Boot and Shoe Union Leader Calls for Opposition to Vietnam War

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The National Union of Boot and Shoe Operatives is a right of centre wion, so it is all the more significant that the general secretary has made a call to the Labour Government to decisively oppose the Vietnam war. He did this when he introduced the political section of the executive council report. Although it might be looked upon as essentially an American war it was one which could well escalate and involve all mankind, he said. He urged that the Labour government should make every effort to "settle this issue." They should seek to bring about a cessation of bombing of North Vietnam and of the scaling down of military activities by all sides in South Vietnam. He said members of the Shoe Operatives' Union shared the dismay expressed by large numbers of American trade unionists about the Vietnam war. "It would be wrong of this conference to overlook the pressure that some of our fellow trade unionists are bringing to bear on their government," he added.