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SUPPORT TH: aohmfis CONTROL CAMPAIGN by Pat Jordan

Judging Tron letters and other communications we have received, the ,Nottingham warkers‘ control ccnrerence (to be held on March 30/31 a seelast week's issue for full details) is evoking strong interest. we aretold by one shép steward in Ruislip that his committee is thinkine ororgmlising a coach to go up. we have heard frum supporters or The Weekin Varictu parts 2! the cruntry that they are going to organise delegationsto the conference. A preliminary estimate puts the number gsinr fromLondon at about 30 — this is not counting a prod number or raw delegateswho will go straight Iran their branches. All this is very gcod but moreneeds to be done. The main point in involving br-sad sections of the tradeunion leadership in the campaign is to ensure wider and l-vidcrs sectionsof union members heecrre interested. It is vital that at every stage orthe euupaien that fresh people are brought in.The week htpes that every reader will energetically and enthusiasticallycampaign to get people to the c"n!‘E1-euce from their trade union branches,Labour Parties, Young Sccialiat branches, crmunist Party organisations,etc. They shuold explain the relevance cf workers‘ control as an immediatedemand in relation to presentday struggle. They shculd seek to demonstratethat a right against redundancy in a factory, with a cell for trade unioncontrcl or hiring and riring, can be turned into a Strnrrle tor ~ orkers‘control. A strupgle against particular aspects of the incomes policy

can rrerpe into a workers‘ control demand; a notable excmrple bash: thedemand to open the beaks when employers claim that they are unable tosriord wage demmds. This injection of w

irwz zwxvcm “ FOR 3. GE adlicalumc? rrom Mike martinA newly published study submitted to the Royal commission on Trade unionsby Dr. 1-tccarthy, research director for the Royel commission, states that" .i effective control is to he exerted over total wages hill in theinterests of incomes gulicy it will be necessary to discover e um’ oftotldng Lction at the level of the firm as well as at the level of nationalhargeining. so far incomes policy has been etrective mainly throughinfluence exorted at national level."There seems to he a strong hint here in Dr. McCarthy's remarks in ftivourof local machinery to give guidance in local h.».r.;tining. che haeis orhis rams ks is his view thit there will he increasing emphasis in futureon local bargaining, lazding to more wage Drift (the disparity hetweenlocal and natiotlal wigs levels). In other words the pxnctico of workersohtaining rises over and shove national rates as a result or hatter organ-isation is likely to come under renewed attack. 1: Dr. Mccartnvvs viewsare at all typical or the 310331 commission, this (an only he seen as atzuzriing of s new stage in the attack on the organisations mid livingstandards or the working class.THE JORITDIG 51.3" CRITICISES '11-L7 n

Plcmrsls OE‘ LL5 ll. ll1_~—.h"l IL’ hdmam by a special correspondexlclThe recent announcement hy the Johnson administration of the out-hook inoverseas American investment, with its inevitaole repercussions on theBritish economy, has again high—lighted the extent cf 11.5. ownership orBritish industry. Aeoorxhng to the January 1th sun - lele a h, amerieanoapi ~.a1, while it 15 yet in {ram majority control, is nevertheless cuncenbrated almost exclusively in the growth seccom of the economy, i.e., anarea which the lezt has consistently _rgued should be under public ownership.lhe ielegaph article shows that American investment in hr-itain has trehledin the past ten years; and in the Vast seventeen years has jumped’ from788 million dollars to 5,000 million dollars. Just so anthe cohtinent,inBritain , the Sunday Telegraph notes, "prohably thrce-quarters of u.s.capital has been sunk into six major industries — eleotroni cs, motors,computers, drugs, petrelevurn (now an important hase for ehmniohls) and officemachinery." The motor industry is 55; Amerlcan owned, computers 45%,petroleum, tractors and agricultural maaainery 4059, drugs 2039 1nd instrum-ents 197... The artiele eLaims that "American eonti-olled companiesmamwiuenire 107. of all British goods for eonsumption and export, and ownai estdmetod 1»; of total none lnancial assets. But diroot u.s. investmenthas been rising at a. rate uf loyo far 10 years and since American companiesare in the growth areas they are expanding faster than the rest so that onmlrrcnt trends they could elaim as hmeh as a fifth or British ind . 11' in—. '!v::nde's time."we ~uestion whether or not it makes a great deal of difference if a bossis one n..tionality or another; we only know that whatever the nation ofnrigin, oapstsl itself is inhuman. Eefora oaing elected, the Labour l=artyleaders shove not to {see this prohlem and instead talked vaguely ahout"encmlxag'1xlg" the growth seetor — \ii)svn‘s so—oallod "sz:ietlce—1lused"industries. Row that sector couldn't he more vulnerahle, and with thecub-back in dmcrioan investment, it is threatened with stagnation. As thecapitalist world faces crisis and American capital has to be controlled toprotest the dollar the argument for social ownership of these industriesis stronger than ever hefore.NOTES an mclam hltlmm from Juliun Afldnscn

