mete BES TI TTANT RESOLUTIONS ON ANNUAL AGENDA from a special correspondent
a good g number of militant resolutions. The first actual motion is from Croydon No, roydon No, 1 branch and it calls upon the Governmen: to plan for peace instead of war, To t ; e his end it ur unilateral di ges the cutting of milit ture
West ceecban tte 7 gle and the abondonment of estate ws gp Meg : burdan of ekg ge peti for a cut in armamente because "the preset Miles Platting dotee tie iture 18 @ source of weaknns: to the British coonomy." plane carrying nuclear _ grave disquiet caused by the recent mishap to a : U.S.A. "to cease such ombs, It calls upon the Gover ment to press the that the daveb oGsdas “hia | the interests of humaity." Dundee urges t S suppcrt for th ~ 3 a1 roops in the use of rockets at South Uist PacRingecsiaey Weey Corman
There a ait ee on Vietnam. Dundee “urges the British Government pert nals cee je © bring about negotiations to end tiie war in Vietnam the. tatts oan Sade p = of the Geneva Agreements." But tke sting is in sangecuniise ty pee the American troops must be withdram." East Ham elas ae e ationg? Executive Committee on protesti: g against American pi phembwersceis t pe nt on to ask "the British Gover ment to dissociate a a Pp 2 y in ietnam and campaign for acceptance of the 1954 neva decision." It is to be noted that in this section th2re is not one resolution supporting Government foreign policy. Glasgow No. 3 insists that “our leaders implement with ox
sen pod aed TE ’ out c>, promise anes 4 of fhe Party Constitution, i.e., the extension of putlic ownership of a basic industries," It asks that the N.E.C, draw up at dopriate resolution for inclusion on the Labour Party and T.U.C. conference agendase Croydon No, 1 submits "That this A.G.M. is opposed to the discriminatory ture of the 1962 Immigration Act and the Government's White Paper.." It urges that the N.E.C. press the Labour Government to return to 4 policy based upon the fundamental principles on which the Labour movement was formeds Glas. ow Nos 3 believes that the Royal Commission on Trade Unions! Report, T?enacted, could lead to the state contrel of. trade unions, It goes OM, "In an economy dominated by private monopoly capital there is the utmost danger of such legislation preparing the way for a Fascist adrinistratione"” Croydon No, 1 asks that the A.G.M. declare its opposition to “legislation or any other measures which restrict. the freedom of workers to withdraw their labour." Feltham asks that the A.G.M. “instructs the N.E.C. to withdraw all support and co-operatien from the Prie2s and Incomes Board." Then follow resolutions from Croydon Nos le Dundee. East Ham, Manchester Noe le, Newport Docks and Glasgow No. 16 all attacking in a most vigo rous form the Government's proposed legislation on priees and incomes policy. Again there is a singular lack of resolutions supporting the Government. A resolution from Dundee asks for new legislation “which include and give the Trade Union Movement power to be represented in the policy-making bodies
Resolutions from responsible for the management of nationalised industry" Miles Platting, Earls Court and Glasgow No. 14 urge an integrated transport policy, the latter insists that this "include the complete renationalisation of road transporte" Resolutions from East Anglian District Council, New ort Docks, Coventry Noel, Lancoln No» le, Dundee, Birmingham Leco aTT-critioise the handling of the Strike threat tnd the subsequent negotiations. In particular there is very sharp criticism of the conduct of Sid Greene, the General Secretarye
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