OLLOWING the events of last
weekend, letters have been sent to the Prime Minister by the Bristol Peace Council and the Bristol Left Club, asking him to speak out against the latest American attacks on North Vietnam. Bristol ILP have passed a resolution calling for the withdrawal of all American forces from South Vietnam. In addition, the Left Club are taking up the matter of the highly misleading news reports of the events with the BBC and TWW. In a letter to Mr. Wilson, the Left Club pointed out that when the question of attacks by the Americans against the North was raised by them last August, the International Secretary of the Labour Party stated: “Mr. Wilson had, when he was in Washington, earlier this year, warned of the dangers of the extention of the conflict into North Vietnam...” Adding that it hoped that Mr. Wilson would act on the matter, making clear the British Government’s position. On another front, supporters of THE WEEK have duplicated a leaflet based upon the “Voice of the Unions” appeal. (See Week Vol. 3, No. 5). This will be distributed by them at a special Labour Party Conference in Bristol on Saturday, 2oth February, at which Margaret Herbison is to address “key party workers”’.
by Tom Nicholls
Barbara Allen
Aircraft Crisis Statement issued by the LPF Executive on January 2oth HE Labour Peace Fellowship Executive, having discussed the present position of military aircraft orders, urges the Government: 1. To run down and end the TSR-2 contracts, The estimated expenditure of £750 millions on the lowflying nuclear bomber is something that Britain cannot afford. 2. To decide against substituting American planes for the TSR-2. 3. To devote the saving in money, manpower, material and research to re-equipping Britain’s industry, carrying out the social reforms pledged in Labour’s election programme and to aiding the underdeveloped countries. 4. To provide other work for the aircraft workers concerned in the manufacture of civil — aircraft, machine tools or computers, or by granting Government research and development contracts for non-aircraft products. 5. To maintain all the workers affected by redundancy during the switch from Defence to nonmilitary work by paying them their average rates of pay.