(l) -3111 Paynter, the General secretary or the National union or Mineworkers,gave his views on the "Bic.\ul1g Britain campaign" when speaking to a miners-rally at Chesterrield recently. he said: "1 haek Britain, hut I hook solut-ions which one socialist in eheracter. I regard the working of overtime,whether free or paid for, in much the shale way as I regard pieoeework inindustry A as a device by employers ;_n& mmugement to hide inefficiency andh_d organisation in industry. I am surprised when men like Harold wilson,Ray Gunter oith a very profound background in the labour movement encouragedevelopmaits of this land."(2) The Nottingham farm or Jersey»K.1pwocd tried to get in line with theInstitute of Direcmrs and get in on the Bacldng Bxilttlin bandwagon. TheDkixmgement suggested that employees should be prepared to saoririoe s tea—hreakfor the sake of the Gzdsan, Country and Shareholder. They want the rmmdsEtsldng the WC1'kEI‘S to join in film (Amyalgn hut gut little response. They thenannounced that it would he Ilnecnnmllic if our tho few patriots g Ve up theirteasoreak, so it heeamc compulsory. however, not even the union eemolmgesaved. tbsnl. Tea.»bl:eak.5 remain sacrosant ;nd the ¢.»z‘eho1de:‘s will have tnmake their present Polls last them a little longer.

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8 Toy-nbae Sb-set,Landau E.1.NIJEE THIEATENS TO CALL was STBJES 1'1-um a special correspondentThe National union or Bank Fmplnyees will call more strikes next. month iithe cls ring banks do not promise by February 32d to establish nationalnegatiating machinery for bank workers. There wauld he s thl-ee—dayswppage oy NUBE memners at Manchesber, sherrield, Bristol and Chesterfieldand the union would then ask bandcm memoers to decide by ballot whetherthey wculd strike at a lacer date.These decisions were taken by the union's executive on Monday, January 15.The union then made rormsl notification uf ics intentinn be Mr. Ray Gunter,Ifinister of Labour. He will bl: meeting representatives of the NUEE, theCentral Council or Bank Staffs Associations and nine 0! the ll clearingbanks. The other we clearing banks, Ffidland emd Courts, w'lLL not Lakepart in the talk: because ucey are onpused in principle tn even discussingthe cstabhshmmc or national. neseciauns machinery.

The union is trying to pus uaxlmuu pressure on these two banks to chanretheir atbitude but 12. is also angry with the other nine hanks ror aoinpback on 5 pledge to hold a meeting as discuss Lhe establishment of nationalmachinery. The IITJBE considers that the banks are hiding hehind a decisiontaken by me staff assnciationa to dudhnd- overtime uay on sacurduy. Themnasls general secretary said after the union ex£cuhSve‘3 meetim’ that hedid nds care whether or not me start associatian: weie included in thenational nepotiatizig machinery. The union leadershiu is under cdnsiderahzpressure from militant. members as take decisive action which vriL1 lead tosome progress in chair long-atanding ways claim.

Anclfimcls CALL FOR BO'1COT‘1‘ OF new from a Scottish reads:A speclal 1a_~r1az has heen produced by an crgznisutian called srchnaccsagainst the Vietnam Wax‘ ire‘ mg attmxtim tn the many products whim areproduced by Dan Cassius in addition to napalm. was text of the leafletraads:um Chemicals are s well-known u.s. curnpazw may are well-known Eecause theyare mg; up the prafit: list of American sums and because these srsrns camefrom sales at‘ napulxn and other arm cals wlunh are he wed on people invistnm. Througlzout 1967, the anh ietnam was mdicals n the United Stateshave attempted to prevnnt ms fim fuxtctxomng, by calling on was workersto st ‘ eg and chauelvas pickecixzg this firms gstes and bluclcing suppruescoming and out of the factory. In some cases, whan Dow Chemicals axrived anthe u.s. univsrsny campuses to recruit staff, they were mobbed by thousaxadsof szuaents who queuerl up for information but has nu incmuun of seeking apost men the firm. Result! Dow deserts campus:Dow chemicals e a subsidiaxvy in Britain: Duw Chemical Cu. (UK), 105 Higsm-eSt., London 11.1., with a factory in Kings Iwnn. Avucgg other gmaucts, me;make buildi matcrials; Mainly polystyrene and polyurscsans hascrl. Che stLheir best imam products is Roomxmz m, an insulation board. Dow's standat last ya1r's Building Ehrhibifian was picketed by me Stop It Counnttas,Amex'.'\

