Five resolutions oppose the reintroduction of conscriptionvVandsworth @® Streatham, Bast Ham North, Laling South, Hadleigh and district and St. Pancras North — the last two linking the question to the class nature of war. Of nine resolutions on the Common liarket, five are in opposition follcwing the Tribune line more or less - Accrington, Harlow, Huddersfield, Wandsworth Putney and Croydon south. One is in support, listing certain safeguards — Wednesbury; one supports the present sitting on fence attitude of Gaitskell and co, ~ Trowbridge; while another, West Bridgford, of all things calls for an enquiry into wases structure of lower paid workers. Only one resolution comes near to putting a class line on the question — Birkenhead - but falls down in not putting forward a programme of action in addition to propaganda for a United Socialist States of jirope.
On domestic subjects, there are five resolutions on housing and land, two of which - Barking and Heston and Isleworth - put a very militant policy forward including nationalisation of tho land. Tho three on the pay pause, from Huyton, Manchester Gorton and Wembley North, all in one way or another call for the Labour Party to link itself with the struggle of the trade unions against the Tory attack on living standards. This is dealt with more concretely by two reso~ lutions on industrial action, from Dennistoun and Glasgow Woodside, which call for Labour Party support for all industrial action, the lattor calling for an end of the automatic condemnation of unofficial strikes. There are two resolutions on the House of Lords both opposing labour Party participation and one calls for the abolition of the institution — Southern and Ogmore; two others attack the monarchy, from zzast Barnet and Birmingham Yardley, the former calling for its abolition. — While another from Epsom attacks the Tories for using the Honours system for their own purposes.
Three resolutions on Algeria all call for support for the Algerians, the one from . Edinburgh North calls for the expulsion of the French Socialist West resolution which,as already reported in the Bullotin, urges full support for the FLN and the Algerian Provisional Government. Neath points out that class and race discrimination will only be abolished in a classloss socioty. An interesting resolution from Irvine calls for the reading and stud ying of working class political literature, such as the Communist Manifesto. Two resolutions on Labour Party affairs reflect the concern felt at the coating away of democratic rights in recent mon hs, Nottingham North deplores the rigid application of discipline to Labour Party li.P.s while Hornchurch calls for the removal of all bans and proscr= iptions. OO
Thus we sso in these resolutions an almost complete programme of revolutionary action and perspective. The rosolutions are overwhelmingly left on every subject. The germs are here present for a new marxist leadership with the main problem of converting this loft orientated movement into , mass force. This will be the main task in the coming period for Young Socialists and no doubt, if these resolutions are anything to go by, thoy will acquit themselves admirably with energy and enthusiasms