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The overtime ban, in my opinion, was not entirely aimed at the Coal Board The leaders know some men lost from £10 to £15 a week during the overtime ban and they hope that will weaken them so that they will accept a few bob. They'll try to come up with some deal, possibly this week. We have got to stop them and then we've got to unite with other workers like the engineers and railway workers to make sure we win.

BRIAN LAVERY

Wheldale Colliery WHELDALE colliery branch is determined to fight this struggle to the finish. We are fully aware of the political struggle involved against the Tory governWe also are aware of the right-wing executive and we will fight to make sure that they do not control the strike in order to sell it out to the Tory government.

We've got to insist that more clear-cut and determined support is forthcoming from the Transport and General Workers' Union on the question of coal stocks. Jack Jones claims to be a left winger, but we must remember his role in the first big strike fter the Tories § 197 -the lockers' strike o 'Support' has got to mean more than vague resolutions and a bit of cash. We need a complete ban on all coal movements and joint action to make sure non-unionists remember In this strike the political consciousness of miners can develop leaps bounds. That's why it is very

Serbs

HARD ON the heels of measures against the separatist upsurge 1n Croatia, nve Serbians have been arrested in be cate for and distributing nationalist leafLast week police seized hundreds of leaflets when the! arrested the president of the Serbian Chamber of Lawyers Slobadan Subotic.

See Cohe Unis to led on Serb turn to their nation. deprived of its rights and exposed to terror in Croatia, Kosovo and Montenegro'.

The raids form part of President Tito's general clampdown on separatists Meanwhile Zagreb town committee meeting has said that they failed to appreciate the strength of counter-revo lutionary, nationalist forces' 1n the town.

A report says: 'A fair number of members of the League of Communists, for one need alliance anotherith had adopted forces which were class opponents' Throughout Croatia the purge of officials suspected of separatist activities and symcasties in neural ars, broad. casting, OLICI government and party offices and organizations continues.

Long Cheng nearly over-run being overrun namese troops. a government spokesman said. in Vientiane yesterday.

e weekend talestroyed the entire ammunition dump at the camp, the spokesman said. The base, has 82 miles NE of Vientiane, bombardment since been under last Friday and is believed to be the liberation forces' next into Laos Cheng Gen Vang Paos Allan objective on their drive Long quarters of And financed by the America guerrilla army trained Infantry troopseen the base nate cence have already evacuated to neighbouring villages. tne spokesman said.

Only units were he baser he said. Let on the base Cheng air strip was vi nerabe ane the copters could get in and oliwith any safety It was hazardous for bigge planes Vietnames sur said. were most accurate, said.

Long Cheng's ammunition dump supplied a the Phile smoke.

spokesman said two artillery positions ti batamblupunm Thong and Sively of one see had also come under heavy rocket and artillery attacks.