Workers Press no. 917

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• DAILY ORGAN OF THE CENTRAL

YURI GALANSKOV, a leading Soviet oppositionist whose trial in 1968 provoked a storm of protests inside and outside the USSR, has died in a labour camp, according to Moscow sources. He was serving a seven-year sentence for alleged 'anti-Soviet agitation' died and his following operation stomach. on He was 33 years old. Galanskov arrested was early in 1967 together with fellow of the a employee State Literary Museum, Alexander Ginsburg and two Ginsburg had others. Bod pub- lished a White the earlier trial of posing Daniel and Sinyavsky. Galanskov edited the un- official literary review 'Pheonix' before his arrest and his poetry from was circulated hand to hand in manuscript through the Russian literary under- ground. More than 700 people inside Union signed pro- the Soviet THE TUC has abandoned al test petitions and appeals after Galanskov Ginsburg had and preparing for further collabor behind closed been sentenced doors in a farcical trial.

yesterday's blatant Tory atta They were sent to the dreaded penal complex at Mor- pay rise frozen by governme dovia, east of Moscow and began a series of courageous exploited group with basic ra hunger strikes and protests against the camp regime. After hearing the news a At the end of February 1969 spokesman for the National they went on hunger strike to Association of Agricultural demand that the authorities and Allied Workers said: This is a deplorable and quite unnecessary situation. We are a group of workers who are being penalized for a state of affairs we did nothing to bring about.'

But he said strike action would be unlikely. This is des- pite a call from the union's last annual conference to take indus- trial action if the Agricultural Board did not come for- Wages ward with a f4 offer. Yuri Galanskov: Hunger strikes The farm workers executive honour their previous guaran- tees against arbitrary punish- now seems certain to join the growing camp of trade union ments. leaders who are doing their It is a measure of Galans- utmost to prevent any wages kov's that he took courage struggle with the government.

part in these hunger strikes- from often a hospital bed- The TUC leaders have led the despite an active stomach ulcer way with their own complete which had troubled him even capitulation to the Tory wages before his arrest. dictatorship. One letter signed by Galans- kov and his comrades camp 1969, describes the in autumn Stalinist camp network: Secretary Victor Feather has Russia is still criss-crossed announced that there will be by a network of camps where no all to dis- despite all the international special meetings at the cuss the standstill and no help conventions signed by whatsoever has been offered to forced Soviet government exploitation hard-pressed sections like the labour and cruel the where people farmworkers who will clearly are norm, systematically kept hungry suffer sharp decline in their are a and constantly humiliated. meagre living standards over the where their human dignity months. next debased. While the TUC chiefs slam clear that this It is camp the door on the working class was a death regime sentence they keep their for a sick man like Galanskov.

options open with regard to the government.

His blood is on the hands of Kremlin leaders and all the Both Feather and the so-called their international supporters left-wing leader of the transport including the British Com- workers, Tack Jones, have said Party which supports talks might munist begin that once their of counter- system more. revolutionary repression.

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INCORPORATING THE NEWSLETTER • FRIDAY NOVEMBER 10, 1972 ® No. 917 • 4p DAILY ORGAN OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE SOCIALIST LABOUR LEAGUE

BEFORE TORY PAY LAW

TÚC IN

FULL

RETREAT

BY STEPHEN JOHNS

THE TUC has abandoned any campaign against the Heath pay laws and is now preparing for further collaboration with the Tory government. This is despite yesterday's blatant Tory attack on 300,000 farmworkers who had their £3.30 pay rise frozen by government order. The farmworkers are the country's most exploited group with basic rates of £16.20 and average earnings of £22.

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Cut-back in bank lending THE FIRST step to curb bank manoeuvre is intended which lending was акеп would have government lending In wake of the wage freeze. cember. to all expected It called £220m make special deposits with the 62.6m banKs TOr Bank of England amounting to finance houses. 1 per cent of their liabilities This the expansion instalments 30 and December 14. November September, 1971 when the pre- LEADERS of the 300,000 farm.

workers of England and Wales were told yesterday by Agri- culture Minister Joseph God- their wage rise of 63.30° a that they will not get week until the end of the pay freeze. The award was made by the Agricultural Wages Board on October 30. It brought the weekly minimum adult wage to £19.50, and was due to come into force on January 22.

Reg Bottini, general secretary of the National Union of Agri- cultural and Allied Workers, and Bert Hazell, president, saw God- ber for half an hour to plead that the rise should be given on the date proposed, despite the freeze. Godber confirmed that the award could not be paid while the freeze was on, but said that it would be fully implemented when it ended. The same principle will apply to the award given to Scottish farmworkers, week earlier, a which brought their minimum wage to £19 a week. In the House of Commons on Wednesday Chancellor Anthony Barber said there would be no backdating of pay rises held up during the standstill. Commenting on the operation of the freeze against the farm- workers, Ray Buckton, general secretary of the locomen's union ASLEF, said: 'It's terrible. But it just goes to show that you can't play with these people who're in govern- now. You can't talk to ment them. There should be a joint trade union meeting to plan action against them.' ASLEF's executive will be dis- cussing its attitude on the wages question today. Below: Farmworkers' union leader Reg Bottini (centre) with some of his members on a recent pay lobby in London.

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"special deposit' holdings vious were released. Stock Exchange On the stores and food shares showed losses of up to 10p a time.

Banks and HP shares also fell sharply, some by up to 20p.

Among consumer durables, one of the hardest hit was Hoover. Its *A" shares slumped 36р to 500p.

workers press

INCORPORATING THE NEWSL

DAILY ORGAN OF THE CENTRAL

YURI GALANSKOV, a leading Soviet oppositionist whose trial in 1968 provoked a storm of protests inside and outside the USSR, has died in a labour camp, according to Moscow sources. He was serving a seven-year sentence for alleged 'anti-Soviet agitation' and died following on his stomach. an operation He was 33 years old. Galanskov arrested was early in 1967 together with fellow employee of the Literary State Museum, Alexander Ginsburg and two others. Ginsburg had pub. lished a 'White Book' ex- posing the earlier trial of Daniel and Sinyavsky. Galanskov edited the un- official literary review 'Pheonix' before his arrest and his poetry was circulated from hand to hand manuscript through in the Russian literary under- ground. More than 700 people inside the Soviet Union signed pro- THE TUC has abandoned al test petitions and appeals after Galanskov Ginsburg and had preparing for further collabor behind closed been sentenced doors in a farcical trial.

yesterday's blatant Tory atta They sent the to WeIC dreaded penal complex at Mor- pay rise frozen by governme east of Moscow and dovia, began a series of courageous exploited group with basic ra and hunger strikes protests against the camp regime. After hearing the news a At the end of February 1969 spokesman for the National they went on hunger strike to Association of Agricultural demand that the authorities Allied Workers said: and "This is a deplorable and quite We are a unnecessary situation. group of workers who are being penalized for a state of attairs we did nothing to bring about.

But he said strike action would be This is unlikely. des- pite a call from the union's last annual conference to take indus- if the Agricultural trial action Wages Board did not come for- ward with a f4 offer. Yuri Galanskov: Hunger strikes The farm workers executive honour their previous guaran- seems certain to join the now tees against arbitrary punish- growing camp of trade union ments. leaders who are doing their It is a measure of Galans- utmost to prevent any wages kov's that he took courage struggle with the government.

part in these hunger strikes- bed- often from hospital The TUC leaders have led the despite an active stomach ulcer their way with own complete had troubled him which even capitulation to the Tory wages before his arrest. dictatorship. One letter signed by Galans- and his kov comrades camp No help in autumn 1969, describes the Stalinist camp network: still criss-crossed Secretary Victor Feather has 'Russia is by a network announced that there will be no of camps where -despite all the international special meetings at all to dis- signed by the cuss the standstill and no help conventions has been offered Soviet forced whatsoever to government labour and cruel exploitation hard-pressed sections like the will the where people farmworkers who clearly are norm, decline in their are systematically kept hungry suffer sharp humiliated, standards over the' and constantly meagre living human dignity is where their next months. debased. While the TUC chiefs slam clear that this camp It IS the door on the working class was a death regime sentence for a sick man like Galanskov.

they keep their options open the government. His blood is on with regard to the hands Kremlin all the leaders and Both Feather and the so-called their international supporters left-wing leader of the transport the British Com- including workers, Jack Jones, have said munist Party which supports talks might begin that once their of counter- system more. revolutionary repression.

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INCORPORATING THE NEWSLETTER • FRIDAY NOVEMBER 10, 1972 • No. 917 • 4p DAILY ORGAN OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE SOCIALIST LABOUR LEAGUE

BEFORE TORY PAY LAW

TUC IN

FULL

RETREAT

BY STEPHEN JOHNS

THE TUC has abandoned any campaign against the Heath pay laws and is now preparing for further collaboration with the Tory government. This is despite yesterday's blatant Tory attack on 300,000 farmworkers who had their £3.30 The farmworkers are the country's most exploited group with basic rates of £16.20 and average earnings of £22.

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BELOW THE

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Cut-back in bank lending THE FIRST step to curb bank This manoeuvre is intended to cream off money which lending taken was would have been available government yesterday the In increase De. lending wake of the wage freeze. T to expected It called amount make special deposits' with the banks

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Bank of England amounting their liabilities per 30° and December 14. WO September, 1971 when the pre- LEADERS of the 300,000 farm : workers of England and Wales were told yesterday by Agri- culture Minister Joseph God- ber, that they Will not get their wage rise of £3.30 a week until the end of the pay freeze. The award was made by the Agricultural Wages Board on October 30. It brought the weekly minimum adult wage to £19.50, and was due to come into force on January 22.

