YOUR (SC 279) contains conclusions that are dangerous for our work in CND. Obviously members of Labour CND have made choice about what we think the movement can win. We argue this at every opportunity inside CND. But when you conclude that This needs to. be rammed and that our fight in the Labour Par"Yor winning the anti- creates conditions nuclear movement to support for its natural and most powerful ally the labour movement', you are on a very slippery slope.
We should fight for CND to give priority decided at its November conference to trade union and Labour CND. But the last thing we need in '83 is and bitter around winning CND to SUDDOLL Labour in the La battle that would divide the peace movement from top to bottom.
should moves of CND to endorse any candidate in the election. Our campaign then should be modelled did here Hillhead -and Queens Park CND lays out its policy and calls on voters to test against candidate's pledges our founding meeting in January, Gavin Strang secretarY abour Parliamentary CND stressed the peace movement would need to be more active if a Labour Government is elected on our programme. I agree.
Even it we doge unilateralism the manifesto and even if we do win the have got a third and ever more taxing to torce the Labour leader ship to carry it out. For that we need a strong and independent CND whose mobilisations are above all the mood in the Labour Party that has got us this far.
Tony Southall, secretary Scottish Labour CND.
Ed - comments: We agree with Tony on HIS We 7LQRИ • inal mass modusa creates the best condikeeping a Labour overnment to its PrOMISE HOTICE ve should oDDos CND officially endorsing any particular party Clearly CND to en dorse as Tony points our, other party would, split the movement. But that doesn't stop us, as socialists the movement for its activists t lory, ane agains are sianolm of independent nuclear disar mament candidates.
The point is that there are some in the nuclear disarmament movement who think that it is basically irrelevan should say no. only a govern ment car sena BECA missiles and realistically it is only conceivable that Labour government will do it.
The point of our editorial and re apologise if this was not clear was that now is the time for Labour CND to take the offensive to get Labour firmly committed ficially endorse Labour canbelow Name.
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