THE NOOSE TRIAL' HOAX

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Speaker:

secretar SUKARNO:

PRESIDENT BY PROXE DESPITE the bland assurances of General Suharto, it is now quite evident that the coup to end all coups in Indonesia has resulted in the definitive ending of presidential rule.

President Sukarno still remains nominally the president by proxy.

After days of rioting by rightwing students and Muslims, following the exclusion of General Nasution from the Cabinet, the army, under the leadership of General Suharto, moved in on the presidential palace last Sunday and delivered the last humiliating blow to President Sukarno's tenure of office.

Un, Friday, While the Cabinet was in session, groups of the notorious Siliwangı regiment, led until recently a supporter of Sukarno, surrounded the presidential palace and forced Sukarno and his inseparable Foreign Minister, Subandrio, to flee to the nearby town of Bogor in a helicopter.

MORE TROOPS But when Sukarno reached from the sillwangi regiment is occupation of his residence.

While the president was in Bogol, General Suharto canvassed the military commanders for their support in installing a full-fledged military dictatorship.

Sukarno, long on rhetoric, but short on troops, capitulated completely to a deputation of three generals sent by Suharto to Bogor.

There were no negotiations. The president simply signed his power over to the general giving him authority to take in the president's name 'all measures required for the safeguarding of PUBLIC MEETING SHEFFIELD General Election anti-trade-union legislation' Vestry Hall, Road (Moor End)

Sheffield Sunday, March 27 G. Healy, national 1, Socialist Labour League Slowly the ›arrage of lies and hysteria whipped up last week over the Cowley 'workers' trial' is breaking down under of statements about what really happened. the pressure Desperate for a solution to the sterling crisis, Party leaders, aided by the more unscrupulous sections of Fleet Street, last week launched the most vicious witch-hunt in pre-Election history.

Facts were distorted. Facts were inflated. Facts were press and television worked overtime to produce what can great 'noose trial' hoax.

By weaving the fantastic tale of threats and violence and menacing demands for money, all the reactionary forces hoped to whip up public indignation and an atmosphere in which their plans for 'anion reform' coulă be sopped through the new Parliament- be it wiison or Heath in the chair.

At the same time more 'trials' were discovered and presented Wilson with a convenient diversion from discussing the pound at the hustings.

But the economy is the king pin of the 'noose trial' hoax and the big build up against the unions in the past two years. Who else but semi-skilled car workers, pushing their tween fl9 and f25 to replace the parnings un to f40 a week- present wage. structure of beway beyond the 3ł per cent norm—are ruining the country's economy?

Who else but workers who continually defy their management, and even deal out their own justice, should be subject to a Prices and Incomes Bill passed by the government of the day?

Hysteria

This is the logic 'noose trial' hysteria.

But just as the Cowley workers, and especially the shop stewards committee, has led a tremendous battle for higher wages and better conditions in the tactory and attended • the January • 26 lobby of Parliament, so their strength puts an eftective damper on the witch-hunting cretins of Fleet Street.

The inquiries by the unions and the joint shop stewards' statement of Wednesday are bringing out more and more facts to nail the lies of the 'noose', the 'M6 Cabinet', the threats, the fines, and so on.

The real story that the majority of 'reporters' missed is that by August, at least, BMC wants to cut the wages of the 1,400 men employed at the Cowley spares section by at least £5 to flo, and, it is claimed, lay off at least 500 men.

The section, which supplies the whole world with spare parts for BMC cars, is being modernised and semi-automated-the new £7 million Horspath Plant, under construction near the present plant, was supposed to be ready ROBERT tween f25 and f40.

A mass meeting of BMC workers decided to back any action taken by the shop stewards' committee over the wage issue.

The stewards reported back to the company with the senior shop stewards and union officials. They pointed out that a national agreement stated that wages should not be changed by new working conditions.

The management said they would take the matter to York.

Already the management has attempted to introduce the new wage , scheme for packers now working at the new plant.

Bighteen months ago, Morris Motors' repair shop workers were told they would be amalgamated with the BMC spares department. On the day that the new wage scheme was announced six weeks ago, the amalgamation went ahead, but the repairmen were brought in on the new wage scheme. It is claimed that when amalgamation was discussed 18 months ago, it was agreed the repairmen join the spares department at their own higher wages rates.