Reg Bottini, general secretary of the National Union of Agri- cultural and Allied Workers, and Bert Hazell, president, saw God- ber for half an hour to plead that the rise should be given on the date proposed, despite the treeze. Godber confirmed that the award could not be paid while the freeze was on, but said that it would be fully implemented when it ended. the same principle will apply to the award given to Scottish farmworkers, a week earlier, which brought their minimum wage to £19 a week. In the House of Commons on Wednesday Chancellor Anthony Barber said there would be no backdating of pay rises held up during the standstill. Commenting on the operation of the freeze against the farm- workers, Ray Buckton, general secretary of the locomen's union ASLEF, said: It's terrible. But it just goes to show that you can't play with these people who're in govern- ment now. You can't talk to them. There should be a joint trade union meeting to plan action against them.' ASLEF's executive will be dis- cussing its attitude on the wages question today. Below: Farmworkers' union leader Reg Bottini (centre) with some of his members on a recent pay lobby in London.

FOR

vious 'special deposit' holdings were released. On the Stock Exchange stores and food shares showed losses of up • to 10p a time. Banks and HP shares also fell sharply, some by up to 20p.

Among durables, consumer of the hardest hit was one Hoover. Its 'A' shares slumped 36р to 500p.

Max Schachtman, a founder of the American Trotskyist movement, dies PAGE 2 Workers Press, Friday November 10, 1972 THE TORY Press is delighted Above all, the vote is one more collaboration fruit of the be- with the results of the elec- the right and the 'left' tween Shadow tions to Labour's Parliamentary Labour in the Party. Mr Foot Cabinet. 'The Times' calls it Michael re- 146 votes. There has ceived 'Very Good News for the been clearly cross-voting be- Labour Party' and comments: 'left'. tween the right and the As 'The Guardian' pointed out 'The Shadow Cabinet elections with great glee: are an excellent result for who those want to see If the anti-Marketeers had been moderate and effective Labour hunting witches, Mrs Williams Party and independent an would not be equal top of the parliamentary party rather than poll. If the pro-Marketeers had one which does just what the Mr been hunting warlocks, it.' left demands of Michael Foot would not have come third. Somewhere in the The pro-Common Marketeers back rooms there has been have a 10-6 majority and one pleasing outbreak of tolerance.'

their leaders-Mrs Shirley Williams—came joint top with In practice, this outbreak of Prentice, 154 votes. Mr Reg tolerance' means a totally un- the right winger who de- principled collusion in which nounced the five docks' shop the 'lefts' parliamentary have stewards when they were jailed refused pro-Tory fight the to National Industrial by the right wing. In return the right Relations Court, shared also wing cast a few votes for Foot top place. and but the entire company, They advantage went to them. the Tories seek impose AS to that Foot know, in any case, control of and state wages represents no danger. their intensify drive against Labour living standards, the As "The Times' pointed out: 'Mr parliamentarians elect a leader- Foot has played an increasingly ship which supports the basic statesmanlike role on the front planks of Tory policy. bench.' They have cynically disregarded But the working class does not of of the the Labour this 'states- require sort

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manship'. It needs a fight for Party and conferences and of millions of Labour Party principled leadership which members and offensive supporters. will onto the Tory against the government For leading right wingers to have and bring it down. received such high votes they The Shadow Cabinet is must have been supported by new MPs totally unrepresentative of the trade union-sponsored working class. And by helping whose unions are on record Common Market it, the parliamentary against the to elect and against the jailing of trade 'lefts' have once more revealed unionists. their complete bankruptcy.

Altamirano wants their PRESIDENT Salvador Allende em- dissolved ployers' union to be faces the first crisis in his new and who took state employees that conflict has cabinet now part in the strike to be sacked.

broken out between the gen- erals and members of his own Minister of the Interior Gen- and the other Socialist Party who eral Prats sit to- erals in the cabinet have rejected gether in the cabinet. his demands and stated that they Socialist Party general secre- will not back on the 110 tary Carlos Altamirano has reprisal clause which was part of broadcast on Chilean radio call- the return-to-work agreement.

ing for reprisals against those who participated in The Socialist Party leadership the lorry- weekend owners' strike. will meet at the to MAX SCHACHTMAN, who died in New York, aged 68, on Saturday, was one of the founders of the American Trotskyist move- ment. A member of the Ameri- can Communist Party from its foundation, he became The publication of this ganisation editor of the party's paper Workers Leagl document Worker' He abroad was •Daily repre- contribu- They sented the very important party ai meet- tion to the for tered the Communist struggle the ings of Trotskyism internationally. Norman Th International in Moscow and Can- in 1925 and 1927. Schachtman forming with Martin Workers Party Schachtman. non, together who was formed the Trot- Schachtman of Abern, ( then secretary the skyist within American Young Com- opposition many of the Communist Party League, joined into munist which later became the forces with James P. Can- number Cannon Communist League. Stalin's shortly non after expel- Behind the M had brouaht back to the Schachtman was led from the Communist recently United States Trotsky's Party In 1929. tain by 'Critique of the Draft Pro- The Trotskyists later cations. of the Comin- gramme fused with the Muste Schachtman tern'. ONLY A THIRD of the American electorate cast ballots for Richard Nixon despite his over- whelming victory over Senator George Mc- Govern. Nixon massed over 45 mil- lion votes against 28 million for his opponent, but 46 per cent of those Americans en- titled to vote stayed at home.

The abstention rate was the highest since 1948. While many voters no doubt felt that the victory of Nixon was a foregone conclusion, a subo antitained onust hay those that the whole mammoth exer- cise was a fraud. Many young voters as well as white and black workers, es- pecially the 5t million unem- ployed, must have been highly cynical about a choice between two representatives of big busi- ness and saw the minor parties as presenting no real alternative.

Both candidates are now en- joying holidays in the sun while of Americans have to millions find their way at all hours of the day and night to boring jobs in factories and offices or begin again the endless search for non- existent jobs. The destruction of McGovern's electoral challenge has tempor- arily strengthened Nixon's posi- Most observers claim that tion. his trips to Peking and Moscow promise to end the US and his FRENCH Minister of the Interior, Raymond Marcel- lin, yesterday denied cate- gorically that France has any agreement with fascist Spain on treatment of refugees. 'We have undertaken no obliga- tions at any level with General Franco on the subject of Spanish political refugees,' he told Chamber of Deputies in Paris.

This does not square with the timing of Marcellin's recent decide what action to take.

If this is not to be another round of Socialist Party left-talk, they should investigate how they allowed Allende, a member of form such their party, to and why three cabinet other party members joined him in col- laborating with the military.

The SP faction is the strong- est political faction numerically in the new cabinet, and the gen- erals could be brought in only with the SP's agreement! finitively from Marx ation to form the ers League. 1939, following the ey subsequently en- Hitler pact. • the Socialist Party Together with Burnham he reject orman Thomas before Socialist unconditional defer the ers Party in 1938. the USSR translated Marxism from I of Trotsky's work standpoint. Trotsky's English and wrote a this pet against exposures n's crimes, including geois opposition wit ind the Moscow Trial,

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is contained book 'In Defence o ntly published in Bri- by New Park Publi- ism'. In it Trotsky de Schachtman in the hachtman broke de- forces' commitment in Vietnam played a decisive part in his victory. This view is endorsed in east- Europe and the Soviet ern A typical comment was Union. that of the Polish radio's Wash- ington correspondent who said that the President's victory owed a great deal to these visits as well as to the indications which he had given that he had em-

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name of presidential contender George McGovern for the first time in an issue of the Peking 'People's Daily which gave the news of Nixon's victory. No Press comment on the result has yet been made, but Chinese officials have expressed satisfaction. The Maoist regime backed Nixon as an exponent of improving rela- • China following his tions with An editorial visit to Peking. along these lines is expected to appear in the 'People's Daily.

braced the principles of 'peace- ful co-existence' had been Hesitant voters swayed by 'the revelation of the existence of an agreement' with North Vietnam. from Hanoi was The view more guarded. A local radio ser- vice reported that Nixon had 'been able to brag at great length about certain global dip- lomatic activities Hanoi Radio went on to say that his 1968 promises had re- mained unfulfilled and 'once the anaesthetic effect of the tricks of appeasement and the election clamp-down on Basque political refugees in France who have been subjected to orders banning them from frontier provinces and in some cases have been expelled from the country. Marcellin added that only about 100 'agitators' were affected by the measures. Though the police had treated them with 'patience and moderation' throughout 1971 their position had hardened.

Three Basque refugees arrested last Friday while on hunger strike in a church at Bayonne, near with Spain, the border were sentenced to jail terms on Wed- nesday for defying an order expelling them from the border provinces. José Luis Uribarri (28), and Luis Aracama (30), were sen- tenced to three months imprison- ment. José Iriarte (27), was given three months with two of them suspended. The three had been sent re- cently to Lille, northern France, and returned almost immediately to the Pyrenees Atlantique De- partment, which borders on Spain.

