from Dipak handy I an writing to you on behalf of CARD(Campaign gainst Racial Diseri: ination) to englose a copy of the questionnxire which CARD is sending out to all the immigrant organistions with wiich it is in contact, CARD feels that up to now a small and wmrepresentative minority of vocal racialists: have uade the running on te question of immigration and race rekaticnse Tis questio nnaire, whic. we hope will be widely used during the . election campaign, is intended to suggest to candidates and parties that there is a sizeable anti-racialist vote to be wone
IMMIGRANTS APD THE GENERAL ELECTION A411 the signs re that te racial issue will be exploited even nore widely in the next few weeks thon in 1964. The Conservative Party election manifesto has set the pace, and the racialists are gathering their forces, Oswrld Mosley is standing in shoreditch & Finsbury, the Britis: National Party in jouthall and ‘metuwick, and the mglish Rights Association is .xctive in ‘est Bromwich, And there will be nore to folloWe GARD sugzests that the following questions be put to candidatese le During the Third Reding of the Cormonwealth Inrigrants Bill, did you_support or oppose tiie Bill? 2e Do you support the present co.trols on innigrction from the Comionwealth? 3 Did you vote for or against Sir Cyril Osborne's Private Menber's Bill of 2nd March 1965 on further controls on innigration? 4. Do you think thet the present controls should be rerioved or made nore severe? De If you want to restrict imiigration, are you prepzred to control immigration from Irelonnd and Burope? 6. Do you support the restrictions pl>ced on the fenilies and dependents of iimiigrants? Te Do you want to see these restrictions incre sed? 8. Vo you suport the powers given to Inumigration Officers to refuse entry to imigrents witout right of appeal? 9. ‘0 you.support te powers given to the :.ore Serret .ry to deport people without right of appeal? loe Did you support or oppose thie Race Relntions Bill in P rlianent? li. Do you wart to see the -ace Relations ict widened to deal with discrininstion in housin:; and employneit? 12. Do you approve of .the 30% quote of children of imsivrants in schools? 13e re you prepsred to vote agxrinst recialist ond entieimnigrant policies if you .re elected? eee 14. Do you think iiore could be done to reiove rociel discrinination nd help integr tion? : 15. ‘hat policies do you think are necessary ? CAR:i cannot tell its members who to vote fore But .e do sk you to vot: for the cxndid=te who lins the best *ppronch on the raci-l issue.