BERT WYNN ANSWERS SID FORD from an N.U.M. correspondent
Sid Ford, the N.U.M. National President, spent 85% of his annual address (to the N.U.M. conference) replying to the Derbyshire miners! discussion document, "A Plan for Miners." He attacked the document on the grounds that it implied a criticism of the present leadership of the union, because it wrongly attacked the N.C.B., and he accused it of using wrong figures in connection with wages. He also imputed ulterior motives in its publication, especially in view of its timing: i.e., just prior to the general election. Bert Wynn replied to these charges in the latest issue of Derbyshire Miner, the journal of the Derbyshire Area of the N.U.M..
It it not possible to .d0 justice to the detailed arguments in a review of this length, but in the opinion of the writer Bert Wynn doesn't leave Sid Ford much of a case by the time he has finished, I would recommend all those interested, hcwever, to get hold of the paper and the pamphlet which caused the argument in the first place. Derbyshire Miner costs 5d, post paid, and the pamphlet 9d, post paid. Both can be obtained from N.U.M., Deryshire Area, Miners' Offices, Seltergate, Chesterfield,