Make Tories resign-or accept Bill

An apology WHAT STANDS out most Grades frion Con cess advertising yesterday morning's newspapers is its implicit acceptance that the Tory. anti-union legislation is going through.

Some £75,000 of TUC money is being spent on a twomónth campaign boost the view that the Industrial Relations Bill is 'the wrong way' to stop strikes.

A similar figure has already been paid out for printing and organization around a nationwide programme of TUC education conferences on the Bill.

About 2,000 full-time union officers have been provided with an expensively-produced 'campaign kit' a folder filled with wallcharts, questionnaires, two sets of speakers' notes and other educational aids-to enable them to explain the impact of the Tory proposals to their members. All this from a body reluctant to spend even a new penny on strike action by workers defending their rights. When leaders of the Pilkington glassworkers at St Helens travelled to London under threat of victimization for talks with TUC general secretary Victor Feather, only half their £70 transport costs were covered.

Yet the chief beneficiary of this unprecedented new cash flow is the Boase, Massimi and Pollitt publicrelations partnership, whose chairman 15 former - Tory front-bencher Ernest Marples.

And there is no doubt that the chief political beneficiary of both campaigns will be the Tory governNewspaper advertising - like tonight's Albert Hall protest rally- -will do nothing to shake the government's resolve to push through its legislation.

And the maze of thoroughlyconfusing "campaign - kit' charts and questionnaires is simply a softening-up process for the Bill becoming The only serious campaign against the Industrial Relations Bill today begins from the fight to force the resignation of the Tories through the mobilization of the organized mass strength of the working class around this demand. streets of all the main towns and cities "Secret talks' repor strengthens vote DOCKERS yesterday voted to join today's anti - Tory strike in Manchester.

The nationwide row over the exposure of the secret union-employer talks about abolition of the 1947 dock labour scheme continued yesterday, and appeared greatly to strengthen the Manchester decision. have in store for you, cries 'That's what the commented one platform speaker -referring to the Workers Press revelation that thése talks have been going on for at least four months.

The Manchester dockers will join the men from Hull and Liverpool on strike today.

In London, some gangsand possibly whole sections ot dockers—may go furthe han the I p.m.-3 p.m. dock. gate meetings called so far and stay away from work.

Behind scenes COMMENTING on our report Transport and Géneral Of Workers' general secretary Jack Jones' behind-the-scenes talks with port employers about the dock labour scheme, Avonmouth docker Mike Thatcher asked what authority his union's leaders had to conduct any negotiations about 'the greatest safeguard dockers have against arbitrary dismissal.

"Obviously, I hope it's not true that they're doing this, he said. 'But if events prove the article to be correct, it would come as no surprise to me personally.

I am a T&GWU member, and I don't expect Jack Tones to co-operate with the Tories in giving away hard-won rights-and paving the way for the Industrial Relations Bill.

If Jack Jones is collaborating with the Tories in this issue, then it could well become a bigger issue-in the light of the Industrial Relations Bill - than even Devlin Phase Two.' This is the second mass protest in six: months of Tory rule and the first on December 8 has not weakened the government's resolve to press ahead with the reactionary Industrial Relations Bill.

The main issue behind today's protest must therefore clear to every demonstrator.

If the Tory government is not forced out of office the Bill will be passed and the destruction of all trade unions will have legal sanction.

Here we are , surely at a moment of political truth.

Demonstrators and workers who stand in defence of their trade unions must ask this question.

Are we to continue with protests which, no matter how large, inadequate destroy the Bill?

Or do we in the labour movement declare now that the fight is a political one and pledge ourselves organize all the working class to force the government to resign and then to return a Labour administrarepealing 'all' the Tories' tion with anti-working-class measures?

The TUC has already given its answer.

Handy hints Its campaign is a capitulation to reactionary Toryism. General secretary Feather has made it quite clear that he will not fight to make the government resign. He accepts that the Bill could become law and merely offers handy-hints on how to live under the anti-union laws.

This is the biggest retreat since 1926.

If the Bill goes through parliament the lories will have a new immense weapon THE EXECUTIVE of the Communist Party has refused to state publicly where it stands the infamous Devey affair.

Such a shameful silence speaks louder than words. It is the politics of this Executive Committee, dominated by old-time Stalinists, which is responsible Devey's opportunism.

By refusing to explain how Devey took £3,000 from Batchelor's Foods in order ta call ofi a strike, they are deliberately shielding other leading CP members in Sheffield, such as George Caborn, full-time AEF district secretary.

Everyone knows that he in their arsenal to deploy ¡against the working class.

It will be used quite ruthlessly against officials, militants and, though Mr Feather might not believe this, also against himself.

Standing with the TUC and WORRIED .by the publicity attached to the Dutschke Tribunal and the manifestly farcical nature of the proceedings, Home Secretary Reginald Maudling is reportedly considering : changing the appeal procedure where "security grounds' are alleged to be involved.

Maudling wants the exclusive responsibility to decide who should or should not enter and stay in the country where so-called security is concerned.

