Police terror in Rhodesia

device to confuse, intimidate and isolate the miners.

This is clearly evident STEPHEN JOHNS AFTER HEARING details from boilermakers' leader Dan McGarvey about his jaunt to Houston, Texas, Secretary for Industry John Davies said yesterday I think it is too early to say at this stage that they can save Clydebank.' The very impositive. McGarvey reported yesterday morning to Davies on discussions with three American companies who are claimed to be interested in projects at Clydebank.

They are Breaksea Tankships Inc, described as 'only a paper corporation' and formed a month ago, Marathon Manufacturing, which is interested in buying offshore oil-rigs, and Santa Fe International, also considering the purchase of offshore rigs 'on a short-term basis'. - The optimism about Break" sea being generated in the capitalist and Communist Party press was dashed yesterday when the company's president, Ken Arkwright, made his position absolutely clear.

Indicating that taking over Clydebank was of no major importance, Arkwright went on: "These men can make more on the dole in a socialistic society than they can at UCS.

'UCS is after all the most undesirable yard in the world —it is about 1912 standards, and we would have to tear it down and completely rebuild it with six slips for the new ships.' capital - after 12 of their number had been sacked.

The shooting is the latest of a series of incidents in various parts of the country as angry Africans reacted to the deal between the Smith regime and the Tory government which will ensure continued white-minority rule.

A statement put out by the Rhodesian government blames the violence onto nationalist and political agitators and says that it is determined to maintain law and order.

Harassing

The government links at least one incident with • the African National Council, a body set up recently to fight the proposed settlement.

The ANC charges the regime with harassing and arresting Africans just because they supported its aims and with illegally preventing the holding of meetings in tribaltrust areas.

Not one of about 200 applications it had made to hold meetings to discuss the Anglo-Rhodesian terms had been allowed. Yet according to the deal, before and during 'normal political applicability will be permitted provided they are peaceful and democratic.

According to Sidney Nyamweda of the ANC, one township manager to whom he had applied for permission to hold a meeting 'chased me from his office like a dog'.

A period of relative calm, which has lasted for about nine years based on the arrest and imprisonment of African leaders, has come to a sudden end as the Pearce Commission back jobs WIDE support has , come in from trades councils for the Young Socialists' •Right-toWork' marches and campaign.

In Middlesex has pledged support and given a donation the fighting fund. Also pledging support and finance is Ealing Trades Council.

In Yorkshire, the Todmorton Trades Council has passed a motion of support • YOUNG SOCIALISTS African opinion on the proposed deal.

• The Shabani mine is owned by a subsidiary of Turner and Newall, the big asbestos and plastics firm with headquarters in Manchester.