Comrades will have read about the decision of the Government, in face of tremendous opposition, decision to postpone the operation of its plans for reorganising London's educational system. We reproduce here a report sent in by a comrade from London which gives some idea of the scope of this opposition.
"A general meeting" (of the Hackney Teachers! Association) "attended by some 800 parents and teachers was held on Wednesday April llth at Hackney Town Hall to protest against the Government's proposals.
The Chairman was lir. E.L. Fereday,.
Speakers weres
Mir. C.A. Pyle, President of the London Teachers! Association 3
Mr, Gllis Hillman, L.C.C.3
Mr. P.H6oman, lM.P.3 Mir. Ds Weitzman, M.P.;
iilderman L. Sherman, Mayor of Hackney.
At the end of the meeting the following motion was carried unanimously s
"This meeting of parents and teachers of children attending schools in the Boroughs of Hackney, Shoreditch and Stoke Newington is confident that the education service at present administered by the London County Council is capable of expansion to meet all the needs of the foreseeable future and would deplore fragmenta tion of this service by new local government planning."
Copies of this motion are being sent to the Prime linister, Sir David ecles, Mir. Henry Brooke, Dr. Charles Hill, lir. Hugh Gaitskell, London County Council, London Teachers! Association and the Hackney Borough Council.
The Officers and General Committee of the Hackney Teachers! Association wih to thank all who helped to make this meeting such a success,"