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Democrat Use It! by the Editor IRISHMEN, YOU HAVE THE VOTE fcui'.m DEMOCRAT USE IT! BY THE EDITOR ^^E'RE not telling you who to vote for. It's not our business. LANDLADIES BEWARE! BUT WE DO SAY: YOU HAVE —That lodger may be the A VOTE, USE IT. Irish Democrat reporter Candidates have told the Irish Demo- cret that in canvassing they have found THAT TOOLBOX MAY HOLD A CAMERA! Irishmen who are unaware that they are entitled to vote. EVERY IRISHMAN OVER 21, EVERY IRISH WOMAN OVER 21, IS ENTITLED TO VOTE. MR. MAURICE ORBACH, M.P. If he or she lives in lodgings, then the landlord or landlady had the duty to-fill " One of the big issues in the Six Counties in a return and see all lodgers were on the which has unfortunately also made its register. There are severe penalties for appearance in Britain is that of discrimina- failuie to record all persons of voting age tion in employment, in schools and in letting living on the premises. of rooms. Most of my constituents are aware that I have spent the last 15 years in fighting such discrimination, and that I will continue HAVE YOU MOVED ? to declare as base and evil any effort to pre- II you have moved since the register was vent a man or woman from working, or their made just before Christmas, then you will be children from going to school, or their being on the register lor your former address, and housed on the grounds of faith or colour. can vote there. II it is not far away, take the " I hope all Irishmen who are at present trouble to do .so. resident in Britain will participate in our But before the election ask the candidates democratic way of life, not only by voting at their views. You are entitled to take a full local and national elections, but also by part in the political life of Britain. You have joining their respective trade unions, and so absolutely equal rights, guaranteed by law, helping themselves and their fellow-workers WHAT'S WRONG HERE? with any British-born citizen. Claim them and to establish a decent standard of life and use them. Take part in the campaign. Ask proper working conditions." the candidates where they stand on partition, 1. NOT ENOUGH BEDCLOTHES FOR MARCH 1955. and also on housing, wages, peace and colonial Now ask the Tories, and see if they can offer freedom. anything better than that—somehow we doubt 2. WHERE DO THEY HANG THEIR CLOTHES? 'it. Just to start you off. the "Irish Democrat" 3. BEDS TOO MANY AND TOO CLOSE. has taken a lew samples for you. More "Irish Let's leave the " Bronx " of Britain, and go Democrats" are distributed m Willesden than to Manchester. There Ken Marks is opposing anywhere else in England, so we asked the Florence Horsbrugh, the unpopular ex-Minister WRITE IN YOUR IDEA OF WHAT Labour candidate, Mr. Maurich Orbach, M.P., of Education; Leslie Lever is standing for Ard- "DIGS" SHOULD BE LIKE ! for his views. wick. MR. ORBACH WRITES: MR. MARKS WRITES : " Nothing has convinced me that Ireland " Most Irish people know the Tory Party for MORE UNION BRANCHES should be split into two parts, and therefore what it is. Indeed the description Tory was I remain a strong supporter of the anti- coined in Ireland and was not complimentary. CONDEMN 'B' SPECIALS partition. Continued on Page 6, Column 4 kJANCHESTER Branch of the ^WWWWAWW/M "" Constructional Engineering Union has passed a resolution con- Valuables Ores I.R.A. HOAX CATCHES demning the "shooting of Irish citizens in the North of Ireland," and found in Galway demanding the disbandment of the INISTER FOR INDUSTRY > LONDON EVENING PAPER "B" specials and restoration' of full M & COMMERCE, Mr. Norton, «, democratic rights. i" told Fianna Fail deputy G. Bart- % THE 'STAR" TURNED RED IN LONDON ON MAY 2nd. St. Helens branch ol the C.E.U. also «J ley, that Mianrai Teoranta had protests against the " unorovoked attack drilled for molybdenite at >| —AND WELL MIGHT THEY BLUSH. " and views with, on Arthur Leonard, Ji Roundstone, Co. Galway with- Late night edition carried huge banner Police were said to have thrown a cor- within the United alarm the Existence out finding enough to justify % headlines right across the top of the front don round the mysterious geographical Kingdom of a police force with such wide entity where the raid was supposed to •J exploitation. / page, saying; " '6 shot in army raid' re- powers. It demands criminal proceedings port," followed by "Sentry clubbed by take place. ^ But traces had now been «] against those responsible and the dis- IR.A. men." But alas! The "Late night edition" found near Mace, and prelimi- % bandment ot the "B" Specials. was forced to carry a wee one-and-a-half Then followed an account of great ex- nary investigations were