The crganisers of ey suropean Socialist Discussion School have had some success. Zrnest Mandel(see last week: s editorial) TLalph Miliband, Deutscher and 2,P. Thompson (founder of the New Reasonez have already agreed to speak and other speakers cr a similar staturo are
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151 0) In order to give an indication of the feeling of the French miners in the current crisis, we are quoting from one or two French papers, It should be noted that these aron'+ loft-wing, tut high circulation papers of the Express variety. The first is a roport from Le Monde, concerning the Lorraine Besin area. "Does this mean that the oration of the Prime Hinister had no effect whatever", the report reads,"Quite visibly in this city of Chenes where some 4,500 persons of miners' families live, and where television sets are numerous, the oration ~ the 'sermon', some miners would say -—- sroused neither a warm nor chill response,..... In one of the clean neat little homos where I found myself in the company of six people (four underground miners and two women), the reactions, as li. Pompidou's explanations wens along, wore rathor ironic and bitter, There was little or no growling, just wry smiles." — Lo Figaro carried the following report of th: reaction of a miger's family to the Pompidou speeech. "What we're interested in is getting what we're asking for »e.s.They take us for kids —— we don't want any promises because they don't stand up....We want action.... We want immediate talks with all our unions together and we're not going back to work till that condition ia met if we have to live on bread and water while we are waiting.... The miners have firmly decided to keep up the atruggle till the end for immediate results and not for the month of September." (One of the Government's promises is to "review" the situation next September if the miners go back now.)
Among the many actions taken by the Algerian-Trade Unionists in solidarity with the striking French miners was a telegram sent by the — Algerian Building Workers. The telegram, addressed to the Preich miners, said: "We warmly support and salute the unity of the French miners against requisition," The Federation of Building Workers branded the "requisition" order of the French govermment, used to deprive the French workers of their right to strike as "scoffing at T.U. liberty and special rights,"