write RICSISSONS and PAM HURST.
Georges Marchais, leader of The Communist Cany Lr claimed that this separated LOSC THoug TeH Change -Fand those who just wanted to TETRT C LES CESS All this was posturing No hanic differences separated the two parties on this issue. Both accept the Programme's demand for the nationalisation of only major companies. 85 per cent of industrial production wouid still remain in private hands.
THE assoule Is ovar now many of the nine's subsidiaries would be included. According to the PCF, 'scientifie criteria" in 1972 indicated 1450, On 15 September last yeur Marchais considered it to be 1008. COMPROMISE A weck later, still applying LOC SCUR KICHHE -TATCETES the leader of the PCF had Leduccu inc numoer to 729.
Meanwhile, in the interests of tomnromise, the Socialist Party (PS) had increased its figure from 69.to.250. The gap had narrowed to such an extent as to onty include 150,000 workers or less than 0.2 per cent of ail French firms.
Neither the PCF nor PS see their policies of nationalisation. sociulan. ToMay 1977 the PCP opening declared "democratie vere necemary to 'weaken the monopocentre of the breakdown of the Union of the Left over the redrafting of the 1972 Common Programme, conditions to pull the country CHIE OT EOC Csi TO PrOYDE BaC democratic authorities with a BOCCECETU DOO EO BELCIA and Obiectives or le Progranubes...in order establish democratic managemebt.
Neither is the market to be challenged or nine overthrown. The newly nationalised mine and their subsidiaries are to coexist with the capitalist marker.
The PS argues the natlonalised sector should operate according to the same criteria as the private sectoe, whie the PCF considers "ireplacable"
upply and demanc YIOUCAEC KO SOSITSC the economy being nationalised the nine mercy of the market, Without BOYEnIDOCHE foreigu trade the economy would fall foiul of the capitalist For example the motor industry is dominated by three giants. While Renault has been in state hands since 1945, Peugeot-Citroen and ChryslerSimca are in private hands, and are not among the mine listed TOE ANELDUSUSTIEM The PCF hasat various times Peugeot-Citreon but now does However it the moto wAs TUCAECU does Common Programme take no -t0 capitalist the market mBIbtRin ALLNE controlling French attitude to the economy upplier such French Vhat plans do they have to Industry in tetans of pricinu. reorganisation range of models and quamtity?
How do they propose to control producers who sell in France?
Nome 01 these
tackled.
Neither the PCF nor PS wants the unfortunate nine to 20 away. emoty handed be state nationalised firms the COOLD E Marchas? party MARCHAIS: ready to lower the nutionalisation stakes in the intereste of compromise.
components compensation would Ferodot billion!
the sine companies UCOnA will Jent.
OOSE 3 Tactor bubon franes a venr for the nest 20 years. Mitterrand is more factory He advocaled Both parties advance worker parapaon bolincs 1o ran These would be on two levels. Firstly administrative councils, com- of posed of one third workers, consumers. These would elect TOSECSCSTHLIYO and the director and top managesociors Secondly, there waukt ibe committees which wowd discuss the olan tor thi and working conditions, but would only have the right to veto decisions on hygiene and factory conditions There would be no guarantee of employment and levels of LACS. productivity must match those BTEN8S -3541413 A govermment acting in the interests of the working class would nationaise all the key the cconoDL plan without compensation. Within The factories, councils would be anti-Gaullist front constitutes a initiative for the majoriry') and escalated the calling the Centrists and Radicals "courtesans' of IWD camps further deagree abour what to do if the chan Sett wins. Chirac maintains thar should resign SOmEn, Me ORTE against the left onto the streets, Ciscurd insisis that he wil remain in his posc and try to WEATA Socialist The righi's disarray reflects the failure of the ruling class to come up with an effective was of dealing with a worsening cconomic and social crisis. Cnemplosment remains over a àre milion, despite ciaims to the by scandalousiv manipulated figures released by the goverament last week.
Inflation is still more than 11 A recent Organisation for Cooperation and established, composed of delegates TCBTCSCIHEIS the workers, who would be accountable and recailable to regular mass meetings.
All information would be available to the workforce. Iris would dictate wark conditions and TEA UTE WOTE LO WOKE LUI.1 • real democracy the working week would be drastically cut:
Nationally there would be a •LEE formulated through the centra •leseu Tascary cinicus.
Development atudy reported that the income gap beiween highei and lowest was greater than in any other advanced capitalist country. Basic wage cates for industrial workers are 10-15 per ceot lower in France most corthern URCECUUAH.C The ruling class has effective way to deal with this This underlies the acrimonious division capitalist parties and the scurrilous character of their campaigns. Leading politicians - perhaps inchuding Giscurd have been implicaled in the falsification of baltobs advance the SELISTES.
The right'scam paign slogans grotesquely Independent Republican poster shows a DEe sao Ebaycscu oy a rainbou with the slogan: "The AOOO COOICE LOE PTRHES The bosscs cannos face the • ETHEC WITCORTACALC matter who comes out sop on 19 Hlarch.