MOCRAT FOUNDED IN 1939. THE PAPER THAT SHOWS THE WAY FORWARD

No. 348 JUNE 7973 7P Six County elections are ABAIRT AN LAE le Seamus 0 Cionnfaola SHOCKED AT 1. Is dut e. WHAT THEY 2. Ca dteigeann tu? under military 3. Is oth Horn a Ra. SAW 4. Gabhaim pardun. THREE English Tjade Unionists, 5. Feuch amach. • Messrs Spring* (U.C.A.T.T,}, 6. Aire dhuit. Cook (A.U.E.W.) and Brown Beannacht de ort. (A.S.T.M.S.) delegated by their or- 7. dictatorship ganisations in London, visited Bel- Is minic a thagann se. fast as guests of the Belfast Trades Mo naire oraibh. Council. Their brief ? To go and look ard 10. Chonach sin ort. tell what they saw. Maith an fear. 11. TROOPS HARASS REPUBLICANS When they reported their col- (For translations see Col. 5) leagues could hardly believe them. There was nearly a punch-up on one job. Crying "My boy's in the army" an old man walked indignantly out of the meeting of Haringay Trades Dublin thfc THREATS TO CANDIDATES Council. But the majority were shocked and shamed. Mr Cook, who spoke danger f HESE elections which are proceeding in the six counties are not free at a well-attended public meeting 'THE cost of the mptar-fcaf Jises elections. They take place under the shadow of a military dictator- called by South London Connolly in Ireland, as 4v4rywnere 'else, Association in Lambeth Town Hall • ear by year. An FJbris tFdrhkrfha ship. described the soldiers as "thugs." He nas just published thellifisa Hgiires had been in the paratroop regiment !or deaths and road Occidents \ in Every day complaints are published of the behaviour of There is indignation over such himself, and at one time would have 1971. the English troops, who are accused of bias in< their handling cases as that of Daniel Mc- thought that a matter of pride. He had been in every trouble spot in the The numbers of persons killed on of election workers. ^ Cartney, a 16-year-old who has been arrested so frequently that world, but never had he seen re- ;he roads was 52§ tprop^red wit.h pression like that in Belfast. j40 in 1970 and persons'i Uijuretl Thtts A(|r O'Kane, Republican- strongly opposeot-'td^iiitimidation his nerves are now at breaking- totalled 9,629 compared with 9,269 Labour candidate for Belfast's being used on others. Most point ; he has been taken in and STAN^flpf G division, complains that sol- likely the threats have come the previous year. There were 12,576 interrogated over incidents that He described the harassment. material damage accidents in 1971, diers entered the Churchill from Unionist extremists. happened while he was at work. Suddenly a crowd of soldiers ap- a slight drop on the previous year's House area of the New Lodge pears at the door, and rushes in to total. Road and pulled down his elec- BLACKMAIL turn the houses upside down. LOBBY The total number of accidents re- tion posters. This was after he Meanwhile the general atmos- Armoured cars are driven on the orded was 19,062 compared with had already complained and was phere steadily worsens. When In this atmosphere, and under pavement. Troops tear through .8,985 the previous year. peoples' front gardens. The young- assured by the military com- it was established that English these conditions, a free election The report shows that about half mander that there would be no is impossible. sters can't go to technical school. soldiers had tricked a young Trade union branches can't meet. of all accidents were at weekends more interference, boy into signing a compromis- The Connolly Association is The three Englishmen were r.nd that considerably more people ing document, and then tried to were killed between 11 p.m. and mid- calling a lobby of Parliament stopped and searohed. As he was blackmail him into being a spy night than at any other time. Of PROTEST on Tuesday, June 12th, to de- spread-eagled over a car Mr Spring in the Europa Hotel, it was f.ll accidents, 40 per cent were mand that the most rigorous heard one soldier say to another When a meeting to protest promised that they would be during the hours of darkness. measures are introduced to con- "pull his beard off." They modern against harassment was being "disciplined". ated their betiaviour somewhat One-third of all accidents occurred trol the soldiery, get them out addressed by Mrs Maire Drumm when they discovered to their sur- n the Dublin area. Blackmail is a crime punish- of sensitive areas, and ensure at Leeson Street, foot patrols of prise that they had assaulted One wonders what people in the able by prison sentence. Forg- acceptable election conditions. the Gloucester Regiment made Englishman on a trade union dele- -1st century will say, as they look ery is the same. But what Those who lobby will also, if gation. back at this slaughter, which goes it their business to walk close happened ? The soldiers were they wish, raise other issues •p year by year and which causes and brush past members of the In his report to the conference "reprimanded". "Bad boys, don't that are of importance at the f uch misery and human loss to those audience. called by nine organisations (see effected. Will they look back with do it again !" time. back page) Mr Cook said he thought astonishment at the customs of a it was time trade unionists in omplacently barbaric age? Or Thomas McGleenan, son of the Britain were prepared ty stand up maybe the sceptics are right, and former M.P., going up in the and be counted. Not a single things will be far, far worse by Tullysarran area of Co. Armagh, General Seoretary had seen fit to go then. has stated that he is keeping to Belfast to meet the ordinary people and find out the facts. It is doubtful. At the rate things out T)f sight during the cam- re going, they should have run out paign, as he understands that :i oil and petrol by that time, troops have been issued with naving wasted the world's resources photographs of him and instruc- n the frenzied age of the motor ted to shoot on sight. His agent, TRANSLATIONS car. It is unlikely that nuclear fuel Mr Malachy Toal, is raising the will ever be used to run cars. Per- 1. It Is for you. haps the steam engine, or even the matter at Westminster. norse, may come Into their own 2. Where do you go? • gain in the twenty-first century as In Ballymoney Alliance Party 3. I am sorry to say. candidate John Scott has with- modes of transport less costly to 4. I beg your pardon. r.uman life! drawn his candidature because of threats to his personal safety. 5. Look out. Attempts have been made to 6. Take care. IRISH BOOKS blame the "provisionals", but 7. Blessing from God on yoc Mon., Wed., Sat. these have issued an official 8. It Is often he comes. statement that though they are 9. Shame on you. 283 GRAYS INN ROAD not offering candidates them- 10. You had R coming. LONDON, W.C.I selves—and of course they English trade unionists were shocked at what they saw in would not be allowed—they are Belfast (See Column Five). 11. Goodman.

AGAINST HARASSMENT AND FOR FREE ELECTIONS IN NORTHERN IRELAND LOBBY TUESDAY, JUNE 12th, AT WESTMINSTER from 3 p.m.

