Trade union notes: New Left campaigner is new Scottish

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We are delighted to revort that Lawrence Daly, the Fife Miners! leader, has been elected general secretary of the Scottish hiners' Union. Winning by a handsome majority of more than 8,000, Lawrence came top of an exceptionally high »oll gettine 20,176. votes against 11,896 for Mr. Gavin Stobbs, agent for South Ayrahire in a 79 per cent aT r Lawrence Daly will take uv his vost on Avril 5, the day after Mr.Wood retires. Mr. Wood has held the office since 1956.

A founder of the New Left, Lawrence Daly has been an exceptional influence in the Scottish coalfields for some time. In 1959 he stood for West Fife in the Parliamentary elections on behalf of the Fife Socialist League, a New Left organisation. He volled nearly 5,000 votes, beating the official communist candidate by a wide margin,