STOP WILSON'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON Widespread support for our petition

THE SITE stewards' committee at Courtaulds' New Factory construction site at Skelmersdale, near Wigan, Lancs., has passed a resolution demanding that the US get out of Vietnam immediately and condemning the Labour government's shameful support of American policy.

They demanded that Wilson's Washington trip be cancelled and sent a letter to Eric Heffer MP asking him to raise this demand in parliament.

Five shop stewards and 20 other workers at Plessey's Beeston, Notts, factory have signed a petition demanding the cancellation of Wilson's proposed trip to Washington.

The chairman and secretary of CAV Acton joint shop stewards' committee, together with three other shop stewards and nine other workers, have signed the petition.

Seven members of the Communist Party, including the chairman and secretary of the Coventry Council and the chairmen of Kenesley and Leamington No. 8 AEF branches, were among 48 ople who signed a petitio n Coventry recently.

Six AEF shop stewards, together with stewards from the T&GWU and the NSMM, also signed.

The petition says:

"The intended visit of Harold Wilson to Washington at then ind. af January, 10 swear continued loyalty to his paymaster Nixon, is an affront to the British working class and to those millions of Americans who have demonstrated their opposition to Nixon and the war. "We are in favour of the greatest possible mobilization of the Labour and trade union movement to stop this visit.? Nine students at Birmingham • PAGE 4 COL. 1 →.

VISIT! felow-workers stat they wir accept a re-assessment of differentials both between different industries and within and industry.' If trade unionists would not do this, Mrs Castle claimed there would be 'a wages and prices explosion in which all those in a strong bargaining osition o either side of inlustry will pre-empt the resources that are available to help the low-paid'.

Mrs Castle, in her attack on the working did not comment on class decision to end all statutory restraint on dividends on December 31.

ACTON STRIKE: The Acton underground maintenance workers at a strike meeting Yesterday condie when 12ingly week-old strike.

alleged breakinhe agreement The strike is over the Transport for recruiting craftsmen.

Yesterday London Transport again asked the strikers return to work and London Tory MPs urged Mrs Castle to intervene.

NURSES' LOBBY: A United Nurses' Association delegation lobbied MPs at the House of Commons yesterday as Part of the nurses' 'Raise the roof' pay campaign.

One of the delegation said We viere guing to highlight the Ilkley Moor demonstration to show just how far nurses would go to show their dissatisfaction' The Ilkley Moor protest—in been ailed on atten a tel moor-has See them veil to his death bo Wednesday night.

FRENCH AIRLINE STRIKE : French airline stewards anc hostesses struck for the second time in eight days yesterday, severely cutting Paris services of Air France.

The strike was against the introduction of a new scheme under which safety certificates will be awarded to staff by the private airlines and not the government.

TEACHER SHORTAGE DISASTER: The shortage of maths teachers in Britain's schools is growing serious and with a disproportionately high number retiring next ten years the situation 'could