\ o . )-t JUNE, 1943 P r i c e • > , j

CONNOLLY CLUB

NATIONAL CONFERENCE POSTPONED

CONFERENCE DANCE l e n b y C ! u l > , H a n d C o u r t , H o i ' o o r n , L o u

SATURDAY, JUNE 19ih BAS 7 - 11 p.m. 2 -

YOU "DEVELOP CLASS UNITY"

RE-EQUIP YOURSELVES" SSAG TO

DONEGAL EXPLOSION

EIGHTEEN DEAD T \ EATII s t a lked t he S t r a n d a t Bally-J ' m a n u s , t h e quiet f i s h i n g vi l lage in Donega l , w h e n 18 m e n a n d boys lost t he i r lives a t t e m p t i n g to open a sea mine .

H e a r t b r e a k i n g scenes were wi tnessed as a n g u i s h e d re la t ives s e a r c h e d t h e S t r a n d at n i g h t f a l l for t h e bodies of t h e i r loved ones; some r e m a i n i n g un t i l d a y b r e a k , fall-over bodies in the shal low w a t e r a s they shou ted for t h e i r re la t ives a n d f r i e n d s .

As n i g h t fell a g roup of u n t r a i n e d men h a d a t t e m p t e d to h a u l in a m i n e floating n e a r t h e beach . Despi te w a r n i n g they cont inued . Whi l s t t h e C o a s t W a t c h Officer was on h i s way to cal l t h e mil i tary , a terr i f ic explosion was h e a r d fo r 40 miles a round—eas t a t L e t t e r k e n n y , n o r t h a t R o s e n p e n n a . s o u t h a t Ki l lybegs . F o r t y homes n e a r t h e S t r a n d a t B a l l y m a n u s were d a m a g e d by t he explos ion.

Crowds ru shed across to t h e s h o r e when the shock of i h e explosion h a d s p e n t itself.

T R A G I C P R O C E S S I O N The vic t ims were aged b e t w e e n 16 a n d

30. Some were b ro the r s , s o m e were mar r i ed men . All were b r e a d w i n n e r s , many of w h o m were p r e p a r i n g to come to Br i ta in wi th in a few days . A f t e r h o u r s of searching a t r ag ic process ion of re la t ives and f r i e n d s filed to t h e ha l l a t Mul l agh-duff in an a t t e m p t to i d e n t i f y t h e dead .

Few could i den t i fy t he s h a t t e r e d faces and broken bodies. M a n y f a i n t e d a t t he s ight of t h i s hor r ib le r e m i n d e r of war which h a d descended upon t h i s peace fu l village. O t h e r s s tooped over t h e bodies, hysterically c l u t c h i n g a t t h e r e m a i n s of brothers, h u s b a n d s a n d sons . M a n y of t he usual a ids to iden t i f i ca t ion , c lo th ing , height, f ea tu res , were in m a n y cases ab-sent, m a k i n g t he s i gh t g r u e s o m e a n d cruel . The bodies of two young boys, J a m e s Rogers and J o h n R o a r t y a r e st i l l miss ing.

W a r n i n g s h a v e been r e p e a t e d l y issued by the D e p a r t m e n t of Defence , t h e Press, posters and radio, i n f o r m i n g people of t he danger of t a m p e r i n g wi th m i n e s a n d in-f t ruc t ing those observ ing susp ic ious ob-jer ts in the sea or on t he S t r a n d how to proceed.

Civilians have been r e p e a t e d l y asked to assist the G a r d i a in keep ing o t h e r s away from the vicinity un t i l t he m i l i t a r y a r r ive to destroy or d i s m a n t l e t he m i n e s .

Some of t he d e a d a n d i n j u r e d a r e in-cluded in the fol lowing l is t : — FROM RANNYHL'AL—Owen Gal lagher (24) ,

Patrick Gallagher (21), Dominic Gal lagher •-fil (brothers) ; Joseph Harlev (19), Owen Hailey (15), Denis Harley (17) (bro thers ) ; Anthony Rogers (33), J ames Rogers (34) (brothers).

FROM MULLAGHDUFF — J o h n Koarty, John McGinley (21), Edward Gal lagher ( 2 ' l . Michael Sharkey (15).

FROM RRAADE—Hugh Duffy (17), James ,,llfT.v (15) (brothers) ; Manus O'Donnell

John Sharkey (15), J o h n J . ( a r s o n ,"'1) Ibadly injured by the explosion, died '•iter).

FROM BALLYMANUS—John Boyle (15). •he injured in Let terkenny Hospital are : ,, BALLYMANUS—1'atrlck Boyle, John l!"ylo (brothers).

