L m E. Kan OrShes Try of all banikdin worken in North Wiles lime calle for further action. the beginning, then, the Communist Party ignored the lessons of the Pentooille 5 and opposed indefinite, snofficial stoppages.
Instead they placed their major emphasis on the organisation of a lobby of the UCATT and T&G ECCuE Om Janua aaaR Onc oa aooaLI on Friday the 11th (the day of the 3's bail hearings), and a stoppage und lobby of Parliament when it opens on the 15th. In this way the Communist Party counterposed the necessry light to get officil. action to the developenent of'strike action outside of official channels, agrin in complete contradiction to the experience of the Pentonville 5.
FLYING PICKETS It cannot be claimed that unofficial action would not be national actioo. A stoppage by a number of major siles in key arcas would have made it possible to form Nying picket squads to travel up and down the country, pelling other building workers out on strike, Fling pickets would be the bost "education leam" of all to carry the message of the importance of the Shrews bury case to those workers who at not yet aware of it The use of Ilyig pickets in this way would be a public demonstration to the whole working class that the Government 's altomols to intimidate the workers' miovenient had failed, and any attempt by the authorities to crack down on such activity would simply serve to guarantee a massive working class response The support af the T&G and UCATT Executives would be very valuablc for the development of the campaign. Toesday's picket of the UCATT executive meting