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THE IRISH DEMOCRAT June 1973 lF»REie\ DESKI POLITICAL FOB CM SHACKLES ON SCOTTISH Watergate scandal rocks U.S.A CULTURE JT started for political reasons, it power to try all impeachments when was ended for political reasons, year — about 20 times as much as NE of the many unpardonable the President of the United States the Fife Miners — for acting in a by BLUEPRINT FOR ONE-MAN RULE <) aspects of English imperialism and was conducted for political is tried, the Chief Justice shall pres- discriminated against from the tee stage, for example, by moving reasons said Daniel Ellsberg follow- part-time capacity. Northern Ireland C standing orders for its future con- if there was a progressive govern- r.iis been the deliberate and pro- ide; and no person shall be con- start. There is no protection against sections of the Bill of Rights to t>> ing the dismissal yesterday (12/5/ 1 r ::on Bill is out. A:-.; duct. These will include the estab- ment at Westminster control of the ,onged suppression of Scottish cul- victed without the concurrence of Lonrho's Chief Executive Tiny PAT DEVINE judiciary might be very important. private discrimination. included. 73) of the case charging him with . 1 1 the paid prevaric.it k - j! lishment oi consultative committees ture and instituting, by force of law, two thirds of the members present. Rowland who wanted to pay Mr. ("power sharing" as it is called, leaking to the press secret Pentagon "ass media" are trytr.i to The administering of oaths and The above summary, produced monopoly position for English Sandys £50,000 a year as "Consult- though there is no power to share • \ S well as the excepted matters ...nguage and literature throughout papers on the Vietnam war. "Judgment in cases of impeach- iill' as a "Bill of R tests is abolished. So a worthwhile only hours after publication, and in ant" was himself accused of break- bomb. It includes a number of y&ctvrs The Secretary of State may give - of which it is not proposed to concession has been won here. haste for press day, should not be Scotland's educational system. ment shall not extend further than ing a promise to pay the firm from Australia and New Zealand, This case is an integral part of to removal from office, and disquali- directions for regulating the proce- give Belfast control, there is a list Elections must be by proportional taken as representing the last word The result, briefly, is that for the £350,000 for a house in which he canoes from the Fijian archipelago [r — nothing of the k:::: It the now notorious Watergate case fication to hold and enjoy any office dure of the Assembly. of reserved matters. These may be representation, Here is another Scottish people—as well as being lived rent free. and a New Zealand Frigate new on V d :i of Wrongs. In all probability the Connolly that is polluting the political atmos- or honour, trust or profit under the handed over to Belfast later on. worthwhile concession. severed from their own linguistic exercises near Hawaii. If he is satisfied that what he Association will organise a Sunday phere of the United States of United States; but the party convic- Mr. Rowland built up Lonrho, not These include the criminal law traditions and history—the language [t • • a blueprint for a one-:rjn wants done has been done, then he On the matter of Special Powers, seminar on the Bill. America and which dates back to ted shall nevertheless be liable and by creating new wealth himself, but This week Australia, New let ancl i except the Special Powers which dichotomy has produced generations •net;)'orship.- and some <>t' our may, at his discretion, dole out ;i as already indiacted, these remain, Meanwhile one thing is clear— the last U.S. Presidential Election. subject to indictment, trial, judgment by taking over already existing firms and other Pacific nations are seek- are excepted), control of the police, of inarticulate and uncultural Scots inenus who advocated "direct certain number of limited powers but are operated by Westminster. Whitelaw is the boss. and punishment, accoding to law." and forming a new super monopoly ing an injunction ait the International and trade with places outside the wholly unable to exploit the im- Three of the men convicted in the rule" and thought the removal United Kingdom, which was excep- which made profits of £19 million Court in the Hague to stop Franee As with the Government of Ire- iTHE last clause of the Bill of mense variety of literary material first trials in the Watergate case "f St.ormont was in itself a great ted in 1920. Navigation, domicile, last year — 28 per cent up on the from carrying out the tests land Act, there are certain powers Rights made provision for co- .tvailable to potential Scots writers. took part in the burglary of the IMPEACH HIM i .-hievement should now do the and a number of matters excepted previous year. The United Nations Security Gorn- which will never be handed over at operation with the Republic. Sec- In modern Scotland the number offices of Daniel Ellsberg's psychia- The great American people do thinking they should have done in 1920 are now reserved and may UCATT BRANCH cil has once again denounced Israeli all. These include the Crown, the tion 12 of the Bill before us, sur- of working-class writers so far in- trist with the help of the Central not deserve the type of leadership be transferred later. BAN FRENCH H-BOMB aggression against the Lebanor aret'ore. Parliament of the U.K., interna- prisingly, makes some small move volved in quarrying into this Intelligence Agency. personified by Nixon. Surely the has approved a resolution ol con- tional relations, treaties, peace and material is a small one, though sceptics and super patriots will at It nay be possible to secure But, strangely enough, while Spe- in this direction. Any department CONDEMNS NEW At the time of writing we leam TESTS demnation. war, armed forces, titles, treason, of the six-county government may there are hopeful signs of an in- last see "Tricky Dicky" in his true amendments, but the melan- cial Powers are excepted, the last that the U.S. Attorney General Mr. A flotilla of ships both large and nationality, immigration, alienage, consult or enter into arrangements creasing awareness and struggle to light ... a political ward heeler, The Security Council ceiis on choly fact is that the Tories for matter in the reserved schedule is Mitchell and another top cabinet small, is waiting for the signal to U.K. taxation, judiciary, public pro- with its opposite number in the 26 LEGISLATION .mderstand the nature of such beside whom Tammany Hall is like Israel to end immediately all rrv -ary "The Emergency Powers Act (Nor- member have been indicted by the set sail into the prohibited test area the time being have the initia- secutions, elections within Northern counties. material and to regain and continue sweet smelling flowers. attacks on Lebanon. thern Ireland) 1926 or any enact- j^T a meeting on Election Grand Jury and that moves for the tive. Thanks, as we said, to the Ireland, coinage, National Savings with the essence of their own Scot- which French scientists have selec- This must be implemented i we ment for similar purposes." This impeachment of President Nixon are ted for the explosion of a hydrogen "direct rule" lobby who handed Bank, Special Powers. This is to be welcomed. But be- night for the administration tish history. President Nixon nearly brought want peace. may be transferred at some later fore you cheer too loudly, remember gaining in strength. it back to them when the;, had of the Greater London Council / \NE such subject, so far virtually about the Third World War and the date. that this applies only to transferred Lhem on the run. rpHE new Assembly has less power Charlie Cunningham, chairman untouched by Scottish writers, annihilation of millions of men and matters, and that these are more A GRAND JURY J- than Stormont. It has lost con- What is clear from this is that of Central London Branch Con- js that of emigration: the many women. And he may still do so in v restricted than formerly. It would A Grand Jury is composed of i'l HE very first clause reaffirms trol of elections, of the appointment the English Government is taking nolly Association, addressed the consequences — political, economic, lndo China if the Senate does not seem that England has no objection 23 citizens whose sole task is to * the "status of Northern Ireland of the judiciary, and of special (or no chances. Ultimate control is to social and cultural—have never been effectively stop him. London Times Exposes Army to co-ordination within Ireland meeting of Harrow and Weald - decide whether prosecution has a as part of the United Kingdom." It emergency) powers. It has gained be English, and that is built in. transformed into imaginative litera- along lines that assist the penetra- stone Branch of UCATT. sufficiently strong case to warrant *T^HE Nationalist Community in provides for periodical plebiscites certain powers in respect of trade At the same time to avoid a repe- ture in the way, for instance, seen PLEASE NOTE a week, and one man was given tion of E.E.C. capital, and streng- indictment and a trial. Witnesses, the six counties claims that at the discretion of the Secretary with the Republic. BUT, and this tition of what has happened, pro- The meeting was one of the m "The Grapes of Wrath" by the money and his air fare to Canada. then England's opportunities to even those warned that they may Please Note — In case British special plain clothes operators of of State. But it requires that a is important, the Assembly will no vision is made for the supervision American writer John Steinbeck When a man is tried the informer dominate the whole of Ireland. best ever attended. The branch be indicted, appear without defend- Toryism may put on a "holier than the English Army have shot twelve majority of the electorate