Politics in Brief: Protests in Katowice; Opinion poll; December 1970

The Slasko-Dabrowski region of the Solidarity trade union has announced a series of demonstrations, blockades and pickets in Katowice to take place today. The protests are to be a reaction to the government's negligence of the regions problems. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A4) ... The latest Rzeczpospolita opinion poll showed that the Democratic Left Alliance coalition with the Labor Union has 31% support which is a result identical to the previous month. The poll also depicted a growth of sympathy towards Law and Justice and a lower support for Self-Defense. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A4) ... Another part of December 1970 trial yesterday revealed that the communist government had planned to quash the protests in the Gdansk Shipyard through an aerial assault. Then the protesters would have been arrested and held on sea barges. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A4) K.Z.