Is Gormley Encouraging Disa¥filiation?

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Workers at the Ebro engineering factory in Bolton have written to the local Labour Party. They say that, unless the Government alters its plans to stiffen the Race Relations Act, they will disaffiliate from the Labour Party, In a period of increasing unemployment, the Ebro workers consider British should have a prior claim for jobs, that definite and open discrimination against other nationals should take place, While this incident is only a straw in the wind, it does indicate that the Government's economic policy, with its resultant rising unemployment, is likely to aggravate race relations in this country. This will be especially true in areas where men are out of work for prolonged periods. In the past, union members at Ebro have not been renown for their level of political consciousness, Their action would tend to confirm the view that the tactic of disaffiliation from the Labour Party is the response of the politically unsophisticated, But it also prompts the intriguing question of whether their conduct was prompted in any way --- the idea of leaving the Labour Party put there --- by recent publicity in the local papers. The Bolton Evening News gave front page headlines to a speech by Mr. Joe Gormley at the Eastbourne conference of the N.U.M. He said there that he was so perturbed by the Labour Government's treatment of the mining industry that he was seriously considering tearing up his Labour Party card. Now Mr. Gormley sits on the National Executive Committee. When a person so prominent in the Party publicly expresses his grave doubts over continued membership, is it not likely to put misgivings in the minds of humbler members, such as those at Ebro? But it raises yet another question, Mr, Gormley is chairman of the Party's Organisation Sub-Committee. As such, he is in charge of considering expulsions and the vetting of parliamentary candidates to see they are a 100 per cent Labour supporters. Should a man whose own loyalty appears to be so shaky hold such a responsible post? Perhaps Ken Coates would be doing a service if he rang Sara Barker and asked for Mr. Gormley's position to be investigated by Transport House,