Last Friday saw another "Unity" conference. Delegates from nearly all the trade union executives in Great Britain were rushed to London to pledge the support of their unions to the miners. Plans were} hastily drawn up to bring the whole industrial life of the country to 4 standstill. So keen were the delegates to show the miners that their cause was the cause of every: other union in the country that the mildest criticisms were impatiently listened to, Everyone wanted ction, and wanted it at once. The Conference concluded with every union pledged to support the miners n the expected conflict. The fol in Great Br The miners" 8 on the day, not a cent off the pay, and no more conferences with the employers," was commended by all the delegates. The enthusiasm w great that it would not been difficult to have got considerable backing for counter demands on the part of the miners, On the evening before the Conference the Government had broadcast their decision to refuse a subsidy to the mining industry. was well known that only a subsidy would avert a conflict. A few hours after the Conference conclud-the Government announced its willingness to pay a subsidy of from 10 to 20 million pounds] to avoid the struggle. There has been no volte face to parallel this in Great Britain's political history. In an editorial on, the subject the London "Observer" comments that, "Mr. Cook may be a Communist, but he has shown the shrewdest audacity and taken the Governments measure to a hair'
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