FIT cLosm:s SP"‘“'ED L? from s mining correspondentThe halt in pit olesures uhieh wilsen axmuuncod ut the st..rt of last September,together with the effects of the mute rapar, have led to a much faster riteof olerore during the first Ltmzc menths of this year. lay the end of morehit is expected that 34 pits sill be shut me altogether between 80 and 90are scheduled hy the lie uional coal Bmrd to be closed this year. llse PrimeMinister‘: setioh, a. nove supposed to ease unemployment in mining areas duringthe firsi part of the meter, meant that the NOE virtually called a haltto elosures for more than three months since it takes this time to notifythe unions and the miners of _wits tb.-it are under onrsidezutian fur the axe.it was videly believed that the real purpose of Wilson's enneuneesent vss toget t.,e leaders at the tibnsl union of ‘riinel-Jcrkars to vete for the Govern-ment at the Labour PC.)-ta; conference. This move cvuld have only been designedts kid rstuk and file miners because the leadership were vell aH:_1-e thet theeonounoenent was meaningless. Levrenee Daly, gcnerel seeretary of the seettishmum, explained at the sesrherough CSE teach»j.n, held on the eve of the labourlairty oonrerenee, ‘that some er the pits "s.tved" my this measure weren't evmon the list for closing. lhere is no ressoh to beliuve that other mcnnbarshf the lesdershie of the lmh did net rualise this.Before ohutsiovos could be sturted again the White Yaper, in the middle ozlsoveeher, reduced the industry's target levels. C1 sures thererore hid tohe speeded up ccnqnred with the east rev ysers. 1-nese elesures have onlyrecently restarted. The backlog that has bed to be eeught up esn be seenfrom the high iigmre tor the first qmrter; during the remaining gum-tamof this yeer the average will only be hetuseh 15 end 19. At the latest countthere were 410 site. By the end of this year the number sheuld be down tom-ound 320 to 330. once again, the declining sress of Scotland, Northumbcx-land,mrhms and south Wales will have to beer the hr-unt er the policy.

men the target fighu-e or 50-90 this yeer is only provisional .t the moment.Not ell the elesuros hwe been discussed with the unions yet. It is usualfor the R613 to hold these talks st leest six months before any 1ndividu:l.1eolli.ry is 91-shoes to be shut. where are no sign: that urwébing retllyseni UHS is being done to remedy the serious social and humen effects of theclosures (ens the ending of pit eomxeunities). lmrrence nsly's exposure ofthe hi lsen Crick over nit closures hes eert..inly been vindicated.10 l=rL.1:cl-I HOLDS SUCCESSFUL lL:sT11rG 0!) llav mssxcm by e lvorthelt readerLes t eh the wortholt 1/1564 br;neh of the ‘mm! held a suoeessrul meetingon it: ':‘.1u:\t1nr.\ Thirty-odd wnrkers frmn naax-bg fmtorles Actended to hang:Keith Jcness (:21 errieer er the branch) ave s 2 beer talk on this subjectand he was follmwed by Reg. ':'.‘3.y1nx' (cumrenor at‘ the nearby Walter lciddefactnry end secretary of Ruislip cm) the then spoke for §.heur en the Labour-Psrty .thd devaluation. Both speslcers stressed that dcvtlluauon wss an anti-

.g oless measure which solved nothing. me mcmiirg then opened up forevery succeeding seeslter (about a dozen in all) 2. d with

the imam Hf nppasing fievuluation and it was generally agreed that a fifitmust. ha waged against devlluation in the trade uxfions and constituencyLlbuur Parties. The Succass uf his meecing has led to another being calledin a m0rlt!|‘a time — this time an the question of "E:Ck Britain - a missrablefraud campaign."