of the six longer pass Acts like a Parliament of the new Assembly at every point. (son of an Irish mother and Ger- sits behind a curtain and the de- is growing and thriving under ing counsel. thou" attitude about the way things Catholics in the last twelve months. counties shall vote for inclusion in but will produce "measures" which, The Secretary of State may refer man father). fendant does not know whe is IHPHE Bill proposes some far- the able direction of Bro. Flavin, are run under American Caipitallsm. testifying. The Commissioner ad- the Republic before the English however, will have effect as if they measures back for further consi- It will be recalled that Steinbeck Normal rules of evidence in open That plain clothes intelligence reaching changes. The "Irish the secretary, from Co. Kerry, it would repay ail concerned to have mitted to Mr Ivan Cooper that the Government will even consider the were Acts! But whereas the Bills deration. wrote of the epic conflict arising Court do not apply. Witnesses may operators are being used on a large Democrat" will have more to say- who is also the Federation shop a look at the current Lonrho affair truthworthiness of these informers ending of partition. So that a part of the old Parliament went to the from the experiences of Oklahoma be interrogated by members of the scale is now confirmed by the Lon- about it later. It may be possible in London. is found out by trial and error. of the majority of the Irish people Governor-General whose sole duty How far does the Bill satisfy the steward on a local site at Iver, migrant families who had been de- jury. For these and other reasons, don "Times" newspaper which to strengthen the civil rights clauses The "Times" claims to have ac- is to be permanently subjected to was to see that they were constitu- demand for civil rights? Regarding Bucks. liberately "conned" by false adver- grand juries always meet in camera Top representatives of this multi- alleges that this service has been re- through amendment at the commit- quired a photocopy of the transcript a minority. Even if the majority tional, the new "Measures" will go discrimination section 17 guards tisements and coerced into uproot- and testimony is supposed to remain million' pound® company were en- organised and strengthened. against discriminatory legislation Charlie Cunningham outlined gaged in a struggle for control in- of the trial of Mr Joseph Canvery at votes for a united Ireland, it rests to the Secretary of State, who will ing themselves and moving to Cali- secret. Not only is it alleged that soldiers by public bodies. And there is an the events that have taken place volving salaries of £50,000 a year, Long Kesh. This exposure could with England whether they get it be able to see whether they fall in i ornia—prompted by promises of posing as civilians have carried out golden handshakes of £130,000 and well snowball like the Pentagon or not. And there can be no poll line with Government ploicy. elaborate machinery for protecting NOTES & NEWS in Northern Ireland and stressed iobs and opportunities in "The IMPEACHMENT shootings. They have also acted as against it. Discrimination on rent free houses costing £350,000. papers disclosure in the United before March 9th, 1983. TITARNING of fresh sell-outs to the importance of political acti- Golden State." On arrival of course Impeachment says Article 1, Sec- agents provocateurs. grounds of political opinion is States. But it is considered unlikely The Government being Tory, the " come. The first conference of vity needed to bring a just, there were no jobs and when work tion 3 of the U>5. Constitution:— brought into line with that of reli- A former Tory Colonial Secretary Regular informers, the "Times" that the Government will invoke The Northern Ireland Assembly excepting of the judiciary and spe- the "British-Irish" Association has situation for the people of was available the competition among "The Senate shall have the sole gious belief. But all that is pro- Mr. Duncan Sandys gets £38.000 a reports, get an average £5 to £10 official secrecy against the "Times." is to be elected at the end of June. cial powers may not amount to been held at Cambridge. Needless Northern Ireland. workers led to below-subsistence- But though it will be in existence much. The Tories have already vided you are not a "terrorist"—if to say in a university town. The jevel wages. it will have no powers whatsoever. passed their own Special Powers you are (in the opinion of the universities are the great lie- The following resolution wcr> This year is the 50th anniversary It will have the job of establishing Act. as bad as the old one. But Secretary of State) then you are factories of modern times. They carried with not one vote ol one such Scottish emigration epic CELTIC WORLD brew the poison there. Then jour- against. which ought to have found its nalists dope people with it. RESOLUTION "Steinbeck." Permitted to take ad- vantage of the desperate unemploy- One of the hopes these gentleman This Branch protests at the ment situation in the Highlands and WHY THE INCENDIARISM IN THE have is that the British and Irish E.E.C.-NEOCOLONIAL SUPERPOWER re-enactment of the Special Islands after the First World War, Governments will establish an "In- I IKE the other Celtic countries, 1STHAT began as an agricultural mechanism at work is the flow of under-development is there for all Powers Act (Northern Ireland) Canadian Government agencies the erosion of the Manx characteris- sold for £80.400 to a Manchester stitute of Irish studies". A con- ^ the Isle of Man is suffering * * bonanza may end in a nuclear cheap raw materials and semi- to see. under a new title the Northern sponsored an advertising campaign tics of independence and self- company. ference is being held in Durham. badly from the activities of those assertiveness. In the '50's, tourism by nightmare, concluded Professor manufactured products from the Ireland (Emergency Provisions) ior farm labourers to work in the Significant numbers of Manx Exploitation, fragmentation and The aim is to develop Ireland with who see the "fringe areas" of was declining following the post- Johan Galtung of Oslo when he poor countries to the rich and the Province of Ontario. people have opposed the New Resi- penetration are the means whereby British and E.E.C. co-operation. Bill. Europe as leisure and retirement war boom, and some Manx poli- .spoke to the Irish Sovereignty Move- counter-flow of industrial goods, The opportunities seemed real dents Policy from the start, but the Brian Stowell this collective colonialism operates. Conor Cruise O'Brien was at the zones for the rich. The Isle of Man ticians dreamt up the "New Resi- ment in the Shelbourne Hotel, Dub- manufactured in monopoly condi- We call upon our District enough and very tantalising—to opposition has been totally un- It is in fact the old imperialism in Cambridge conference. He said is particularly vulnerable to large- dents Policy." Wealthy people lin, in early May on the theme of tions at high prices, the other way. Committee to oppose this legis such effect that the Canadian organised until the last year or so. newer, modern guise and Ireland in compulsory Irish is going. scale speculators and "developers" would be encouraged to take ad- his forthcoming book, The Euro- lation; urge that Labour M.P.s Pacific Steamships "Metagama", The Manx Labour Party and ing allegations about corruption The terms of trade are manipu- the Common Market would be a 6 ft ft and there is a danger that the vantage of the low income tax in pean Community, a Superpower in oppose by voting against and "Marloch" and "Canada" sailed other groups made the point that among members of Tynwald ?-nd lated by the rich countries ganging junior partner in it, said the Profes- Gaelic-Norse people known as the Isle of Man, and the absence the Making. not to merely abstain in the from the Western Isles with the attracting rich people to retire in associates. Fo Halloo's prime target up together in a bloc like the EEC sor. He foresaw Irish representa- According to the "Daily Express', "Manx" could disappear as a cul- of death duties. A campaign was In a lecture whose wit and bril- cream of the Gaelic-speaking islands Man benefited only the builders has been Judah Binstock, a Paris- so that the poor countries of the tives being assured of a place on the British Government is con- House of Commons. tural entity if the present onslaught started which at first brought in liant delivery disguised somewhat the youth and young families from and estate agents and their asso- based speculator who has bought up Third World have to sell more and Common Market delegations to cerned at the sympathy of Catholic goes on much longer. just a trickle of those who had re- its basically sombre character, Pro- And demand an end to the a great many v illages and town- ciates. But the Manx Labour Party, over 2,000 acres of Manx land. Mr more raw material and agricultural Third World countries—to show the priests with the plight of the Catho- linquished the White Man's Bur- fessor Galtung analysed the EEC military policies of the West- ships, many of whom had never even The Isle of Man is self-governing unfortunately, is not a serious Binstock, who owned the bunga- goods to purchase the same amount latter how well a freedom-loving lics of the six counties. Moves are den in Singapore, Kenya, and so on. as a system of collective neo- minster Government and their been to the Scottish mainland. to a fairly large extent. Contrary to force in Tynwald at present. Also, lows destroyed and damaged by of manufactured imports. In Ire- nation like Ireland was treated by being prepared to persuade the But in the '60's, rich people started colonialism established by the for- replacement by political means, A FTER being distributed among what many outsiders believe, the the Nationalist Party, , arson, has also gained a significant