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...protests continued to mount, Solidarity's national commission held an emergency session in Gdansk to draw up a unified course of action. Seeking to counter the extreme demands of union radicals like Jan Rulewski, who called for an opposition political party, Solidarity Leader Lech Walesa warned of the dangers of being goaded into a confrontation. Said he: "Someone wants to draw us into a fight because we are winning." The union boss added that he would soon meet with Jaruzelski to discuss the crisis face to face. Walesa said his first question would be: "Shall we save the country...
...that later they will feel obliged to honor their own commitments. On the contrary, they try to ignore the agreement, or at least to cheat their partner. The Western observers, excited about the August "social contract," fail to notice that not a single one of the agreements signed in Gdansk shipyard was fully observed by the government in the first year of Solidarity's existence. During that time Solidarity was reiterating earlier demands. The first demands that were really new were made only last month at Solidarity's first Congress: but it was perfectly natural to put them forward...
...eleven-man presidium accepted a compromise plan for worker self-management without consulting the rank-and-file. The new plan, which would give workers a limited voice in choosing their own plant managers, fell short of initial sweeping demands for worker autonomy. Many of the delegates returned to Gdansk spoiling for a fight with their own leaders...
Walesa fought hard last week to bring back under control the union he had worked so hard to build. On the second day of the Gdansk session, he grasped the white lectern with both hands and angrily replied to his critics. "Don't think I'm a fool, or that I am manipulated by the experts," he said, responding to charges that he depended too heavily on his advisers. Walesa berated the radicals for seeking "to destroy the Sejm [parliament] and government, take their place, and become more totalitarian than they are." He added: "This we cannot...
...GDANSK, Poland--The congress of Poland's independent labor union Solidarity yesterday threatened to stage a token nationwide strike if the communist government does not comply with their call for a price freeze...