

Mr Dan Edwards, ETU district secretary, commented:

It is a ludicrous mix-up when work has to be sent from Edinburgh to be done by men whose jobs are in danger for that very same reason of the transfer.' By our Industrial reporter THE BARRAGE of eggs, tomatoes, flour and screwed-up union leafiets which drove leaders of the Fire Brigades Union out of Tuesday night's meeting of London firemen marks a new stage in the struggle of lower-paid workers.

Like the miners and the dustmen, firemen are now in implacable conflict with their bureaucrase leaders both 'left' and right.

If, as has now happened, centrist unofficial leaders have temporarily succeeded in holding back their struggle, this only poses with ever more burning sharpness the problem of alternative leadership.

This is the context in which the calling-off of yesterday's pron don heremen must be viewed.

It is important to note that it was not some hoary old right-wing union leadership on which notice was served in the firemen's shouts of 'Parry Must Gol' and 'Resign!' on Tuesday night.

'Tribune' supporter Neral secretary, is promis nent supporter of the 'left' weekly "Tribune'.

Miners have made similar demands against their union's 'left' general secretary Mr Lawrence Daly and the crunch for Mr Hugh Scanlon, of the Amalgamated Engineers, and Mr Jack anglones, of the Transport General Workers, cannot be long delayed.

Workers are fed up to their back teeth with 'left' talk.

Their mood was caught by one fireman who jumped on to the platform as dishevelled bureaucrats retreated on Tuesday night and shouted. 'That's got rid of the rubbish! Who's next?' The job of calling off Wednesday's strikes then fell to members of the London Brigades Committee.

Big No'

Mr 'Dusty' Miller, chairman of the London committee, first met roars of "No! as he attempted to persuade the men to call off: their 'emergency calls only' action and drop the idea of Guy Fawkes in support of their claim for a decent rent allowance.

They agreed to call off yesterday's strikes only after a stormy hour-long dialogue with the platform.

But they steadfastly refused But this type of statement will not solve the problems of the Parsons' workers.

In effect, the workers are being asked to do massive overtime to hasten themselves out of their jobs.

This is clearly completely unacceptable.

The campaign must be extended to oppose the company's plans to create unemployment.

Parsons' workers must be backed by other Newcastle workers in a fight against the closure.

bureaucratic leaders knocks another gaping l the Trades Union Con June agreement witl government to stop stri Jones's position Where does Mr Jack Jones, whose union-the Transport and General Workers-intends to co-operate with the court, stand on the principle invoked by Hearsey?

Standard-Triumph workers, who are receiving growing support for their determined action, must again raise the demand that the engineering and transport unions withdraw their instructions to return to work and give immediate official backing to the strike. Mark Jenkins But his references to 'Because there has been too EVE of the re- little more than the cherished attitudes and values? (Mv to drop the 'emergency calls' demonstration and return to normal working.

had mouth so the ten the mee 'This is terrible, com mented one station delegate mands in 'mando in one monitoe one ahead.' It was reported to the meeting that when union leaders saw Home Secretary Mr James Ene so mie it worse.

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