land the process is an old one, as the EEC and Ireland's neutrality in upper echelons to crack down on to arrive in large numbers from mer colonial powers of Western the farms of Ontario they soon island's parliament, Tynwald, sends has not attracted significant sup- hold on some Manx companies. cattle on the hoof go one way, to- defence matters could also have its priests who show sympathy with the full Bill of Rights for the England itself. Europe to enable them to better found that in place of the promised no representatives to Westminster. port until the last few months. gether with human beings, while uses as a fig-leaf for the foreign Ireland. people of Northern Ireland. Mec Vannin has also seized on fleece their former dependencies and "opportunities" they were in fact Over the last 100 years, the trend Some of these saw themselves as imported manufactures from Britain policy and military ambitions of This virtual absence of party the allegations of corruption in tht to assert their independence of the working in near slave conditions— has been for London to relinquish fleeing from the ravages of social- go the other, and the legacy of the Community. politics and organised, constitu- government and has taken the United States. from dawn to dusk—and for very more and more financial control to ism in Labour Britain, and, apart tional action to get the Manx Gov- quaint step of petitioning Queen There are some 70 States and ter- little return in wages; sometimes, Tynwald. The island has its own from the low taxes, saw the reten- ernment to change its policies has Elizabeth to set up an "indepen- ritories of the Third World attached after deductions for fares etc., for separate legal system, its own civil tion of the birch in Man as an 'IRISH DEMOCRAT' BOOKSHOP meant that sooner or later someone dent" inquiry into the allegations. as dependencies to the enlarged board only. service and health service. Manx additional bonus. About 8,000 people would feel impelled to take, some The petition has now been passed EEC. The basic exploitative Connolly Association statement Almost without exception they schools, while heavily Anglicised, are have moved to the island since 1966, MONDAY: 10-3 WEDNESDAY: 10-3 sort of action outside Tynwald. on to the English Home Secretary escaped" at the earliest oppor- recognised as being very good: a significant number for a popula- (1) Declare that it supports the It is possible that such action and will probably be forgotten HILE we are in favour of an tunity and ranged the towns and secondary schooling has been com- tion of only 55,000. Not all of these, principle of a united Ireland and SATURDAY: 12-3 was taken when a show bungalow about. W elected assembly in Northern cities in search of work. prehensive since 1946. of course, are ex-oolonials and neo- provide constitutional reform worth £20,000 was deliberately Ireland, we deplore the omission The cumulative experiences im- Economically, the island is virtu- fascists, but no one can claim that Although many Manxmen were LETTER which would make possible pro- burned down at Ballasalla in from the White Paper of other posi- plicit in such emigration sagas ally Independent and, In fact, pays progressive elements on the island embarrassed over Mec Vannin t gress towards this. March and a nearby bungalow was tive measures, in particular: would make for rewarding Scottish lump sums to the English Govern- have been strengthened by the new- apparent willingness to appeal to ear editor,—it would im (2) Enact a comprehensive civil literature—if we had the writers! ment "for defence." In spite of all damaged by fire in April. Damage London for justice, especially after * the lack of any commitment on IRISH BOOKS comers ! churlish of me to oritiolM the rights programme by means of When he "" spoke about "the this, the Isle of Man remains firmly to houses being built at Ramsey in- the party's consistent denunciation D the part of the British Govern review of my book, "Communlttn a Northern Ireland Bill qI formation of intellectuals" the great under the English thumb. The Eng- Manx politicians and estate creased until it became necessary of English Interference in Maw>. ment to the principle of a unified Today", published in your issue of Rights. 283 GRAYS INN ROAD, LONDON Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci lish Home Office retains ultimate agents and lawyers have generally for the building companies to pro- affairs, Mec Vannin's support is in- Ireland; January, 1973. said "The schools are the instru- power over the island in that it done everything possible to facili- tect their sites 24 hours a day. creasing very rapidly. (3) Abandon the Northern Ireland tate the sell-out of farming land I would, however, like to mate the * a reduction in the activities of ment for producing intellectuals at appoints the lieutenant-governor of Also in March, Mr John Bolton, Apart from the New Residents (Emergency Provisions) 94) and Manx companies to outside point that over the years I have the Army; Best Stock in Britain various levels." the island and still claims the right a man cl®ly identified with the issue, the appearance of large num- and repeal the Special Powers speculators. Bungalows for the aimed never knowingly to defend an extensive legislative civil In Scotland we have still to reach to define what is meant by the rich "com^tfs' 'policy, received a bers of dubious paper companies in Act. "New Residents" have appeared like the indefensible, In which category rights programme. this condition and to do so w£ will "good government" of Man. threat to his life. the Isle of Man is causing concern 14) End the harassment of the a rash over the countryside, dese- I would put C.I.A. attempts at sup- have to transform the age-old There has been considerable con- Such events might not raise much As one English paper put it recently * the ending of internment. population by the military crating many beauty spots and pression in Latin America and the capitalist idea of severely voca- troversy among Manxmen In recent of a stir elsewhere, but in the Isle of in its financial column: "The end We deplore the enactment of , the forces. Withdraw them from pushing up house prices so that shootings in Derry on Bloody Sun- CUT OUT AND SEND TO "IRISH DEMOCRAT" tional education of a kind which years over the position of the gov- Man they have had a sensational of the sterling area was great news day, 1971, to which your reviewer Northern Ireland (Emergency Pro- civil security duties and restrict nowadays few can •stultifies the free play of imagina- ernor, some calling for the abolition impact. It has been assumed, but for Douglas, as funds from tax specifically refers. visions) Bill, which includes most of their future use to that of a BOOKSHOP, 283 Grays Inn Road, London. W.C.I tion and create new conditions afford to buy houses (rented accom- the obnoxious provisions of the of the post and others for retention not proved, that the acts of arson havens of yesteryear are now find- These may not be spelt out in the temporary reserve force against where our schools and colleges can modation has virtually disappeared i. Special Powers Act, which it is in- of his considerable powers and and other incidents were the work ing a new home in Man." book although I do, for example, the possibility of serious sec- Please send me copies of no properly called the "Instruments" tended to replace. Such legislation colonial trappings. This latter, ser- The average price of a new bun- of a secret nationalist group calling So it appears that the Isle of Men state that Che Guevara was tarian disorder. "f widespread intellectualism. and the constant harassing activi- vile element has played a large part galow is now £20,000; several itself "Fo Halloo" (Manx for may lose its present reputation as a. "secretly executed with the con- > Release immediately all inter- ties of the Army are in direct con- THE BILL OF RIGHTS The most important factor of all in attracting the present influx of houses priced at £90,000 have been "Underground"). It is known that backwater. It is a remarkable nlvanoe of the C.I.A." (p.136). So nees and end the practice of in this transformation is the flict with the spirit of an elected rich people. put on the market. In a well- Fo Halloo carried out an efficient feature of the island at present that far as Northern Ireland goes, when Internment. elimination of the perverting Epg- power-sharing assembly and can Before 1914 ,the Manx fishing in- publicised case, a Manxman sold and witty poster campaign calling' the new militancy of much of Manx I first visited the six counties ffii Ensure freedom for all political I enclose (Single copies 15p, tens lOp each) ish imperialist influences; then, for only lead to a further deterioration dustry had declined disastrously, as eight acres of land near Peel for for an end to the invasion of tax- youth is surprising and shaming nearly 26 years ago, I described the groups to contest elections. first time, we will see the un- in the situation. had the lead and silver mining be- £12,250. Three days later the eight dodgers. many of their elders. This mili- situation as infamous and intoler- (71 Create a disarmed and im- NAME restricted flowering of Scottish cul- fore that. Tourism became the acres went for £21,000: a few hours This group has also published a tancy may well save the Mwix able and I have seen nothing since In order to provide a favourable partial police force. ture. language and literature. mainstay of the economy, leading to later the same eight acres were much-sought-after nrWs-sheet carry- people from extinction which would cause me to revise that atmosphere within which the new <81 Provide economic aid on a large ADDRESS opinion. assembly can effectively operate, we scale (separate from any EEC Yours sinoerely, demand that the British Govern- plan) to banish unemployment DOUGLAS HYDE ment: and bad housing. June 1973 4 THE IRISH DEMOCRAT June 1973 THE IRISH DEMOCRAT