Julen de Madariaga, the founder of the Basque nationalist move- ment ETA, is at present in the prison hospital at Fresnes, near rom Marxism in ing terms: 'Everybody is aware of wing the Stalin- the facility with which Schachtman is able to • with James historical weave various he rejected the episodes around one nal defence of another axis. This ability • and attacked Schachtman rom an eclectic makes talented journalist. 'Unfortunately polemic petty-bour- itself is not enough. The main question is what axis osition within the to select. Schachtman is contained in the absorbed always Defence of Marx- reflection of politics in literature and the Press.

rotsky describes an in the follow- • He lacks interest speeches disappears, the serious wounds. •. within the United States will fester more acutely?

While Nixon is re-organizing his White House team he has to face the fact that despite his landslide victory the Democratic Party continues to hold a major- ity in the House of Representa- tives and picked up a couple of extra seats to strengthen its posi- tion in the Senate. The Democratic majority in the Senate may make it difficult to push through legislation. At the same time, Nixon's victory will enable him to drive hard bargains with the Soviet and east European bureaucracies.

The Nixon Administration has been the only waiting to get election behind it before moving into action against the American working class. The election un- derlines once again the dangers confronting this powerful class, despite its strong union organi- zation, as long as it has not its own political expression.

The need to establish a Labour Party becornes the main issue.

ahead Nixon will also push very swiftly with measures for intensifying the trade and cur- Europe and rency with war Japan in line with the August 15, 1971, measures. He will take advantage of the economic difficulties growing of the Soviet bureaucracy to drive hard bargains in the diplomatic and trading field. He aims, on the basis of a temporary accord with this cowardly and counter- revolutionary caste, to re- establish the world supremacy of American imperialism. Paris. He was sentenced last week to three months jail for defying an expulsion order and has been on hunger strike since October 26. He recently under- went a serious stomach operation.

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and European shipbuilders failed to reach agreement on the future trend in world demand for ships at conference held in Tokyo.

a The Japanese, who hope to take over 80 per cent of the world's shipbuilding by the end of the decade, put forward an estimate of growing world demand which their competitors rejected as too optimistic. for the high estimate Reason by the Japanese is that they do slow down the not want to expansion of their industry, now preparing to build million-ton tankers, which they are confident can take on all comers. The Europeans, standing by a under- lower estimate, want an to control production standing so that they will not be driven off the seas. the actual processes of the class struggle, • the layers within the working class itself, etc. ' have read not a few excellent and even brilli- by Schacht- ant articles man, but ! have never seen a single commentary of his which actually probed into the life of the aware of American working class th which or its vanguard. to After his break with the historical SWP, Schachtman moved or to the right, founding the Workers Party based on tman a his theory of 'bureaucratic collectivism'. this by In 1958 he finally made ugh. The his peace politically with what axis the US establishment and is joined the Socialist Party, • by the by then a rump organiza- in of bureaucrats and tion behind reformists trailing the Democratic Party. terest in

Fighting the Tories' rent Act Lobby strengthens Camden

BY PHILIP WADE

THE LABOUR councillors in Camden who have re.

affirmed non-implementation of the 'fair rent' Act already owe the Tory government £100,000 in missing revenue. By the end of next week the govern- ment will be in a position to strip the council of its housing powers and move in a Housing Commissioner.

The question will then arise of charging the which Labour councillors for the money would have been collected had the Housing Finance Act been operated in Camden.

Camden's decision to stay the only London council fighting the Act came at the end of a short meeting on Wednesday night.

A Tory move to change the policy was defeated to Five Labourites voted with the votes Tories and three abstained.

And a whole number of Labour pro-implementers suddeniy louna all sorts or reasons not to attena the meeting. They were to be found as far away as Tel Aviv. The council meeting had been asked for by the Tories Camden following warning letter the sent Thursday. the government on October 16.

It expires next Tenants held lobby outside the town and packed public galleries when the the meeting started. Their banners were draped round the chamber. that A deputation of tenants told the meeting per cent of Camden rent payers had pledged support to the council if the Housing Commissioner cant In 'Thousands all over London are tenants looking to Camden tonight,' said their spokesman, Mr: Bill Budd 'A default order will now be For Cilr the Labour group, made against he told the Peter Best. Chairman of the ker policy and resources committee, council meeting spoke against implementation. 'Some tenants may suffer hardship under a Housing Com- was reported that on Mon- dav ne had tried but tenants some mussioner doDIe- compromise within the Labour ciate the fight has to be carried with that group suggestion oul. should be increased by 40p I CIlLS Cllr Best ruled out any ques- reach levels where week rebates could be paid.

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against Labour councillors But for the Tories. the Labour group threw might vote the and decided surgeslion oul on l overale WIlD to remain firm. here,' he said. Lead danger: T&GWU demands a public inquiry LOCAL Transport and General Workers' Union officials yes- terday demanded an immediate public inquiry into high lead levels in the area of a south London factory.

Lavender Mr F. J. Howell, the union's Acorn, and Amos London estates the factory regional engineering lical

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officer, disclosed that some on 24. workers the factory had Bob Melish also been found to have high Opposition Chief and lead counts the past 12 MP for Bermondsey Bob called months. has for trom

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Southwark's medical officer on The factory is H.. Enthoven. the danger. lead merchants, in Rotherhithe Nine children Southwark. Street, i additional blood tests after revealed dangerously samples Shell loss high lead levels Howell said: "We now believe that in the full interests public and forbes, and full aes sto ind ace.

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Dutch Shell should Group. Europe's second largest com- known as quickly as possibie.

has announced devastating pany, The question must immedi- losses in net income tor the nrst ately be asked-if Howell knew nine months of this year.

about the high lead levels, why n satement yesterday ine didn't he disclose it company disclosed net income after iffecied children have been £45.1m or the third quarter was £91.2m with comoared The union had made its own corresponding period last year. investigation and would help Total net income for the first inquiry team to bring months facts, he said. Five hundred people in the year. Workers Prosa, Friday November 10, 1972 PAGE 3 revolt Tenants tromine Canenne other areas joined a large lobby town hall on outside the Wednes opposition to any Implementatior of the Tory rent Acl

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London Local Committee has also Earlier the Tories had tried Dental Committee has is not unethical ceclareo unal It to move reference back of the against the govern- for dental practitioners to reject recommendation to reaffirm non- the National reduce implementation. During where this Health Service age or payment lor dental treal- Lical" there was talk speeches _oI a ment from 21 to 18. ment wollene uneconomic "plague squatters moving has asked Inner London patients they willing the borough' and calls patients. t4 a head ali vos dentists to subscribe parale for the campaign, for a return to law, order and so tar nas une bruss benar association only about £1 a head. has condemned this practice.

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The Rise of Richard Nixon. By Jack Gale. Part Two

THE CRUSADE FOR

POLITICAL PURITY

PAGE 1 Workers Prasa, Friday Novanb In 1952 Richard Nixon was Republican vice- presidential running mate for Dwight D. Eisen- hower. With barely six years of politics behind him, this was a pheno- menal rise. The Eisenhower-Nixon pro- gramme was 'Against Crooks and Communism'-and it became known as a 'Crusade for Political Purity'. Said Nixon: 'What corrup- tion means to all of us is that day we read about a every scandal. You know, as a matter of fact, this [Democratic] Administration is going to go down in history as a scandal- a-day administration. 'You read about another bribe, you read about another fix, you read about another gangster getting favours from the government sick and tired of it: and are time, Nixon's At this salary as a senator was $12,500. In addition, he got $2,500 tax-free for general expenses, a maximum of $2,000 for telegraph, telephone and • Novanaber 10, 1972 stationery bills, $70,000 for a free round-trip staff and one home per session. But in his first year he crossed the continent three times on speaking tours, went half-way across-and back-13 more times, made three visits to the south and ten up and down the east coast. His bill for Christmas cards alone was over $4,000. He was not then a leading Republican, so he had to get money from somewhere. In 1950, a special trust was opened at a Pasadena bank in the name of Dana C. Smith, a Pasadena lawyer. The more genęrous of Nixon's backers for Congress and Senate were go privately solicited for don- ations. 1951 Smith-together with Nixon's principal lieuten- ants, Bernard Brennan and Murray Chotiner— barn- stormed California for support.

Yet, a year later, fewer than donations had been 100 received. Nixon began to turn on the heat. He demanded $10,000 from southern California and $5,000 from the north. He wrote to Smith: I feel very strongly on this matter and, frankly, I intend to condition my future co-oper- ation with Republican finance on whether they support our programme. After all, I am the only man who appeared at the Republican finance various dinners who has received no benefit whatever from them.

This, of course, was due to the fact that I did not happen to be running this year.'

At the 1952 Republican Con- vention, a few Nixon stories began to go the rounds. One 'supple- that he got was salary' of $20,000 mentary a year from 100 Californian businessmen, each of whom chipped in $200. This story was shrugged off.

But, on September 18, 1952, the front-page of the 'New York Post' screamed Secret Nixon Fund!' The story went on: 'Secret Rich Men's Trust keeps Nixon in Style beyond his Salary? United Press and Associated Press relayed the story to every US daily paper.

Consternation reigned in quarters. Top Republican discussed strategists which would be more damaging-to keep Nixon on the slate in Ni view of the allegations, or to drop him and lend credence to them. A jubilant National Demo- chairman, Stephen crat Mitchell, demanded that Eisen- hower drop either Nixon or his fulsome observations on public morals. Republicans in Plaintive Chicago complained that they'd discovered that the lily-white Democrat Adlai Stevenson had exactly the same sort of fund, but nobody wanted to know about it. Nixon was the news.

