from Colin Stoneman
Over fifty people came to the inaugural meeting of Hull Centre for Socialist Education, on April 24th, a public forum on Incomes Policy, They were addressed by two local trade unionists: Don Major (D.A.TeAs) and Jack Ashwell (T.G.W.U.) and by John Saville and Norman Lewis of the university. All aspects of the problem were covered: do we want any incomes policy?; Do we want this one?; Does Britain's economic position make it more essential for us than any other country to have one?; Has there been any income redistritution since the thirties?; and can the freezing of the status quo be justified even if there has, The meeting ran a full four hours, including tea,and many contributions from the floor, notably Mike Kidron, An observer from the Economic League was present.