and corruption has revealed to the Union's National Executive Committee how NCB chiefs:
'PLEADED WITH HIM to briag Leicestershire into the breaka» 2!
'OFFERED HIM financial remards if Scargill and Peter Heathfield 'THREATENED to withold any wages offer until the \UM accepts all the Board's terms on incentive payments. Miner reported the resolve the outstanding latest development in question oi our memberthe NCB's campaign to ship of the Leicester Area. smash the NUM. compromise Was Mick Richmond, reached whereby our one of the 'Dirty Thir- union dues for the duraty, explains how the tion of the strike would be paid, a guarantee given of fight defend the no disciplinary action, and union is taking place in Jack Jones would come Leicestershire. out in open support of the NUM. Jones said that he needed us. striking miners, as the union was facing a difficult time. reterses wnen Il came lo ine Bagworth branch meeting, port of the Jack jones gave a brilliant campaign in Der- speech for one hour twenminutes, slamming the UDM and the activities of the Leicester alca picol deni campaigning against the NUM.
However tere was a Tony their lot of hostility from the Dresci At the 12 of us who had suptober, of The eventual vote was fifty-fifty on the call for the Council organise a ballot on the The colliery bicakaway. was Jones is now frequentEllistown, where iv in the press and on the Terry radio explaining the case Hughes is They for the NUM. Also local voted for a leaders of the Power group firsdoing likewise, for the organised first time.
Arthur was It's a pity that both sides didn't do this eighicen montas ago. ONLY worth, is now recruiting an Cartoon from The Miner
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'LEICESTERSHIRE NUM leader Jack Jones in a stunning expose of conspiracs
the extent of the Coal Board's involvement in the breakaway organisation based in Nottinghamshire. 'A hushed NEC, meeting on the morning of Friday, 15th November. listened intently as Mr Jones described
his Area left the N M 'ADMITTED that the purpose of the breakaway is to 'get rid of
Among the points which stunned the NEC was the revelation that Jack Jones had himself been offered the presidency of the breakaway by Roy Lynk last July?