from Tom Nicholls
(Editorial note: the following is the text of a leaflet which a umber of Labour Party members in Bristol signed and distributed at the meeting addressed by Mr. Wilson on 4th September, The statement is being circulated for further signatures and support. The idea was originally suggested in the Bristol Left Club, but the actual leaflet was signed by Labour Party members only, Among those who signed were two councillors and Mr, Wede wood Benn's election agent. Over répresentatives of local Labour movement and peace organisations took part in the demonstration outside the hall where Mr, Wilson spoke, and 2,000 of the leaflets were given out)
Yes, Mr, Wilson, we support you in modernisation,
But how will you modernise while financiers at home and abroad do not want a Labour Government to succeed?
One way only = use the pound as a tool of reconstruction, not as a standard international currency, Britain lives by producing goods = only a section of it lives by international finance.
Yes, Mr. Brow, we believe in a wages and profits policy.
But how can you win people's confidence when the employers know our wages, but nobody can truly know their profits?
One way only = open the books so that we know what their true profits ares
Yes, Mr, Stewart, we support any move for peace in Vietnam.
But how can any successful peace move be made by a government thoroughly committed to the cause of the invader?
One _ way only = public dissociation from U.S. policy in Vietnam.
Yes, Mrs. Castle, help underdeveloped countries,
But how can West Africa get over the hump of economic development while bu: buyers' rings force the price of cocoa down by a half in five months to its lowest since the war? (And have chocolate prices fallen in Britain?)
One way only = stop what ‘War on Want! calls the "Insanity fair", in which we take away far more in trade than we give in aid, Control overseas trades
Yes, Mr. Wilson, we are party members who worked for your victory, and are used to serving the Labour Party loyally.
But many of us are disillusioned, public enthusiasm has waned, and you are in electoral danger,
One way only ~- stop using Tory policies, and inspire Britain with an immediate initiative towards a new society. Bring into public ownership and control the real centres of power,