! l ' ! .A A , )F—Anthony Sharkey. " I J X A G H D U F F - Donal Boyle, John

Koarty.

IRELAND is on the move. My message to you is: Re-equip yourselves so that when you return you can fit into our movement and help." This was the stirring message Jim Larkin,

Jnr. gave to one of the most successful meetings organised by th Connolly Club in London. "The primary object of this historic meeting," declared Mr. Desmond Greaves, National

Secretary of the Connolly Club, "is to exchange greetings with the Labour movement of Ireland, through the person of Jim Larkin, Jnr."

D a lways be "on the bor row." c D 1 - r - B u y y 0 M r o w n c«>py o f " I R I S H F R E E D O M . " Obta inable f r o m W . H. smiths, W y n u n s , and a l l Newsagents "Pon ortfer.

1 R E F E R R I N G to I r i sh n e u t r a l i t y , Mr. L a r k i n . J u n i o r , sa id : " W h y is I r e l a n d ,

wi th h e r g r e a t democra t i c t r a d i t i o n , n e u t r a l in t h i s s t ruggle w h i c h will decide w h e t h e r F a s c i s m is to be a wor ld o r d e r ? . . . W e like to see words t e s t ed by act ions, a n d a r e cri t ical w h e n we dea l with the words a n d ac t ions of t he g r e a t coun-t r ies of Eu rope . If Poland or Czechoslo-vakia or a n y occupied c o u n t r y is en t i t l ed to be f r e e f r o m foreign sub jec t ion , surely the I r i sh people have an equal c l a i m ? If th i s is a w a r of democracy a g a i n s t Fas -cism, t h e n t h e t e s t ing point is to app ly it nea re s t h o m e .

"We would l ike to know why t h e I n d i a n people, w i t h a record of c u l t u r e longer t h a n we t h w s e ^ ' a n d s a re d e n i e d J,heir f r eedom? W h y , if the C h a r t e r is d r a f t e d in t he m i d d l e ; of t h e At lan t ic ocean , it is lef t t h e r e ? T h e English workers have to know these p rob lems . If the w o r k i n g class a re p r e p a r e d t e condone w r o n g t h i n g s done in t h e n a m e of their ru l ing class, they will pay t h e pr ice themselves in t h e i r own count ry .

"We m a k e n o apology for our p r e s e n t or f u r t u r e a c t i o n s . " said Mr. L a r k i n .

P A P E R WALL " 1 J E T W E E N t h e Br i t i sh a n d I r i sh

peoples t h e r e still exists a p a p e r wall. On our s ide we a r e cu t off f r o m t h e g r e a t m o v e m e n t s n o w c h a n g i n g t he world . On your side t h i s b a r r i e r makes it a p p e a r t h a t we a re a s m a l l g roup with l i t t le t o offer and s o m e w h a t self ish.

"We shou ld recal l the words of a m a n , now cons ide red respectable, t h e words of Kar l M a r x to t h e Engl ish people, w h e n he said t h a t u n t i l t he Ir ish people h a d ob-ta ined c o m p l e t e independence t h e E n g l i s h people t h e m s e l v e s would not be-f ree .

E M I G R A T I O N

IR I S H worker s , you are b r o u g h t over here b e c a u s e you are neces sa ry a n d

a n y t h i n g you work for you a re en t i t l ed to get. T h e p r o b l e m of emigra t ion is pa r t ly our respons ib i l i ty , because we fa i led to take full a d v a n t a g e of our oppor tun i t i e s , therefore , we m u s t sha re the b l a m e with t he G o v e r n m e n t . I t is h igh t ime in Ire-land t h a t we rea l i sed t ha t if a n y b o d y is going to save t h e I r i sh work ing c lass it will be t he I r i s h working class themselves , i Applause, i Our chief faul t is t h a t we are jftways p r e p a r e d to do the f i g h t i n g and when the fighting is over, let someone else t ake cha rge . W h a t we gain in t he fight-ing we can easi ly lose in the peace.

" I r i sh w o r k e r s coming to E n g l a n d have not just s a t back . They joined t h e t r a d e union light a l o n g s i d e the Engl i sh workers . J o b a f t e r job in t he building t r a d e h a s been o rgan i sed by I r i shmen . In Holy-head recen t ly t h e first g roup of Dubl in c a r p e n t e r s a r r i v i n g found t he job a dis-grace. T h e D u b l i n c a r p e n t e r s d e m a n d e d Dublin ra tes , 4>,d. an hour above t h e Eng-lish ra te . T h e y got the r a t e a n d p r o p e r living a c c o m m o d a t i o n . W h a t t h e y won was given to t h e i r fellow Eng l i sh workers . Each of us h a s something to give and each of us can receive something from t h e other. We mus t get to know, understand and work with caoh other,

LABOUR CRITICISMS

1^1ANNA Fai l Government h a s achieved a measure of success," continued Mr .

