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The resolutions for the 61st Annual Conference of the Labour Party \ to be held at Brighton from October lst to October 5th, show that the C.L.P.s are vory angry with the various attacks which have been made against democracy in the Labour Party, and aro overwhelmingly against the Britain's entry into the Common liarket. Of the 26 on Party Administration 6 (from Glasgow Woodside, Usher , Nottingham North, Newbury, Willesden jest & Billericay ¢.L.P. 8) call for greater ‘domocracy for the Young Socialists. Another 3 (Solihull, Hornchurch and Ruislip Northwood C.L.P. s) oppose the increasing use of proscription. Solihull calling for the scrapping of the whole present systom of indiscriminate proscriptione 5 more (Stoke Newington & Hackney North, Hammorsnith North, Manchester .ixchange & Finchley C.L.P.s and the Assoc. of Correctors of the Press) attack the action of the N.U.C. in discriminating against left Parliamentary candidates by refusing to endorse them. Not one resolution in this section approves the measures the N.i.C. has taken against left wingers.
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There are no less than 47 resolutions on housing, a sure indication of the widesproad feeling caused by operation of Tory Housing policy, the dominant themos being calls for control of land, speculative building, security of tenure to tonants, and a modification of the financing of local government building. some call for outright public control or ownership or the building industry and/or land (Liverpool Toxtoth, Leeds South, Barrow, Tottenham, and Swansea ‘est C.L.P.s) Seven Call for tho restoration of municipalisation of all housing to the party's programme, Another (North Cornwall C.L.P.) calls for a campaign for public ownership of land to end speculation. ducation commands 18 rosolutions, all of which criticise the inadequacies of the present set up but again there is an emphasis on changing the method of financing 6 calling for a change in this respect. A furthor threo call for increased salaries for teachers. Another from the Social ist iducational Association criticises proposals of the [email protected]. in relation to changing the system of secondary school examinations, More concern about social services is shown in nine resolutions which criticise the Tory attacks against the Health Service, And another 20 resolutions raise points in relation to aspects of the Health Service such as Control of Drugs, 2llocation of hospital bed,ectc,.
Of the 51 on the Common Market, only one supports entry unconditionally (Aldershot C.L.P.)3 another supports 'negotiations for British membershipe...on suitable torms! (Birming sham Stechford C.L.P. ay six more aro in favour but spocify torms which are unlikely to bo mot; and 30 are unconpromisengly against entry. Two of the latter come from unions — Draughtston's and Allied Technicians' Assoco~ iation, and the National society of Metal Mechanics, Many criticise the leadership for si sitting on the fence and others call for the future Labour Government to be opposed to membership. Nearly all pose the question in terms of loss of independence, commonwealth interests etc., most also fear that membership would prevent a future Labour Government from carrying out measures of socialisation, etc. But only one, from Swansea Bast C.L.P.poses the alternative of the socialist United States of iurope, the sane time calling for a confsrence of suroepean workers! organisations.
The next lot of resolutions are on the need for planning for economic expansion, one coming from the Constructional “inginsering Union, another from Liverpool, Walton C.L.P. draws attention to persistence of unemployment inthe lierscyside area and expresses the opinion that this will become a national problem. It draws the conclusion that from this situation a democratic socialiat plan of production and expansion is necessary. Ormskirk C.L.P. says that the first phase of such a plan would mean taking into public ownership of private monpolies, noting that the chemical industry would be among them (Gaitskell please note} ) Three resolutions on the Cotton industry, mirroring the crisis in that industry, come from Clitheroe,C.L.P., the United Textile Factory Workers' Association and Accrington Trades Council and Labour Party. The last two calling for what boils down to protection by restricting imports, Resolution 198 calls on the N.i.C. and the Parliamentary Labour Party to more viZourously denounce capitalism, Pudsey C.L.P. no doubt felt that this is not being done at present. The Amalgamted Society of Woodworkers and Islington Jjast C.L.P. are worried about the trend towards monopolisation expressed by the take over EiGa, etc. Three resolutions cover the need for an Income Policy from Berwick and Jast Lothian, Norwich North and Jast Surrey C.L.P.s. An extraordinary and selfcontractictory resolution from “est Ham South C.L.P., first protests against the Govern: ment's interference in wage negotiations, and then calls for a future Labour Government to legislate compulsory arbitration including the reintroduction of order 1305!!! (comrades will remember this was usod against strikers until the 1945 Labour Government was forced to withdraw it after Dockers! leaders charged under it had been let off the court was surrounded by dockers at the time!). Two more from North-ast Derbyshire and Normanton C.L.P.s protest against Government interference in wage negotiations.
