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" 7 ‘Inequality in incomes, *! 8 Vietnam notes, " 9 U.S. political corruption. " 10 Hugo Blanco, " 11 Hugo Blanco continued. " 12 Protest demonstration, THE TRADE UNIONS MUST FIGHT “his week Mr. Gunter is making a determined effort to get the busmen and railnen to call off their threats of action against the wage freeze. The Cabinet is aware that once a struggle against the wage freeze commences it may get out of control. In particular they are arraid of having to give concessions which would spur other sections of workers into militant activity. They are, therefore, desperate to stop any large scale show ~ down. .On the other hand, they cannot afford to grant any concessions to head off ~ either the busmen's one day strikes or the footplatemen's work-to-rule because this would also undermine the incomes policy. Obviously they will look for a way, ,to get off-.the hook which does not involve giving real concessions. ~o this end they will use every pressure and blandishment they can muster to get the union leaders to delny or call off their militant action. The union leaders should neither yield to pressure nor be fooled by talk of the national interest, etc. They should ponder the experience of the railwaymen who did call off their strike, and then were rewarded by the Government going abck on every promise it made. On the contrary, this Government which split from top to bottom on the question of a permanent incomes policy, is hardly likely to risk a real show down. A firm stand combined with a call for unity and efforts to mobilise the rank and file could bring results, The choice before the unions is clear: fight now and smash the wage freeze, or carry on prevaricating and face the risk of permanent Government interference with union rights. The movement should offer every support to the busmen and footplatemen, assure them of a united struggle and instruct all M.P.s (especially the union-sponsored ones) to oppese the Government.