The fight against Tory anti-union laws L'pool Trades Council again shows

we ESPITE the pressures from such disparate Nixon's National Security BY DAVID Counci. the Commonwealti A BIG ANTI-TORY de governments and the liberalbaseboes movemen Britain, Mr Heath's governcalled for next Tuesday I ment is determined to supply the S African racialists Council. with arms.

Then the Prime Minister The council's call leaves or singapore coday he will do so armed with a contrasts sharply with mandate which expresses clearly the the retreat from the class COT British fight against the imperialism to defend its interests and African government's Industjanitors with every means. rial Relations Bill by Thether resigns the 'left' MPs, the from the Commonwealth or Kaunda walks out union leaders and little Crence will make Heath's decision to uphold or no difference the Communist Party alike. tne letter and spirit of the Simonstown Agreement. It reaffirms the demand — TI policy for Heath would be alternative such unanimously endorsed by 20,000 workers at Liverpool's the collapse of the Vorster Pier Head on December 8regime, the expropriation of that the Trades Union Conthe massive capital invest- gress call a General Strike to force the Tories to resign.

1 mang Speaking with some emotion to the Bexley Supper Club on Monday night, Tory leader THE DEVEY AFFAIR has once again revealed Edward Heath pledged that liquidatio met the last rep there would be no turning the Communist Party leadership as a shameful back by the government from its anti-working-class policies. gang of political cowards, worthy representatives The country had called too of the Stalin school of falsification. often in the past for relaxation of firm policies, he said. Urgency Stalin they not only supthe Tories ported every brutal deed diploma In a bid to screw up the which he organized, they courage of the fainter-hearted went out of their way to Mr Heath employers for what top rulingor home class circles recognize must be falsify the teachings of insisted: confrontation, he Trotskyism by the foulest "This time I detect a sense lies and slander. of urgency' Yet after six-and-a-half returned once more to this months of Tory onslaught vomit when Bert Ramelson, against every working-class so-called industrial organizer right, the "Tribune'-ite MPs of the CP, lyingly accused the can only summon up a call for ... a petition to parlia- 'scabbed' on the one-day strike.

Ever-thoughtful reformist Tottenham MP Norman Atkin'ble hat are the facilent. son suggests that if this were organized on a factory-byfactory basis, each factory would no doubt wish to send people to London to associate themselves with the protest.

So he and his forelocktouching friends humbly suggest that the TUC organize a demonstration and lobby of MPs against the Bill, to which delegates can be sent from different parts of the country.

They specifically deny that they are calling for a one-day national strike. Apology basic principle be accep tory Ignoring both the government's rapid-fire plans to push through the Bill massive erosion of living standards proceeding apace under Heath, they try to channel popular anti-Tory feeling worthless apology for a protest.

Needless the "Tribune' statement - made by men who themselves refused to lift a finger against the Wilson leadership between 1964 and 1969, despite numerous demonstrations and lobbies urging such a course—was heavily government resie Tories Re- Strike to make the lon boosted yesterday's Stalinist 'Morning Star'. sign rally at Alexandra Its front-page lead on their Palace on February 14 call contains not a scrap of comes at a most decisive comment, although Salford time.

MP Stan Orme was quoted as saying the campaign should be stepped up.

Trade unionists are titled to ask some questions and trade unionists everyat this point, since both the 'Star' and the Stalinist-led Liaison Committee for Defence tanding success 1 oryisi mon stration has ry th : Liverpool T After the Devey affair The silent men of King St During the lifetime of staff bears of decimal By an Industral correspondent CLIVE JENKINS of the Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs (left) seen with Transport and General Workers' national officer John Cousins (right) speaking to pressmen atter top-level joint union talks at Heathrow on the airport work-to-rule yesterday.

ntensify the work-to-ruk following management's refusal on Monday to consider any increase on their 4t-per-cent pay rise offer.

The unions have not yet named the pay-rise figure they are demanding, but are believed to seeking around 7 per cent.

Continuation of the 3+week-old dispute is likely to cause further chaos at London's Heathrow and other airports, which are still recovering from the passenger log-jam earlier this week when freezing fog delayed thousands of passengers.

Robens

resignation official THE RESIGNATION of Lord Robens as Chairman of the National Coal Board was officially announced yesterday.

Mr John Davies, Secretary for Trade and Industry, said Lord Robens had been invited to continue in office for a further five years.

But after full considerations' he had told Mr Davies he did not wish to serve. He was prepared to remain his post for six months while arrangements were made for the appointment of a sucCessor.