being V inch paragraph, right at the bottom of Further protests have come Iiom citements in "Armagh, Co. Tyrone." This made to see if it was worth page one headed "l.R.A. hoax"—admit- apparently passed the sub-editors and E T U. branches in South London; Acton ting that the raid on Armagh (County while getting the drills out seems to have aroused no suspicions. N U.R. protest .as reported in our third Tyrone!) had not taken place at all. edition last mc (th. People were saying that newspapers in Britain are a bit too ready to rush into print when there is an anti-Irish story. The "Manchester Guardian" recently pub- CONNOLLY PRESIDENT CALLS FOR UNITY lished three "expert" articles on Satur- days, purporting to show the terrible con- collaboration be- voice, said Mr. Clancy, they were numer- through not understanding the nature of pROSPECT of ditions that Irish girls suffer under—and . ., ous enough to win Labour to opposition Imperialism, had led it into a dead end. the total effect was not to show Irish between Irish organisations was ^ ^ Border But there were men in it he would be girls in a very good light. the object of an Analysing the prospects of co-operation phmd to work with, The "South London Press" gave splash at West London bonnouy Mbbuo.a ^^ bodies as they cxjsted to.day> Evan (he sma|,est organisation, the headlines to the statements of Mr. Isaacs, tion, when Mr. P. J. Clancy, prestdent hc sajrf jt was necessary t0 rcmember that London " United Irishmen," contained M.P. for Southward, who spoke of the alleged nuisance of the Irish Danoe Hall of the association, traced the years ev(jn jn organisations with bad or reac- sincere nationalists, and he would not be wi,h ,hem on ma1,ers thers—though the police report was by of effort he and his colleagues had tionary leadership, there were good and of common Intorest. no means so damning. spent advocating that Irish people | cere Irishmen. Many of the alleged " ' ' S n The "Daily Herald" spoke of an "Irish- should unite on a single platform obstacles to co-operation were unreal, TIE way of co-operation may not be man's Rise" m a recent editorial (It would against partition. l.iOR example, Sinn Fein was a Repub- I easy or short, said Mr. Clancy, but be better called an Englishman's rise, for that is what the British old age pen- The Connolly Association, lie said, had ' lican organisation which had impor- the Connolly Association would not be discharging its responsibility if it did not sioners have got, and is the old trick of had fts ups and its downs. It could now tant objectives in common. The Con- sound the note of unity among fc-ish British Toryism. claim without fear of contradiction that nolly Association was insistent that poli- people in Britain If others did not come And then evon "Reynolds News" has it was the most influential Irish organisa- tical methods were needed Were the with the Association in seeing unity with posters on show which say: "Serving tion in Britain. doubts which Sinn Fein had on this sub- the British Labour Movement as equally Democratic Britain"—and display the six But even though the future 1 argely ject any argument against co-operating essential, it was no reason for rejecting counties prominently in the picture. depended on how fast, it could establish where we did agree? For example, why the unity that could be obtained. Will they never learn? When there was fresh branches and grow into a mass not a joint campaign in Britain for the The pre-condition for unity was, he a newspaper strike the British people had movement, it was its policy to try to get disbandmrnt of the B" Specials? The stressed, the building up of a strong Con- a fair picture of foreign countries for the united action with others Anti-Partition League was not a Repub- nolly Association, since the ideas of Con- first time they heard nothing about lican organisation, and its leaders. nolly were the unifying Ideas. them. It the Irish in Britain spoke with one 2 THE IRISH DEMOCRAT May 1955 May 1955 THE IRISH DEMOCRAT 3 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAm AAAAAAA^4MA« > Prison for going on strike f * IBISH DEMOCRAT 'OME emplnyci:.' as.-oisal 10 and trade Registrar under section l(j of the Trade N as-iicial ions conic under ihe Com- Union Act. 1871 together with such re- > IS ONE OF THE PROVISIONS OF i 53 Rosoman Street, London, E.C.l panics Acts and may spend money on poli- turn covering the union's income and ex- I ncal objects without hindrance provided, penditure as to its Northern Ireland mem- THE TRADES DISPUTES ACT > All communications to Subscription Rates: of e.uirsc, that ilie memorandum of asso- bers as the Registrar may require.
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