cH.—m:z mm mm: TD mmln aasv COEITROL from Lshour voice (Jmusry,i96B)Khe stste—ouned transport Homing company is affering £35m. for British Eiectri'K‘xuc‘ti.an‘s interests in 24 proviuzxial bus companies operating 11,300 ouses.included in the deal arc such well-lmmm lines as Midland Rad, xihhie andSouthdwen. m BET's accmm s the hue interests are valued at ecu. most orthe companies are sirssdy 5 nt1y armed with xrsxsport Holdings out there area number nf outstanding minority interests and these will be baughl: out alsohy Tmnsport Holdings to gtvs the state group an iron grip on the nation'sbus services outside the nnxnicipalities, with 75% or so of the store busservices. As The '1‘; es pointed out, EB!‘ agpcals to ho quite baggy ztboutbeen; taken over. Arcsr en the compensation tents are so generou ."The market tee quick to grmp the implications cf the news that EricishElectric ifraction may sen its bus int . ets to fine Tmnsuont Balding company.ihe shores were marked up 4s 5d. to 54s 6d. Ta EE1‘ its his interests arelike an old wast wound. e disadvantage in which pride 5:‘ rmhievemerat has coneto out—uci.~,rh discomfort. Wa11—ma.u'dg€d es the hue companies have been, theyare zzlrlzady less profitable than §71“s onher interests, .2111 even before 1-hrs.Castle‘: proposals for cuuurtznnim transport authorities their future use‘beg1n|'ung to look uncertain, with demand roiling stezdiiy and inhour inchraxnzzally short supply.Tim met Yorkshire ousmen uont on strike aggxnst the cumpauy in Nuvcmber,1966. may produced an exceuent pa-mphlot "Ha Bus Today" which is veryreisvsnt to the present situation (1/sd from TGWU, George Strect, Hull).Eha mwu ~ d compirw tmsmcu should umpaigx for u new danucrutic hus influshyto implement:(1) Hagher wages. conpeny busmen should get the seue es uurdoisal tmeuen.(2) no 1:-anspurt Holding Cumpaxw is an undemocratic state board run hytrlzsinessmen. It should be abolished rad replaced by a democratic s‘L1*uctuz'ewith strong l‘éP'l‘ésent:\f.iDn from rtmk and file busmen. ‘D115 will involve S.cuueeigo for workers- control.sccvnsa COUNCIL CHITICISJES 'm.mst>oh

aim PATTERN or THE sums mom Lu/zux hosed on Szactrum regort(Sunday Times 7/1/68)

It is not generally realized that tho n.‘.Y.ian:_1 upinion polls hrs con-ducted on e v:x'y shun $ olc. hilst this zuuns to nroduoe roirlyconsistent results (alloidmg for some soeciol factars, e.g. aecloredlnhour voters are not so likely to vote as deolhrod Tory voters,especially if the weother i,-3 h,d), the figures produced cauuut bu:rerchly broken down. Spectrum of the Sundgx I5. es has drawn attentionthis nook to an attsmgt to overcome this seslcmeos. no holieve thatthe results are atrsnely interesting and well warm quoting full]:"By combining the figures of its three most rsoent surveys, ]‘L:17l0n.J1optnion Falls h.ve been able to yroduce o totol ssnpls cf 5,254 Lndhroe. it dmnn according to sex, class, 15¢ und geogropnioal repon.the result is no cumfart to L hour. Overall, the swing tron Lbour toconservative since March 1966 is shown as 7'3 per cent. But thisaverlgs conceals some sthrtliog vnrietions. men have reacted oginstthe Guvernment twice as violently as women: among them tho swing hoshot: 10 per ceot., conhnrod with 4.9 per cent. for vonen. The ooh-sequence is that, slnoet for the nrst time, laoour hns nearly asmuch support from women .2: from men (39 her cent). In class terms,the largest awi been among 02 voters — slrjllad nenual oorkei-s andtheir