Robens is believed to have told Coal Board members he took the decision, after 10 years as NCB chief, because he could not get satisfactory government assurances about future policy towards the HEATHROW WORK-TORULE BOAC's jumbos still grounded THE HEATHROW meeting of BOAC pilots has rejected the Corporation's latest pay offer in the dispute which has kept the airline's jumbo-jets grounded for Monday night's meeting endorsed the action of the pilots' council in rejecting BOA's offer of £9,000 for senior pilots flying all aircraft, including the giant Boeing 747s.

The latest offer was about £4,500 less than the original demand for senior captains, first class, on the jumbos, and $2,400 • less than an offer rejected by the pilots some months ago.

The Corporation offered to make the £9,000 wholly eligible for pensions and were prepared to accede to the pilots' request for three pilots on jumbo flight decks for a six-month trial period.

BOAC's three jumbos are grounded at a cost of £18,000 a day and three more are due for delivery in March. FLIGHTS out of Paris on three airlines were again disrupted yesterday as pilots and cabin crew continued a strike which began on Monday.

Only about one-tenth of Air France's international flights departed and these used planes chartered from other airlines.

The strikers are demanding a new contract governing pay and working conditions.

COMMUNIST Party member Mr Ken Brett was re-elected assistant general secretary of the Amalgamated Union of Engineering and Foundryworkers' engineering section yesterday. He polled 42,179 votes against Coventry right-winger Harry Clarke's 25,502. migrou med for eight months. eight months. YOUNG SOCIALISTS GOVT MAKE RALLY MASS For more detalle or a ticket please write to YS national secretary John Simmance, 186a, Clapham High Street, Ploses cord me more detalls/a ticket. I enclose cheque/ postal order for £1.

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branch factory, in nearby Sestao, 800 workers staged a four-hour strike against the detention of colleagues.

In another General Electric plant nearby, 1,500 workers met and decided to hold daily strikes of varying length until all their detained workmates were freed.

Police have released 15-20 of the workers who were arrested during the Burgos trial.

But they have powers to detain the rest of the prisoners indefinitely under emergency laws.

Rome's traffic police strike ROME'S traffic police struck yesterday in support of demands for higher overtime rates and more recruitment into the service.

It coincided with a rail strike called by Italy's three of Trade Unions have been noticeably dragging their feet even protest strike on fanary ther Just about the only public statement the question from the Liaison Committee since December 8 appears in a small article by committee chairman Kevin Halpin arried in the latest issue of the equally small circulation Stalinist periodical 'Labour utely nothing of any note even this says abso.

Response

This is despite the big response of Birmingham trade unionists to a Trades Councilsponsored call to strike and demonstrate on January 1.

Although it was widely reported elsewhere as a significant feature of the 5,000strong demonstration, the 'Morning Star' chose not to draw attention to the concerted chant of 'Heath out/ Heath out!' taken up by the majority of the 5,000 marchers. ' King St Elements of Marxism Lecture by G. Healy, national secretary of the ACTON: The Albion, Churchfield Rd, W3.

Central Stn.) 8 p.m. Thursday, January 7. anti-union laws and Ramelson remains silent, just as he did in His henchman Howard Hill, the days of Stalin. Sistield Se, stadenly became district wise after the event and denounced Devey for taking the money.

Where was Howard Hill before the event and what did silence Ramelson and Hilart of both have say? As usual, Is the next step forward for the advocates of the 'peaceful road to socialism' to be the rafting of a scale of charg uidelines for what a vi timized steward or convenor is worth When reactionary Tory employer kicks him out?

Perhaps the Communist Party will now advocate this in order to preserve peace in industry part the 'peaceful road'.

Over recent years there has been a procession of betrayals trade union movement.

Glaring of these was Electrical Trades Uniam eisont aning scandal. leaders say they had no know. ledge of this, but they have never explained politically how it arose. No more than they will Cp long-time member the leadership and an official in the 1 miners' union, suddenly accepted a job on the Commission on Industrial Relations under the Labour government.

Shameful The reason for this silence is because the policy of the 'peaceful road socialism' which was endorsed by Stalin, shameful classlett collaboration is nothing more than the most It cover for betrayal and that is why it is paving the way for such people as Devey.

What is happening to sincere CP members in the trade unions is that they are being politically destroyed and disorientated by this policy.

The ETU case, the Paynter and Devey affairs are not accidents.

They are the outcome of a reformist mis-education carried out under conditions where the leadership of the CP opportunistically used these people then cast them aside while making them the whipping boys to cover up their own mistakes.

What Devey has done is what he has in effect been aught to do by the politics c the peacefu Toad to socialism Are repeat was the rchitect of this polic Pay-off lamelso Gollan, Caborn, loward Hill, Devey and com pany are simply engaged in carrying it out.

They may not like what off for reformism epoch of capitalist decline.

That they have earned the contempt of every Carintic trade unionist in al parts of the country hold We olitically the leadership of the British Com munist Party responsible for what Devey has done - their silence notwithstanding.