T the last count £3,040 had been received by the Head Office of DATA for the Kitson Aid Fund. The Union had set a target of £3,000. The legal costs, amounting to £2,271 /10/0 have now been paid. Assistance is being given to Mrs. Kitson and her children. Her husband’s income ceased when he was arrested. Mrs. Kitson will be seeing her husband later this month for the first time since the trial last year. She is allowed only one visit and one letter every six months. She will discuss with him whether, for the children’s sake, she should come to Britain. If she comes to Britain the South African authorities have indi-
cated that they will withdraw her
passport. She will not be able to
re-enter South Africa.
The fund will be used to enable
Mrs. Kitson and her children to come
to Britain should Mrs. Kitson wish
to. DATA is anxious that in all her
other problems, Mrs. Kitson should
not be oppressed by financial worries.
A glance at the list of donations
shows that DATA branches from
nearly every important factory in the
country, together with many other
DATA branches and other labour
movement organisations, contributed
to the fund. It is a great tribute to
the internationalist attitude of the
British trade union movement.