was the
guest of honour at the so9th Annual Dinner of the National Secular Society held on March 2oth. Mr. Tribe, president of the Society. introduced Mr. Abse as ‘the MP for human relations’, and referred to the work Mr. Abse had done’ for divorce law reform, improvement of prison conditions, and the implementation of the section of the Wolfenden Report relating to homosexuality. People claimed that the public were not ready for such progressive changes — but Mr. Abse’s share of the poll increased at every election. On March 23rd, the NSS issued a statement calling for a ‘diplomatic formula which will speedily terminate... operations in Vietnam’. The statement also called on the Government to drastically reduce military commitments overseas and _ use instead its resources for housing, health and education. * General Secretary, Secular Society.
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