This year's annua?. conference of Young Sesinlists, the second, will take place at ijaster jin London at tne St. Pancras Town Halt, The copfeyence ccvers the Saturday and the Sunday, no doubt ths majority of tho delegates Fake udvantage of this to join the Aldermastoa march as it enters Londor on the Mondey, This year, as last, the greater part of the resolutions show a spirit of sevyolt, nov only against the right wing policies of the Labour Party ieutership but ag ainst the bureaucratic control over the activities, of the Young Sccialistes,
There are threes resolutions on constitution and two of these -- from South Paddington and Aberdecn -- give a complete programms of dumocracy for the Young Socialists at all levels. Other resolutions on oxganisavional questions have a left wing undertone and probably refloct a desire to avoid bireaucratic manipulations that the Youth Officers have used in the past against the left. Into this catergory come the resolutions on age limit and membership of branches. There are a whole spate of resolutions on the questions of Young Socialist newspapers no less than four call for the democratic contro], by the Young Socialists thems-: elves,of New Advance, coming from usher, Finchley’; Huil (Vest) and Chelsea. Seven nego lui one call for the right of Young Sotvialists to have their owm newspapers and oppose the attempts by the bureaucrats to take measures against Young Socialist papers. One of these me:.tions Keep Left by name, from Tonbridge, and the others from Islington Nor h, Coventry CGontral, . Birmingham Aston, 1a: jjast Ham Scuth, tuthsnglon and Leeds JWast seck to ostablish the principal of of freedom cf the prees. Not one resolution supports the present set-up in relation to New Jjevanco, Vhrve rosolu~ tions call for the circulation of National Committee minutes to branchss and otier details of business, Another from Norwich North condemns the decisicn of the Naviona], Dxocutive Committed ih rofusing to allow the Young Sncialists to offiliate to the Movement for Colonial Freedom nnd calls upon them to reconsider this decisions
The right wing hand is apparent in four resoiutions, two on party unity from South Bedfordshire and Camberwell, Dulwich and :nother fwo on signposts for the | sixties from N Nowoastle, sane ana "Bl ackpyaib, Woodrow “Wyatt has ‘gsuppors for his ‘idea of of a Lib/Lab c coaliti from Chepstow. Tiscre are sever resolutions making radical demands on two of youths specific problems Apprenticeships and vducaticn
Youth Socialists? revulsion against Facialism is shown by no less than fourteen resolutions condemening racialism and the @lour bar Immigration Bill. One other while deploring the Immigration Bill shows some signs of racialist pressure Significantly enough from a locality where sections of backward workers have become infected ae racia: lism - San tliy Oie Two of nal nga ewes for seiphoet for real Sampad ex against the Bill hate be somtier ast, Cashalton, Hendon North Wandsworth. Clapham, Skelmersdale, Wallasey, Gateshead, Pudsey and Brierfield. Nearly all the resolutions link racialism with vapitalism and show a high degree of political understandings
Of course, it is defence which has prowsked the groatest number of resolutions again, Of the 20 pening Sea 4 broadly speaking, two only can be considered as supporting the right wing, thoug h another is specifically anti-unilater : alist. The two right wing ones ppc Kensington Sovth and Romford call. vor suppory of the Blackpool policy of the Labour - Party, while Groonodk ; boing anti-unilaterali. in its preamble,goes on to call for the unilateral. renunc intion of nusloar Ratextari td Five resolutions are affirmations of unilaicralism f.com Tonnaanvie ts Hummersmi ti. North, Wembley South, South Shields and Sreydon. Six extond cpoosition so nuclen: weapons to include the Calling f for the withdrawal from military pacts ard bases from this country - Isle of Thanot, Coventry bast, Holborn and St. Panera. Souva, Leeds North- bast; Leicester ‘South~ast and - cifora Central, One from Glaser, Gover Calls for tho implementation of the Bla: ckpool “Labour Party policy of Bopoeitied ta" Polaris and German basos, Three can be sail to be anti-West German and prehavny reflect C.P. influence — Harrow Wost, Chingford sel Paignton, although the Chingford resolution links opposition - to NAT) to the support given by NATO to Fortugal. eve. There is a very comprehensive resclution fror Glasgow Gorhbal.s which apart from the above points links the fight for peace with a fight against capitalism and poses the withdrawal of all British troops from oversvas and co-operation with other w working class organisations throughout the world,
Of eight reso Intions, 2 on peel Tess De eR bpONS only one crivicises the UNC for its role in the murder of Laster Bee Ya] call for support of UNO, This reflects the confusion in the movement which, in reaction against the Tories! atti-~ tude gives uncritical support to UNO. Three resolutions call for the withdrawal of British troops from colonial, semi colonial countries and from Western Germany -> Billericay, Leicester South-West ana Liverpool Waiton, the latter pointing out that
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while Britain remains capitalist thesa traans Gan only uphold imperial { am.