td give preconditions for the elimination of the Lander (state) Governments ; (6) make possible the suppression of freedom of information and public expression, the establishment of censorship and the banning of unapproved newspapers 3 (7) allow the elimination of trade unions and the setting up of a compulsory civilian service giving employers almost military powers; ei give the Government power. to order the domestic use of armed forces; 9) make it possible for the parliamentary majority to take away a citizen's Tight to appeal;
4 declaration by the German Humanist Union on the Hnergency Laws says: "The makers of the Constitution had learned from the dangerous use of emergency provisions of the Weimar Constitution and from the practices of the Nazi regime, They rejected emergency legislation, but at the same time made provision for crises.,..ile appeal to the Bundestag not to allow a legal transition from democracy to dictatorship for the second time." This appeal was signed by 1,300 university professors, writers, lawyers and leading trade unionists.
A working committee for action against the Emergency Lewa has been established. It unites students’ organisations, trade union youth groups and other youth organisations. It is sponsoring a protest congress in Bonn as a beginning of its campaign. It is very anxious that the Emergency Laws and the committee's campaign against them should receive the widest international publicity. Messages of support should be sent to:
Working Committee Against Emergency Laws,
6, Frankfurt/Main,
Kurfurstenstr. 8,
West Germany.
Let us show that there is another Britein than that represented by the medigeal nonsense the West Germans have been treated to recently.