Polish Reds Confer; Church Says Regime Incites Unrest

Communist Party leaders met in emergency session today to decide how to defuse the worst labor strife in seven years, while Poland’s Roman Catholic Church accused the government of inciting unrest through human rights violations.

Bishops of Poland’s powerful Roman Catholic Church accused the Communist government of bringing the labor strife upon itself by refusing to grant basic freedoms demanded by workers who have been on strike since Aug. 16.

“The fundamental cause for the present social and political situation rests with violations of human rights and the dignity of human work,” the bishops said in a statement after a one-day meeting in Czestochowa in southern Poland.

“Violation of those rights is harmful to the whole nation and undermines the security of the state,” they said.

The statement was released as members of the Communist Party Politburo convened an emergency session in Warsaw to discuss possible changes in government personnel in hopes of ending the unrest.

The unexpected Politburo meeting was not officially confirmed. A party source in Gdansk said the Politburo resumed the discussions that ended abruptly Tuesday when Polish leader Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski stormed out in protest over the lack of unity in the ruling body.

Wladyslaw Baka, head of economic affairs for the Communist Party who was recently promoted to the Politburo, was suggested as the most likely candidate to succeed Premier Zbigniew Messner during a two-day Central Committee plenary session scheduled this weekend, the source said.

Three collieries in Silesia remained strikebound today from a high of 20 as police continued their show of force to persuade workers to end their strikes.