Tweedledum THE COALITION ON HONEYMOON Land boom rJ,IfK new Coalition Covciii- Justin Keating and Mr. Michael ELECTIONS UNDER A DICTATORSHIP mi'iit h:i> made sonic popul.d by O Leary. will be vitally concerned for with a new agreement. Mr. Keat- niovc:> in its first three months in Ireland i: I'HF.KN IRELAND'S long filled-in forms, saying that the ern Ireland and will make the life under the Unionists and that Anthony Coughlon ing. as Minister for Industry and V forms are illegal. ol oilier and there is no douht ., viw-d local council elections by Assembly unworkable. all the trouble was caused by the Commerce, is responsible for prices I AND at Elm Park. Beaumont. president! that. I(n the moment, people are D'.ace at the end of May and Civil Righters. and Mr. O'Leary. as Minister for Dublin, sold during May for l.mth later will be followed by But the division of the opposition iilad they made the change from Labour, is concerned with labour re- Craig, with his Vanguard Party, 'PHE jt'SK'f o! the presidential elec G24.000 an acre. In Monkstown on :, (lion of members to the new on internment is nothing in com- John McClelland Fianna Fail. own. however. Mr. Cosgrave should lations. and Paisley, look on winning con- The Alliance will win a certain ' on n-iii be widely seen as a test the south side of the same city, it iern Ireland Assembly. Hun- parison to the division inside the trol of the Assembly as a means to prove a tough preserver of disci- amount of middle-class support—be- of pubhc confidence m trie new The Minister tor Education has is going for £20,000 an acre. The of places on local councils ^Unionist camp. The Unionist Party port in the party throughout the six These are the Ministers who will winning back Protestant ascend- cause they represent the middle Coalition Government in the Repub- launched a programme for smaller pline. land in each case was sold with out- rmhty seats in the Assembly is now torn assunder and Brian counties. bear the brunt of the economic dif- ad ancy. So if Taylor, Craig and Pais- class and are committed to support- lic II Mr. Erskme Childers is elected classes in the schools, the Minister line planning permission for a hous- Iter t tie "politicians" of the six Faulkner is now only the nominal I T is still the honeymoon period ficulties likely to face the Coalition ley come out on top, then Faulkner ing British Tory policy. the Fianna Fail press will blazen for Finance has begun substantially ing development. oil lit ;cs the opportunity of moving leader. The test of every true blue His Chief Whip at Storinoiit, may go back to sewing shirts. * for the new Government and no m due course, and if trade unionists Unionist is his attitude to the this as a call to have Fianna Fail cutting the rates, the Minister for Small parcels of land often make n'k into business. Capt. John Brooke, who promised significant economic and political are alienated by the policies of this British White Paper on Northern Standing in no man's land as back in government. The Coalition Posts and Telegraphs has appointed freek prices and are not an indica- that the people of Northern Ireland difficulties have yet arisen to cause Government in the coming year or Ireland and just as internment is usual is the Northern Ireland candidate. Mr. T F. O'Higgins. is a new Television Authority and tion of true average price levels. on the mad scramble has started could only have one man one vote i' I 'HE great unknown factor in the any real trouble. Prices continue to two—a not unlikely prospect—it is splitting the nationalists the White Labour Party. Like the Alliance calling tor votes throughout the nominated as its chairman Mr. Nevertheless, it is an indication of i:id the North, which has been over his dead body, did not dare coming elections is the rise, but the public takes the view the Labour, not the Fine Gael Paper has caused further splits in they want the Assembly off the country as a sign of public approval Donal O Moram. who had been the lengths builders are prepared .,hort (if many of the good things face his local constituency party at Alliance Party (or reformed Union- that the Government is as yet too members of the Government, who the Unionists. ground. But to play a part they for the Coalition's first months in sacked from that position by Fianna to go in Ireland's capital city these if life m the past, but never in the a selection conference for candidates ists!. Set up only a couple of years new to office to be able to do any- have been set up as fall guys to need members. And people only o ft i c e. Fail some months ago. an operation days to acquire their raw maiterial. number of political parties, will have for the Assembly elections and ago they have an impressive party thing significant about them and take the blame. elect candidates who take up issues. which the then Taoiseach. Mr. It is also an indication of the pres- more parties and more candidates The Orange loyalists are not pre- Captain J. B. has a first-class pedi- machine. With plenty of money The Irish public are well capable, the removal of Value Added Tax The N.I.L.P. always avoids the Lynch, styled "an exercise in demo- sure of demand for housing in the in choose from than ever before. pared to relinquish control to any- gree. His father. Lord Brook available from big business and the of course, of distinguishing bet- from food—one of the election pro- Some see the character of the burning issues, therefore as-usual cracy.'' In the Budget in mid-May capital city, whose population has one, not even to Queen Elizabeth borough ruled this place for professionals of the commercial ween men and parties when it mises of the Coalition—should make Taoiseach's nominations to the they will be condemned to play a there were major social welfare risen by one fifth in ten years and There will be Unionists (official), herself, so Mr Faulkner's qualified twenty years as Prime Minister and world doing the spade^vork this is conies to presidential elections. tor a slight improvement in that Senate as reflecting the Govern- minor role. improvements, bringing special as- where a rising marriage rate and Democratic Unionists, Vanguard support for the White Paper has once boasted he would not employ not surprising. When Mr. De Valera first stood for sensitive area. ment's strategy on a new national the presidency, it will be remem- sistance to the elderly and large wage agreement. Four of the 11 higher living standards are causing Unionists, Alliance, Liberals,, North- created difficulties for him within a Catholic. Yet young John is now- The issues that will count in these the party. bered that the people put him in families. Later in the year will come the senators nominated by Mr. Cos- a seemingly limitless demand for •rn Ireland Labour, S.D.L.P., Repub- accused of being a moderate, be- But they have never fought an elections will be internment, repres- the Paik while at the same time important question of a new wage grave were in fact elected by the housing. lican Labour, Nationalists, Republi- cause he is a nominal supporter of election and the M.P.s within their sion, Westminster control and demo- The general style of the Coalition throwing out his Party's proposal and salary round to be negotiated Labour side. Mr. Brendan Halli- cans (official) and Communists. The This crafty hard line bigoted the nominal leader. ranks are all deserters. The most cratic rights, whether from a Government is very different from TTOUSES which were built for to abolish PR. with the trade unions. Will there gan. secretary of the Labour Party, nnly group of any significance not Orange politician has been forced recent to leave the sinking Unionist nationalist or unionist viewpoint. Fianna Fail's. Towards the end of £5,000 five years ago are now be a new national agreement, con- was made a senator. So were Mr. raking part in the elections are the by the requirements of British Mr Faulkner's saviour at the Party ship and join the Alliance They are unavoidable and until The same may well happen this their administration, the latter had fetching £9,000 or more, nearly a fining wage increases to within Michael Higgins of Galway and Mr. Provisional Republicans and they politicians into the position whereby moment is the barrenness within were Robin Baili (known for his en- they are decided the bread and but- time, with Mr. Erskine Childers made grown particularly complacent, in- doubling in price in a small space certain agreed limits on a national Pat Kerrigan of Cork. Both of arc banned in any case. he is now being accused of moderate the ranks of the Unionist Party thusiasm for the Common Market) ter issues which the N.I.L.P. cam- president while the people soldier flexible and arrogant. They were of time. The amount of capital basis, or not? This decision is these were strong Labour Party tendencies. Moderation is one of the leadership. A few like John Taylor, and Stratton Mills who toured paign on and use in isolation, will on with the Coalition as a welcome so used to being in office that they needed to acquire a new house is crucial for the whole internal eco- candidates in the recent election But although there is an abund- most obscene words in the Unionist clearly state that they are against America not so long ago telling the remain in second place in the minds change from Fianna Fail seemed to take for granted they so great — a down payment of nomic policy of the Government, and doubtless Labour hopes that ance of candidates and parties, very dictionary so Faulkner has lost sup- the Whitelaw conception for North- people of America about the good of the electors. would be there for ever. They were nearly £1,000 being now normally In terms of policy and what they and is particularly important for they will win seats in their respec- tew will be out canvassing or hold- would not open and approachable to the required — that increasingly only stand for. there seem at first the Labour Party members. The tive cities next time round. ^ cm outdoor meetings. These elec- public. The new administration is sight to be little to chooso between present mood of the trade onion middle or higher income group tions will be fought through the so far quite different. the two candidates. Both have held movement is strongly to oppose a people can have any hope of be- post and on television which will office in successive Irish Govern- ri^HE most significant nomination Mr. Cooney. Minister for Justice, new national agreement, for many coming owner occupiers. suit t „e establishment parties of the ments. Mr O'Higgins promises to be -*- to the Senate, however, was received a delegation led by Miss trade unionists feel—and rightly— The sensible solution would be to .