POLAND: STRIKE WINDING DOWN

Created: 8/21/1981

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POLANDi Strike Winding Down

The printers apparently wereilitant mood, but most of

them ended the newspaper strike ysettrdny nfi,rr Solidarity ohief

workers if. ti&rewhem to return to

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A union spokesman claimed that before Walesa'sin Warsaw, more than two-thirds of the printers in the main publishing house favored continuing the strike. While heeding Walesa's call to work, they reportedly have pledged to strike again in three weeks if the government fails to make concessions to Solidarity's demands for greaterto the media. earns*

This threat nay beace-saving gesture.trike would interfere with Solidarity's congress, but It would keep pressure on the government and the union leadership. (ftfmme-

Printers in Lodz may still be on strike, kseping their vow to block newspaper publication until Walesa receives television time to respond to the regime'sof Solidarity. p

Soviet and Eaat German media have given briefto the strike. The absence of more extensivein tha USSR and Eastern Europe suggests uncertainty over how to deal with the sensitive issue of party control of the press raised by the printers. Veseem*

Soviet Lecturer's Comments

A leaturer in Moscow, presui-"bly reflecting party guidance, warned on Tuesday that the situation in Poland could lead to "civilut implied that hie audience should expect no early end to the crisis. When asked if Soviet troops were supporting the Polish Government, he responded that in the current "delicate" circumstances, aven the. use of Polish troops would be risky. ememmemmmmmeV

the lecturer twice quoted Polish party

reader Kania onTfce seriousness of the situation) he made no reference, however, to the Polish party's efforts to deal withomission that suggestsas to the efficacy of such efforts.

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