The replacement of Edward Gierek by Stanislaw Kania as the Communist Party leader is a clear indication that the victory of the Polish workers, solemnly underwritten by the Party and the government, is only the beginning of a chapter, not an end of it.
Not long ago a transcript of the plenary session of the Gdansk Voivodship Party Committee fell into the hands of the strikers. Mr. Kania addressed it on August 18, when Mr. Gierek was still the leader. His words were in striking contrast to those he used on assuming power and leave no doubt about his attitude:
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