Lark in . " but their policy has certain de-fects. The basic defect lies in the l imita-tion of the consuming power of the Irish

people. T h e p rob lem of effect ively r a i s i ng working-c lass s t a n d a r d s h a s n o t been solved.

"Our Labour P a r t y cr i t ic i sm of t he G o v e r n m e n t is t h a t it did not p r e p a r e for war by laying in a d e q u a t e s tocks of the basic necessi t ies w h e n suppl ies w e r e avail-able a n d I r e l a n d ' s credi t su f f ic ien t ly h igh . One example of t h i s lack of f o r e s i g h t was the f a i lu re to build a n I r i s h M e r c a n t i l e M a r i n e , for w h i c h we have long a g i t a t e d .

RATIONING URGED " S I M I L A R L Y wi th r a t i o n i n g . T h e

* Labour P a r t y h a s c o n s i s t e n t l y u rged a gene ra l sys tem of r a t i on ing . I n th i s way we could h a v e provided t h e m i n i m u m necessi t ies of life for t he w o r k i n g people. R a t i o n i n g was n o t i n t r o d u c e d because F i a n n a Fai l r e g a r d e d it a s an a d m i s s i o n of pol i t ical fa i lure .

C o m m e n t i n g on t he poss ibi l i t ies of im-proved t r ade r e l a t i ons between B r i t a i n a n d

T h e Br i t i sh w o r k i n g class for six m o n t h s a ided t h e ™ 1913- h a s never been f o r g o t t e n in Dublin. O f t e n in the per iod when t h e Br i t i sh people were su f fe r ing u n d e r t h e bl i tz I hea rd d o c k e r s express ing s y m p a t h y for t he w o m e n a n d ch i ld ren . "

E Q U I P Y O U R S E L V E S 1 ) E F E R R I N G t o t h e g rowth of t h e

L a b o u r P a r t y . Mr . La rk in c o n c l u d e d : "We h a v e f o u n d t h a t i ndus t r i a l o r -gan i sa t i on w i t h o u t poli t ical o r g a n i s a -t ion does n o t c a r r y us fa r . T h e y o u n g people will no l onge r follow I r i sh p a r t i e s with n a m e s 700 y e a r s old, or w h o a r e vaguely n a t i o n a l i s t . Ireland is moving on . My message to you is: Re-equip yourse lves so that when you return you oa/1 fit i n t o BtlrTnovement and help. In England y o u . have t h e c rad le of d e m o c r a t i c o r g a n i s a t i o n a n d you m u s t l e a r n f r o m t h a t m o v e m e n t . You will h a v e t r e m e n d o u s p r o b l e m s to

AND JIM LARKIN. SNR. SAYS . . . r P E L L t W m I am always th ink ing 1 of them in their struggle. I would

like to see many of them a n d shake them by the hand , but I c a n n o t get out of here. I don't th ink Morrison likes me."

DESTROY FASCISM "Give them all my best regards ," he

continued. "They must realise t h a t a t present we are cut off f rom all active association with them, but a r e look-ing with sympathet ic eyes on thei r struggle.

" VVe know they require all their courage to destroy the hideous force t h a t has raised its head in Europe to-day.

"As we see the magnif icent deeds of the Russian Army and we realise what" the Russian peoples have achieved in a generation, it is a n in-spiration to us all.

"There is unlimited oppor tuni ty for our movement, if we can get uni ty in a true spirit of solidarity.

"Here in Eire, Labour goes forward with a demand for liberty of speech and liberty of association with our conyades across the water. We are lighting against l imitations forced on

t iade unionism by our present govern-ment .

"We are demanding the release of all political pr isoners and control of all monetary resources. Our pro-g r a m m e is for food for the people a n d in good measure.

" I appeal to my British comrades to assist us in the fight for a united I re land. " T h e Labour Movement yearns pas-

sionately for the day when the ar t i -ficial barriers dividing our country will be swept away and we can go forward in unity.

" The workers of Northern Ireland are pa r t of the same class—bone of our bone, flesh of our flesh.

" T h e Labour movement in this coun-try has now to fight not a military fight, but a political one for unity in Eire and with the workers of the world. Our people cannot s t and apar t f r o m the rest of t he world. I t is an insane policy to try to do so.