Nixon himself complained— with some justification-that Democratic vice-presi- the wouldn't dential candidate look good under the spotlight.

He had, said the piqued Nixon, wife on the Federal put his payroll. It was no good. Nixon was on a national tour. In the early days ambitious Republicans had jostled to get into the the photo- front row when graphs were taken. Now they edged out of the camera range.

They weren't encouraged by the official announcement that the California Franchise Tax Board would investigate the in Nixon fund. News drifted to Left: Nixon and Elsenhower, the . 1952 presiden- tial elections. ing against scandals, corruption and communists, Nixon was hit by the uncovering of his secret funds. Below left: Nixon cam- paigning for Ike In 1952. Below right: Lily-white Democrat, Adlai Stevenson. the Nixon camp that Republi- can chairman Summerfield, on the Eisenhower campaign train, had sent for a report on the procedure for changing vice- presidential candidates! A desperate Nixon claimed that the story had been got up by communists in the Demo- cratic camp. From then on, wherever he appeared, banners would be 'Whoever unfurled reading Mentions $16,000 is a Com- munist!' CIO unions openly The declared that Nixon had been bought by the real estate interests 'who know a good investment when they see one'.

Then, to Nixon's constern- Eisenhower began ation, weaken. The General told newsmen campaign train: 'Of his on what avail is it for us to carry on this crusade against this business of what has been going on in Washington if we ourselves aren't as clean as a hound's tooth?' Pressure began to be put on to resign from the Nixon ticket. But he clung on. It was up to Eisenhower. Would the General sack him? Day after day the Nixon camp waited.

The fateful phone call came Sunday, at 10.05 p.m. on September 21, 1952. It is quite clear Eisenhower wanted the initiative to come from Nixon.

Nothing doing. Nixon finally put it on the line. He told Eisenhower: I want you to know if you reach a conclusion either now or any time later that I should get off ticket, you can be sure the that I will immediately respect your judgement and do so.'

This wasn't what Eisen- hower wanted. He replied, in effect, that he did not think he should be the one to make that decision. But Nixon certainly wasn't going to volunteer for the slaughter—he stayed on the ticket. On September 23 Nixon spoke on a national hook-up of 64 NBC television stations, 194 CBS radio stations and the entire 560 practically Mutual Broadcasting station System radio network. The day before the broad- cast Eisenhower was receiving messages from Republicans all They were over the States. three-to-one against Nixon. An hour before Nixon went on the air, Governor Dewey phoned him to say that a poll of Republican campaign managers showed heavily against him.

In his speech, Nixon turned it all on. One passage ran: 'We did get one gift. A man down in Texas heard Pat on the radio mention the fact that our two youngsters would like to have a dog. And believe it or not, the day before we left on this campaign trip we got a message from Union Station in Baltimore saying they had a package for us. We went down to get it. You know what it was? a little cocker It was spaniel dog in a crate that he sent all the way from Texas.

Black and white spotted. And named it our little girl Checkers. And • you know , the kids loved that dog and I just want to say this right now, that regardless of what they say about it, we're going to keep it.' The show business news- paper 'Variety' commented, that the broadcast accurately, contained 'all the schmaltz' Darryl F. Zanuck, the film producer, described it as 'the pertormance I have greatest Eisen- ever seen' • But in the hower suite the General's wife was weeping into her handker- chief. Nixon was saved.

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THE APARTHEID

CONNECTION

BY JOHN SPENCER

The British Steel Cor- poration is negotiating a deal with the state-owned Iron and Steel Corpora- tion of South Africa (ISCOR) which could destroy thousands of jobs in Britain and torpedo plans to build a new plant in Scotland. BSC is negotiating the deal in partnership with two big German companies, August Thyssen and Klockner. The deal would make South Africa a major partner in Common Market steel production. Instead of improving and building new plants in Britain and West Germany, produc- tion will be expanded in South Africa, where wages are low and unions illegal. BSC's investment in the South Africa project could be as much as £500m — almost half the total amount invested in the entire steel industry in Britain since 1956. The project would be a death-blow for the expansion of capacity planned at Ravens- craig in Scotland and might well affect BSC's plans for a major development of steel- making capacity Scun- at thorpe, Lincs. Lord Melchett, the Old Etonian chairman appointed by Anthony Wedgwood Benn, now examining detailed is reports on the South African project drawn up by BSC experts. They visited the site of the proposed new developments at Saldhana Bay on the arid, remote Atlantic coast north of Cape Town. The hinterland of this part of South Africa con- tains rich deposits of iron ore.

Under the scheme the British-German consortium, working in harness with ISCOR, would build port facilities and plant to export an estimated 8 million tons of semi-finished steel a year.

produc- Total crude-steel tion for the last full financial year was 20.4 million ingot tons. The South African plant could, when fully operational, supply up to a fifth of current British steel requirements.

Naturally, the South African steel would be much cheaper than that produced in Britain.

Wage rates for black workers in South Africa are only a fraction of those paid to British workers- and there are no union problems. Any disputes are 'settled' by extremely efficient the South African police, backed military by the best-armed machine in the entire con- tinent. A number of British firms—including several BSC subsidiaries, Dorman Long, Stewarts and Lloyds and Baldwins—are already reaping the benefits of investing in apartheid. The German partners in this enterprise will also appreciate the advantages of operating under these conditions. They were prominent under the Nazi regime in employing slave-labour making and immense profits. are ruthlessly axing They their ageing plant in the Ruhr, where production is expensive and wage rates are high. The Ruhr plant is a long way from the sea and local deposits of and fuel are becoming ore worked out. For maximum efficiency and competitiveness, modern steel plants should be situated by the sea, in a position to import cheapest ore and coal the while cutting transport costs to a minimum. French and German steel barons are planning such a factory at Fos-sur-Mer, near Marseilles, but the cost is escalating very rapidly and the partners are desperate for more funds. The drive to reduce steel- Factory bullding for Dorman Long wh Investing in apartheld. Above: living co making costs is fuelled by competition from the extremely modern Japanese factories which have stepped up their exports to Britain five times over the past two years. European firms already have a foothold in the expansion of South African steel manufac- ture. The Austrian combine VOEST has completed a part- with nership arrangement ISCOR for a £170m plant to produce semi-processed steel.

The Austrian firm will have a 49-per-cent interest, leaving ISCOR with a controlling 51 per cent. The scheme is likely Workers Press, Frida Long who are reaping the beneffis of : Ilving conditions of black workers.

serve as a model for the to British-German enterprise this is given the go-ahead.

South 'Africa's interest in these developments is obvious: not only will the apartheid regime be bolstered by huge inputs of additional capital, but the country will have an assured outlet to the Common Market for a considerable slice of its steel production.

In addition, the scheme will South Africans give another major port which it badly needs to reduce the pressure on the existing ports at Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth and East London.

ea8, Friday November 10, 1972 PAGE 5 The military dictatorship in Peru recently gave a to Hugo helping hand Banzer, the Bolivian dictator. The Peruvian, police arrested five Bolivians who had come to Peru to seek exile in order to avoid incarcer- ation in one of Banzer's concentration camps. Bollvian dictator Banzer Members of the Castroite National Liberation Army, they had gone to the Peruvian Em- bassy in La Paz and had received documents there legalizing exile in Peru.

Banzer has demanded their extradition on a trumped-up pretext: he accuses them of being petty criminals. If they are sent back to Bolivia, they will certainly be executed. The Peruvian dictator has taken the first step to meeting his demand by arresting them.

in The same police were action recently against 3,000 families who had invaded com- mon lands near Lima and set up their shacks. The police violently attacked and settlers then some attempt to starve them submission. Once the blockade had of the begun, the agents government's corporatist body, SINAMOS, began to talk with the families and tried to per- suade them to leave their with the promise of homes alternative homes. The families rejected these wiles and held onto the little that they had. Both Fidel Castro and the Communist Peruvian Party have given their support to the Peruvian government, claiming that it is a great advance on the road to 'socialist human- ism' If this is Fidel's idea of socialism, what can it be like in Cuba? Fidel Castro

PAGE 6 Workers Pross, Friday November 10, 1972

BY DAVID MAUDE

But apart occasional Some surface changes from statements of this kind in his may follow this week's union's journal, Bassnet and election of David Bass- his colleagues remain … on the reticent net to head the General whole somewhat on the burning questions of the and Municipa! Workers' day. Union in Lord Cooper's They are judged, therefore, stead. But by their And their whatever actions. actions during the biggest up- these may be, they will set to hit the union in recent in no the way reverse are remembered with

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right-wing policies which bitterness by many members. have dominated the The 1970 Pilkington strike union. opposed was from the outset the man by who now heads At 48, Bassnet has been a Britain's third largest union. G&MWU official for more than Bassnet, who national 20 years. And as a national officer was responsible for the industrial officer he has been firm, wanted a return to work cornerstone of the union's the management's rigid hierarchy. on terms, Bassnet's 'a drastic reform of the wages friends he say structure and a complete over- to the union a give 'dynamic' with haul of outmoded industrial more image, relations'. rank-and-file more stress on through industrial Pilkington's terms at that democracy of the time were conferences. His critics say the only difference between Cooper and than glassworkers Don- Helens, Pontypool, the new man is one of style.

