CHRISTMAS BOOK ITS A CORK NUMBER IRISH 9 DEMOCRAT MAN FOR No. 267 DECEMB ER 1966 CAPTAIN T. O'NEILL DUBLIN! REPLIES TO THE C.A. WHY LEMASS RESIGNED But- he gives little away £APTAIN TERENCE O'NEILL, the six-county Prime Minister, NOT MUCH CHANGE EXPECTED in a letter to Mr. Sean Redmond, General Secretary of the Connolly Association, denies that he lias urged the majority to 'HE long drawn-out in-fighting and horse-trading is over and a Cork man now sits ignore their responsibilities to the minority. as Taoiseach in Leinster House. This is what the Con- genious." He rests his While no great changes of policy are expected, nolly Association charged argument for the retention it is being said that the new Cork man could not him with in a letter sent of partition on the 1925 do much worse than those from other counties who to him on October 26th, agreement which Mr. Cos- have preceded him. which was published in grave signed on behalf of full in the last issue of the the Irish Free State, which The team is substantially and a half, "Posts and Tele- Mr. Lemass's, but re-shuffled. "Irish Democrat." he regards as tripartite. graphs and Transport and Mr. Haughey will no Power," but this may shortly Apart from this he gives In his last paragraph he longer be plagued by the be made one under the title little away. says: "Between your out- militant farmers, as he re- of "Communications." He refuses to accept the look and mine there is places Mr. Lynch as Minis- Mr. Lemass proposed Mr. allegations of "gerryman- evidently an unbridgeable ter for Finance. Mr. Blaney Lynch and Mr. Frank Aiken dering, discrimination and gulf, bat I do not believe becomes responsible for seconded. Mr. Corish was police repression" and there is such a gulf be- Agriculture. Mr. Boland proposed by Mr. James takes local Government, claims the suffrages of the tween my views and those Tully and Mr. Sean Dunne. and Mr. Joseph Brennan And Fine Gael's Mr. population of Northern of many of that 'minority' Social Welfare. Liam Cosgrave was proposed Ireland on the basis of in Northern Ireland for Mr. Childers presides over by Mr. Gerard Sweetman imperial election results. whom you presume to a department with a name and Mr. T, J. O'Higgins. speak." INGENIOUS POLITICAL He describes the Con- The full text of his There is still speculation as to nolly Association's version letter and of the Connolly why Mr. Lemass resigned. It was of the constitutional posi- Association's further reply not, he said, for health reasons, but tion as "complex and in- appears on the back page. for political reasons. These can scarcely have included his accept- ance of a directorship in a company of which his brother Mr. Francis Lemass is chairman. This business M.P. asks about is Messrs. MacDonagh and Boland Ltd, incorporated insurance partition brokers of 51 Dame Street, Dublin. Opinion in Dublin inclines to the Monday, November 14th Mr. v theory that Mr. Lemass's departure Arnold Shaw, M.P., asked the links up with possible develop- Prime Minister In Parliament if he ments at Phoenix Park. While Mr. would "take steps to initiate nego- De Valera's health does not give tiations for the unification of Ire- rise to acute anxiety, at the same land." time it would be rash to assume The Prime Minister replied: "It is that Fianna Fail might be con- not, I think, for me to initiate such fronted with a fresh presidential discussions." election at any time. It is a sad commentary that when The success of Mr. O'Higgins last Mr. Lemass made one of his rare year would favour Fine Gael. It is efforts to raise the issue of parti- taken for granted that If Mr. De tion by asking the British Govern- Valera could only Just manage to ment if they would place obstacles worst O'Higgins, nobody else in In the way of unity negotiations if Pianna Fail would stand an earthly begun on Irish initiative, Sir Alec chance . unless Mr. Lemass. Douglas Home had not even the But just at the moment Lenaass's courtesy to reply. name is mud among the Dublin The present Prime Minister's workers. If he were to wait till coyness when looking west at such an election came on, the dirt British handiwork across the Irish would still be clinging to him. sea, contrasts oddly with his deter Mr. Lemass, the arch-opportunist, ruination to maintain a role "East knows that public memories are of 8IMZ." short, and that a period kissing Mr. Arnold, who was born in 1909, babies, paying compliments all was a schoolteacher before being round, and taking care to say pleoted to Parliament, and was nothing of consequence, could educated at the University College quickly cast him in the role of of Southampton. He was born In "elder statesman" and thus secure London. the succession. Gerry Fitt to DONAL O'CALLAGHAN, LORD MAYOR OF CORK THE EDITOR open conference A historical ploture of the man who replaoed Terence MacSwiney. rpHE "Irish Democrat" Conference SEE ARTICLE ON FAMOUS CORKMEN—Page five WISHES which was announced for January 21st in the last Issue of the "Irish Democrat" has been post- ALL READERS poned to February 25th so as to A SERIOUS WORD TO ALL OUR READERS give more time for organisations rPHERE is a serious atmos- The loss has been to some extent mises fund in October/November to elect delegates who do not hold a phere of alarm in the off-set by readers' donations. Many would have raised only odd, A December meeting. "Irish Democrat" office. And a man gives us a shilling for it, and against t h e September^October level of £31. And this £31 was The conference will be opened this voluntary subscription helps why? Because everything we miles below what we need. 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Cwnnin*- The conference is sponsored by lished for profit-making purpoees. stead of getting an extra boost, NEW YEAR Members of the Lords and Com- But at the same time It cannot con- what we have got in November is ham £3, J. H. £1, CoMwtion Box mons belonging to four political tinue at a loss, and that is the way a sad falling ofT in donations. But £«T 8s. 3d. This brine* the gnmd parties. things have been this year. for our Amerirnn friends the pre- total to mid November £1tt M. 3dL December 1966 2 THE tRISH DEMOCRAT December 1966 THE IRISH DEMOCRAT 3 WORLD COMMENTARY IRISH by PAT DEVINE GOVERNMENT POLICY SHOULD BE DEMOCRAT Editor: AIKEN AT U.N.O., TALKS OF CHINA IRISH CONFERENCE IN WEST LONDON C. DESMOND GREAVES ^ S 1966 draws to a close some might contemplate an attack upon about the very attack their govern- I proposed that we should endea- r the running down of jobs that ua- CHANGED " of the most dangerous poli- them. ments fear." J^HERE was considerable criti- not notifying them, so that those Associate Editor: vour to negotiate an agreed settle- cism of the current econo- who raised prices can snap their taking place there would be a tical questions, threatening the MR. AIKEN He may well be right. But surely ment of the problem of the repre- SEAN REDMOND "The most urgent need which con- mic policy of the Labour Gov- fingers at the Act. Rent rises are severe recession after Christmas THE following resolution was passed at the evening conference peace of the world, have taken to concede that is to give the right sentation of China and I quote and it was doubtful whether the fronts this organisation today," of way to the aggressor and leave ernment at a conference called allowed without the necessity of ' called by the "Irish Democrat," in conjunction with the West the centre of the stage, and are "that the Secretary General of the notification. Government would be able to con- London branch of the Connolly Association and Irish Self- 374 Grays Inn Road, set for discussion, one way or said Mr. Aiken to the Assembly, "is other powers at their mercy. four nuclear powers in the Security by the "Irish Democrat" in trol it even if they wished to do so. to stop the further dissemination of The Government was now saying Determination League to discuss what action should be taken by London, W.C.I another. The war in Vietnam, where Council should be asked to negotiate conjunction with West London nuclear weapons; to prevent their America, the giant atomic-bomb with Peking and Taiwan between that it would like to keep at least The chairman, Mr.