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nUT SUNOM Z İN Now as the TUC opens to the scene of 1,250,00 thrown out of work by conscious policy of a Labour Government, inflation at an annual rate of 37% with wages pegged to a legal maximum, Jones comes again to the fore in weekend speeches which have been the deligh of the Tory press. To cover over the Tory policies which he above all is advocating within the Labour movement, Jones threatens that opposition to the £6 limit could bring a general election and a "Tory-led coalition coming to power in Britain"

This is why the Tribune group, by future: "Just imagine what would happen to the Labour government if unemployment gets much worse. We know how skillful our opponents are at twisting the knife in the wounds of people badly treated by inflation and redundancy", he said In other words people suffering from policies deliberately carried out by leaders of the Labour Party, backed by leaders of the trade unions, in defence of the employers.

Jones is right when he shows the poor election chances of the Wilson leadership. But the conclusion that he draws is not that these bankrupt, Tory policies should be reversed or the working class defended, but that more hardship sould be inflicter in the name of preserving Wilson and Healey: "We say that the return of the Labour government is so vital in this crisis that if there are sacrifices to be made, we should be prepared to make them"

But it is at this very point - where the Tory leaders are applauding every attack on workers carried out by Wilson and carefully keeping him in office, that workers must be encouraged to fight to defend their interests even at the expense of defeating the Labour government. At the the same time the sharpest struggle must be carried out in the labour movement to kick out the right wing MPs and expose the lefts through demanding they fight Wilson's policies.

But the decisive question of alternative political leadership has to be resolved in the struggle to defend jobs and wages. TUC leaders, 'left' and right wing, the Communist Party and the Tribune Group have all played their role in building up the vote for Jones' plan.

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NUNEATON

Tuesday, 9th September, 7.30.

Public Library, Church St.

"A Programme to fight Inflation and Unemployment."

WILLESDEN

Thursday 11th September, Willesden Junction Hotel, 47 Station Road, London wages and jobs!

Thursday 4th September, 8 Cowley Community Centre Barns Road, Oxford.

Fight Ryder! iTA The struggle for leadership within the trade unions and the splits now developing within the Labour Party show clearly the necessity for a paper fighting for the principles and programme of Trotskyism in the working class. It is precisely for such a situation that Socialist Press has been.established.

For this reason we are fighting for a £500 per month developme ant fren a

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