DEMO: SATURDAY 1st FEBRUARY, SPEAKERS' CORNER, HYDE PARK, 5.00pm. Union of Engineering Workers.
private practice outside the NHS drains "resources and trained staff' EXPANSION NS for their health care.
with the consultants, the private allowed by Mrs Castle, The British ain's biggest medical insurance last year. This led to a 25 per cent Increase in its subscription mcpine, ainst Private Practice -MCAPP- has called a demonstration in London for Saturday 22 February against the consultants' attack on the National MCAPP -which is made up of doctors who ure memhers of ASTMS say that the demonstration has been sponsored by Labour MP Sid Bidwell; Jack Collins, a member of the National Union of Mineworkers executive; and Ernie Roberts, the assistant general secretary of the Amalgamated In a letter circulated to trade union branches, MCAPP point out that from a 'deteriorating health service'.
The letter explains: Fighting this expansion of private practice mist be the concern not only of trade union ists directly involved in building and servicing private hospitals and clinics, but of all workers who depend on the As the Labour Government bends over backwards to reach agreement neaith schemes are takine full advantage of the five-year phase-out period United Provident Association, Britscheme, pained 27,000 new members bringing in an annual revenue of over The Cunard International Hotel in Hammersmith — one of the two luxury hotels th ate health company SUPA has its eyu on to convert into private hospitals.
Continue ant-repression fight In all the hobbeb about the angeriations over the Provisionals cease-fire the Lubour Gorecamont's "Provention of Terrow Ism" laws have heen conveniently long ones by the capitalist pocas. Hut this incasure is on essential part of Tabour's plait to sobie the Irish situation. though repressive repression of the catholic mority in the corch, and of the republican movement and their supporten in Monover, as the resent case of Trailan munigrant Fraco Captiso shows, Who •State is involvod in a more gemeral crack awn aminst millbents. Anti-Lrish legisla the lot Maccat Group Laun ched an Open Letter tu the dabrbe "Movement calling for the repeat of its Preyondon of Pogorian Act and the fibrawal of British trongs fom loo Sanatories to the open lenter Inchnide Lahour 30] a Hoan Maynard aml Huny Selby, said Assent General Secretary of the AUW, Emle Roberts.
Jestlast week Durid Skinner, NF Arthier Palmer Gedling (Notts area NUM and Sosan Harris and Anna Darb (lastit ute for Workers" Control) added their names to the letter.
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He will still not be toid what the charges are against him, but will instead be questioned by the three knights who comprise Roy Jenkins* advisory panel. The three are: Sir Derek Hilton, Sir Clifford Jarratt and Sir Richard Haywood. NO POWERS Lest even this panel make hand now resting on his laurels and his directorships of companies such as Abbey National. Jarratt served in the Admiralty during the war and was Principal Establishment Officer in the Civil Service from 1946-50 -job not unconnected with British intelligence, since it involves vetting civil service appointments to ensure that no reds get behind the desks in Whitehall.
Hayward does not have such splendid credentials, but even if he has any doubts his two fellow knights will soon put him in his -again a place.
only hope for Caprino lies in an effective outside campaign.
A picket of Roy Jenkins' house was held last week as part of the campaign to win the release of Franco Caprino It is obvious from this that the But the fact that no 'left' Labour MPs have taken up his case and carpeted Jenkins shows the problems involved. TRADE UNIONIST It has now become clearer why this Italian immigrant worker is being victimised, The real reason seems to be his active membership of the International Branch of the try or for reasons of a politien natu lour emphasis| These reasons of a political natur are never spocified, but it doesn't ne much imagination to understand ta they are directed against the left, as are the phrases referring to the relations between Britain and other countries, in the latter case it cert ainly applies to left-wing militants -or else all the CIA agents in Britai would be expelled for harming relat ions betwcen Britain and the whole of Fastern Europe and the USSR! CRITERIA The current attempt being made by the Home Office to return to