from Geordie Gordon Norris, who was denounced by Wilson during the seamen's strike as onthe band of plotters, has been elected to an important position by members of the union. He is to sit as an engine -room representative on Tyne and Weir district of the National “aritime Board. The appointment, made by the South Shields branch of the National Union of Seamen, is a final rebuttal of Wilson's McCarthyite charges. Three people were appointed by the branch at its meeting on January 10, and one of the others had also been named by the Prime Minister: James Slater. It is noteworthy that the press, so quick to take up the Prime Minister's witch-hunting allegations, ignores incidents like these which demonstrate rank and file trade unionists’ support for militants.
The WeekThe Week Vol. 7, No. 2, 12 January 1967
Gordon Norris Gets a Seat on Maritime Board
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