POLAND: ON THE EVE OF THE CONGRESS

Created: 7/13/1981

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POLAND: On the Eve of the Congress

Laet-minuU lobbying and organisational effort* by liberate

* ilb!ral ^roup, named "Experience and the Future,"

conMnulMn^erement calling for continuation of reform and expressing concern over the

H group.

Oder thB au8Plcefl ot KatowiceatUrdaylan of action,Issuance of an open letter to the dele-

Such pressure from the extremes will make it easier

IZl KrtyKania t0 Ml"round and place the congressoderate course. fKf>

Labor Tensions

robablycattered labor disturbance, during the congress, focusing primarily on local issues and pursued by people who generally consider the congress k aanS etant- c dockworkers apparently have abandoned planr, to begin an oper.-ended strike tomorrow.

. * Solidarity chaptermall town outside Warsaw haswo-hour transport strike todayarch against hunger* on Wednesday if food supplies are not Improved. There aro rumors of similar strikes elsewhere in the country, fjaj

The chronic shortage of food iaerious source of tension. Many Poles believe that the Kania regime is holding back food from the market, oven though Solidarityr Walesa has refuted the rumor, fjf

The announcement yesterday that meat rationing has been extended untilctober will add to the general sense of frustration among the Polish people. Thecannot win. Diversion of limited food supplies to meet demand in one locality would appear to vindicate suspicions of government hoarding in that area whiledeprivation and the incentive for unrestin the country.

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