The April issue of the Derbyshire Miner, journal of ths Derbyshire National Union of Mineworkers, devotes a whole page to extracts from the contre spread of Union Voice, The item is ontitled steps to full employmont, and it is announced that the May issue will another page devoted to this mubject. The Derbyshire liner is distributed throughout the coalfield and to all the pits and lodgas, it is also widely sold to non—miners, AUMSATIONAL VICTORY FOR LABOUR IN LONG iiTON by a spacial Courospondent
Labour won more seats than ever before an “Grban “ouncil selections in Long “iaton this year, Tho Council which was Tory only two years ago now has 20 Labour Councillors to only four Tories, Labour won all nina seats winning six from ths Tories, The ramaining four seats were won in previous yoars and mist now be considered potential Labour gains, The Tories will no doubt blame the intsrvention of ths Ratepayers candidates for mech of their defeat, but thin argument is invalid because the Ratepayers' vote was in the main a vote of protest. A vary sipmificant rocult was the election of Hr. 0.G, Powe a “est Indian as a Lehbour candidate. Mr. Pows, who is well known as the secrotary of the Afro Asian Yest Indian Union, ousted a Tory. Tho o who had argucd the inadvisability of putting up a “sst Indian because of a possible anti-—colour vote were proved very wrong. tir, Powe receivad enly aighty votes less than his Labour stablomatse. ‘Iven this sishty out of 1400 odd cannot be :onsidrad as having anything to do with colour because the othor Labour candidate, H. Richards, has beon active in the Labour Party for a long period,