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The continuing problem of high unemployment areas is reflected in the 12 resolutions on the direction of industry coming from 7 Scottish C.L.P.s, 3 North Sastern C.L.P.s and one Union ~ the Foundry VWorkers. - the other coming from magricultural area, South West Norfolk C.L.P. Although several of these urge the use of nationalisation and state financing of industry as a method of combatting tho problem, none really puts a socialist alternative or lays the blame fairly and squarely on the capitalist system. Redundancy is the main thome of three resolutions which seek to get the Labour Party committed to the idea of statutory compensation, This combined with demands for retraining and removal expenses limits the struggle to that of getting the stato to giving industry a helping hand when in difficulties. Unless these demands impose the burden on industry itself and are combined with a fighting programme to oppose all sackings, they will merely serve to take the sharp edge of militant opposition to efforts by capitalism to put the burden of technical change on the working class.
Under Foreign Policy 35 resolutions are listed, of these only four can be said to be miltilateralist and pro Gaitskell. 18 are specifically unilatoralist - two coming from Unions, the Fire Brigades and Boilmakers, and the others from Craigton (Glasgow), Handsworth (Birmingham) , Horsham, upping, Leeds N.u., Holborn and St. Pancras, Lincoln, Croydon N.i/., Kingston, Cholsea, Hertford, Hull N., Altrincham and Sale, and Battersea C.L.P.s, and Stockport Borough Labour Party. Throo advocate a 'neutralist' line of withdrawal from all military alliances Ayr, C.L.P,, Buckinghamshire Foderation of Labour Parties and Portsmouth Borough Labour Party. Three identical resolutions from Bristol 5.5., Cambridgeshire and Lowestoft ¢.L.P.s call for the forsign policy of the Labour Party to Pan pased on U.N.O. (with reforms, o.g. admission of China and giving greater to the new states of Africa and Asia). Other pro U.N.O. resolutions are directed against the resumption of tests and draw attention to the U.N.O. resolution on the subject, coming from North Angus and Mearns, Sheffield Hillsborough, Walthamstow Bast C.LP.s and Hortfordshire Federation of Labour Parties. Wimbledon C.L.P. calls on tho conference to reaffirm last year's condemnation of all nuclear tosts and draws attention to the fact that not all the leadership bas supportod this line,o point which is also made in Spping C.L.P.'s resolution which calls the censure of these leaders. Three resolutions deal with Foriegn forces stationed in Britain and call for their withdrawal: Newcastle Under Lyme %.L.P. opposing both American and German forces but the Tailor and Garment Yorkers is only concerned with Germans, -+.inburgh Borough G.L.P. recalls last year's anti-Polaris resolution and deeply regrets that the Toadership have not implemented it.
Various other resolutions in this section covor disarmament, Borlin, Vistors from ast Germany, aid to underdevopled countries and World hunger. Am intoresting one from Ilford Borough Labour Party puts forward a series of points dosigned to commit the Labour Party unresorvedly to the struggle of the peoples of colonial countries for liberation, Mansfield C.L.P. opposes the American blockade of Cuba, and Mid-Bofordshire C.L.P. and Nowcastle Upon Tyne Borough Labour Party both call for economic measures against the South African rogime.
The next big batch of resolutions cover Nuclearvwapons Tests, which for some unaccountable reason have been separated in the agenda from those of Nuclear Disarmament. Of the 19 resolutions on this subject all opposo tests by all countries, three coming from Unions — the Post Offico Yorkers, A.35.5,3.T. and the T.G.W.U., the latter calling for the reaffirmation of last year's decision on this subject. Cannock, Gower, Barking, Middleton and Prestwich, Southgate, Iianchester Blackley, Wembley N., Wrexham C.L.P. s and Sheffield Trados and Labour Council all add their implicit condemnation of Gaitskell, several of them calling on the N.U.C. to campaign for this policy. A vory strongly worded resolution fron Vest Renfrewshire C.L.P. calls the tosts 'muderous!' and 'intolorably wicked', bbw Valo, sheffield Hallan, Chislehurst, Lancaster and Stroud C.L.P.s, and Norfolk Federation of Labour Parties ire oxplicit in thoir condemnation of the leadership. Stroud C.L.P. links this with the tailure to implement the Polaris resolution and calls for the N.u.C. to organise a campaign cn this subject.