-.oca ed centre. The protective LONDON N.C.C.L. CONFERENCE DEDATES NORTHERN IRELAND "an active and working President", that of Mr. Michael Mullen, secre- Mairin de Burca of Sinn Fein to that their living standards were nationalise all building land, for the timbreUa of the British Army which while Mr Childers has suggested tary of the Irish Transport and N end to the harassment by ous clearly defined army boot 'TM-IIS incident was only one hear complaints about the admini- hard-hit during the course of the price of land makes up about one has ailed miserably against in- by SEAN that he would establish a "think- General Workers' Union, who had the British Army in marks on the ffoors and on doors of those cited by Mr. Dro- stration of justice—something which present agreement, with prices ris- quarter of new house prices. There timidation and assassination squads A tank" to give him ideas if he were been a T.D. for Dublin North West Northern Ireland and the where they had tried to smash mey, to illustrate his contention would have been unthinkable for ing more rapidly than wages and is a government commission' cur- will hardly convince candidates of that "Army harrassment of min- elected. Mr. Childers' weH-bred and for many years during the 1960s scrapping of the Emergency them open. Later in the day an Mr. Desmond O'Malley, his Fianna family budgets being particularly rently examining the question of land the advisability of going outside ority groups in Ulster is now at its REDMOND courteous manner will appeal more before he resigned to take up trade Army 'Yellow Card' and a 'Blue Fail predecessor. hard-hit. The issue of a new prices in Ireland, but it is unlikely their own ghetto areas. Provisions Bill were among most intense level since 1969. to some, while Mr. O'Higgins's bon- union work full-time. Mr. Mullen Card' were found in the school." There is evidence that Mondo national agreement will dominate to recommend anything so sensible demands made at the Annual "There are widespread allegations homie and good humour will attract Other Ministers are unusually is well known for his radical and O'Rawe and the man called Rown- the Irish Congress of Trade Unions or radical as this. Conference of the National of brutality by the Army," said Mr. others. frank about their problems on tele- republican views and he played a "I talked to the school caretaker tree, admittedly Provisionals, who conference in July and there will 1) UT the democracy of Mr William Dromey, "and the minority popu- vision, discussing issues of policy major role last year in influencing A helpfui though less radical solu- Council for Civil Liberties in and to residents who distinctly were shot dead on Thursday, 12 be a special I.C.T.U. conference on Whitelaw is wonderful, if you lation feel that the Army is out of rpHE issue may be decided by with a welcome openness which is tion would be for the Government London on the weekend of heard and saw foot patrols of April, in Cape Street, in the Lower the Irish trade union movement to are able to forget about internment, control. There is considerable other considerations. It is long obviously appreciated by the Irish the subject in September. or the Local Authority to tax heavily May 5th and 6th. soldiers outside the school, round Falls, were in fact "executed" by oppose Irish membership of the concentration camps, jails brimming evidence to suggest that the Army since Mr. O'Higgins was much public. the difference between the agricul- about midnight, heard army the Army whilst in custody. Common Market. His union's atti- over with people from both sections ignore judicial processes in favour before the public eye. Many people tural value of land and its value a® They were contained in an emerg- walkie-talkie radio sets in use in Mr. Cosgrave. the new Taoiseach, ri"cy fate strike tor eighteen months have O'Brien travelled a traditional theme Association in its fight for justice, this discriminative law. on the question of inland fishermen, Brian Friel, Royal Court soldiers and police their testimony in the play. In Derry, where it is Provisions BH1, and emphasised ttie also been betrayed. The result of demolishes all conflicting matter the majority and net the minority danger to civM liberties in Britain of his when he said that a con- and called on the Minister to res- The injustice of the law he said Now a deputation went to the or the river lords who own the Theatre. these differences is daily squabbling such as the word of a priest. The who are the victims, Britain has contained in this Bi+I. Proposals stitutional crisis and even civil war cind the unjust law namely: The fish- is best seen in the case of isJarvds County Manager concerning the set- rivers and fishing rights. The Na- "i the press and on television and enquiry chairman echoes the world- never succeeded in gettiog sectar- such as the abolition of juries for might arise It Mr. Childers were ing for Salmon Ministerial Order of Sherkin, Heir Island and Long ting up of a Fish factory at Balti- tional Fishermen's Defence Associa- 'T'HIS is a play about three people radio between the opposition groups. famous finding that none of the ianism going for her. Readers of certain offences might be proposed elected President and tried to make 1972 which was issued, it was Island, where only one licence was more, Co. Cork, and the problem tion in their statement said "The and an objective situation. The victims would have died had they Kitson know that army commanders here later, if they "worked" in the office a more activist one than stated, to preserve the monopoly granted to the 450 inhabitants. How facing the 400 fishermen throughout Great and urgent need for a strong drop-out Skinner and an earnest not broken the law by marching. are not generally men of sensibiWy: Northern lrelar»d. Miss Joan Hymans now. Mr. Michael O'Leary chaired of the rivers and of the coastline of can these remote rural areas he the country, and particularly in West and vigilant national Fishermen's young mam who believes that in- officers in Derry continue to use of the Hampstead Labour Party also one of Mr. O.Higgins's press confer- Ireland for the private landowners, said, hope to arrest the decline of Cork, who have lost their livelihood Defence Association had been clear- 'THE civil Rights Association justice will wilt at the sight of digni- Strong and clear, Brian Friel methods of repression which their spoke in support of the motion. ences and in Cork Mr. Barry Des- large hoteliers and foreign anglers. their shrinking population if the in- as a result of being refused Drift ly indicated during the past few which led the Anti-internment fied protest find themselves in the makes the point that the fear and colleagues have found useful in Bel- mond urged local trade unionists to They also called for the abolition habitants of these areas are pro- Net Licences. A French Company— months. Campaign .still holds to the position company of a mother of eleven confusion which are augmented by fast. This is one of the play's most turn out and vote O'Higgins. of the Board of Conservators and hibited by unjust laws from using Ireland/Bretacne Fisheries Limited •hat internment must go and elec- (including a mongol) with an invalid from Brittany have sought to set up tors are being asked to sign a husband and an address in a con- rumour and pub balladeers are telling points, conveyed by silence. Who would have said four years a review of all fishing laws govern- the natural resources available to The many threats to our future, TWEEDLEDUM a Fish factory in Baltimore where "People's Pledge." The "Pledge" verted warehouse. They have taken created in the first place by the ago that such a confluence of forces ing inland rivers and coastal waters them to supplement their meagre in- particularly those which will inevit- Albert Finney's production is (Continued from Page Four) last year they paid £14,000 to the iorm requests the elector not to vote refuge from gas, wafer cannon and army as a matter of policy Before would have come about, in those so that the rivers and waters of comes Or is this, he said, the ably emanate from Brussels worthy of Brian Friel's mature fishermen for their catches There •or those candidates willing to take paratroopers in the mayor's parlour the killings no effort is made to this indeed as the logical outcome brave days when the Seventies were Ireland would be restored once and application of Mansholtism (M'an- (EEC), will have to be fought dramaturgy. He skillfully isolates the were difficulties involved in the scats before the end of internment of Derry guildhall following a civil probe the belief that the guildhaill of the present Coalition and it has to be Socialists? In the public eye for all, to their rightful owners, the shoft Plan) where our people are from a position of unity and strength. doomed three rn the mayoral room granting of planning permission, and before all repressive political rights march. Their characters and is occupied by dozens of armed already been suggested that in the of course, Mr. O'Higgins