red baiting propaganda.
Present throughout to orchestrate this lavish circus was Bob Mathews, formerly CPSA's As sant Secretary, now a Trumid full-timer, The chief blame, however, for the relurn of the right must go to the outgoing Broad Len icader They retreated on the faced with the task of building the left in the union, organised too little and too late. Contradictory forces. al work were demonstrated within hours of the opening conference: Whilst employing militani demagogy against Phase homas argued for a retu a to General Ken he Pay Research System Which les wage rises to a pre determean of wage rises in white collar Athough this accommodation to Phase i was endorsed, the tetal 70,000 votes in opposition to Pay Research was twice as high two years ago. This dear ex pression of increased militancy in the ranks was tempered by the results of the Presidential ballot. The Broad Left nominee. Len Lever, held the post with a margin of less than 3,500 out 195,000 votes against the extreme men-wing candidate halc Lus inka. The vale for Redder Tape 12,500 was slightly reduced from last year.
GAINS Elections to the NEC on the following day produced a right wing majority of 14 against 11 Broad Lell and one Redder were recorded by militant left wingers. Mike McGrath gained 11,000 votes; a similar increase for Communist John Lupaon On to the NEC; Pam Adams who led opposition to attempts to sell out ABOLISH ABOLISHTHE MONARCHY BADGES and blue: available from 97 Скооліз новоа солоот Mr 130 PIs pap. Bulk orders of 20 or more 10p
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Last osk the Civil and Public Services Association fell once again under the control of the right. The new National Executive Committee majority are no ordinary right wingers. They Include avowed Tories and Trumid and Catholic Action supporters. Their return to power was accompanied by a massively financed campaign of the Gibraltar lock-our 20,000 votes and soared 19 places in the ballot.
Right wing passengers on the Broad Left list like Lever saw their "reputations' as vote gellers destroyed. Others like Womersley, who ran on the right wing list in the DHSS section lost 22,000 votes and declared her Bicancero toe modcrates two days later.
The key decisions of conference reinforced the contradictions of the opening day. On Wednesday right-wing opposition to closed shop was rebuffed, but in favour of a post-catry as opThursday brought a disgraceful helrayal of the f-month long Gibraltar lock-our. defending his own policies before ple is his "personal letter" 10 Scottish Local Authority elec tricians of February 19T5, which said that they were being used as "pawns in vicious political games and called on them to reject the extremists and return to work. But is is Chapple supporters on the EETTU excutive who are playing a vicious polL game Far it is Chapple who is the SUTPOTICE DI VICIOUS BALL-WOrS ing class policies supported Labour s wage Woer of 1966, the Tory incomes poli cсs, H00 now wage cars whoc [right, back to camera], at EETPU headquartere In London last Monday, ball to eyeball. Wyn Bavan (centra] and follow Port Talbot strike committee mambers confront Frank Chappie spect of this witch-hunt against my attemers of the lett to organise against his leadership of the union. In March of this year the executive passed a report, by accusing the Communist Party of outside interference in the last General Secrelary cinctions The purpose of this report is nothing more than an attempt to stifle the right to organise against the leadersbip of the union, preparing tbe way for further attacks on union democracy at November's rules revision con ference.
An essential part of the fight against the right wing policies ol the union leadership is the light means Fighting for the right to organise in tbe uaion.