From Tony Southall
The following resolution was passed nem com, at the December meeting of Woodside C,L.Ps-
This C.L.P,. condemns the N.E.C. for its handling of the Labour Party Young Socialists, It is the N.E.C.'s treatment which has led to the near collapse of the youth movement. The so-called conference at Malvern is a prime example of how not to run a conference, if we are to make pretensions to democracy.e We protest at the following points: 1. The Y.S. should have been consulted about the venue of the Conference, Qe The delegates should have picked their own chairman, 3. Suspension of standing orders and the removal of the chairman should be the right of any meeting, Ae Alterations of standing orders reports should have been allowed, He Emergency resolutions should have been accepted, be The N.E.C. foreign policy statement, which contained such phrases as ‘The Y.S. supports, welcomes, recognises etc.j should have been put to the vote.
The N.E.C. should allow the Y.S. to decide on its own constitution. We ask the N.E.C. to give the Y.S. the same freedom at Conference as the Women's sections.