Toe persecution of the Bertrand Russell Pasce Foundation be the Betisa Inland Revenue as provoking widespread political opposition. The Revenue wish to over-rule the Special Commissioners who have cecleed that the Foundaten's interpretation of the amounts of tax payable on Bertrand Russell's gift of the first volume of his aurobiograpby is a The Revenue say Cat Ley wish ro make a test case, in ander to reverse che precedents established by judges on this matter. They hive announced that they will appeal against the Special Commissloners verdier to the High Court, the Court of Appeal, and the House of Lords of the Engineers Union have vored a They will impose the costs of all these actions on the Foundatien if they are in 1 nut shell, this meabs that the Foundation i being asked to pay coarly courts. The effect of this policy if it remalned unchalionged, would be to focce the Foundation to close its printing press and SO SCICIER CURRE-S STEVIENS Large cumhers of protests about this poley have alreaily been filed with the authorities. Members of Parliament have axpressed their pancern, and large number of thei tive sent donations at the suns time as they have pledged themselves co take acrion in Parlament on the question. A latter sigued by Audrey Rise, Tom Litterick, Martie Flannery, Bab Coyer, Jo Richardson anil Stan Newers, condemning the Revenues action, was published in the Guardian. The Executive Committee daation so the Foundation as a gosture of sepport, Numerous artists, writers, and scientific workers have begun to Queries should be addressed to Ber Robert Owen leeds manch booking 'Marty 24 FEBRUARY, 1834: Six Dorchescor farm labourers were arrested for trying to form a crade union. Charged with administering an oath ander a law passed in the previous century ishade of Shrewsburyl, they were eventually departed to Australia, Despite a wide sprees campaign to free the "Torpuddi Martyre, as they became known, this attack ay the employers was succonfu and inflicted a considerable defeat on The working class and the right to organse. It cook 20 years to firmiy re
Red WeeklyRed Weekly No. 89, 20 February 1975
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