PublicOwnership and nationalised industries covers 22 resolutions, of these four are explicitly °F implidtly calling for the implomentation of Clause Four; from Ilford South, Ince, Loeds wast and Hast Grinstead C.L.P.s. Liverpool Trades Council and Labour Party elaborates a shopping programme and calls for "workers management’ (to) *be an integral part! of the policy. Gaitskell again is under fire, by implication, in resolutions from Hull Sast, Chigwell, Islington North, South Norfolk, Lewisham West, C.L.P.S which oithor deplore public statomonts contrary to Party policy or call for the nationalisation of I.C.I.. The Scottish Paintors' Society calls for the naticnalisation of the building and civil Snginooring industrics; Poole C.L.P. for that the buildins materials industry, too list
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Labour Party conference resolutions continued/ » the motor car industry (from Dast Ham North and Birminghan Aston C.L.P.s), the Deottish Horse and Motormen's Association wants reaffirmation of the decision ta * j renationalise the road haulage industry, Harrow Last C.L.P. considers that the passenger and goods air transport should bo completoly nationalised, and from the only area which has nationalised pubs — Carlisle C.L.P. — comes a call for tho browing industry to be brought under publicownership. Dissatisfaction with Tory policy towards nationalised industries is oxpressed by the C.A.W.U., N.U.M., and Newark and Thurrock C.L.P.s.- The fire of tho three main railway unions is concentrated against Tory policy towards the railways; the A.5.L.3.F., N.U.R. and ToS.SeA. all having resolutions on this subject, other resolutions on these lines come from Darwen, Leyton, Crewe, Doncaster, Birkonhoad, Derby North, Don Valley, lastleigh, Pomborkeshiro, Buckingham and Lowss C.L.P.s.e and from Birmingham Borough Labour Party. WNoarly all these call for the princjplo of the railways boing a social sorvice and not a profitmaking undertaking to be adopted.
Ponsions and ‘lelfare Payments form the noxt big block of rosolutions nine of which call for an immediato increase in rotiremont ponsions, others suggest such improvements as changing tho PoP Se wational Assistance, incroascd N.A. for tho blind, oxtonsion of free milk facilities, improvoments in Widqs's pensions, and the clearing up of various anomalics in National Insuranco Bonefit. 19 resolutions cover local government finance, no doubt reflecting the difficultics of Labour Party workers ongaged in local govonnment in face of the Tory ‘doar money' policy. Birmingham Porry Barr, Abingdon, Salisbury, Sittingbourne, Portsn— outh South, Roading, Bradford North, Birmingham ill Saints, Bristol Wost, South Dorset, South Gloucostershiro C.L.P.s and Covontry and Enfiold Borough Labour Partics all call for a differont form of financing local government to that of tho rates system. Bradford South C.L.P. and tho Paintors and Decorators Uniom feel that the Government should take over some of the responsibility of local Government finance, whilst Paisloy and Rothor Valley C.L.P.s and the Plumbing Trades Union calls for reduction in the intorest ratos charged by the Govennnont the lattor calling for intorst free loans for cortain catergorios. Wolvorhamptom Ecrough Labour Party calls for a complete roform of local govornmont organisation. There are Icur rosolutions opposing the Tory plan for the reorganisation of local in London, the abolition of the effice of Aldorman is called for in resolutions from Nottingham South and Cardiff West C.L.P.s. Two resolutions call for the lifting of the rule barring local government omployecs from becoming mombors of the Council that employs thom.
Back again to C.N.D. two resolutions from South Gast Derbyshire and Hornsey C.L.P.s are alomtmod by the conflict botwoorn the Labour Party and C.N.D. The lo6rmer putting a strongly worded point of vicw doploring 'the recent vilification of the C.N.D.' and warning that such behaviour can lead to the croation of a 'bureaucratic monolithic party mahine! 3 tho latter is of tho opinion that membership and support for tho C.N.D. is compatible with Labour Party membership. The N.#.C. again comes under fire in a resolution from North Dorset C.L.P. attacking the troatmont of the four sponsors of the Moscow Peace Conforence. Three res@lutions call for the restoration of the whip to the five member of Parliament who had it withdrawn for thoir defiance of Gaitskell's disregard for Annual Conference policy, they come from Orpington and Zaling Scuth C.L.P.s and Morthyr Tydfil Trades Council and Labour Party.
The Pilkington Committee report finds three supportors in resolutions from Stockton on Teos, Gosport and Farcham, and Howden C.L.P.s. Advortising, Consumer protection, taxation, trawlor subsidios, tho prohibition of docrhunting aro all matters which have more than one resolution in the miscollancous section. Birmingham Ladywood C.L.P. calls for tho reaffirmation of support for the abolition of tho death ponalty. Two resolutions, from Bury and Radcliffe, and Plymouth want a decision that Labour will only form a Govornmont when it has an overall ~~ majority. The Radcliffe report on socurity comes undor fire from a resolution. from dxburgh Contral C.L.P. There are four rosolutions on fascism and immigration policy, Tha -.ssociation of Cinomatograph and Alliod Tochnicians calling for stops to be taken against the resurgence of fascism. North Norfolk C.L.P. wants the immediate break up of the Krupps combine. The last resolution listod is from Nottingham Borough Labour Party calling for the establishmont of a Labour Press ju DIAN Lit WING SOCIALIST PAPER SOON AVAILABLE: From September will be handling copies of Vanguard a Canadian left wing socialist paper. This will be of especial interest in viow of tho recent formation of the New Democratic Party of Ganada which is modelled on our own Labour Party. Comrades wanting to receive tho paper regularly should let us know immediately, the price will be 4d (plus post2ge) and it appears monthly.