Two strikes Two one-day strikes were called. The first, on February 24, was supported by the spares department. This was agreed unanimously at a shop floor meeting.

The second strike was to be on March 3. At a meeting of about 500 men, 30 voted against action.

On the day of the strike eight men disobeyed the vote of the meeting.

(Cont. back page, col. 1) whipped up last breaking down really happened.

invented. Both only now be called AN OPEN LETTER TO TRADE UNIONIST STERLING CRISIS WORSENS See page 2 CP Election CP seeking more respectability G munist say the Commu- o one better. vote com nist Party election posters. A splendid slogan for a Party whose policy differs only in one degree from that of the Labour leaders.

And even this degree is not very great. The Party whose titled For a Soviet Britain! is be elected. now separated by only the finest political gap its from Wilson and Brown, as 1966 Election Manifesto shows.

Like Transport House, King Street puts much emphasis on "modernisation'. Like any manuNC • 12 NEN BLAMED FOR Scared SHOP STEWARDS SAY 600 faced man who workers' Asers as the " 31,6 cabinet", were clalted, kangaroo Too shop semants said the group court of ine lodontry. the "trial" vese tressferred yesterday is controlled One of the carat to see ihat papers are mat to ibi found ¡Directer of Public WANTS WITCH HUNT in ditch • hospital speci collapsed facturer of detergents, Gollan commends his wares as being 'new' Socialism is mentioned only in the most guarded terms as the 'eventual aim' of the Communist Party. The 'good' points of the Labour government's measures are carefully weighed against the 'bad 'ones.

Far from calling for any fight against the Labour leaders, the manifesto merely suggests an improved version of reformism. Vote for one of the 57 candidates if you can, otherwise vote Labour and 'press this policy on the Labour candidates, is Gallan's message.

All that is Communist different policy of progress will be achieved more quickly if there are Communist MPs to work for it.

APOLOGETIC

This apologetic tone is in Keeping with the policies proposed. For example, on housing, the manifesto advocates the pegging of council as well as private rents, 500,000 new houses a year and an end to rate increases.

But all of this is to be accomlished without nationalizing the banks, simply by means of 2 per cent government loans to councils. When nationalization proposed, it is steel which is pushed to the front.

Chemicals, building, aircraft and sections of engineering and shipbuilding, together with urban land, are merely suggested 'to go BRAKING Exprose Staff Reporter trial man by-strikers at Cowley broke a third after annaraael. Ing 12 miles. the 'noose trial' at I on the nationalization list'.

or arubag class, either in Britain Apparently, the Queen is expected to call on Mr. Gollan to form Her Majesty's government, if only enough candidates can REFORMS This is the outcome of the 'British road' followed by the so-called Communist Party. While the historical basis for reformism crumbles daily, Gollan and Co. turn to reforms.

As class struggles of unprecedented ferocity are being prepar dime has cemeter respede ability.

When the bankruptcy of the Labour leaders is more clearly revealed than ever, Stalin's former spokesmen hitch their wagon on to the falling star of opportunism.

With gimmiok heaped on cliché, the manifesto mocks the sacrifices and struggles of those who fought to build the Communist Party and the 'Daily Worker'.

However mistakenly, these workers thought that this was the way to smashing the boss class.

Now they find themselves selling a manifesto in which the power of the working class is never mentioned.

That is why increasing numbers of Communist Party members are reading The Newsletter and considering the policies of the Socialist Labour League. car court

The following day, Friday March 4, the men in O block stopped work, and, when company refused them permission to meet they walked out to the roadway.

This is where the Fleet Street and television story began, or what story they could find. thin were the facts gleaned by the newsmen on the spot that they over sensationalised them to give them any weight at all.

In fact, the stewards took the men back inside to work after the company had agreed to a full meeting later in the day at which, the shop stewards said, the eight men would be called and asked to explain why they had worked the day • before during the token strike.

The company paid the men for all but half an hour of the one and three quarter hour meeting.

At first two of the eight men to be questioned came out. Shop stewards went into the to bring out the other six, who it is claimed, were instructed by the management to attend.

The meeting, which was in a good mood, very much like a football crowd, was held from a loading ramp. A piece of rope, which many claim had been there for more than a year, was hanging from a piece of metal.

One of the eight placed the rope near his neck and said jokingly: 'Are you going to hang me then' ', to which the crowd yelled, good humouredly, 'hang them', •