all shared Paisley's plea for 'increased serurity'. The Chairperson of the Northern Ireland Chamber of Trades while attacking the strike said: "I don't think the security forces are heavy nough on the ground".
leader of the Official Unionist Party, who opposed to thestrike, blustered Lation. We all demand the basic righ to live in peace and safety and shall not rest until we have gained this throughout Ulster'.
Sandy Scott, shop steward at Harland and Wolfe shipyards. said ontelevision: "I share many W45 m08C of the worries about the security Indeed, the leadership of the Northern Ireland Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions joined in talks with the Chamber of Commerce and the Official Unionist Party to hammer out joint "security" propo- demand.
monity themseives sals to put to Mason. alliance of Northern Irish trade union leaders with the Unionist Party is nothing new, but joining in talks abour 'increased security when repression in the Catholic ghettos is as high as it has been for a long time is a particularly scandalous capituSo far as Paisky's calls for a step up in 'securicy measures goes, there was little difference between the Action Council. Mason, West and the Northern Irish trade union leaders. There disagreement bringing back Stormont, the Action Council's other dem and. But again this was not a great political disagrecment, it wassimply the issue of whether. no matter how successful the strike was, the British Government would agree to such a Whilst Unionist ideology is very keen on destroying things - be it a 'power sharing executive or the Catholic comwhen it comes to constructing something they invitably fall out amongst They fell our as well over the tactic of the general strike. This was the main criticism Unionst opponents had of 1 Action Council. It was not tt ends they objected to, but il methods. Asthe UnionistNew letter said on the second day the stoppage, "even althoug many people do not agree wil the form of the protest, a va majority agree with what the complain aboul".
For the 'vast majority' rea vast majority of Protestanrs The main issue the Union While Unionist ideology very keen destroyir things be it a "pow sharing" executive or tt Catholic community when they come to con tructing something they evitably fall out amor opponents of the strike took was 'intimidation". Certair many shops and pubs closed from fear of what wor bappen to them if they did close. According to a sho keeper in East Belfast: "Th just came round and told me close", and a bar manageres: East Belfast reported: *1 go