Two New Sponsors

It is with great pleasure we announce that Tony Brewer, secretary of NALSO, and Alan Sillitoe, the Nottingham novelist who has become a best sell= ing author without losing the "common touch." The Week has always worked on the assumption that one of its most important functions is to unify the left and progressive forces in Britain, Unify them not only in the sense of bringing together people of marked different political views into a working alliance, but also unify the various strané’ of the movements the Young Socialists, trade unionists, Parliamentarians, intellectuals, socialist students, CLP rank-and-filers, and others. We see these two new additions to our list of sponsors as a very important step in this process, KEN COATES' EXPULSION: THE LATEST: Since we last reported, two important victories have been gained in the struggle for Ken Coates! reinstatement. Ken's own ward, Abbey ward, has repudiated his explusion, and Nottingham City Labour Party has expressed its opposition (to the accompaniment of a walk-out by Councillors and Aldermen). Numerous Labour Parties, trade union branches and individual members hare exynrecssed their concern.