The c@icus on the East Islington Labour Party CLP is apparently beginning to thimkagain over the admission of certain comrades who they have repeatedly rofused to allow membership to. The Young Socialists involved, having had their meetings closed down by the local party havo been asked to re-apply for membership. This follows the campaign cf support for Gus Macdonald, on which we have already commented, His ward and Constituency Farty, and the Glasgow City Labour Party have all come to his support and any further bigotry on the part of the East Islington Party will be particularly obtuse in the light of this, X.S.41, BADER SPEAKGRS TO CALIFORNIA STD ETS. . (From a 'Militant' report, )
Leroy IfcRae has finished the West Coast leg of thia nation-wide speaking tour, which is developing into the most successful tour the Young Socialist Alliance has ever run. fimerican students are displaying particular interost in McRas's subject = the growing mood of militancy among Negroes = and with what the young Negro socialist has to say about the future of the struggle. Campus meetings for McRae, who is the national organizational sacretary of the YSA, have attracted an average of over 100 people. A highpoint was registered at San Francisco State Colleza, where 500 students heard Leroy at an outdoor rally on the campus, At Oakland C ity College the YSA spokesman held a streot meeting at which some 75 students, mostly Negroes, engaged in a lively discussion, Members of the ifro—American Association (AAA) participated in the debate. The following evening the Ai, and YSA held a forum where differences and similarities on the approach of the two militant organizations to the question of the Negro struggle for equality were aired and discussed. Don Warden, chairman of the Afi, presented his organization's viewpoint, and McRae spoke for the YSA. Over 200 attended.
McRae began his tour_in Chicago with appearances at the Universtiy Chicago, Roosevelt University and Northeastern. His meeting at Northwestern drew 150 students, From Chicago he traveled to Denver, San Diego, Los Anglos, the San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, and Vancouver. In the latter city, over 200 Canadians turned out to hear about the Negro struggle in the United States,
The Midwest leg of his tour will carry McRae to the St.ePaul-lMinneapolis, Madison, Milwaukee, Chicago for 2 second time, Bloomington, Ind., Louisville, Nashville, Yellow Springs (Ohio), Columms, Clevoland, Detroit, fast Lansing and Jinn Arbor.