Firemen march in NW

going to strengthen the NPC as they've said they would, they've got to give us some powers over labour,' he said.

On Friday, November 6, 1970, Transport Minister John Peyton is known to have discussed just such a scheme while lunching with Liverpool shipping magnate Sir John Nicholson.

Port employers later heard that Peyton expressed full sympathy with Nicholson's ideas.

For his part, Nicholson explained that ones -despite his preference for nationalization — would be prepared to discuss substituting the NPC for the National Dock Labour Board 'at the appropriate time' Nicholson made clear to Peyton that both Jones, and the port employers who had been involved in discussions with him, felt it would be ANGRY firemen marched through three NW cities yesterday in support of their national demand for a substantial pay increase.

Some 600 men took part in the Liverpool march, presenting a 25,000-signature petition collected in three days deploring the Tory government's intervention against their claim.

In Manchester, 400 firemen -including men from surrounding areas — marched to present a resolution to the city's fire authority.

The third march took place in Bolton. will consider a shop stewards' recommendation to continue their 'black' on Pilkington products and extend it to other ports.

News of the Hull action was warmly welcomed in St Helens by the leaders of the PilkingCHANCES of survival of Mersey docks would become very difficult without government assistance, Mr Harold Wilson told a docks canteen news conference yesterday. Even with finance Merseyside could not survive 'in the sense which a major port would expect.

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extremely if anything kınd were come puonc Delore ''Phase was discus1os appear to be Nicho amona a scoote Oarseas ners chief Sir Andrew Crichton.

Besides being chairman of Meamyside's powerful Ocean Steamship company, John Nicholson is president the Chamber shipping and a director oi Martin's Bank.

1969, the Times descar preside heavy Edward Tonge, Labou Nati not aithfull through NAPE's fight against ast summer's dock strike.

the ru active of tie Conted eration British Industry of the is managing director if hare and a board member Proprietors of Hav's severa other wharfing and storage the Besides consortium, his interest Andrew James MaitlandMakgill - Crichton director of Aviation Services and ecutive member Port concon Authority.

Ihese are the are the men with whom leaders have been discussing matters of the importanci Britain's 17,000 dockers any reterence to the ap propriate elected bodies of the union.

Groundwork out What the cobrse In discussion: complete coatradiction the docke and waterways on or the dock may orm the groundwork for the Tories up or national a t. come torm ority to plan Britain's ports Of private enterprise Nurse employer wall the best both worlds would like a body leaving them almost free to make investment decisions, n/us relationship With "This ntermediat body betweer de malvicual Do ruthorities and The govern.

would be charged with ihrough • for the including controlled British Sail and the British Transport I as be made rest ultimatelv th molovers want to shrig o : il torm state contro over their labour relation and The re-establish agreements and relationships with their dockers since they have little hope leaders ospect their members there is the Arting açcırance‹ about ice semi under he res replaces But discipline, training and recruitment would mov out of the scope of statutory regulation and become locater for nationa union-employer barOn October 1, 1970, Nicholson, in Tonge Crichton Adelphi Hotel Lege os Harold Wilson's confrontation WIt Neither inion lender n record as challenging th nployers' regulation dockers labour would have disappear, to and the they are che.

leved expressed something worked out lines proposed hones and O'Leary must be forced to explain thei role in these discussions.

LATE NEWS Work-to rule talks Monday AIRPORT staff work-to-rule and overtime ban continues today after breakdown of London talks yesterday.

A further meeting has been arranged for 6 p.m. on Mon60,000 airline workers for Bi least a 7 per cent pay increase. The employers have offered 4! per cent.

DERRY STRIKE APPEAL N Ireland Ford car-components strikers have called for solidarity 'blacking' action by Dagenham and Halewood Most of the 450 production workers at Londonderry's Esser Internatinal plant have hern hid off by a werk: ald strik!, 60 thr W GERMAN capita less confidence thai They are involved in an intensive struggle to maintain profitability when wages and costs are rising and Germany's competitive Tom Kemp