Centre for Socialist Education Goes Ahead

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Although only imexistence less than a fortnight, the Centre for Socialist Education has evoked an enthusiastic and serious response in many parts of the country. We have had some reports - but by no means all = of the plans of supporters of the venture: Yorkshire: A regional conference has been provisionally booked in York for Saturday 4th of December. Tony Topham, 1, Plantation Drive, Anlaby Park, Hull, is the convenor and interested readers should write to him, Mr. Topham would also be very pleased to receive from readers as many names and addresses of interested (or likely t© be interested) people, Time is short so please rush the information to him. Nottingham: A committee of 20 was elected to get the project off the ground at a meeting on Sunday. There was enthusiastic support for the venture from the audience which was made up of Labour Party and trade union activists, Among the plans draw up were (1) to hold regular monthly public lectures or: socialist theory and practice, (2) to establish industrial seminars, based upon local industries and factories, and (3) to organise a large conference on interested people before the end of the year, The following officers were appointed: Secretary, Geoff Coggan, 47, Brindley Rd., Bilborough, Nottingham, and treasurer, Jill Westby, 19 Greenfield St., Dunkirk, Nottingham. Enquiries should be sent to the secretarye Birmingham: A meeting has been arranged for this coming Sunday, November 14th, to discuss the establishment of local Centre. Students from Fircroft College and the University, Labour Party and Young Socialist activists have been invited. Emquiries should be made to Barbara Allen, Kings Norton 3960. In addition the convenor has received enquiries about membership and the formation of local Centres from Glasgow, Manchester, Ruislip, London, Derby, Lincoln, Colchester, Long Eaton, Edinburgh and elsewhere, Editorial notes: We would ask all supporters of the Centre for Socislist Education to send reports in post haste for publication, It gives the greatest encouragement, and helps to keep up the momentum, if everybody knows what everybody else is doing,