POLAND: A New Party Boss Takes Charge

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"I think the Cardinal realized his mistake and that is why he received Walesa," explained Warsaw Journalist Stefan Kisielewski. If the sermon was a mistake, it will soon be forgiven by Poland's Catholic workers. Though it is uncertain whether the church will forge an alliance with the emerging labor movement, strong bonds of faith and common purpose remain—bonds that Stanislaw Kania can ill afford to ignore. Says Kisielewski: "You can't fight the workers and the church.''

—By Thomas A. Sancton. Reported by Barry Kalb/Warsaw and B. William Mader/Bonn

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