4 RISIS. _ ALL OUT FOR LABOUR ON OCTOBER 8th!
1959The NewsletterCliff Slaughter Read the scan at ETOL (PDF) →Read from the scan by machine and not corrected: headlines and words can be misread, and a caption or advert can run into the text. For anything you quote, read the scan.
"THE Tory Press is hard at work to put a blanket over the scandal caused by the Jasper exposures of last week. In an attempt to frighten the middle classes they screamed on Wednesday ‘Election Strike Threat’, suggesting in no uncertain terms that Labour is ‘irresponsible’ and ‘wildcat’. But at the same time the system which the Tories stand for threatens the savings of thousands of professional and small business people in the ‘Jasper affair. The fact is that the private enterprise system is responsible both for the Stock Exchange rackets and the need for workers to strike for their just demands. Toryism is a conspiracy of big business against the people.
For the working class the Tories stress the reduction of the number of unemployed by 22,000 last month, implying that this means a step towards prosperity. This is a lie. The Tories fixed the election date early to get it over with before the bank rate goes up again. The 22,000 who have gone into jobs are in the main 15-year-old school leavers. Over 400,000 remain out of work, and the Tories know that an increase in US interest rates, aggravated by the steel strike, threatens immediate danger to the expansion they boast about.
Meawhile they cynically prepare for enormous cuts in employment: jn the aircraft, mining and railway industries over 250,000 will lose their jobs in the near future.
A vote against the Tories is a vote against the employing class. The Newsletter calls on all supporters of the Socialist Labour League to help to register a massive vote for Labour on October 8. TGWU Accepts Amendments to