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Evans himself has done inspire Print workers at Darlington were due to shut down the ton, this Wednesday in support of NUJ members.

The print unions' support for the closed shop dispute came at a meeting of the Printing Industries Committee twelve days before and members of NGA, Natsopa and SLADE have all been told not to cross the picket line.

The support though nine weeks late, is welcome. It has been hailed by the capitalist press with a wave of hate editorials.

What is becoming clear is that the demand for a closed shop, coupled with the NUJ motion to the TUC that the scab group-the OJ-should be boycotted by all trade unionists, is fast becoming a test for all the print union leaders far beyond what they are willing to meet.

Despite all protestations from union bureaucrats the employers see that the closed shop could threaten their ability to spread anti-working class propaganda at will.

The "freedom of the press" they defend so shrilly is their freedom to attack the working class.

Westminster Press-supported by a slush fund from other employers -seem determined to sit out the strike, while the PIC-under SOGAT General Secretary Bill Keyes are determined to limit The London office journalists of Westminster Press have been locked out since the first week of the strike because they refused to allow their work to be used at Darlington.

Formal support for their position has been passed by Fleet Street chapels but the moguls of the national papers are conspicuous by their absence on the picket line, often down to three NUJ members.

Printers are not being told to black work from London office and throughout the group blacking is being hindered by the NGA head office.

The NGA in the Kentish Times part of the group have shown the way forward by blacking London office copy there.

All print workers must demandfull support for London officeblacking throughout Westminster Press.

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press at the 'Evening Dispatch' and 'Northern Echo' Darling