"We demand the r igh t to send greet-ings to the workers who are fighting to be free, to express our sympathy and to give assis tance to our own class in this crucial fight."

•Ireland, Mr. L a r k i n sa id : " T h e r e a r e mil l ions of pounds s t a n d i n g to t h e c red i t of I re land in Br i t a in . When we a s k for coal, petrol , etc., we a r e a sk ing for no more t h a n has been sen t to Por tugal or S o u t h America . We are p repa red to p a y for it a n d you can be sure wha t goes into Ire-land will not go out by the back door.

R U S S I A : G E N E R A L S Y M P A T H Y " I T H I N K it Is t r u e to say t h e r e h a s de-

' veloped a gene ra l s y m p a t h y t o w a r d s t he R u s s i a n people and a desi re to u n d e r -s t a n d them. T h e I r i s h people a r e s t a r t i n g to ques t ion w h a t is it in a p a r t i c u l a r coun--t ry t h a t m a k e s its people p r e p a r e d to die for t h a t count ry . W h y is it t h a t a t re-m e n d o u s c o n g l o m e r a t i o n of n a t i o n a l i t i e s fight a s one? T h e y don't fu l ly k n o w the a n s w e r yet b u t t hey a r e looking for It.

F I G H T T O G E T H E R " \ I E E T I N G S of this character w i t h a

mixed audience of Irish and E n g l i s h workers are valuable. We mus t I n c r e a s e our mutual understanding. Of a l l t h e nationalit ies in the world, no t w o g e t on better IX left without Interference. On working-class policy wc can fight together.

face w h e n you r e t u r n . You mus t be r e a d y . We a r e do ing ou r b i t in I r e l and but t l \ e r e a re m a n y ways i n w h i c h you c a n h e l p here .

"First, take your place in the General Labour Movement in this country.

"Second, become imbued with t h e sense of ordinary working-class u n i t y and loyalty. You a r e members of a great f ami ly and a g r e a t movement.

"We on our s ide will provide the organ-isat ion of industrial and pol i t ical m a c h i n e r y necessary to face the g r e a t p roblems ahead.

"As part of the great family of the working class, both Engl i sh and Irish, we have a common direction, a basic bond. T o the extent we e a c h deal with our problems from this point of view will we at ta in a common unity and purpose."

Mr. R. Doyle, of the Connolly Club, a n d former member of the International Bri-gade, urged the release of Frank R y a n from Franco's gaol.

Mr. P. Dooley, In the chair, took a collec-tion of £14.

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I R I S H F R E E D O M

Dear Editor... Submarine Sinks an Irish Ship

TH E British Press announce the s inking of an Eire s teamship , 3.S. Irish Oak. which, they declare, was torpedoed wi thout

warn ing in the Atlantic 600 mi les f rom Q u e e n s t o w n .

Dismantle Nine / \ N l a n d i n g a t T o r y Is land, oil' t h e

N o r t h - W e s t D o n e g a l const, t o exp lode a mine , r epo r t ed w a s h e d in o n t h e east shore , mi l i t a ry e x p e r t s found t ha t i s lan-ders . a r m e d wi th s p a n n e r s , wrenches a n d screw-dr ivers , h a d . de sp i t e t h e risk, o p e n e d it a n d removed t h e i n t e r n a l m e c h a n i s m .

People on t he m a i n l a n d , h e a r i n g of t h e i s l ande r s ' ac t ion , expressed t h e o p i n i o n t h a t t h e r e s i d e n t s of Tory h a d no t h e a r d of t he B a l l y m a n u s d isas te r , in w h i c h 19 young m e n lost t h e i r lives.

M u c h of t h e explos ive in the m i n e h a d been removed w h e n t h e Army . expe r t s a r -rived. T h e y exp loded the d i s m a n t l e d m i n e a n d explosives .

A publ ic m e e t i n g a t Mul laghduff to con-s ider e r ec t ing a m e m o r i a l to the v i c t ims of t h e B a l l y m a n u s d isas te r , cal led f o r a G o v e r n m e n t i nqu i ry .

T h e inques t , on A n t h o n y S h a r k e y (15). t he 19th victim, w a s a d j o u r n e d a f t e r evid-ence of i d e n t i f i c a t i o n .

A close w a t c h is be ing kept for m i n e s repor ted by f i s h e r m a n along t he N o r t h -Wes t Donega l c o a s t .

A

C O N N O L L Y C L U B Outdoor Meet ings re-commence at the junct ion of E d g w a r e Road and M a r b l e Arch on Sunday, June 6th, at 3.30 p.m. and every Sun-day fo l lowing , weather permi t -t ing, unti l f u r t h e r notice.