Glasgow, Birkenhead Where Cooper liked be caster. to and St Asaph had struck for as a bluff, no-nonsense seen sort of chap, Bassnet cultivates Talk of a 10 guinea increase. treated the approach of a thoughtful, return was with But derision. slightly aloof, academic. But when the the two men are at one, the company critics say, on the fundamental upped its offer to £3-with- facing the trade union 'strings' Bassnet and the issues G&MWU executive were able movement. Writing in the April issue to get most of the smaller factories back to work, leaving of the G&MWU journal, for the 8,000 at St Helens out on instance, Bassnet talked about Labour their own. repeal, govern- of "those sections Lof There the offer de- ment, Industrial Relations cisively rejected at a series of the Act] Attempts which against the basic mass meetings. by are local union officials and some interests of the trade movement'. The implication is the shop stewards to split strikers secret ballot that there are sections of this with a notorious document which are were rebuffed. The rank-and- acceptable and can be retained.

file committee leading the strike declared they would not This kind of line is no sur- prise from a union leadership recommend a return for less than £5 as a flat-rate payment which maintained complete £3 on the basic rate. public unity last year at a time or when Cooper advising The Bassnet wanted was terms registration under this the glassworkers to accept, ex- same Act. plained committee chairman L Gerry Caughey at about this stewar‹ time, were 'a now-you-see-it- witch-l now-you-don't affair'. But The £3 would not be placed tility on basic rate. It would be a against flat payment remaining the stop B same no matter how many leaders hours of overtime were worked, ing ag but being cut down if anyone Tow worked less than 40 hours.

1970 t With the strike five weeks in des old, the strikers were brusquely local c informed by G&MWU local anothe officials that they could no failed be considered shop longer ranks. stewards for the union. It wi It was an acid comment on and th the role of the union leader- ton's a ship that this penalty for nuts or leading a mass, popular move- By I should for be ment wages Labour announced, as it was, on May away Day. Small wonder that wor- with kers should carry placards had per through St Helens that day back t reading 'G&MWU-RIP' mises ‹ Ten secreta executi

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alasswo ›v rei leaders discuss tory, 1 The breakaway movement Pontyp fusing which resulted from the union's terms a role at St Helens was further ing the strengthened by its offer-seen at St F bribe-of f12 'hardshir as a money' if the strikers returned The its followi co-operation with the Labour government's court of victory inquiry into the dispute and men w in def the participation of loyalist s Press wanted representation by some- one he chose. of hos- After more than two years ling up of company stonewalling and id union prevarication men who not

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led the 1970 strike remain workless and blacklisted today.

nd try- strike. of May stooped ling in

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ise' yet ren that strikers' Feather Meanwhile Bassnet has got Pilking- with his 'reform of the on s chest- wages structure'. This has brought the Measured-Day ith the Work system to Pilkington r weeks factories, alongside a corpora- battle joint tist-style network Feather committees for fixing pay and workers dealing with disputes. th pro- There are other. leading lights : union. in the union who deserve

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special mention. and his Derek Gladwin, the southern ced the region organizer, is one of the officials who is heading places their He has just been made chair ouse to man of the executive committee he fac- of the Industrial Society, a bers at which corporatist-style body for re- preaches 'harmony on the shop ington's floor'. inform- Sitting alongside Gladwin on nmittee the committee will be bankers, lisband. big businessmen, members of ent in the National Industrial Rela- tions Court and members of election ist, 800 the Tory Party. striking Gladwin's appointment, an- n who nounced earlier this week, has

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been hailed by the Industrial Society's director, Mr John Garnett, as a great step in the Society's development. Gladwin was among the group of trade unionists and

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leaders who went to Buckingham Palace a week ago to talk with the Duke of Edinburgh about a conference to be held on industrial re- lations in Oxford in 1974.

The motives of this con- ference were clearly expressed in a Press release which said: 'The aim of the conference is to bring together men and women under the age of 45 from and the management trade unions to consider what do to improve the they can relationship between industries and communities and between individuals and their work. These will be people who in the future will be responsible for decisions likely their feisow citizens to affect In other words the con- ference is about breeding in- dustrial and managerial techno- crats. It has nothing whatever to do with the aspirations of the working class to free them- selves from the parasitical bon- dage of capitalism. But when these corporatist- type bodies come on the scene it is the G&MWU which leaps into the forefront to offer them a veneer of trade union res- Pondiew Cunningham, Andrew the union's northern region officer, embodies this philosophy in the most dramatic way. He is both trade union official and 'boss'.

Four years ago he became of the Newcastle chairman Airport Authority, which just happens to employ a number of his own members. Picture the scene when the ground staft at the airport, represented to the by Cunningham, go management (Cunningham) for increased pay, shorter hours and better conditions! And this is not Cunning- ham's only link with manage- He is also chairman ment. of the Tyneside Passenger Authority which runs the bus service in the Newcastle dis- trict, chairman of the Durham Police Authority and a Durham County Councillor. His active business life was also revealed in a dramatic way during the Poulson bankruptcy hearing at Wakefield. Under cross-examination from Mr Muir Hunter, OC, John Poul- Pontefract architect son, the and friend of ex-Tory Home Secretary Reginald Maudling, admitted that both Mr and Mrs Cunningham were on his payroll either directly or in- directly. They had also received free holidays at his expense-two of them abroad and one in southern England. One of the holidays abroad-costing £256 in Estoril, a seaside - was resort in Portugal which has an extreme right-wing regime.

The choice of Portugal for a free holiday at the expense of Poulson's empire is astonishing -if only because Cunningham also sits on the Labour Party's Southern Africa Solidarity Fund Committee which is allegedly pledged to support- ing African guerrilla move- fighting Portuguese ments colonialism. Cunningham carries his per- sonal politics right to the top of the Labour Party. He is a member 26-man National Executive Committee, the senior administrative body in the Party. And he got there this year, for the eighth suc- cessive year, by virtue of the one million votes of Jack Jones and his Transport and General Workers' Union. Cunningham is not actually in Robinson Crusoe the G&MWU when he accepts fee- paying chairmanships with the ruling class. Lord Cooper, on.

general retirement as secretary, was with Yorkshire Television, the National Bus Company (£1,000 a year), the Meat and Livestock Com- mission and the Thames Con- servancy Board. (The general secretary before Cooper was Lord Williamson, who now fills a generously-paid place on the board of directors of Securicor, Britain's largest private police force. Other members of this board include Lord Thorneycroft, the former Tory Chancellor of the Ex- Workers Prose, Friday No chequer, Lord Brooke, the former Tory Home Secretary, Ray Guntel, Harold Wilson's former Labour Minister in 1964 government, police com- missioners, and fire brigade chiefs.) here is, perhaps, no more example of exaggerąted a British trade union so domin- ated by right-wing bureaucracy.

visit union's to palatial headquarters—a manor house called Ruxley Towers set in rolling lawns of Esher, Surrey-is enough to convince trade unionist of the any direction which the present leadership is attempting to direct the union.

UNITE

The right-wing road being taken by the Coopers, Bassnets, Cunninghams and Gladwins, is a far cry from the charter laid down by the militant Gas- workers' Union of 1889 which is the main stem of the modern G&MWU. It stated: 'All members should under- stand that the interests of all 'workers are one, and a wrong done to any kind of labour is a wrong done to the whole of the working class, and that a victory or defeat of any por- tion of the army of labour is ars Prosa, Friday November 10, 1972 PAGE 7 dack Jones, the Duke and Derek Glacherin, the G&l's southern region organizer. Far left: New head of the Gal, David Bassnet.

Left: Pilkington workers at st Helens showed what they felt about the G&MWU. a gain or a loss to the whole of the army, which by its organization is marching ..

to its ultimate goal - the emancipation of the working class. Workers Unite!' Only the All Trades Unions Alliance, the industrial arm of the Socialist Labour League, fights within the trade unions for the construction of a leader- ship which can carry forward these socialist objectives.

Glassworkers, shipyard labourers, laggers, cleaners, dustmen, kitchen staff, dockers and the variety of unskilled workers in the G&MWU have the power in their hands to end the class-collaboration and the reaction of their leaders.

At the ATUA national con- ference at Birmingham on October 21, more than 2,000 trade unionists took a unani- mous decision not to allow the right wing to run amok with the Tory government. The con- ference voted to start an immediate campaign for the building of a revolutionary party. G&MWU members and other trade unionists are invited to write to Workers Press to obtain a copy of the detailed conference document.

