ee Campaign Against Racial Dis-
crimination met in London on February 20th. Here are extracts from the main speeches. First by Dr. David Pitt: * .. There is a great deal of racialism being preached in this country at the moment under the guise of a discussion of immigration. One of the sad things in the society in this country is that racialism is steadily becoming respectable. If we allow a situation to develop where to be a racist is regarded as being “J” rather than “non-U” we will be facing very very serious consequences. The sad thing about it is that instead of the people of this country getting the leadership they should in this matter, the main polli-. tical parties are vying with each other as to which can show itself to be more beastly to the immigrants. For example, when- Sir Frank Soskice makes the sort of speech which he made in Parliament about enforcing the Commonwealth Immigrants Act, about preventing illegal entry, whether Sir Frank knows it or not, he is making his contribution towards making racialism respectable in this country. While this question of dividing minorities is as old as the hills, at the present moment it is the Pakistanis who are under attack. And I say to my West Indian friends, my African friends, my Indian friends: we must rally to the Pakistanis. It is not so long ago when it was the West Indians who were, under attack. I want to tell my West Indian friends: do be very careful. I know that you are being told that of course you are alright — that you can speak English, that you can settle down and integrate easily, but of course that it is the question of others who cannot speak English and who have different customs and different cultural background. Well, now don’t believe it. It is all eyewash. This question of