MEATH SHOOTING A de tec t ive o f f ice r is in jured , b u t i t is

believed not ser ious ly , as a r e su l t of a s h o o t i n g a f f r a y a couple of miles ou t s i de D r o g h c d a .

I t is u n d e r s t o o d t h a t G a r d a i f r o m Drog-h e d a were go ing a l o n g a M e a t h r o a d to m a k e a n a r r e s t a n d t h a t when t h e i r c a r c a m e close to t h e suspec ted person , w h o w a s cycl ing, h e m a d e fo r the d i t ch .

T w o sho t s r a n g ou t and a de tec t ive officer was i n j u r e d .

I t is u n d e r s t o o d t h a t a n e scaped p r i s o n e r f r o m M o u n t j o y was t a k e n in to cus tody .

Cock o' the North 7 E I C E S T E R B r a n c h of t h e Conno l ly * J C lub is in a c h a l l e n g i n g mood, h a v i n g he ld two s u c c e s s f u l publ ic mee t ings w i t h i n a m o n t h . F l u s h e d w i th success t h e y now c h a l l e n g e all o t h e r b r a n c h e s .

T h e m o s t r e c e n t mee t ing , held in H u m -b e r s t o n e G a t e , w a s very well a t t e n d e d , t h e a u d i e n c e c o n t r i b u t i n g £ 4 14s. to t h e collec-t ion.

Mr. P. Doole.v, spoke , replying to n u m e r -ous p o i n t s r e l a t i n g t o I r e l a n d ' s pos i t ion to-day a n d quer ies r e g a r d i n g exiles ' cond i -t ions. Mr. T im W a l s h , Hon. Secre ta ry , 93 C a n n o n St ree t , Leices ter , will be p l eased to h e a r f r o m t h o s e in t he d i s t r ic t w i s h i n g to join.

Tii i report of t h e s ink ing , w h i c h ap-p e a r e d in the I r i s h P r e s s gave ind ica t ion t h a t t he ship h a d b e e n to rpedoed . It s t a t e d tha t " insuf f ic ien t de ta i l s a r e to h a n d . "

T h e weather w a s f ine a n d c lear a t the t i m e ol' the a t t a c k , a n d t h e s u b m a r i n e re-spons ib l e for t h e a t t a c k was not. seen by a n y of the crew, w h o were landed la te r a t Co rk .

T h e sh ip was o w n e d by I r i sh Sh ipp ing . L t d .

COALITION LAST RESORT - - D E VALERA

COALITION G o v e r n m e n t w a s t he l a s t resor t of a bea t en P a r t y , " de-

c l a r e d Mr. De Va le ra , add re s s ing a F i a n n a F a i l Convent ion at. T r a l e e . "We a r e qui te s a t i s f i ed , he sa id , " t h a t t h e people of th i s c o u n t r y are be t t e r se rved by h a v i n g one P a r t y — w h a t e v e r i t is—suff icient ly s t r o n g to pu t its p r o g r a m m e t h r o u g h . " Mr . De V a l e r a was r ep ly ing to t h e p r o p a g a n d a for a Coal i t ion G o v e r n m e n t or a G o v e r n m e n t c o m p o s e d of t h e " b e s t b r a i n s of t h e coun-t r y . " which h ^ s a p p e a r e d in t h e " I r i s h T i m e s , " and t h e p r o p a g a n d a of Mr . Cos-g r a v e ' s Par ty . F i n e G a e l .

S p e a k i n g ea r l i e r i n Limer ick M r . De V a l e r a stressed t h e n e e d for good r e l a t i ons b e t w e e n Eire a n d B r i t a i n .

"All quarre ls b e t w e e n Br i t a in a n d our-se lves have been r e m o v e d wi th t h e excep-t i o n of one o u t s t a n d i n g m a t t e r , " h e said. " I believe t h a t s t a t e s m a n s h i p in th is c o u n t r y and in B r i t a i n will b r ing a b o u t a s o l u t i o n of t h a t r e m a i n i n g q u a r r e l a lso."

T h e I r i sh people, h e urged, m u s t h a v e a s t r o n g G o v e r n m e n t . A coal i t ion would m e a n t he end of d e m o c r a c y .