In January next year the Soviet Union and Franco's fascist state enter formal trade relations. The trade and cultural pact with Spain is signed and delivered in the blood of thousands of Spanish and international workers who fought against the fascist forces during the Spanish Today we continue a vital series of six articles tracing the growth of links between the Moscow Stalinists and the fascists. Our special writer on Spanish affairs, Juan Garcia, has translated key documents in this accord and combed libraries and the embassies to present this series of articles exposing Stalinism. The British Communist Party and the 'Morning Star' remain absolutely silent on this

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PAGE 8 Workers Prost, Friday Novemt In January next year the Sovie signed and delivered in the blo Civil War. Today we continue special writer on Spanish affai present this series of articles e counter-revolutionary pact bett

PART 2

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The ceremony in Septem- ber of this year at the Spanish department of the OECD in Paris in which Alexis Nicali Mazhulo, vice Minister of Soviet Trade and José Luis Ceron, Director- General of Trade at the Spanish Foreign Ministry signed a trade pact was- according to both men- strictly commercial affair. Political commentators in the Spanish Press were quick to point out that a pact which brought to fruition over 14 years of secret diplomacy was much more than a business deal: 'However, the strict secrecy of this type of negotiation of great public interest makes many experts in Paris think that the commercial delegations will have a certain para- diplomatic tone. This is especi- ally so considering that every economic rapprochement is, to rapprochement.' Van- guardia' correspondent, Sep- tember 16.) A brief diary of this secret diplomacy shows that for some network of close re- time a has been building up lations between the fascists and the Kremlin bureaucracy. The first diplomatic advances were made in Paris between the Spanish and Soviet ambas- sadors in 1958—the Count of Rosas and Serguei Casas Alexandrovitch Vinogradof. Spain demanded as a pre- condition of negotiations that the Spanish gold sent to the Soviet government by the Second Republic in exchange for arms: in the Civil War should be returned. January 1960: The German 'Schweaunasi' boat cargo arrived in Bilbao with 150 Soviet tractors. A German boat left Bilbao with two tons of Spanish synthetic fibre en route for Odessa. During 1961: The new Spanish ambassador in Paris, the Count of Motrico, met Vinogradof, as arranged by Manolio Brossio, the then Italian ambassador to France. Vinogradof proposed cultural, commercial and sport- ing exchanges between the two countries. In June, Spain and the USSR established a com- agreement for the mercial export of 2,200 tons of syn- thetic fibre to Russia and the export to Spain of 40,000 tons of gas-oil. December 1962: Vinogradof gave the Count of Motrico a note from the Soviet govern- ment addressed to Franco on the de-nuclearization of the Mediterranean zone. March 1964: A group of Spanish businessmen led by Luis Orchanda negotiated in Moscow for the possible pur- chase of Soviet petrol. April 1964: It was announced that the Soviet Union would y November 10, 1972 e Soviet Union and Franco's fascist the blood of thousands of Spanish a ontinue a vital series of six articles sh affairs, Juan Garcia, has translat ticles exposing Stalinism. The Briti act between the Kremlin and Franco exchange a million tons of petrol for Spanish lorries.

June 10, 1964: The Soviet Union participated in International Trade Fair in Barcelona. September 7, 1966: The Polish boat 'Goanks' left Seville with 10,000 tons of rice en route for the Soviet Union. In December, another Polish boat took 2,000 tons of Spanish rice.

November 2, 1966: Contract signed between the Soviet 'Tractor Export' and the firm Spanish firm 'Prodac' for the purchase of 300 tractors to the value of 30 million pesetas. The Spanish Ministry of Trade would not authorize the pur- chase. * February 1967: The first con- versations take place on • the question of a Soviet-Spanish normalizing agreement com- mercial shipping between both countries. Normal shipping is established. March 1967: The Economic Affairs Ministry of the Spanish government authorizes on a basis the entry of reciprocal Soviet ships into Spanish ports for commercial purposes. June 1967: Agreement on petrol between Spain and the Soviet Union on the sale of 500,000 tons to Spain. June 21, the first shipments arrive in Spanish ports. April 12, 1968: A group of Soviet businessmen visit Spain and reach agreements with Spanish exporters. April 1968: Marcelino Cam- acho, a leading member of the Workers' Commissions, the illegal trade unions of Spanish workers, was tried by a fascist court in Madrid. He refused to reply to any of the questions put to him by the prosecutor • fascist state enter formal trade relati panish and international workers who f articles tracing the growth of links bo translated key documents in this acco he British Communist Party and the Franco. and shouted: 'Down with the dictatorship and its emergency' laws!' The trial was suspended and Camacho jailed to await a new trial. Soviet May 24, 1968: A pavilion is set up in the Spanish International Agriculture Trade Fair. January 8, 1969: Soviet ship- ping experts arrive in Madrid to begin discussion on Soviet cargo and tourist shipping lines stopping at Spanish ports.

January 17, 1969: Secret nego- tiations in Madrid in relation to passenger, cargo and fishing boats. August 12, 1969: An agreement which allows Soviet is signed fishing vessels to stop for re- pairs and provisions in the Canary Islands. December 26, 1969: Lopez Bravo, the Spanish Foreign became the first Minister, Spanish fascist minister to set foot in the USSR. During a stop-over at Moscow airport, met the Soviet deputy Foreign Minister Kovaliev.

October 2, 1969: The Soviet Union purchased 150,000 pairs of Spanish shoes. March 29, 1970: A permanent delegation arrived in Madrid which will take care of Soviet maritime interests in Spain: Messrs Dyrchenko, Bogomolof, Marce Chouriguine and Essaew. has b February 18, 1970: Marcelino Hitler Camacho, a leading member of the Workers' Commissions protes and supporter of the Spanish ing a CP, was sentenced by a Madrid Three court to three and a half years' Marc. imprisonment, having already Spani served two years atter his began arrest in 1968. closer August 1970: Police fired

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on a demonstration 1,000 is Ser building workers in Seville in April ations. The trade o fought against tł between the Mos cord and combe he 'Morning Star arcelino Camachi beer in priso f01 tler review Spanish otest against delays i , a new wages tPe workers WerA ShO 16, 1971: arch anish delegation in N gan exploratory trade ties ser SR. The delegatior Señor Cerón Ayuso. pril I, 1971: A Madr trade and cultur inst the fascist for e Moscow Stalinis ombed libraries g Star' remain ab leader most of the nish troops lelays in sign-' es agreement. official An on in Moscow talks for with the gation leader Madrid pro- I cultural pact wi scist forces during Stalinists and the raries and the e nain absolutely si ct with Spain is uring the Spanish d the fascists. Our the embassies to ely silent on this workers' commissione Above: Franco and October 23ro. 1940. lemanded five years' ent for ten members Spanish illegal organization tra year for allegedly pictures of General José Antonio Rivera.

JED TOMORROW

If Enoch Powell ever makes it The Geddes dynasty is having back into the Tory Cabinet, a hard time of it these days.

there is one civil servant who But whatever the outcome will be in the firing line.

they shouldn't be short of The unfortunate man is Sir penny. Just look at the appall- Leslie O'Brien, governor of the situation ing at P&O with Bank of England. everyone but everyone making a takeover bid for the shipping At a reception the other day Powell revealed that O'Brien is company. 'my favourite pin-up boy'.

And everywhere you look is I've had Geddes always warm a member dynasty. spot for him, Powell said.

Geddes' father, It Ford was Powell playing with heavy Sir Irvine Geddes, was chair- He then revealed that man of the Orient Line which irony. 'no man did more damage than merged with P&O in 1960. Sir Leslie did in 1968 at Ford Geddes succeeded his Basle'. Sir Donald own second cousin, Powell then recommended Anderson, when he took over should the chair last year. that everyone carry around of O'Brien's Also on the board until he copy the recent statement to retired this year was another bankers' dinner Geddes at the Guild Lord Ross cousin, Hall when he admitted making Geddes, who formerly worked past mistakes. for the Admiralty. Ross Geddes is the son of It was an immensely amus- the first Lord Geddes, the Everyone should became British who surgeon copy in his wallet. 'In moments ambassador in Washington and of depression you can bring it later chairman of Rio Tinto. Down the road at Dunlop- out and you can be chuckling in iust a few seconds.' he said.

in bad state following the financial losses made by part- ner Pirelli in Italy — the Ged- des' are, would you believe, just as deeply involved. the 1920s Sir early Eric Geddes and Sir George Beharrell rescued Dunlop from and a nasty turn set in chain another ladder of Geddes succession. was the same Sir Eric It Geddes who drew up the plans in 1922 for savage cuts in pub- lic expenditure by the govern- ment. Among other things, pay cuts were proposed for police- men and teachers and children under to be kept SiX were away from school. He also became Minister of Transport, First Lord of the Admiralty and later chairman of Imperial Airways, forerun- ner of BEA and BOAC. Sir Eric became chairman of Dunlop, followed by Sir Edward Beharrell, followed by his son and then Sir came Reay Geddes, Sir Eric's son.

Very much in the family tra- dition of attacks the on working class, Sir Reay Ged- des will be known to many shipyard workers as the man who 1965 produced the in recommending ruthless report rationalization of the industry.

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STALINIST CRISIS BY JOHN SPE

When President Nixon is inaugurated for his second term in the White House next January he will owe a special debt of gratitude to the bureau- cratic leaders of the USSR and China. Their support for his cam- paign has been every bit as valuable to the President as the millionaires who pumped over $10m into his campaign fund. Since the epoch of 'ping-pong' diplomacy opened year the bureaucracies last have been falling over each other to display their approval for Nixon. Their decisions to receive the Vietnam war-mongers in Moscow and Peking have played a big part in establish- ing Nixon as a diplomatic lion. At the same time they have forced the North Viet- namese to accept very danger- ous terms for a ceasefire deal.

The New York Times' remarked on Moscow's sup- port for the Nixon campaign in an article on October 29 headed 'Soviet Press, after ignoring the campaign, indi- cates Moscow favours Nixon'.