The massive contradictions within British imperialism and the accelerated pace of the class struggle in Britain have led the Tories to revise the traditional concept of what constitutes 'national security'.

According to Maudling and his Tory pals, this does not relate merely to countering 'espionage', but to activities which might lead to 'the overthrow by force of a constitutional government'.

This elastic formula which can cover anything from flagburning to insurrection will give the Home Secretary powers to curb any and every manifestation of opposition to the Tories.

Since there will be no distinction between intention and action, it amounts to nothing more than a proposal for Tory thought-control. It must be opposed by the whole labour movement.

See 'Dr Pallis and the Dutschke affair, page four. pave way for more Devey scandals BY A POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT should be taken to task publicly so that AEF members can see what is taking place.

TREACHERY This silence can only lead to even greater political treachery in the future.

By its actions, the CP eadership has strengthened the anti-communist right wing in Sheffield.

At the special district committee meeting to discuss Batchelor's it is now MRS PHYLLIS CLARKSON, primary school headmistress suspended for refusing to compromise with overcrowded school conditions Sacked glassmen report nationwide solidarity THIRTEEN Hull dockers were told yesterday that they will be suspended for five days from January 25 for refusing to load 'blacked' Pilkington glass last Friday. If their appeal fails the port could stop for the duration. The following statement has been issued by the sacked Pilkington glassworkers' rank-and-file committee: FOR 24 weeks about 120 Hill trade unionists i sacked by Pilkington's glass company sacked workers, it also inin St Helens for defending volves some 350 workers two fundamental trade taken back by Pilkington's union rights--the right to after the three-day dispute strike against injustice and in August last year as new the right to work-are still employees-stripped of all without a job. their rights and privileges We have been engaged in three-day token stoppage in a long and bitter struggle defence of one of their for the full reinstatement of workmates who was being the sacked and blacklisted victimized by the manageworkers at Pilkington's. Our ment. fight not only involves the disclosed that Devey moved the following resolution, which received eight votes in support, with three abstentions and Il against.

"This Sheffield district committee dissociates itself completely from the statements made by the officials of the Communist Party to the press and television.

That the Batchelor's Foods dispute was none of their concern. It follows that the FOUR because they supported The management were insisting that they and they alone had a divine right to choose who should represent our workmate. We at St Helens were fired along with 600 other workers for defending the right to strike, and are still without a job.

TUC advice

Our committee asked for the help and advice of the Trades Union Congress to help us resolve our struggle, and to win back the sacked workers' jobs.

Their advice was that we should make a re-approachment between ourselves and the General and Municipal Workers' Union.

This we have done, but far we have received no ist and Stalinist trade union even more determined to rally Alexandra

there have been examples that Party 'left' the CP is desperate to ais the tide of opposition t campain for train l this government. members have followed JC line and called only f eetings inside working hour dominated daison Committefoniots made its first Tata Se TUD Campaign and said the was inadequate.

Linchpin

o For the The Bill 1 heir fincheit will ts andack ton the working class without it being forced out of office.

Committee point the Liaisor silent and the silence is shared by the CP vhich has yet to say that i will fight for the resignation o the Heath cabinet.

We say this verbal radicalism is also a cowardly retreat.

We go further and predict will betray Devey case when a leading member ccepted the Deve ettlement and has operated ALL TRADES MEETINGS Miners and the Charter of Basic OLLERTON: Saturday, Januars Barker olerton coitery. Speaker. 1 Come to Alexandra Palace!

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WEST 30N D.%: Prince Allen.

Pen SNA Marie den ben, make Trial to hared and ode port deport present and future opponents of Toryism who are not British nationals.

The projected Immigration Bill is designed for this purpose.

In these attacks the Tories will rely heavily on the poligrotesque frivnity of Solidad.

ity whose anti-communism invariably plays into the hands of the capitalist state.

We certainly have been warned !

TORY premier Heath, in a veiled attack on opposition to S Africa, warned against passing moral judgements on countries with differing political systems and trying to bring about changes by violent methods.

Speaking in New Delhi to the Indian Council of World Affairs, Heath said that when India decided in 1947 to join the Commonwealth it understood that each member accepted the right of others to decide their own policies.

These principles were the basis of the Commonwealth, Heath said, "they apply to Britain in exactly the same way as to other members' official information from the G&MWU informing us that they will take up the struggle on our behalf.

Trade union support The response from other rank-and-file trade unionists has béen magnificent. Resolutions of support from trade union branches, district committees and trades councils identifying themselves with the sacked and blacklisted Pilkington workers has come in from all over the country.

Positive action has also been taken by the Hull dock workers, who have, by a magnificent show of solidarity with the sacked Pilkington workers, continued to black all Pilkington products going through the port of Hull.

On January 9 at a mass meeting of Hull dockers the workers voted unanimously to continue the ban against Pilkington products, and to work to extend the blacking of Pilkington glass to every port throughout Great Britain.