Mr. Sean T. 0 ' K e l l y , F i n a n c e Min i s te r , s p e a k i n g a t P a s s a g e W e s t . Cork, r e f e r r i n g

to Pa r t i t i on , d e c l a r e d : " I believe hones t ly a n d sincerely if G o d spares E a m o n de V a l e r a for some y e a r s , h e is t he on ly m a n t h a t h a s the wi sdom, knowledge, exper i -e n c e a n d the c o u r a g e to end P a r t i t i o n , as h e h a s ended so m a n y o t h e r p r o b l e m s in h i s t i m e in our c o u n t r y . "

I n t e r j e c t o r e x p l a i m e d : "Yes, b u t wha t h a v e you done a b o u t t h e Six C o u n t i e s ? " M r . O'Kel ly r ep l i ed : " W e h a v e n o t f in i shed P a r t i t i o n I a d m i t . "

SNOW IN SUMMER Dubl ine r s awoke o n Monday . M a y 10th,

a n d rubbed the i r eyes. Streets , c h i m n e y tops , greens a n d w a l l s were whi te . Ear ly r i s e r s saw " c a s u a l " C o r p o r a t i o n l abou re r s r e a p i n g the w h i r l w i n d of t he ha i l .

P l eas ing d isp lay of colour was a f fo rded by t he bluebells a n d t h e s u m m e r flowers t h a t m a n a g e d t o h o l d the i r h e a d s above t h e b lanke t of snow.

Amaz ing s igh t s w e r e seen of bu t t e r f l i e s h o v e r i n g above t h e g a r d e n s like n a t u r e ' s a i r p l a n e s in d i s t r e s s seek ing s a f e l and ing .

T h e snow in D u b l i n a r e a was m o r e t h a n s e v e n inches deep.

M i s s B a r b a r a M u l l e n , s t a r of " W h a t E v e r y Woman K n o w s . " now p l a y i n g a t the G l o b e Thea t re , L o n d o n , shor t ly e x p e c t s her f a t h e r , Mr. W. M u l l e n , to visit h e r in L o n d o n .

DUBLIN REMEMBERS CONNOLLY

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;.•••: ..! the r.i'.iks of the working-class : i i • : .

I. M O I . V M 1 X i< urragli Camp) . aiiiei ' ' on Easter Week was grand.

. - oi k to you and a l i t t le he lp is . i :h a en of sympa thy so I a m enclosing _' -J to lielo the F u n d .

J. WALSH (Chiswick).

: nave /.card f rom Paddv Smi th a n d Mick • Ki.irc'a.i in t he Cur ragh . Paddy gave a . : ;re lo the ' ads on t he Anniversary of the

in.'.tie of J a r a m a . ".'he boys discussed the new Coercion Act

. '.lie Si\- Counties and were maddened a t :::• Iving s t a t emen t s a n d forged documents

- by S'.crmont to jus t i fy their act . The nments quoted were false,

ek Hanr.a. Char ley Casey will be glad of books and L. O'Hanlon was asking for

>py of "Ten Days t h a t Shook t h e World," : any of Maurice Hindus 's books.

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-.nested. — Editor j. * * *

Constant reports reach us regarding the <•: t nsarship in I re land . Correspondents com-jn . Jn tha t censorship, justified by ivar re-qui rements within a neut ra l country, is used to limit democrat ic expression. For in-s tance , publicity was recently refused to ad-»>-rtise a meeting in Dublin called to discuss e i t Beveiidge P lan . Any opinion, irrespective •ji politics or religion, appears to be subject to the closest scru t iny by the author i t ies with a view to suppression. It is t ime this r ruled. JAMES CON'LEY.

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I N spite of the heavy rain and storm, , ' P. T . Dunne's hostile barrage f r o m the correspondence columns of the " I r ish Press," a n d other un f r iend ly elements, D u b l i n workers in their T rade Unions and Labour P a r t y Branches mustered in thousands in the parade f r o m Parnel l Square to the James Conno l ly Labour Day mass meet ing at Col lege Green.

A f te r two days of winter cold and rain the heavens poured floods be-tween 11 and 11.30 just when workers were mak ing the i r w a y to their Un ion halls. Th is kept away many f r o m jo in ing their contingents, especially w o m e n members.

Cons ide r ing f i le wea the r the re was a s a t i s f a c t o r y t u r n o u t wi th some 10 bands , m a n \ ; b a n n e r e t t e s and slCjKanp, a n d Several d r a y s c a r r y i n g the h is tor ic b a n ' rrertf-of the un ions . T l w I.T-. a n d G.W.U. B r a s s a n d Reed B a n d headed t he p a r a d e ,

, fol lowed by colour p a r t i e s b e a r i n g the* u n i o n crcst, t he T r i c o l o u r and t h e P lough a n d t he Stars , a n d t h e P a r t y a n d Congres s l e a d e r s .