remains people of Ireland. being forced off the sea and off "It is the intention of our Associa- and keeps them there as shadowy hence the deputation to the Co. legislation is repealed and a compre- history urvfold as, sipping municipal men. Salutary overkill requires a next general election there should the Fine Gael candidate—Fine Gael AN t-Ath. Tomas O Murchu (Fr the land to make way for recrea- tion to carry out a detailed survey statues while the rest of the action Manager. The National Fishermen's hensive Bill of Rights is passed by liquors and cavorting in the oivic prepared scenario. not be different Fine Gael and through and through, in his tradition, Thomas Murphy C.C., Cape tional preserve for the shore loving of all aspects of the Salmon Fishing — the Widgery-pokery — goes on Defence Association will hold its Westminster. regalia, they puzzle over the mean- Labour candidates, but instead a character and policy — just as he Clear) said this was the last oppor- European Angler. Industry from the fisherman's point Other points are made A sociolo- downstage Raymond Campbell general meeting on June 3rd in Lib- ing of human rights. joint slate of "Coalition" candidates. was when he stood for the presi- tunity the small fishermen would of view, that is the structure of gist argues that the alienation of the makes a noteworthy London d6but erty Hall, Dublin, at 2 p.m., at which This would in effect be a move dency last time. The Labour Party's get to organise and he called on Boards of Conservators, outdated c, n A. claim that 75 per cent poor is due to ignorance of the as the youthful protagonist of digr»ify / |NE is tempted to ask the ques- delegates from all over the country The objective situation Is a dis- towards the merger of the two total support for him now only every fisherman to be unselfish in fishing laws, conservation, etc." A Ol (he people in some areas have world and disbelief in the future and Stephen Rea as the disillusioned " "tion are we designated to be- will attend. I would like to appeal guised military dictatorship. As the parties, or more realistically the serves to eliminate Labour from the this hour of greatest need and he final appeal for all Representatives already signed the pledge and cer- Is their a life before death?, asks Ski'nner improves, if anything, on his come the gombeen state within the to all Irish organisations in Britain trio obey an ultimatum to come out absorption of Labour by Fine Gael. political scene as an independent asked that each fisherman would of Fishing organisations to attend tainly the authorities are con- a Belfast wall slogan, quoted in performance in Ballygombeen Be- E E C ? "We in the National Fisher- to send telegrams of support d with their hands raised they are II is a measure of the commitment party. throw his full support behind the men's Defence Association", he said, an the General Meeting of the National (•'•rrwd about their success. Already riddled with 34 expertly aimed bul- one of Seamus Heaney's poems. quest. Carmel McSharry triumphantly ol the Coalition people to staying solidarity to this meeting military have been actively in- There are people on both the National Fishermen's Derfence Asso- "will fight this injustice by every Fishermen's Defence Association to lets frowi high velocity \rifles. A English critics, nurtured on daily penetrates the varied nuances of a in office as long as possible that ciation "Mar r»il neart go cur la ''inulating C.R.A. members working Labour Party and Fine Gael who see means in our power". It was deci- 'T'HE fishermen need all the sup- be held at Liberty Hall, Dublin, on judicial enquiry accepts eye-witness telegraphese about the religious great role as the life-affirming Lily. such a proposal as this could be cheile" He called on them to form "" 1,10 Pledge and have confiscated (Continued on Page Five) ded to approach the Irish language port they can get in fighting for June 3rd. statements that the three were divide, are surprised tharf sectarian- ST. seriously talked about. 6 THE IRISH DEMOCRAT June 1973

IRISH SONGS June 19/73 THE IRISH DEMOCRAT 7 BOOKS FAINNE GEAL AN LAI ™ BARRY COME BY THE HILLS repeated once more in response (Air: Buachaill on Eirne) to many requests). ^OME by the hills, there's a land where fancy ii$ free, A R maidin moch do ghabhas amach, Sociology and history LET ERIN REMEMBER feN Mountjoy Jail, one Monday ^ And stand where the peaks meet the sky and) tide rocks meet " Ar bhruach Locha Lein ; Indeed it is the first 135 pages of ® morning, the sea just : Approach to Crisis An samhradh 'teach 's an chraobh len'ais High upon the gallows tree, this book which qualify it for a Where the rivers run clear and the blossom is in the sun, lan Budg

whether you liked it or not you IRISH HISTORY ended up in the pub every niyht. The job was at a place called LECTURES Balby a couple of miles from the town and here I was introduced to a system of work which I had not / ' ENTK AI. London 15:lu ll Cmi- NE day I had a letter from my upon and their wages were cor- become acquainted with before—the * nollv A»(H'!.itie>n h;i.- ""\v father in Spike Island; a respondingly higher. This firm O SERIAL STORY fixing of "tellocks" (telescopic , omiiii need in sin-ji..M Mnd.v ol friend of his, a fellow N.C.O., was contracted to put in the floors once locking shutters) to form the base :ri>h history. The tir.-l lecture will coming out on his ticket" after the shell of a building had been :ako pi ice on WedneMi.iv. M;iy 23rd. By constructed and tradesmen did for the concrete floors. Not being twenty-one years as a soldier and particularly eager to learn, perhaps, ->nd will continue thereafter at since there was no use at all look- labouring jobs as the occasion iionihlv interval.-. arose. the complexities of the tellocks ing for a job in Ireland he had DONALL caused me many a pinched finger decided to come to Britain. Would Hut her than having a historical In the almost complete absence and frayed temper until in the end I meet him when he got off the rot ure lrom time to tune, this of any union organisation on the the Cockney foreman relegated me train and help fix him up with digs MacAMPLAIGH curse will discuss the history in building sites then this sort of to the less technical parts of the and a job? Spud, as they called hronolo.mcal order. A syllabus for thing went unchallenged and the job. him, was willing to try his hand at :he entire course is now available result must certainly have been any sort of employment at all. tackled a plate of Indian meal as (Continued next month) :rom Sean Redmond. Connolly As- large profits for the contractors the rarest concoction some expert sociation, 283 Grays Inn Road. and a twenty to thirty-per-cent wage Well, neither work nor digs pre- chef could cook up. London. W.C.I. for the workers in excess of what sented the least difficulty. I got they might otherwise have had. These, and other Central London Spud fixed up with a bed in the The dinner over, I took Spud on DON COOK IN a conducted tour of the town, point- iipet.mgs. take place every Wednes- same house as I lodged in myself Thus working a sixty-hour week ing out all there was to see of in- day. at 8 p.m.. at the "Irish Demo- and a job on the same building site with one firm (but not too hard terest and then we "adjourned" to WEST LONDON rat" Office. 283 Grays Inn Road, though not with the same company. pressed) I would draw something the pub—to the Saddler's Arms in London. W.C.l. like £10.0.0 while Spud for less 4 T the West London Connolly fact which, being a "free house" I met Spud at the station and hours drew £13.0.0 or more. The Association's meeting on May supplied a wide range of drinks. though I had never seen him before difference was that Spud had to 10th Mr Don Cook of the A.U.E.W. I could have picked him out with- feed a concrete mixer—the big sort gave his eye-witness account of the Accustomed as Spud was to the visit he made to Belfast in April as TACKLING out trouble from the throng of pint of Guinness at home, even the with the scoop-shaped hopper, that Irishmen and women who piled out is—on his own, shovelling sand and one of a three-man trade union dele- strongest English beer seemed weak gation—the first of its kind. of the early morning train. Straight and bodiless to him by comparison. gravel for many hours at a stretch LOCAL M Ps y as a rush, all six foot one of him, There were a number of our fellow while the mixer driver threw in the He conveyed with impressive with a military haircut and dressed lodgers present when I brought cement and barrowed away the clarity and wit the "awakening" he with impeccable neatness he came concrete to the hoist. The other had undergone. Before he went he /\N Thursday, May 10th the Spud into the pub and it was plain along the platform to shake hands that they didn't expect him to per- two members of the gang spread had thought he knew something of ^ Oxford Branch of the Con- with me with a formality I found a form very well as a drinker. How- and levelled the concrete (pre- Irish problems. But once there he nolly Association held a special little odd. ever, after Spud had calmly viously they had also done the steel- knew he did not. More than any- meeting to discuss the British Gov- fixing), pulling the dripping barrow- thing else, the British military We hit off back to the digs, then, knocked back about eleven pints of fulls in off the hoist. "presence" oppressed him. It was ernment's'" White Paper and the where Spud was an immediate suc- Davenports without showing even nerve-racking, frightening, intoler- Broposed Emergency Provisions cess with the landlady; Spud I must the slightest effect, their opinion For a man who had just com- able. Bill. say at the outset was not one of underwent a radical change. Not pleted twenty-one years of army those men who subscribed to the that this was an accomplishment of life this kind of work might be In