FOR CHILE Building for 5 May: Ad Hoc Committee supporters picket Downing Street CHILE DERO-32:30 LABOUR MUST BALENT KITH COREA CURED At grass toots level more trade union branch. es are conting out in support of the demonstration. The AUEW TASS No 16 division (Cov. entry) has decided to circulate the ad hoc com mittee leaflet throughout the division and is supporting the demonstration. The Coventry UCATT BE 222 branch fus ulso passed a resolution of support.
On Friday 19 April the lighgate AUEW branch carried the following resolution: This branch strongly condemns the Labour Government for agreeing to send warships to Chile, and supports the 5 May demonstration in solidarity with the Chilean resistance.' A similar resolution was carried in the Kensington and Hammersmith Trades Council JUNTA JETS BLACKED Workers at the Rolls-Royce plant in East Kil bride, Scotland have deult a major blow to the reactionary Chilean Generals by blacking all work on elght jet engines destined for the junta's air force.
CHILE SOLIDARITY CONFERENCE BACKS 5 MAY DEMO Last Saturday the national Conference of the Chile Solidarity Campaign, attended by repres entatives from 25 local solidarity coumittees, voted to back the 5 May demonstrution.
Delegates by a voto of 32 tu 17 accepted the argument that the Labour Goveriment's decision to go ahead and supply warships and submarines to the junta made an immediate, massive mobilisation necessary The Countunist Party opposed the rusalution on the grounds that it would confliet with the May Day demonstrations.
However IMO delegates replied by pointing out that May Day could be tied to mobilise for the Chile demonstration, and chat the polit ical urgency of mass action fur outweighed any small organisational problems that might result from the dare