Courses Demanded for Handicapped

Ptel— M. I. H. DISCO TctJey Bittemien. 55 CUFF ROAD Sat., 11th May Join fern. 8.30 p.m. 20p tlHNo. 84 S FridayM, May 10th, 197l4 11II IP Fascist group seeks to smash left and kindle racial unrest by Nick Witchell Leeds could well be on the brink of bitter political gang warfare of a violence and intensity unknown since the late 1960's. Over the past few weeks there has been a rapid escalation of tension between extreme left-wing and right-wing groups in Leeds. The opposing sides are now dosing ranks and organising themselves for what some see as a prolonged and possibly bloody struggle. The spark which has ignited this new round of poli tical violence is a fanatical Nazi organisation called The slogan of the National Democratic Freedom Movement daubed on the National Democratic Freedom Movement. Earlier this week one of the leaders of the NDFM the University's Henry Price Building. David Myatt, told me that his organisation is pre- j paring itself to forcibly smash all left-wing groups and kindle racial unrest in Leeds. Mr Myatt claimed that the NDFM, which was formed David Myatt COURSES DEMANDED in January by extremist members of the National Front and other right-wing organisations, already has an "We want active membership of over 200: FOR HANDICAPPED "Our membership is made people who up of those who are violent. The Leeds Area branch of the National Union of We want people who are pre pared to use violence. We are prepared Students is giving its fullest support to a group of don't believe in democracy — Leeds NUS pledges full will use the same methods as parents who want a better education for their mentally Mussolini in Italy and Hitler to use handicapped children. in Germany," he said. support for campaign There have already been Last weekend the city's by Ian Coxon hints of what isl to come. In violence" education department notified recent weeks there have been the parents of ten mentally formed by parents with several confrontations between handicapped children that it children on the course. He against City Council the NDFM and left-wing was not prepared to extend told Leeds Student that a groups. the special courses that the At last Saturday's annual number of leading members 9 children are attending at Park of the medical profession have cost of keeping ten students Pottemewton would be used Trades Council May Day Lane college. said that these handicapped on for another year could be to provide places for the in march through the city centre children need specialist educa as little as £2,500 compared crease in the number of four student participants were tion up to the age of 30. with the £46 million that handicapped 16 year olds attacked and one young mem Success will be spent on education in caused by the increased size ber of the NDFM was arres Hr Mr Blamire said: "The Leeds next year." of the area now covered by ted after he threw water at The courses which are run parents are going to picket a the Leeds Education^ the marchers. One of the in the college's Pottemewton meeting of the education com Cllr. Mrs Doreen Hamil Authority," Mrs Hamilton attacked students vnu Poly m L annexe were initiated in 1971 mittee at the Civic Hall in ton, the Chairman of the said. Union President-elec Ian and are designed to develop Leeds on June 10 to demand city's Education Committee Steele. He was surrourdted by the social maturity of men that the students be allowed said: "The scheme set up at a gang of NDFM supporters Goal "'•: tally handicapped teenagers to stay at the college for Park Lane was only a pilot as he walked through a pedes between the ages of 16 and another year at least." course and it was made quite trian precinct on his way to Ian Steele 19. In July the first ten clear to the parents involved Mr Blamire said that the join the march. He said it was students who were accepted The only alternative to the that students would only be parents group are intent on only the presence of crowds by the college in 1971 will college course are adult train able to aittend for two years mounting a campaign at of shoppers which dissuaded finish their three year course ing centres for educationally with an option on a third." national government level them from beating him up. "Scared of a but their parents are de sub-normal children which Mr with their eventual goal being Visibly shaken by the inci manding that they be allowed Blamire described as being She said that plans were the creation of a special col dent and with the banner he to continue attending the "completely inadequate for being made to improve the lege in Leeds for mentally was carrying in tatters Mr bloodbath in course because of the startling the Park Lane students." educational facilities of the handicapped people: "It is Steele said that he was very progress they have made. training centres and thereby going to be a long fight," he scared that there is going to He went qri to say: "There giving some benefit to a much warned, "but on no account be a 'bloodbath' in Leeds be Leeds before Bernard Manure, the father is enough space for extra larger number of people than are we going to accept the fore very long. of one of the ten students, is students at Potternewton and the fifty at Potternewton: "In education department's deci chairman of an action group I estimate that the additional any case any spare capacity at sion." run,,^, very long" LEEDS STUDENT — Friday, May 10th, 1974 Newcastle Directly contrary to York, Newcastle University has al Inquiry into MoD ready called off one debate which was to have involved an extreme right-wing An urgent inquiry is to be set up by post speaker. graduates to investigate the amount of money A National Front mem being received by the University in research ber, Mr Martin Webster was grants from the Ministry of Defence. grants to have spoken in a debate against Mr Steve Parry, the It follows the disclosure from the University Finance NUS executive member who Committee of annual grants totalling nearly £50,000 to had successfully argued for science departments and the recent acceptance by the the motion banning right School of History of over wing speakers at the national The inquiry will be carried union's Liverpool conference. £30,000 from the'Ministry out by the Association of of Defence to finance a Scientific, Technical and lecturer Managerial Staffs the trade in defence stu- union many postgraduates be South Korea completely disown the tour Hull dies. long to. of the University Rugby Peter Green, a postgraduate The President of South Club's tour to Rhodesia. Graduating students are Painters in Sociology and Chairman Korea has personally begun Already the tour had been turning up their noses at of the ASTMS Academic a fierce clampdown on stu strongly objected to by the career opportunities it was Group at the University, said dent activists, and any stu Government and the Cam claimed last week by Hull wanted for MJ the purpose of the inquiry is dent involved in future anti- bridge Students' Union. University's career service. to find out what the implica government protests could The Mount Jones coffee tions of the grants are: "A be sentenced to death. So far there has been no Far fewer students were lounge is the next target for lot of people doing work on The decree issued by the weakening by the club offi wanting interviews with Waxum Daswani, University Ministry sponsored projects cials and they see no justi prospective employers but Union Cultural Affairs Sec do not realise that they are Carol Jelley President gave student acti the only reason the career vists five days to give them fication for calling off the retary, and his policy of en working for the Ministry of tour; team members are up sen-ice gave was "the fluc couraging student creativity. Defence," he said. selves up and banned any tuating economic climate." press report on studem set by the Council of Sen He is appealing for students We intend to look at the Carol top in demonstrations. ate's decision because they from any department to sub whole question of Ministry will be barred from wearing mit designs for wall paintings grants very carefully and 261 student leaders have the University blue jerseys. they would like to do. critically." given themselves up to the Bradford UC poll police and others are being An OGM decision passed Former University Union hunted, 13 are now serving by students at Bradford House Secretary Carol Jelly jail sentences. York University was reversed by Council boycotts topped the poll in last week's The conflict has flared the union executive in an election of Union Council The Students' Union of members for next session. up over the repression of York University has voted attempt to keep internal police seminar political freedom in the by a ratio of two to one to troubles on the campus. In second place was Cul country which the President oppose the National Union The University Union is to boycott a discussion tural Affairs Secretary Wax instigated in order to pre of Students policy of black A suitcase belonging to a seminar with senior police officers in Wakefield next um Daswani who was origi vent North Korea "exploit ing right wing speakers and student was lost while in the nally believed to have with ing internal dissension in week.

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