At the December meeting of the Lincoln Constituency Labour Party GMC, a letter was received from the Enfield Borough Labour Party, asking for the following resolution to be supported : "That this General Committee regrets the decision of Conference to accept the N.E.C, proposals for the running end control of the Young Socialists, especially in the nominations for Regional Committees, as the methods are undemocratic and will only lead to the destruction of the Young Socialist movement," On being put to the vote, the resolution was carried by 21 votes to 12, It was agreed that a copy of the resolution be sent to the N.E.C. of the Labour Partye At the same meeting, a representative of ZAPU, who only the day before had arrived in this country from S. Rhodesia, Mr. M.Wakatama, spoke on the present situation in that country. Mr. Wakatama is a lecturer at the Miversity College of Salisbury. He stated that the ordinary African thought that Wilson, Bottomley and Co. were in league with Smith, and that if the British Government did not soon take decisive action to oust Smith, the Africans, with the support of many other countries, would do it themselves.
The WeekThe Week Vol. 4, No. 22, 9 December 1965
Lincoln Labour Party calls for Y.S, democracy
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