Conunist Party 'schizopilunia' in the N.u.m

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Whilst rank and file C.P. members are campaigning at regional level for the rejection of the National Coal Board's wags offer, it was tho Communist Party gonernl socretary of the National Union of lineworkers who proposed on behalf of the executive of that union the acceptance of the offer at the national conference, Will Paynter, no doubt, was obliged to say many things in his nincty minut. speech which he did not believe in. He is under the discipline of the right wing majority of the executive but this,along with many other similar things (see last Bulletin on Scottish situation),can only confuse and domoralise tho militants of the N.U.M. who follow the C.P.. Holding full time positions in Unions and othor organisations can be of great benefit,if used properly, for the workers! struggle but never at the expense of heading off the struggle of the workors,. We cannot rule out the possibility of under cortain circumstances,marxists being obliged to follow discipline of the right .:.i in the wider interests: of movement, but tho koy factor is tho levol of consciousness of tio workors. Had: Payntor resigned from tho secretaryship of the N.U.M. and stood for re-clection on the ticket of rojo tion of the offer and militant action ant“tho C.P. mobilised on this programne , we fool cortain he would have been reelected and the whole situetion in tho coal-fields transformed. This is not morely a matter for tho coalfiolds vither, tho acceptance (which now seems inevit blo even on a regional basis) of the Coal Board: » offer plus the action of the railway union's in accepting their offer from thg 8 in Transport Commission hs probably prevented a combined struggle of eho ots sections of the working class against the Tories, This in turn,despite the militancy shown by the enginoers, probdly means that tho present period of struggle will gradually peter out, in a stalemate with the Torios and tho capitalist having improved their position somowhat. Although no decisive defeat has been suffered and a second round of struggle is inevitable in tho course of the coming yoar, the relationship of forces has, in general, moved against the working class. For this, the Commnist Party has a big responsibility to bvar,