'A strike-breaking we will go'

we HE STRONGEST possible case for nationalization

November

The Worker of the tory pass blatacks Tories tell miners FACED with a coalfield 1 their offensive to push dow considering importing coal This would be an extremely costly policy. There is a world shortage of coal ánd the price of foreign supplies would be high.

An import of 2.5 million tons — the weekly needs of industry - would undoubtedly pile up a substantial deficit item on the balance of trade, not to mention the bonanza fuel from abroad would afford to every profitgrabbing middle-man.

For the government there are, however, greater things at stake than hard cash.

A miners' victory on the heels of the council workers' settlement would be a very serious blow to their attempts to outlaw wage increases.

CONCERN

This prospect is of greater concern to Heath than the partial paralysis of industry that the strike threatens.

Even if it costs more money to import coal than pay the miners their £5, it would be worth it to the government if it weakened SPEAKING in Aberdare, a valley town at the centre of the S Wales coalfield, Prince Charles told an audience: I was to have originally visitd a mine this mornft" •.. unfortunately owing to certain circumstances I can't go down this mine.' The trip underground was to have taken place at Maerdy colliery in the 'Red' Rhondda. Men, at Maerdy have been on strike since last Monday.

the strike's impact and contributed to the miners' defeat.

It is therefore the number one priority for the miners' leaders to get immediate agreements with the transport unions locally and nationally on this issue.

Vague hopes like those of Dai Francis, s Wales secretary, of the miners that the dockers will not handle supplies are not enough.

Though the miners' union and the Transport and General Workers' Union met yesterday in S Wales there was, I understand, no discussion of a possible black on foreign coal. broughs still out port and General Workers' by the unions and • were Union said that the London receiving between £4 and £6 men were being supported strike pay a week. Sicily unions call general strike THE three major trade unions have called a general strike in S Palermo, capital of Sicily, for November 20, aimed at forcing 'concrete interventions by the state and the regional Argentina's governing military dictatorship yesterday warned union leaders against holding the third in a series of nationwide stoppages to press their demands. Economics Minister Aldo Ferrer had offered a 30 per cent increase in the minimum wage but would not allow negotiations on battle which may open anothe vn living standards, the governn to break the miners' strike. MFLA £ 106.000 INTEREST INFLATION Miners don't 'red' scare More join strike MINERS HAVE ignored the back-to-work of their general secretary Lawrence Daly, ștrike remained firm as more men in Yorks and Scotland walked out yesterday in sup of the £5 wage claim.

In a statement issued from union headquarters in London, Daly appealed for the men to return.

As the strike total reached near half of the pits' labour force Daly said:

"Divisions and disunity caused within the union by the ynofficial strike can only harm miners. opeal for all miners e strike to return to worl Board's offer at the ballot next week?

He added that he expected demonstrate their Pecting: to Not weakened But neither defeatis sent, echoed in ficials are:

red-scare he ears will to fight.

Few of the 3,500 KENT miners who strike against the Board's £2 7s 6d to £3 offer are impressed by this bluster.

I think Robens is trying to scare a few men,' 20-year-old Betteshanger surface worker Graham told Well, it might scare a few, but I think the men will stick.

It's an all-out fight now for Kent miners.

Aghting back:

of Kent's three. pits which voted solidly for strike action at the weekend - Snowdon, ... SALARIES TO NCO CHIEFS OLD READ COALFIELD COMMENTS on pages 2 & 4 lan Yeats speaks to Welsh miners and their area Dai Francis rhich voted against, is Dein rdered out—T. Osborne tol US:

I have to work a 48-hour week for £19, which means £14 10s take-home pay.

'There's a lot of us who think the f5 could definitely be won. I don't think the strike need be all that long.' More strike In SCOTLAND too these provocative statements have persuaded more miners to strike. In N Scotland eight of the ten pits were idle and in the South 17 of the 22 were strike bound.

The Scottish area NUM reported that 25,000 out of 29,000 miners were out on strike.

In YORKSHIRE the dispute spread to one more pit bringing the total shut by the strike to 42. In the Doncaster area the stoppage is 100 per cent with all ten pits idle.

Four of Co. Durham's seven biggest pits are still strikebound. These are Westoe, Dawdon, Vain Tempest and Easington.

The dispute remains total in S WALES and miners there will join others : from Yorkshire to give their national executive a tough reception when they meet in London tomorrow.

The Coal Board estimates 1,035,000 tons have been lost in production since the unofficial walk-outs started.

Already the steel industry is beginning to feel the pinch.

The electricity power stations have stocks of their own that could last for seven weeks while the gas industry has enough for over four weeks. call hire sort