on local statements
LL branch secretaries of the
Amalgamated Engineering Union have received a circular from Jim Conway, the new General Secretary, informing them that the Executive Council has decided that in future neither branches nor district committees can submit their views direct to Minister of the Crown or National | Bodies (i.e. National Headquarters of the Labour Party or the TUC). Branches may still communicate their views to their District Committee or to the Executive Council and “have the right to discuss any phase of the Union’s work both industrially and politically”. This decision has been taken because “any expression of the views of the Union must emanate from the Executive Authority of the Union”. The “many and varied views emanating from our branches cannot all represent the Union’s policy”. J. Westby