three days of intensive activity The guest speaker was Sean Red- notion that a landlady is not a lady: which Spud would boast—far from thought rather more like slavery but he discovered the tragedy of sec- mond, with the chair being taken by old "Mother" was a lady to him it. Indeed with him it was quite the Spud was in magnificent trim and tarian divisions in the working class reverse, something to be glossed Alf Ward. and he treated her with an old- he worked tirelessly, hour after but was encouraged by the growing fashioned courtesy that made the over rather than talked about. hour, scooping sand and bal- ability of the trade union move- The meeting, which was held at other lodgers look on incredulously last" into the hopper with long, ment to provide the ground and It was revealing to hear men that Ruskin College, also heard a report and with ill-concealed amusement. rapid strokes. The foreman realised scope for unity. couldn't drink half of what Spud And Mother for her part responded from the start that he had done He admitted the difficulties he on the work of the Oxford Branch. could, boasting about the "rakes of by refraining from all obscenity and himself a good turn by taking Spud had had since his return to get The Branch has been busy contact- beer" they'd had and so forth. Cor- all-temper,—at least while Spud was on—the more so since the new man across to fellow Englishmen the true ing local M.P.s, and now intends rectness and extreme politeness indoors. was unfailingly pleasant and polite, picture of Belfast life—the misin- tackling them again on the con- were Spud's hallmarks; he was in- never complaining no matter how formation of Press and TV having tinued harassment of the people of capable of saying anything rude or rough conditions grew. T dinner that evening the boys gone deep—but was clearly un- the six counties by the British unkind or, I believe, of offending were hard put to suppress the daunted by them. He felt that more A anyone in any way. BUT even on the building site Army and the maintenance of re- titters when Spud thanked old English trade union delegations At work he was no less a success. D Spud's neatness never deserted pressive legislation. Mother effusively for the "nice would do a power of good—for those The company I got him fixed up him and when a lull came in the meal"—Spud I may as well admit, who go on them, for those who hear with—Kleine Floors Ltd.—operated concreting you'd see him cleaning Readers interested in knowing had a magnificent contempt for reports-back, and for those in on the basis that a small compact round his boots with a chip of wood more of the Oxford Branch work food except as the means of Northern Ireland who are gang did the work a much larger or brushing the caked cement from should contact the Connolly As- nourishing the body, and I believe ( strengthened by the fraternal sup- gang would normally be engaged his trouser legs. Spud's working port that follows for their struggle sociation head office. he would just as happily have gear, by the way, consisted of an for democratic rights. Irish army uniform (minus brass An enthusiastic audience pledged buttons), greyback army shirt and itself to work through all possible red army boots, and it was a sight channels to promote more trade NINE ORGANISATIONS IN CONFERENCE to see him striding off to work in union visits to Northern Ireland and the morning, erect and soldierly, his [VJTNE organisations participated to popularise the demand for the nailed boots ringing on the pave- in the preparatory committee Bill of Rights as the way to solve ment. Then at night he would whose important conference on the the crisis there. change into the full civilian regalia, crisis in the six counties took place ON THE SIX COUNTIES polished shoes, overcoats, collar and on Saturday, April 28th. for Civil Liberties, the British Peace Mr MacNamara and others. He tie, gloves held In one hand—a real | LETTER The original initiative in calling Committee and the Haldane Society. emphasised the danger to English smasher. them together was taken by the There were twenty-seven delegates civil liberties. It happened that after a few "Irish Democrat." from national organisations, about ANY "Irish Democrat" readers This point was carried further by weeks the Kleine Floors Job oame the same number of districts (Lon- M They were the Connolly Associa- Mr Patrick Powell of the Birming- to an end and Spud was asked to visit Dublin in the summer, don and Home Counties) and the tion, National Assembly on women ham and District Connolly Associa- move to Yorkshire to the next con- and notice the absence of familiar remainder represented branches and (who at the suggestion of the Con- tion, who described the harassment tract; there was a vacancy for landmarks. Could I draw their at- smaller bodies. The total was nolly Association sent a deputation of Irish families already in full another man, too, and this I applied tention to one in particular? eighty-five. to Belfast earlier in the year), the swing in Coventry and other Mid- for as soon as I got the wordl So Fog^jnore years than most of us Political Committee of the London land towns. Spud and myself said goodbye to carafe remember, New Books, the Co-operative Society, the Com- / 1ONFERENCE heard a report It was generally felt that there Mother—a tearful performanoe on oldMt distributor of socialist litera- munist Party, the National Union from the three delegates sent should be more Trade Union dele- her part—and moved to Doncaster. ture In Ireland, was located in of Students, the National Council by their Trade Union organisations Pearse Street. Alas, It has now been at the suggestion of the committee, gations; there should be support for the lobby of Parliament on June The digs here, in Christohurch compelled to move. who had been guests of the Belfast Road, were a big improvement, on New Books is now to be found, LAND BOOM Trades Council. 12th. The Government should be pressed to end harassment, with- Mother's but there was no crack as and of course, its proprietor Mr (Continued from Page Four) One of these, Don Cook of the draw troops into reserve, withdraw the saying goes and somehow Nolan, at 14 Parliament Street, London (North; District, Committee the Emergency Provisions Bill, and Dublin 2. It is com n on pi ace now for people of the A.U.E.W. said he had learned seek a political solution based on Parliament Street can be found to have to pay £4 or £5 for a modest more to surprise him in three days equal rights for all citizens and by going along the south quays from single room and there are numerous than in the preceding thirty years. political freedom. BOOK MAN O'C&nnell Bridge, or up College low income workers, male and fe- He described the appalling harass- Green and Dame 8treet. male, who have to spend half their Winding up for the committee, SEAN REDMOND ment and uncertainty, as a result wages on paying rents like these Mr Desmond Greaves warned that MOVES of which Trade Union branches and have only a few pounds a week if the Emergency Provisions Act were unable to meet. And appren- 4 T a send-off gathering held at left to keep going on. went through, the Bill of Rights 1 tices and others could not go to * the end of April, a presentation might have to be recast, but he was Building flats or houses to rent evening classes. was made to Mr and Mrs Peter Mul- West London C.A. confident that it could be done. to low income groups is no longer ligaij, who are now making their Leaders of the Oxford City Com- profitable for private enterprise, so home in the town of Northampton. munity Relations Committee were THURSDAY MEETINGS ffite task is left to the Government A SIMILAR conference was held or local corporations. What they cart present and said that if reports of *' in Manchester on May 20th, Peter Mulligan will be known to build is determined in turn by the the actions of plain clothes S.A.S. sponsored by the Connolly Associa- everybody as the man who built up units were correct then we had tion, Manchester N.C.C.L., the the Irish Book Service at 283 Grays June 7th finance avaHaWe to the public sec- FILM SHOW: MISE KIRK tor. The new Coalition Government before us the "scandal of the Federation of Shipbuilding and En- Inn Road, to its present proud posi- is pledged to increase the building century." gineering Unions, the Manchester tion. June 14th— target to 25,000 dwellings a year, Peace Committee, U.C.A.T.T. (Re- "JAMES CONNOLLY AND and K is only the achievement of A I R SEAN REDMOND opened for gional) and a number of distin- The loss will be severely felt in IRELAND — 197S" J —Sean Redmond | a figure like this, sustained over " the committee with an ac- guished individuals. It was ad- London, where a committee has been formed to carry on the work, it several years, wtiich could make a count of the political background dressed by Mr Joseph Deighan, of June 28th— rearf Impact on the present shortage in the six counties and England's Belfast, with Desmond Greaves in is hoped without dimunitlon of "WOMEN & THE STRUGGI.K in the urban areas of the Republic. responsibility arising from partition. the chair. efficiency. FOR NATURAL FREDOM" Pegeen O'Flaherty Mr Jack Dromey, a London- Representatives from the United Mr Mulligan has been a member Printed by Ripley Printers Ltd., based Tipperary-man, gave an ac- Ireland Association. Clann na of the Executive Council of the As- (T.U.), Nottingham Road, Ripley, count of the new Special Powers hEireann, Communist Party and sociation for a number of years, and Derbyshire, and published bj Act, the Northern Ireland (Emer- A.U.E.W. spoke. It was the sense it is expected that it will not be long HANWELL LIBRARY, W.7 Connolly Publications Ltd., at gency Powers) Bill, which is being of the meeting to send a delegation before there is a flourishing branch 8 p.m. 283 Grays Inn Rd„ London, W.C.J fought on committee by Mr Stallard, to Belfast. in Northampton.