And earlier last month the 'Los Angeles Times' indicated that: 'Soviet President Nikolai Podgorny reportedly came very close to endorsing the re-elec- tion of President Nixon' on October 4. Train, chairman of Russell Nixon's Council on Environ- mental Quality, told the paper's reporter after meeting the Soviet Podgorny that President had said 'he looked working with forward to President Nixon for several more years'. The reporter added that Podgorny's attitude 'seems to reflect a general Soviet sym- pathy for Mr Nixon's cam- paign'. Soviet newspapers were silent about the wholesale sabotage and bugging organ- ized by the Republicans against McGovern. Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko has recently Workors Pross, Frida n Moscow. We look forward to working together

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been holding discussions with Nixon to fix an official visit to the United States for Leonid Brezhnev next spring.

Chinese leaders apparently also wanted Nixon's return as President. Reuter's correspon- dent James Pringle, reporting on the eve of the election, wrote: 'Chinese leaders expect President Nixon to win the US presidential elections and would no doubt prefer to work with the man with whom they have opened a dialogue, diplo- mats accredited in Peking said here. 'Though the Chinese have been careful never to say so on record, the leadership has reservations about intentions of the apparent Democratic candidate, Senator George McGovern, to reduce US troop levels in Europe, the diplomats said. 'This, as Chinese leaders see it, would strengthen the hand of the Soviet Union and enable reinforce its Moscow to already massive deployment of forces along the Chinese border. • say the I think one can Chinese would like to see Nixon re-elected for a variety of reasons,' one informed western diplomat said here.

Recent Chinese government and editorials statements attacking the United • States for its delay in signing the Vietnam peace agreement have referred to President Nixon by name, but made no mention of the presidential elections.

'Chinese officials, when asked by foreign envoys about their views on the election and Mr McGovern, for the most "that's part murmur an internal affair of the United States" and change the subject.

'However, one foreign diplo- mat here has been told by a Chinese acquaintance that seems Nixon is going to win".

This opinion, although almost never expressed openly, seems to sum up Chinese thoughts which election on the observers believe Peking is following with close interest, despite the official silence.

one, Friday Morember 10, 1972 PAGE 9 • together for several more years.

'Some diplomats believe the Chinese are happy at the pros- "they invested in Nixon and have been fairly nice to him though attacking him now and then on his Indo-China policy."

'He said the Chinese had had personal contact with President Nixon, his chief foreign policy adviser, Dr Henry. Kissinger, and people around them. 'They (the Chinese) invested in Nixon and have been fairly nice to him .. • "They know they can work with them as they did last February (when Mr Nixon Peking) and during visited Kissinger's own visits here,' " he added. "McGovern is an un- known man and new people would come with him into the White House." 'China's attitude towards Nixon is based on the fact that the President, in • the Shanghai communiqué signed at the end of his visit to China, undertook to with- draw US forces from Taiwan tension in the as area diminished.' All of which goes to show how cheaply the Stalinist bureaucracy can be bought and how eager they are to the favours of court the American imperialists and the enemies of the world working class.

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WORKERS at the Robinsons Willey and gas-fire firm at Liverpool have voted to con- tinue their strike for union recognition. They have overwhelmingly re- jected a so-called 'compromise presented by both management and union officials that the men and workers women accept arbitration. The strike began more than two weeks ago when three shop stewards were dismissed for organizing workers into the Transport and General Workers' Union. Immediately about 300 of the 400-strong work force walked out: Since then there has been a daily picket outside the factory which has succeeded in cutting production and ending all de- liveries to and from the premises.

But the T&GWU has not made the strike official and has at- tempted to get the men to agree wretched formula which to a would provide guarantee no against victimization or for com- plete union recognition. In this situation the strikers have mounted pickets at the Islington headquarters of the union declaring: "Don't let union scab on us.' • Strikers at the Robinson and Willey gas-fire factory in Liver- for trades pool yesterday calied council support in blacking trans- port firms who have broken their picket line.

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The decision has been reached by Mr Justice Croom-Johnson, the judge who is to sit as an examiner next Monday • to hear the evidence. It originally intended was that the new evidence and the re-examination of some of the witnesses who gave evidence at the trial Newcastle-upon- at Tyne would be in public. Stafford and Luvaglio were convicted in 1967 of murder- ing their fruit machine busi- Sibbert associate Angus ness (33), who was found shot dead in a car in the village of South Hetton, County Durham. Both men are serving life sentences.

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ROBERT MARK'S new style of law and order at Scotland Yard has provoked a revolt, particularly among CID officers. Since the beginning of this week there have been two signs of the rift in the force.

On Wednesday night at the annual meeting of the Metropolitan Police Federation a group of detectives staged a walk-out in a protest against the new discip- line and internal investigation procedures which Commissioner Mark has imposed.

There is also a leaflet The and Commander suspension resignation being circulated the Charging or Detective (niet Hamed arane Yard by the dissidents. Inspector Victor Kelaher, Fraud Squad, was put in 'We, as CID officers, says: head of the Drugs Sauad. of Charge an invesucallon say that morale is now at into the Poulson empire To cap these rearrange- all-time low. We feel Maudling an with which was ments in the ton hierarchv.

that too many recent find.

associated. the police were faced with

CID

officers Last Saturday Workers ings the their Press are ruthless and we expect excuse „revered most senior spokesman to be treated justly.' in a centre-page article the Secretary Home Reginald in-fighting at the Yard. What is at the root of Maudling. Yesterday the Tory Press against Their commiante Coinciding his was obliged to Mark the 'reorganiza- with tion' uncerway commissioner took new office earlier this year.

'There has heen an un-

FRENCH

Minister of the precedented amount of re- of the came area. Interior, M. Marcellin, has brigades • Snecial culmine cince - vark came just announced plans for office. These devoted rounding to up increased police repression include: criminals night. They France. will be backed up by anti- • The eariv retirement of The 19-per-cent increase hold-up' motor cycle units. Peter Brodie, Assistant in his budget for the next More flexible Commissioner (crime). vear mobile units: the para- the following

CRS

military when • The earv retirement of not Frank Williamson, Inspec- involved maintaining Introduction the public order will mount tor of Constabularv (crime).

British method bring systematic night patrols on The suspension and the police closer The the high roads. resignation of Commander people—the police. same The struggle against Ken Drury, wil be in charge Cot Tne 1041r Flying Squad. inspection protection 'terrorism': 18 special anti-

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than 1,000 textile Alfred Barton, manager Employment Ex- Skelmerdale workers at Courtauld's £7m change, said factory em- „tha Skelmersdale, factory at ployed just over 1,000 workers- Lancashire, are to be thrown almost all men. dole. Management He added: It will be an ex- on the treme problem to find these men blames the closure of the new lobs. But at the present we almost brand new factory on are not sure where they all live, labour difficulties'. although most of them live in this The facts are otherwise. Cour- area said He unemployment taulds and the other maior Bri. Skelmersdale and Ormskirk was tish fibre maker, ICI, have had 6.2 per cent compared with the their lucrative markets wrecked national average of 3.6 per cent by three factors: and the regional average of 4.7 • The inport tariffs imposed by per cent. President Nixon on Fred Hague, general secretary 1971. the Amalgamated Weavers' • The flooding of the fibre mar- Association, said: 'To the say kets by cheap Japanese produce.

Courtaulds announcement ne The developm embre a toolis surprise is to put it very mildly.

though 800 of our process which makes the Skelmersdale members and other people project 'out of date e soing to lose their jobs.

industrial Now the impact of the trade not think war is being resolved at the ex- relations are as bad as the firm There a tremendous nonce nt the inno of workers at Europe's largest weaving mill.

amount of goodwill among the 1968, openee In men. is about ten miles from Liver- 'We have not had the chance to meet the firm to see if pool. any said The £472m manufacturer at the amninvees can ne trans- read shop ferred other parts of Cour- statement to tauld's business.' Can you kr Steward. *Since it was set up, The ren at the back of the very con- siderable efforts have heen made mass sacking are none other than to make the Skelmersdale fac- Labour peer Lord Kearton, Cour- If you can help viable and tauld's and the direc- tory profitable both chairman, in the interests of the company tor in charge of labour relations, and in the interests of those who and Lord George-Brown, the are employed here. Horeign secretary ano economics "In spite of all these efforts we 'wizard' of the Wilson govern- are forced hv ment. effect of continual labour diffi- By a cruel irony the weaving culties opened 1968 to that plant recognize was in to closure of the factory is an in- help "soak up Merseyside's un- evitable consequence.! employment.' Workers Press, Friday November 10, 1972 PAGE 11

LAST SATURDAY'S WORKERS PRESS EXCLUSIVE

the same story. Hall, Westminster, the In a front-page article Home Secretary, new the Rothermere-owned Robert Carr, attempted to 'Daily Mail' declared: stifle dis- growing 'Police morale at an all- Mark's satisfaction with time low: Yard men storm new regime. out after row.' He told the 2,000 audi- The Beaverbrook paper, he had ence complete the 'Evening Standard' confidence in their new said: Scotland Yard's top chief, in his deputy and in men hit out at their chief.'

the force as a whole. At the angry meeting of Amid loud cheers, he the Federation in Central said that law and order should get a higher place among national priorities.

