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The decision by the Government to impose wage cuts on the Birmingham ah . deliverymen is one it may live to regret, in its desire to make’a princ of stopping all increases during the freeze it is treading dangerous ground, If it backs down no one will take future threats very seriously; if it presses ahead it have te face the risk of being in the position of threatening Frank Cousins and the leadership of the TGWU with imprisonmént, Some of the employers show some embarassment with the situations the car delivery firms would prefer to pay the increase for a quiet life, However, once the Government made its stand, some of the employers changed their line and started to talk of legal action against local TGWU officials, If this is to be the crunch the movement must prepare: just now the DATA is facing the Shipbuilding employers almost alone - that is no way to beat the employers, We must ¢ampaignfor support for the deliverymen and the TGWU's championing of their cause, No Government since Baldwin has dared to cut wages, We must show Wilson that he cannot get away with it.