SEATTLE'S DEGRADING QUEUES

HIGHLY SKILLED engineers in Seattle have been queueing up in scenes reminiscent of depression-days' breadlines. Local economic setbacks have been so severe that a sister city And while they stood in line to receive food donated by more fortunate residents, surplus food lay untouched in a local US navy That is, it stood untouched until pressure from the state's two senators, and a mercy shipment of food from Seattle's Japanese sister city of Kobe prodded the Federal government into action. Japan!

who contributed food and money. So far the drive has produced almost $200,000 (£80,000) in cash and thousands of boxes of food -and more than five full pages of names.

With the release of the surplus food, about 50 persons gathered at an abandoned supermarket on New Years' eve to receive Federal allotment of dried eggs, flour and other food staples.

Now, more come to the market every day.

Seattle unemployment has been running at about ll per cent-5 per cent above the national average-and inflation has been slowed Los Angeles aero workers recently on strike have been held to about 1 per cent annually. back to a 7 per cent pay rise. / shopp, in sally, Were map were about 20 per cent over 1970 -in part, apparently, because those who have jobs have never had it so good.

But while the cash registers jingled in Seattle as never before at Christmas time, hundreds of families will remember Christmas 1971 as a time when out-of-work fathers, deprived of good incomes at the peaks of their careers, had to wait in line for food.

Reutel Queulng for food tickets.

Economic dangers to Argentina's military rulers ARMY RULE in the Argentine is a guarantee of peace and order' claimed Gen Alejandro Lanusse, the President, during his recent visit to Paraguay. He compared the army's role with that in Paraguay, which is under the military dictatorship of Gen Alfredo Stroessner.

stroessner s 1/ - vear - old regime is one of the mosi which a The strategy in Lanusse's to bid for the classes' and support. But upon keeping the military men in at the same support.

lems which government real incomes attracting more foreign by whatever means it is obtained. their preThis has Lanusse's aim, been made in view of the economic position.

wages expected to a peso has just been fall still more the free eXchange covers transactions. aficulty in meeting its forein The will have the coming further Monebridge of paywill have to guarantee to stabilize the currency and have adverse political conand it seems more that his credit from a group of attached.

kind, the may on past debt.

supporters the former have issued pre-electoral the of 'legality and military Repression is going ahead, rticularly against the studts. On December 20, 1971, lice occupied the philosophy d arts departments enos Aires University which : strongholds of Peronista d Marxist students.

This followed the introducin of a new examinations stem. Police arrested 190 udents.

READERC Meet Editorial Board speakers. Discuss your ideas for the expanded paper COVENTRY Sunday January 9 7.30 p.m.

Angel Hotel, Folehlli Rd Speaker :

Inesday Januar Queen's Hotel, Rutland St Speaker : an Yeats NEWCASTLE ursday January 13 7.30 p.m.

ALL TRADES I MEI the Tory government resign!

Return a Labour government pledged to restore full employment, and repeal all laws against the unions!

CROYDON: Thursday January 6, 8pm. Ruskin House, Coombe Ra, Croydon. Right-to-Work campaign.

lands "Horel Great North Rd, Woodlands. The miners' strike and the Tory governAFTER THE SEASONAL HOLIDAYS VW stays shut VOLKSWAGEN has closed all six of its car factories for five days and laid off 100,000 workers. This unprecedented move follows a declining home market and unstable world currencies, say VW.

In effect, however, Germany's biggest industrial concern and the world's largest car exporter, has been closed since before Christmas. solomestic staplants shut December 23 for Christmas and New Year holidays. With the five day lay-offs, the company does not expect production to resume until January 10.

The closures had been planned since mid-December and follow the ending of overtime last August.

Last month VW explained that slower domestic sales, plus international monetary instability on foreign markets made the closures imperative.

It is openly admitted that dealers abroad have large stocks of cars which they are unable to sell.

The W German bourgeoisie has now seen the 'economic miracle' shattered before their eyes. The recent mark revaluation by 12.6 per cent will only deepen the wound.

And they also know the W German working class is on the move, as evidenced in last month's massive engineering strike in BadenWürttemburg.

Cuba's 'Year' CUBA has decided to make 1972 'The Year of Socialist Emulation'. The title will appear on all official government documents and publications. 1969 was The Year of the Decisive Effort, 1970 was The Year of the 10 million (tons of sugar) and 1971 was The Year of Productivity.

Right to Work Committees SHEFFIELD Wednesday, January 5 7.30 p.m.

YS premises, Portobello

(Nr Jessop Hospital)

HUDDERSFIELD Thursday, January 6 7.30 p.m.

Zetland Hotel 'Bayhorse' Westgate Rd Speaker :

Alex Mitchell LEEDS Sunday January 16 Speaker :

Stephen Johns SHEFFIELD Sunday January 16 7.30 p.m.

YS Premises

Western Works, Portobello Speaker :

Stephen Johns GLASGOW Monday January 1 7.30 pm Room 1 Partick Burgh Lesser Hall (Nr Merkland St Tube Stn Speaker:

Stephen Johns DNS NGS OXFORD. (Joint meetin day January 9, 7.30 Plain. Right-to-Wort Scam paign.

WILLESDEN: Monday January 10, 8pm. Trades and Labour Hall, High Rd Support the miners.

BRACKNELL: Tuesd January 11, 730 p.m. Ret Lion', High St. Discue ATUA Manifesto.

BEXLEYHEATH :

anuary Il 8 Upton', Crool unions and basic DAGENHAM: