IF THERE is a typical bloodsucker of the South blacks it is certain Ferguson, chairperson Associated Bre: infamous 13 comUnder Ferguson's leadership Associated Engineering have supported all the 'right' causes. Last year they donated £10,000 to the Tory Party, £1,400 to the extreme right wing Economic League, and £1,000 to the anti-trade union Aims of Industry.
Ferguson's political views were summed up when he wrote in the company's 1979 annual report: "As we have seen, the new goverment is persuing very different policies from those previously implemented. believe there can be little doubt that there was need for change. In particular I welcome the reduction in direct taxation.' This 'welcome' is hardly surprising since year Ferguson himself a £20,000 salary worth a good deal more in real terms thanks to Thatcher's tax cuts.
the annual report Ferguson also boasted that the the Group in South Africa are very encouraging.
Strength A similar claim was made by Sir John Boden, chairperson of Metal Closures, another of the 33. In that company's 1979 annual report Boden said: 'Our South African group continues to go strength.' Boden is another supporter of the Tories: He has written: ment policies, if they are to be really effective, require more than one term of office. Hopefully they will implethe country's abolish secondary picketing and, indeed tertiary picketing, legislate for secret ballots in strike issues.' It's not just supporters of the Tories who are involved in the starvation companies there's number of leading members of the EARL JELLICOE, Tate & Lyle Tory Party. There's the example of Earl Jellicoe, former Tory leader of the House of Lords and chairperson LORD ALDINGTON, GEC of Tate Lyle;
Aldington, deputy GEC, a Tory Minister at the Board of Trade from 1954-7, and a deputy chairperson of the Conservative Party from 1959-63; and Earl Cadogan, a director at Eagle Star Insurance and a former Tory mayor of Chelsea.
paid - a figure 'prospects of scandalously low workers.
In particular, strength "The governmandate to 21181 also 'advise' Lord Toby chairperson of THE racist regime in South Africa could not survive without the support capitalism. Hundreds of British companies provide the money to keep apartheid in business. Usually they make huge profits their investments - thanks to the wages paid 33 British-owned com panies have recently been named as paying 'starvation wages' to black workers.
Who are the individuals - the company Heary the civil service selection board which makes sure the after right type of people get appointed to the government. People like try.
Sir William Gorrell Baraes, a director of another of the 33, Tarmac. Barne pany. had a long career in the Colonial Office and was personal assistant to Labour Prime Minister Clem Atlee Another ex-civil servant involved of Western to black Wrightbead, head of 1951-3.
Wrighthead went on to be British chargé d'affairs in Iran immediately the British-inspired brought back the Shah to that coun Wrighthead is a director of the blood-sucking Michael Cott Reed International is also one of these companies and its head is Alex Jarratt, who, as secretary to the National Board of Price and Incomes, told us what we were all allowed to directors — who prosper from this exploita tion? Again, there are hundreds of them, but the most prominent are found in the 'top drawer' of the British ruling class.
They include members Family, the Tory Party, the House of Lords, even the trade union bureaucracy. There are press barons, top civil servants, and a whole host of ex-public school boys.
GEOFF BELL names the leading direc tors of the 33 'starvation' companies - the men who profit from aparth Learn from 1965-68. From there Jarrait proceeded on to the Department there of Employment and was the brains the restrict trade union rights under the coup auspices of the Industrial Relations Bill.
by the bosses' organisation, the Concomfederation of British Industry, and a number of leading lights in the CBI also profit from the exploitation of black South Africans.
starvation firm McDougall and a member of the CBI of the Royal son of Liadustries.
dustri control the starvation Television magazine.
Commission Hovis Bank.
There and unsuccessful plan to Cydesnuir, Roland John The Bill was strongly supported Lord Roots is a director of the Rank Hovis on their hands. LORD BROOKES, Plessey , Yet another Lord, Baron Raymond Percival Brookes is - a director of Plessey and was, for seven years, a CBI council member. Considering Plessey pay such low wages in South Africa it is hardly sur. prising that Brookes was a member of the United Kingdom-South Africa trade association from 1967-69 The president of this association from 1977-79 was Willian Loke. Al present he is a member of the counci of Aims of Industry and the chairper.
mother of the 33 who atso run the compins chairperwhich Campbd Fraser, a trustee of the Economis magazine and chairperson of Scottist director; and Gamesh anGoldsmil whose chairperson Si Towns Now Anyone who thinks there might be a 'conflict of interest' between running these top capitalist concert and ensuring the 'freedom of the press' might have expected the Roya the Press 1974-77 to comment on such a conflict. But on that commission was Si George Bishop, a director in two of the starvation companies Rank McDougall and Barclays And don't expect some trade union leaders to do much about what TOM JACKSON, BP is happening in South Africa. For instance, Tom Jackson of the post of. fice union is a director of BP • D İ I İ ies are implicated in the gross of ploitation of South African blacks , member of the Royal Family and director of GEC; Jed , managing director of Dickin and a council member of Bristol University; Lon otherwise known Bilsland Colville. director of Barclays, and a member General Assembly Church of Scotland.
These then are some of the peop who have prospered from the Sout African regime, who run the com panies which exploit blacks than most others - the men who las week had the blood of those black Socialist Challenge 26 June 1980 Pap 3