Solidarity snubs talks
NZPA-Reuter Warsaw The Solidarity free trade union has rejected an invitation to hold talks with, the Polish Government as the country’s Communist leadership said that more protests against food shortages could lead to national conflict. The Warsaw talks would have taken place against the threat of a motorcade protest in the city on the same day and a two-hour strike in the entire region on Wednesday. Other protests and strikes are planned elsewhere in Poland.
The food protests hit Warsaw for the first time on Saturday when 300 workers paraded outside Parliament demanding a reversal of the
Government’s decision to reduce meat rations, more social control over food policies, and some urgent action. Parliament issued an appeal later expressing deep concern and said that tensions could lead to incalculable consequences and called on the Government to restore order to the food markets.
Parliament also approved more changes in the Government in which the Deputy Prime Minister in over-all charge of the economy, Mieczyslaw Jagielski," was dropped. The powerful Warsaw branch of the Communist Party also met and issued a statement which was severly critical of the Government.
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