Loyalist rule.
The high point of resistance has been up at the conference. shaking with fear alist restoration.
It is in the midst of this turmoil that For example, at its January conference in Eniskillen the UUUC adopted a policy of 'non-cooperation' with the Labour Government. At the same time it decided not to ratify the UUUC Convention report - which demanded the restoration of alists from all locai councils and other public bodies throughout the Six Counties as the policy of non-cooperation begins.
Calls for a repeat of the 1974 Ulster Workers Council stoppage were not taken two weekends running in the North indicates, if the Loyalist politicians are content to hold back at the moment, the same is certainly not true of the para-militaries The violence has reached new heights — both in size and gruesomeness. One illustration is the case of Francis Rice, a young Catholic killed on the Shankill Road JOHN MAGEE reports from Belfast a fortnight ago. Having subjected him to a terrible beating, the Loyalist thugs slit nus unroat trom ear to ear. people here refer to as the 'Jack the Ripper' murders The same night, fifty uniformed members of the Ulster Defence Association wiel ding cudgels invaded the small Catholic enclave known as St Johns Place in Larne. They banged on doors and windows uttering threats to the terrified Catholic familOne resident described how the children were screaming and old people RUC TURNS BLIND EYE Needless to say, the Royal Ulster Constabulary did not interfere but gazed ben ignly on the actions of these hooded thugs. The RUC denied that the UDA patrol was intimidating Catholics, and stated that vandalism in Larne had decreased since the UDA patrols began. No-one was killed during this incident and the Convention politicians will wish to forget it. But such actions by the UDA are a warning to the anti-Unionist population of what they can expect in the months to come.
The need for vigilance and unity in the nationalist ghettoes was never greater. The Social Democratic & Labour Partv have surrendered themse ves into the hands of the UUUC, the Labour Government is stepping up spending on the forces of repres sion in Northern Ireland by E80m, and the Southern Government has launched a new onslaught on Republicans there. The road is well and truly paved for the Loy But the next couple of weeks are likely to see the withdrawal of Loy But such developments cannot be ruled out. As the violence rrancis nice was une third Calnone to be killed in whal