South Wales miners gala — Scargill promises

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against the Tebbit Bill on 10 June, 'union day'.

amon movement Guest speaker Arthur Scargill, president of the miners' union, gave a militant speech in which he policies campaign. Again he committed himself to fighting for a four day week with no loss of pay, opposition to all pit closures except on grounds and for miners to be paid sane ass. He repeated his argument that tour dav week would lead to the creation of fifty thousand new jobs in the industry.

But he also proposed a new policy which goes further than his election campaign: 'The union should demand that the National Coal Board must create 30 pits, : of them in South Wales.? This statement was enthusiastically received and will raise still further expectations of Scargill's leader. ship of their union.

tough leadership LAST Saturday in Cardiff several thousand miners and their families celebrated their anpresident of the South Wales miners, opened the rally by congratulating the dockers for taking strike action the TUC's; "This will be the first of many' he: said, 'Let's take on Tebbit as a united trade Scargill warned that the government NCB still have a hit list of pistol casure lie las point would be Snowdown cofferv in Kent he said, and promised full support to keep it open. He asked miners to be ready for industrial action and said: 'We cannot lose against the Board if our action is immediate and total.

Warm applause greeted Scargill's demand that there should be an immediate ceasetire in the Falklands, the withdrawal of the Task Force and a negotiated setLenet. 'Britain is trying ve deen on Britishe perialism' he argued.

Des Dutfield vice of the South Wales miners appealed to all workers in South Wales to support the health workers. He also linked this struggle to the fight against Tebbit: 'We must destroy the Tebbit law through industrial action, and we pledge our full sup port to any other workers who are attacked.

But he warned that the lories are re ving on some trade union leaders being "paper tigers and oppos ing Tebbit only in words:

'Yes, there are some pape tigers leading our move ment. But if the Tories at tack the miners, . or our friends in other unions, we will show them we are not We'll make wavel the action of 1972 and 1974 look like a Sunday School outing.' support to the struggle of Finally Dutfield Ene workers, and condemned the Tory pretence of support hypocritical.

Stefan Palka, Polish miner and Solidarnosc leader the Silesian coalfield speaking miners meetings during BRUN LOU Wales coalfields. The South Wales miners' ecutive has decided to meet Palka, and this new level interest of the leadership in the struggle of Polish workers agains military repression shoul be warmly welcomed.