Write to: Letters, him a highly intelligent weigh-master. Lecturing repeatedly his radical views, they nonetheless refused to fire him when he spoke at street meetings and attended plenums of the Communist Partv. A streak of radicalism made them despise the idea of firing man for his views they respected Dunne found him a more than comparent epc, even of Durine turned them Dunne down. Instead, he worked as hard as he could organise a rank and file revolt — in their own war the De Laitres respected him for that too. Finally, in 1933 the coal company entered into a business arwith Fuel Distributors, a Ford owned corporation was transferred to the new concern. For several weeks the Ford manager tried to make up his mind to fire Communist weighmaster who had come to him with the OK of the De Laitre Dixons. First he asked him to resign'. was such a unique episode that I believe it deserves 2. comments, criticisms or even letters over 300 words will be cut. Socialist Action, place in the record.
'Is il because of my work?' Ray asked his boss.
'No, No. The work is alright — you know that Dunne'.
'Do I get on alright with the men?'.
course relations with the men are fine.
"Well what is it?' Believe it or not, the Ford manager was embarrassed. He put off the firing until another day. But after all, it was too much for a Ford company harbour a trade unionist who at the moment was organising the coal heavers of Minneapolis under his Hose was Communist to boot. VR Dunne Fascist rally. A week latei the manager gave him his last pay cheque.' This wonderful but quite unobtainable was published York in 1937! SA readers should contact their local library and see if it can uncover some copies.
GELDEREN, London. Lissitsky tirelessly produced propaganda in defence of the embryonic workèrs' Video for peace two 30 minute films, If Love This when he The answer when the of the is usea. to are each times as the Second Dr of such In the near future she ficial will on for million: a nuclear that 90 per Those will either the ozone will be AS PART of its peace year, the Greater London Council is lending out for free a video containing If You Love This Planet, by Helen Caldicott and Protest and Survive, by Schools fallout, music, She but condividuals' lives by emotions tenderness and love is escalating ICCOST The Against effective -music nuclear almost for
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