ranilios,mz'1lgar cent.). The lowest suing (1.8 per cent.) has

hoen hy 9.13 voters A munagalidl zznxi profossionnl. Put this voy, thefigures exaggemie the differenca, as there were oroportionstely mnnyreoer L'1bou.r nla voters. A truer indication is that whereas omo infive of lnhoor c2 voters in 1966 is mm s Conservative supncrtex, onlyone in eight of Llbcux- sh votors h. s changed sides. Among !:ge».g1*oupshy far the grootsst sting (13.3 per cent) is among the 25-34 group sthe young narrieds — previously zahoor's nest friends, but es_oeci;.llyvulncrthlo to changes in the ooonomio clionte.Geagzaghacall;/, the biggest suing. have been in the Hart): of ‘Lnghnd,while in tho south Labour has held more or its ground. In politicalterms, the 14.4 ,er cent. in vorztshiro And humherside 1... not as seriousas it leaks. so this region oontoins few marginal seats. mt the 15.7per cent. suing ronortod for the uoruhzvrost is e much gra-zter ootentinlthreat, as at high nroportiom at the Lehour seats in lnneashire areosrsin l.one interesting sspect is the dirserent impact af nctiunzlism in talesand Scotland. me welsh Nationalists ere stlll very soon heer,oocording to the 11.0.17. with less thsn 4 per cent. of the voters —only a third of the support reported far the Lihersls. But 1!: Scotlandthey have, for the moment, suoocedsd in supodonting the moiies insecond place — with 25.3 per cent. colnplred to 35.7 for Labour and 25.3{at the conservatives. Despite L.t\aour's bywlection loss at Hamilton,these figures suggest — however tentatively — that tba nationalists maybe ; greater threat to Mr. Heath T_h:‘.n to Mr. hilson."

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Emu reports in last weekend's press hiylight the extent to which the14r.\e:'icans' inab:i.li1:y to matte any progress in Vietnam has led to theextension of their mlltary invclvement in neighbaurixzg mmntries. u.s.forces in south vietnem have attsekezi ullages across we Cambodianborder for some eonsiaei-shle time. unaer the pretext of chasing _ .L.F.troops and taldhg oovsntsge of aisputeo territory the ms. militaryhas attemptea to eeneeal the extent of this acfiona loo, however,scn complete is their leek of success in setion against the Vietnamesepeasantxy thst they ei-e putting pressuze of Frince shsneuk to givefbnnal pezmission for hmerieen zeias inside Cambodian temtoiy. uten-

nstively they noule. apparently settle for s strengthening of the inter-national Contml (,0:-nmiasion so thst the patrol work could be csniedout for them. cheater Bavrles, Amezlcan Ambassad/ax‘ to India, is at pie-sent in {hnom Eenh with an offer to supply helicopters nni other equip-ment for use by the commission. Britain and Russia sie oc—ehsinnen orthe Geneva Conferznce that set up the I.C.C. in csmhoais. It has beenineffective tor years, and Russian consent, open or teeit, is neeaeafor the American pzoposoi to revive and strengthen it. Harold wilsonwill be visiting seem in just over 5 week's time and this .1111 behis chance to piey the part of roving v.n‘. mmhsssaoor once again. Theuse of in unorrieiel envoy of this lclnzi rel1,.ves the u.5. Government ofany nesponsihility sheuia wilson he rebuffed and also aJ.Law= nuclei theopportunity ‘co indulge in s little more of his "messenger of peace mle.“Talk or "Vietcong sazmtuaxies" in camheoie or Lms hes telsen much of thehesalines may fxvm the very real American "sanctuaries" in Thailand mmwhich the majority of‘ bombing raids ou North vietnsn take plsce. Topnoteet these bases the U.s. hes now virtually taken over eentiel or theThai military fozves. A brief reynrt on the situation in Thailandeppeeiea in lest weekend's s Times."Tuugh army unite, specially trained by ms. "gxeen berets" military aa-visers, have new taken over coneno of the northern jungle pzovinees of armi-land from the police. cenerel. Prapss, ’JElwilsnd's snuy conmanuer, agreeswith Erlune 'nister whims . that the situet-ion in North Eastern Thailand, sub—jsct to pro cnged communist subversion and new open figxmting, is "very serious‘The march of events in mhniisna recsus sno parallels the eeriy events andlost opportunities in South Vietnam. U.S. rm'_'Lita.ry "smvisers" hive quietlytaken over the training of ant:'L—-guerrilln forces while the communists hevesought tc ox‘ga.r.ise an umiergznunfl ihsi equivalanc of the Vietcong. iiilitaryexpenditure at the six hseee from uhieh lmericon plsnes regularly bomb NorthVietnam end the Ho chi 'Lin.h treii in Laos his been oonelatea with econamicaid efforts in the neighbouring Village . one shuaaers at the likelyresetion here to any We::.ken:Lng or wavering of the American staxld in southViebnam. ]»o one can sense the Thai government of preeipitanee in itscampaign to "d.emocratise" the country ano draft a new constitution. Lastmonth-s nunicipal polls were the first elections in Thailand sinoe thegeneral election of 1957."