There was greater vio- and in lence today the terrorist groups will be set field of industrial disputes France, throughout up certain types of picketing available 24-hour call, on were causing concern. specially trained in combat fighting. He said he had recently The need for an air- met 16 police officers, in- borne police force and the cluding Mark, to discuss strengthening of frontier including violent crime, police-a special force of picketing. 800 frontier has guards 'If we could sway public been created. opinion a degree or two, Marcellin closed with an the police- it would make for the republican appeal man's life much better,' he spirit of peace and modera- added. tion to avoid a repetition of 1968. • The Long Service and Good Conduct medal has been awarded in Police Orders to Det Chief Insp Kelaher, who has been summoned to answer allegations of conspiracy. Kelaher, along with four junior detectives was sum- moned Tuesday to on appear at the Guildhall to answer allegations of con- spiracy to the pervert course of justice in rela- tion to an Old Bailey drugs trial last year. Young Socialists

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Choice facing AUEW €5,000 or confrontation PAGE 12 Workers Press, Friday Novemt Press

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gineers leaders of the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers are today expected to argue for payment of the €5,000 fine imposed by the National Industrial Relations Court for con- tempt. The union is committed to a policy of complete refusal to co-operate with the institutions of the Industrial Relations Act, but the right wing will claim that refusal to pay the fine would mean a stand-up con- frontation with the law as a whole.

MILITANT AUEW

members from CAV, Acton, north Lon- don, have sent a telegram to the engineering union's executive calling on their officials to «re- fuse to pay the £5,000 fine im- posed by the National Industrial Relations Court. They state that their subscriptions are not to be used in this manner. Already Jim Conway, AUEW engineers' section secretary, has "serious consideration' will said be given to the judgement. 'We have no intention of defying the law to that extent,' he added.

Union president Hugh Scanlon comment until has declined to executive meeting of after an all four sections of the union today. There had been reports that A NEW disputes procedure for the engineering industry may be up 'before the end of the tied year', union leaders said in York yesterday. The executive of the Confed- eration of Shipbuilding and Engi- neering Unions accepted an invi- tation from the employers to resume talks on an agreement to replace the 50-year-old York Memorandum scrapped last De- cember. It is expected that the talks -broken off earlier last year on JENKINS, leader, of

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Britain's white-collar largest union, yesterday condemned the government's state pay plan as 'anti-democratic. 'We will now be committing criminal offences if the government says so Mr Jenkins, general secretary of speaking at the ASTMS, was annual conference of the Institute of Directors at the Albert Hall.

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he volunteered to face arrest for failing to appear at the NIRC on Wednesday. Bill John, the execu- member legal affairs, also said he did not expect the fine to be paid.

The AUEW - and the trade union movement as a whole- stands at the crossroads over this fine. In many sections of the labour the union has been movement regarded as the main bulwark of opposition to the Act. Payment of the fine would deal a severe blow to this opposition. official But as one leading pointed out yesterday: 'Resisting the Act is one thing, but there comes a time when you either have to drop your front of re- sistance or go on to get rid of the people who are keeping the Act in operation.' That time has now come for Scanlon and his executive. It is either capitulation, or mobilize action to force the Tories out of office. • The union has until November 21 to decide whether it will pay up, but it seems certain that the key decisions will be taken today engineers' section the or at executive on Tuesday. One possibility is that the right wing will attempt to shift res- ponsibility for the decision onto national committee. recalled The national committee is the policymaking body of the union and if such a move were accepted it would be with the clear in- tention of changing policy.

The right will argue that the engineers' section simply cannot afford an expensive confrontation the key issue of whether em- ployers must have union agree- working ment for changes in practices—will be arranged to start up again this month.

are hopeful that a new 'We agreement may be signed before the end of the year, , said CSEU secretary Jack Service yesterday.

The confederation has also agreed to go ahead despite the Tory pay freeze with a 'substan- on behalf pay claim gas industry craftsmen. 20,000 be presented to the This is to Gas Council on November 30.

He said the government was to blame for the present inflated money supply. He accused the Tories of being 'counterfeiters' thus the real creators of and inflation. On anti-inflation • legis- lation, he said: 'The introduction of criminal law into our indust- is fundamentally rial relations anti-democratic' After his speech he said the legislation had been drafted'. He said his 'sloppily " union would continue to own demands. If faced press wages with criminal action his union would drive a coach and horses through the legislation. He said whole idea of dividends the restraint was an absurdity. "It is so illiterate,' he added.

BUSMEN members of Transport and General Workers' Union 5/92 branch have formed a com- mittee to organize the defence of branch chairman Jim Butler and three other Nottingham municipal busmen who face charges arising from a one-day strike of the bus crews on Sat- urday September 2. The four busmen were remanded on bail November when they 20, elected to go before a jury on a total of 13 charges.

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with the court, since it is already spending £8.85m a year on an income of f7m and must put its financial house in order.

In a speech to the section's final appeal court last month, Conway drew attention to the fact that 17 per cent of its 1.25 million members were more than 26 weeks in arrears with the contributions and should strictly be lapsed. At the same time the union has suffered a 76,000 loss in the last year. But if the union is in difficulties financially, these difficulties must be laid at the door of the right- leadership which has wing union for years. dominated the If there is disillusionment with the substantial failure of the

FROM PAGE 1

There is growing , evidence to show that the TUC has agreed to help the government over the period of total freeze by discouraging all wage battles. Feather's only reaction to the freeze on the farmworkers was that it was "rather odd'.

Meanwhile the miners' leaders have put back their own wage claim once more. But the mood of surrender among the top union bosses was best expressed by Jones. In one of the most right-wing statements he has ever uttered, he offered to become a partner with the Tories in managing the capitalist economy. He said the unions were sin- cere in their approach to the government: 'We want an understanding, because sooner or later it must social policy is a matter of nego- tiation between unions, employ- day, and the government of the Later, for a concession on pen- sions, Jones offered to become an agent of the Tory govern- ment. Socialist Labour League Greater London Rally

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not, therefore, waste any more time in the raising extra amounts. Collect as much as you can and post immediately to: Workers Press November Appeal Fund 186a Clapham High Street London, SW4 7UG this recent national pay claim, must be laid at the door of the executive itself. And if there is membership this is a decline in due at least in part to its failure io get rid of the Tories and halt the massive labour shake-out in the industry. Already a number of branches have written to AUEW head- quarters at Peckham Road in- sisting that there must be no reversal of policy by the union and that the fine must not be paid. Many more such resolutions are expected. But the real question before today's meeting must be: is a serious campaign going to be developed now to remove the Three authors of the NIkC from 'I want to make it very clear that had the government been ready to make a decisive move forward on pensions, then I would have been ready stump the country calling for sacrifices by the whole com- munity to meet that commit- ment.' Jones is here talking of a gov- ernment which has created million unemployed, set up a : which jailed five of his court members for picketing and at- tempted to rob the working class of every basic right it possesses —including now the right to a standard of living. But his position is the position • TUC General of almost every Council member. It is clear they will do nothing to defend the working class from the Tory on- slaught-on the contrary many of them agree with it in secret.

This ineans that the campaign class to mobilize the working against the government and the rotten TUC leadership must be stepped up immediately. Workers can be unified behind this struggle. There is not a single dispute, whether on wages does not involve or pay, that such political confrontation. The Tories have made sure of this by their courts and fines.

But the call to force the Tories to resign is not just a phrase.

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THREE

YEARS

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WORKERS

PRESS

Showing *i p 38: 1 free ir IT WAS not yet a crime to have ideas and a philosophy, the 'Angry Brigade' trial jury were told yesterday at the Old Bailey. lan McDonald, counsel for one of the defendants, said that Cmndr Ernest Bond, in charge of the case since June 1971, considered that anyone with certain ideas could be a member of the Brigade. 'It is the most damning in- dictment of their case, said McDonald about Bond's state- ment. There were many pressures the police to secure con- on victions. Reports that the police had 'targets' to reach had been des- cribed as 'think writing'. But, added McDonald, crime report- stories ers only wrote such from the contacts they had.

On chemical evidence pre- sented by the prosecution, Mc- said it consisted of Donald 'Alice in Wonderland' reason- ing. 'When it suits the • prosecu- scientific techniques tion, are relied upon. On other occasions, it is thrown aside and you are asked to use common sense.'

Iwo of the defendants, Creek, Mendelson and Hilary were given bail until Monday.

Exactly how this can be achieved is the key question. The Communist Party and the 'Morning Star' continually de- mand a General Election. But a section of their own membership on the miners' executive voted Wednesday against submit- on ting the £7 wage claim imme- diately. Equally the Party members at the TUC Congress did nothing to stop the TUC-government talks. In other words the Stalinist call for a General Election is just a gloss to paint over their practical efforts to cover up for the treachery of the union leaders who avoid confronting the Tories with the mass movement. The possibilities of a General Election depend on the way the against movement mass Tories is built up. The call to bring down the Tories must become the starting point of a campaign to mobilize movement which will the mass face the industrial and political conditions to force the Tory gov- ernment to resign. This is the campaign of the hour. Such a struggle would create the conditions for the re- turn of a Labour government pledged to socialist policies.

Speakers:

G. HEALY

(SLL national secretary)

CONNIE FAHEY

(Wilmslow tenants' leader)

CORIN REDGRAVE

(Equity)

ROY BATTERSBY

(ACTT)

ALAN THORNETT

(Deputy senior. steward Morris Motors Assembly, :Cowley, Oxford)

GARY GURMEET

(Editor Keep Left) Chairman: :.

MIKE BANDA

(SLL Central Committee) (Union and tenant speakers appear in a personal capacity) Admission 15p