tired of being told it - but it is true.
With a little help from his friends - justover a quarter of the imself just where be wanted. Hi nternatonal irends have rushed Socialis Party (PSOE, 10 win Party (PSOE) to win more votes. Jenny Little of the Labour Party uncerpanional acc urtment explained that, as Adolfo suarer Centreis only a baltion the PSOE is now the largest party.
Gonzalez doesn't need to do any explaining. If his party had won machine open here fort • Government. Communist Party (PCE) leader Santiago Carrillo Sen over himself to pust Gonzalez into a coalition with Suarez but Felipe himself is more cucumspect.
REPUBLICAN FLAG Carrillo explains the low vot soderate people who were jus ming to socialism felt that th SOE was a safer bet. That migh movince the party faithful but it when you has been consistently to the left of the PCE's.
While Carrillo has embraced he monarchy, called for an end to : Banque groeral strike - an — Gonzalez has wrapped Imself in a Republican Nag anc we tight. He is banking on the ame tactic now.
making implementation of SUE conomic poley a prcoon son for entering the Govern bat of the opposition inn retains his position a ant knowledge that Prime Miniher Adolfo Suarez will be able to ore a few Government PREMATURE So any comparison with Mario Soares in Portugal would be premature. It isn't thar their policies are so dissumar, No-ori is scared by the PSOE's verbal Felipe Gonzalez is a very clever young man. Readers who have followed the Spanish elections in the British press [or the Spanish for that matter] will be sick and commitment to Marxism. The point is that the PSOE has won support as part of an upsurge of the Spanish workers movement whereas in Portuen the Socialist Party was a direct instrument of counter-revolution.
DANGEROUS Of course the PSOE will play the same role if it is necessary -and it will be necessary - but at the moment is trying vey bard to keepitsnoseclean. And that could make it all the more dangerous.
seen by many as the man who illusion which has been assiduously cultivated by the reformist down to negotiate with him.
was no surprise that ti DOURT SIRE fact that the Christian Democrats only won two seals Carrillo, who, after his own oor showing, has set himself u s a sort of Delphic oracle, ha omethang to say on that as well. because Carmile IDE TAHUT because Ruiz-Gimenez (the former Franco Minister) bad been eased out and rol. The Christian comment, will probahly prefer to do without Santiago's advice.
ORACLE The relative failure of the PCE is casily explained. It was not, as the Delphic oracle would have it country as extreme contrary. The PCE is, and wil within the workers movement than its poll might suggest.
Unlortunalelv the Darly's enthusiasm for dropping every Speedy Gonzalez arrives for whistle-ston meeting in as private jet. distinctive part of its programme along the parliamentary road to socinlism" drove many workers towards the PSOE, which has a fine republican tradition to craw on, or which have led the struggles the PCE have ignored old friend But reason which is absolutely correct: the party was only legalised twe months before the elections. What JULIA SONIA OTEARIAN are still a considerable number of workers parties illegal and that their vote has been considerably affected by baving semi-clandestine campaign.
HIKE never bothered to suggest other than that the elections were froc he remaining political prisoner No mention ing. No mention of the conrinued Quite the sowever radical the new parlia to overturn its decisions!
AL Men [sic) who say what they think, and do what they say, vote for the Communist Party: SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 22 June 1977 p. 10 Hai CLI