T h e r e was a c e r e m o n i a l h a l t wi th m u s i c a l l ament a t t h e G e n e r a l Pos t Office in s a l n t e t n C o n n o l l y and t h e dead of E a s t e r Week. 1916.

A t College G r e e n t h e speakers we CP: Mr. J . Keves. T.D.. P res iden t I r i sh T r a d e U n i o n Congress ; Counc i l lo r M i c h a e l Col-c a n ' i n I r ish a s well a s E n g l i s h ) ; T h o m a s F n r r e n and Wi l l i am N o r t o n . T.D.. l e a d e r of t h e Labour P a r t y in t h e Dail.

T h e meet ing a d o p t e d en thus i a s t i c a l l y t h i s resolution, m o v e d by the c h a i r m a n .

" T h i s meet ing ol w o r k e r s and c i t i zens of Dubl in recalls w i t h p r i d e the scrv ioes and sacr i f ices ol J a m e s Connol ly a n d rasolvos lo honour his L a b o u r a n d T r a d e 'Unlwi p r inc ip les in a p r a c t i c a l and ef(ecUv« m a n -n e r by working a n d v o t i n g (or t h e Labour P a r t y ' s cand ida t e s in tho c o m i n g Genera l Etoct ion." . ' i [ R e p o r t f rom "Torch,-" th«i weekly o r ^ a n of

t h e Irish Labour Movemen t . ] t

June, 1 9 4 3

Torpedo-Boats In D u b l i n

J R I S H m a r i n e h i s t o r y was m a d e when " two floti l las of m o t o r - t o r p e d o boa t s ar-

r ived f r o m thei r s o u t h e r n bases a t Dublin por t a n d t he t r a d i t i o n a l ce remonia l app . : -m i n i n g to visi t ing w a r vessels was c a m . e out f o r t he first t i m e in t he I r i sh Man.-. Service .

O n t h e a r r iva l of t h e vessels at South City Q u a y , t he v i s i t i n g C o m m a n d e r cal led on t h e Dubl in C o m p e t e n t Por t Author i ty i C o m m a n d e r A. J . O ' B r i e n - T w o h i g i. a im the cal l was t h e n r ec ip roca t ed .

H u n d r e d s of m o d e l s of sh ips of all k inds were being a r r a n g e d in the Mans ion H o u s e a n d r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s of t he M a r i t i m e i n s t i t u t e , s h i p p i n g c o m p a n i e s a n d f i rms dea l i ng wi th m a r i t i m e goods were busy p r e p a r i n g the R o u n d Room a n d the S u p p e r Room for t h o exhibi t ion .

T h e publ ic were w a r n e d t h a t pe rmis s ion of t h e Min is te r f o r D e f e n c e is necessary for t h o s e us ing c a m e r a s in t he r iver area of D u b l i n a n d s p e c i a l p r e c a u t i o n s wen t a k e n to see t h a t t h e r u l e was kept while t h e mo to r - t o rpedo b o a t s were in h a r b o u r a n d po r t .

MAKING HIMSELF UNPOPULAR

\ J R . SEAN M A C E N T E E m a k i n g a bid f o r p o p u l a r i t y i n t he f o r t h c o m i n g

e lec t ions , bi t ter ly a t t a c k s the t r a d e u n i o n m o v e m e n t in D u b l i n a n d d e f e n d s t he T r a d e Union Act of 1941, w h i c h was p a s s e d by the F i a n n a Pai l G o v e r n m e n t . T h i s Act. l imi t ing t h e power of t h e t r a d e u n i o n s , was v igo rous ly resis ted by the t r a d e un ions . Mr . N o r t o n a n d "h i s politi-cal h e n c h m e n , " s a i d M r . M a c E n t e e , h a d de l ibe ra t e ly m i s r e p r e s e n t e d t he Bill. It w a s opposed mos t f iercely , said Mr . Mac-E n t e e , by "every ques t i onab le c h a r a c t e r w h o h a d f a s t e n e d h i m s e l f on t h e Labour M o v e m e n t and every p a r a s i t e b a t t e n i n g on' t h e t r a d e u n i o n i s t s of I r e l and . "

A p p a r e n t l y Mr . M a c E n t e e wishes to ig-n o r e t h e t h r e a t to work ing-c las s o r g a n i s a -t ion w h i c h th is Bi f l r e p r e s e n t s a n d t h e w i d e s p r e a d hos t i l i t y w i t h which it w a s me t f r o m every sect ion of t h e T r a d e U n i o n and L a b o u r M o v e m e n t t h r o u g h o u t I . e l and .

OLD and new f r i ends in Dagenham desirous of jo ining the Connolly

Club a re advised to wri te to Mr. J ames O'Connell , 26 t ioresbrook Koad, Dagen-h a m .

