Sent by Vest Indian Committes for National Sovereignty Subversion Commission in Trinidad folds up
The work of the Commission to investigate subversion with particu lar reforonce to the trade unions, the public service and youth organisations which was appointed on September 25th, 1963, came to an abrupt end on Nove lith this year. The commission will meet in Lagoa, Nigeria, under its chairman, Sir Loius Mbnanefo, Chief Justice of Bastern Nigeria, to draw up its report,
Sir Louis Mbnanefo publicly clainad that the four writs filed agoinst the Commission by the National Union of Government Employees, the Civil Service Associntion, the Dilfields “orkers Trade Union, Lemno Pierre, Solicitor, were no way responsible for the sudden folding up of the Commiss— ion's investigotion,.e.s
The Trinidad evening paper, the Evening News, commenting on the fact that the Commission had onded five and a half weeks of “hearing evidence” (in secret) concluded : "This newspaper has never disguised its belief that the inquiry was neither necessary nor desirable, And it has voiced disquiat at the fact that all the Commission's hearings, save tho formal opening sesaion, have been held in camera.“
The Commission and its Report which is to follow is the smcke, The fire is behind, McCarthyian and repression of the workers!’ movanent is being hatehed in Trinidad and the est Indies,