The World - News from Jan. 13, 1989
Lech Walesa said the Polish people are angry and trouble is in store unless a Communist Party Central Committee meeting next week does something to improve living conditions. Walesa, a shipyard electrician who founded the independent Solidarity union in 1980, said Poles are restive and fed up with high prices and shortages. The meeting Monday and Tuesday of the 230-member Central Committee is expected to produce a confrontation between conservatives and those willing to recognize Solidarity and negotiate with the opposition.
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