from a special correspmdent
There is a growing ferment in the universities - witness the establishnent of Radical Student Alliance and the growing criticism of the right-wingers in the N.U.S, - and the right wing leadership of the Labour Party has reacted in a predictible, if stupid,way, At its executive committee meeting last week the labour Party decided to withdraw support from the National Association of Labour Student Organisations. Commenting upon this decision The Times said: "The association has fallen foul of the national executive because of its continued criticism of Government policy....", which makes it clear that the further charge of "Trotskyist influence" is a mere excuse, Having emascualted its young socialist movement, the Labour Party is now without a student movement (in all truth it must be said that the only real connection between the Labour Party and NALSO was the miserly grant made each year), It seems that the leadership of the Labour Party is content to leave the field wide open to the Young Liberals and Young Communist League, The i long term effects of this policy are obvious, At the meeting which founded the Radical Student Alliance Young Liberals did we Il in the elections, although the chairman of NALSO, Alan Richardson, was successful in the committee elections, A protest campaign should be organised against this witch-hunt-like act, It is certain that many sections of the Labour Party - including those which would not necessarily agree with the policies of NALSO - will be appalled by this news, This feeling should be organised and culminate in a strong protest at this year's Labour Party Annual Conference,