The French Miners! Strike,

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It is unlikely that there will be any significant developments in the French strike which is rapidly developing into a major national crisis until M, Pompidou, the Prime Minister addresses the nation in two or three days' time. 200,000 miners are on strike and there have been several token strikes in support of the miners by varion# other sectars in the last week including the electricity workers who have brought the Paris Metro to a halt for several hours, The govermmont has issued a requisition omder and is threatening to draft the strikers .imto the forces if they do not return to work, Factories are reportedly beginnin sto close down because of the lack of coal or coal gas. An aggravation to the position ? that the goverrmenh is now in is likely to occur today (Friday) when workers at the natuwal gas field of Lacqg, which supplies half ths gas in France are due to begin a two-day strike, Also on Friday there is to be a two=hour strike of workers in the nationalised gas and electricity industries. Shipments of coal to Mediterranean ports have been declared black andthe ynions have ordered dock workers not to unload.