v.s.c. MILES frcm not-id Robinson.mnrch 24th Demonatratioru over sixty people ettended e meeting at ToynheeHall inst Thursday to form an Ad Em: committee for the mess demonstmfianplurmed for next march. After e 1ive1y discussion it ms agreed thste rally should be held in Trereiger square on Sunday March 24th, to hefulluwed by s march to the ins. mbessy by a route to be detensined hythe comrittee. The denonstretion is to be organised under the umbrellaof the rououdng siogsns; "solidarity with the Vietnamese People AgzinstAmerican Aggression,“ end "Vietnam — End British compucity Now." Theposters, iennets and stickers will be ready in about ten days. we willbe holding o committee meeting/work party every Thursday; unti). March ?/Lthst 7.5u p.m. This week end next it win he hem it 49 Rivi ton st.Pram the beginning of‘ next month these meetings and en other v.s.

aw ml :4 atom i...';A3oi1 by Goorr. crossicxA meeting on oducction nnicb took place a. ten weeks ego in ‘wisbington mustbe seen so :1 grim v.i-ning to us or tme possible consequences 01‘ attacks onthe freedom 01’ univer ‘ties. Tbc. wezning is a timely one, fut lk ofmaldng the universities in Brihin "acn:uun+:.h1c" to Parliament is in theuir .—.t the aunt; it is certainly Government policy, nd so this newsfrom nmorica will wnfim, tho result. or men sccountobility will be thestifling of the universities in their key role 2 o eriti institution,and their totul oubordin_tion to technological ind utili ter 11 dsm_nds.llie meeting was celled "Project Aristotle". The nmsricen Department ofDefense summoned to it mvgn.ten or industry, tap-r1n.‘dng our .u::1‘c.ts, andedministrdtors frm the field or oducztion, Lad its siglificnnce lcy inthe explicit may in which three rieln Hare shown to have sh..re¢ soils —the fields ed industry, government and education. At the conclevo, thoni1i‘tw.1-,y esbahlishmenc otllsd upon the educational system to provide themanpower for current priorities defined by the mil_itary—-industrial oomplsx.who orrieel sponsor or the Project was the Ne-tionel security Industrialltsso tion, nhioh coxsiotn of companies thdt ve defence contracts induhase stated goal is "nitionnl security". may insisted thlt thoy, tbsmilimry—industr' 1 complex, ._nd not tnc educators, hid the most innovativeiclaas in the field. one of those good ideas 91:5 the application of syotons«J'3fl],yS1S to cny educational situ;t1an. This menus the implementation ora multi—:tcp system in which end results are czzrafully meeusrcd igeinstst-itcd ubjccfives. The initial objective, or course, is never nourchinglyox.~.mined.

ii principal theme one the way in which edn onal tnchnnlogy emerges frummilitary technology, for exonple, the n:.wy's method ror developing c bettsrtorpedo one snoun to be applicable to srcss relevant to tbs county Euperintuvndent of schools. ’J!l'u: focus is on the techniques; the esteblishing ofobjectives and prioritise is thus removed to a point outside the educat:ion.~_lprocess itself. ns Frlnk Rose, President of the university nf 1tlcb.ma, said,"The ganorul purposes sud aspirations or tbs educctianal institmtion shouldbe the sam: as those of industry nnd gov .i—nneot."-lhs P1-eject did not oval-lock the intunutjollal implications nf standernissdedueztion. A topic far discussion vms "International considerations", thednminant them: being the need to train Amsricins to rule e do recto empire.lliis conference was e fluggbtoning one. we should bear it i mind when facedvitb the proposition. on the surroce quits rcnsomtble, that the univcrsitisoin Rx-i¢.;:in should be accountable, fo tgeir expenditure to Perrunent. Fm:too long the left in this country

hug/insufficientattention to the key fieldof education. This is at good issue upon union to muke s surt.

FLORXDA ’V'UD.aN'! qasnys U IS nscnyma from lllarjary HaltA recent issue of Alligator, .. pupor published by students o: Florianuniversity, ed an eihtorial, by Bob Momn, c rogmlnr columnist, entitled"min 11.5. is decaying". lbs editorial starts: "I've been reading letters toAlligator and listening to your comments concerning Viel.ne).m...F:'rst, youtall: to me about rreodom...Arc you blind .‘1our insane President has oh-lngcdhis mind. Ycmure not fighting for vietnemcse freedom enynore...lwortb Vietnamis not going to invade tbs 11.5. The problem in s.l:. Asia is not stopping thespread of communism, but rcthor stopping the sore of .-‘1.u:>rir:.LrLism..W:1keup‘lanr country is dewwing and denying its own principles.