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Students meet on next move LANCASTER University students will hold a mass meeting today to decide on the next stage of their battle with the administration over academic freedom and student rights.

In a bid to lower the temperaure on the campus vice Chancelor Charles Carter has withdrawn I regulation asking all students APRIL FUND £605.24 SEVEN MORE DAYS TO GO WE ARE still a long way from raising our target. This month the challenge is even greater.

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LATE NEW NEWS DESK 01-720 2000 CIRCULATION 01-622 7029 PHILIP A WALK-OUT by some of could not be ruled out this r claim that press speculation this stage was exaggerated. to sign a *loyalty oath' their grants.

Significantly, however, regulation has only been suSpended until tomorrow--a day after the student meeting.

Students who returned at the end of last week refused to sign the oath or struck out clauses on the circular.

Bill Taylor, vice-chairman of the Students' Representative Council told Workers Press the university was now attempting to establish another legal precedent in proposing to stop grants of those students who, when signing the good behaviour pledge, wrote that they had done so under pressure.

Last term students boycotted classes in protest over dismissal threats to English lecturer, Dr David Craig, a Communist Party member, and three other members of the English department.

The Student Representative Council has already asked its solicitor to look into the possibility of applying to the courts for an injunction preventing university authorities from withholding grants of students who refuse to sign. • SEE P. 10 For Livery ol's 8,500 dockers Iornin although Ibout complete strike at The atmosphere remains tense following the £50,000 fine imposed on the Transport and General Workers' Union last Thursday for contempt of the National Industrial Relations Court.

On Friday there was a near walk-out by men at the Gladstone dock. They were insisting that the 'black' on the three container firms be maintained despite the fine and warnings from union officials.

Said shop steward chairman, Jimmy Symes:

'I have never felt such an atmosphere on the docks. The men told us that if any one of us attempted to lift the black we would be asked to hand back our shop stewards' cards.' Later the same day, the 12man joint committee of dockers and transport drivers met and reaffirmed the blacking policy, rejecting a plea to lift it by regional officials.

Although Symes warned dock strike because of the tense ELLESMERE Port No branch 6/760 T&GWU has passed the following resolution: This branch supports the Liverpool dockers in their stand and urges that the executive council recommend non-payment of the fine imposed on our union? situation, he told me vesterday:

'I was surprised to see it front page in all the newspapers. Although anything could happen I don't see a strike starting on Monday:

Another steward said although there probably wouldn't be a strike, anything could provoke a walk-out at Gladstone. LONDON LIVERPOOL Christine Smith (YS).

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