ELSIE TIMBEY says U / H E N next y o u have a pint of * * beer treat us to half . W e w i l l

have it in the v a l u e of stamps or postal orders.

Y o u al l a p p r e c i a t e we a re w o r k i n g for " I r i s h F reedom" a n d un i ty a m o n g s t Irish a n d Br i t i sh worke r s . It is c h e a p a t half a p i n t . Don't let t h e Editor t h i n k I am los ing m y power of a p p e a l . Back m e up n e x t m o n t h lass ies a n d lads. If y o u can-not s end cash ( p e n n i e s a r e welcome) send s u g g e s t i o n s and c r i t i c i sms . Show you are ac t ive ly in te res ted in t h e wel fa re of our p a p e r . Most of us a r e working h a r d dur-ing t h e day a n d d o i n g vo lun ta ry work in t h e even ing . If we a r e a l i t t le la te send-ing y o u r receipt d o n o t t h i n k t h e m a t t e r is ignored .

No m a t t e r how s m a l l , r emember we wel-come your d o n a t i o n . In t ime to come you will look back a n d be glad t h a t in the s t r u g g l i n g days of " I r i s h F r e e d o m " you he lped us to ach ieve J a m e s Connol ly ' s de-s i re . T o all t hose w h o so generous ly con-t r i b u t e d to the May collect ion of £S 14s. 3(1. a n d t h o s e f r i ends w h o s e dona t ions will ar-rive a f t e r going to press, our s incere t h a n k s .

C o m p a r i s o n s a r e odious , some poet said, but my financial c o m p a r i s o n s m a d e mo s q u i r m . I told t h e E d h o r t ha t April 's col-lect ion was £10 ]2s . 6d. and was p rompt ly told to ra ise £30 p e r m o n t h to keep " I r ish F r e e d o m " -on an e v e n keel. Our special a p p e a l was d i s p a t c h e d . How pleased wc were w h e n a n o ld a g e pens ioner s c n l a d o n a t i o n , toge ther w i t h a most interesting l e t t e r ; t h e n a S c o t c h m a n sent a donation in a d m i r a t i o n of t h e I r i sh spir i ! . I waiicrt for t h e Irish h e a r t to overflow but on the whole , t h e overflow his been s l ight. Many t h a n k s , however, t o :

P e r M i ;kx \ L J l i g g s . 12s.: S. D K' in 5s.: S. McAlahon. 5s.; P. Adams. f>. : I' O ' G . F a n n i n g . 2s. : P. Kenny , 17;.: T B e c k e t t . 17s.; g h r i s 'Ke l ly , fis. fid : H M e P a d d e n . 6s. 0(1.; Bob Doyle. 3s.: I' O ' C o n n e l l . 7s. 'Bd.: A. Gil l ies 2s. (H : B . / y 7s.: NT; P a g a n , 8s. ; B*>rt Young l i s 3(1.; j i l i ss M. G a l l a g h e r 10s.: ,). Hughes. L'l T0.s. 0(1.: "R. l;pslie. l i s t West London B r a n c h , 12s. Gd. T o t a l , £8 14s. 3d.

June , 1 9 4 3 I R I S H F R E E D O M 3

GAELIC ASSOCIATION Replies to the

-Dl-Hi ) If we H i n t tii beat the Roche without

the use (if guns 'HiM'c a r e mystic weapons should

t r y . When ordered advairtu men do a

dervish dance ) And yell the mystic s y m b o l , Ili-di-hi. I And yell t he mvsti* symbols. Ilo-ch'-ho.

As those of "other r anks" with neither guns or tanks

I may m a k e the forward movement ! m u c h too slow, : Commissioned ranks w<ll follow and

ra ise a mighty "hol ler" By shou t ing out the symbols, Ho-de-lio. By shou t ing out the symbols, Ilo-dc-ho. This myst ic combination would cause

such consternat ion "File Roche would never wait to make

reply, He'd a b a n d o n tank and gun and in

t h e double run When he heaj-d us shouting, Hi-di-hi,

Ho-de-ho. When h e h e a r d us shouting, Hi-di-hi,

Ho-de-ho. This m a y sound a trifle barmy, unlit

for F l anagan ' s a rmy, For using i t I got t he push and go. But I c a n s tand the chaff for now

I ' m on t he staff And s inging Hi-di-hi-de Ho-dc-ho-de-

lio. | And s inging Hi-di-hi-de Ho-de-lio-de- I

ho. —Conclavist. I

LAUGHING GAS The war situation is getting so compli-

cated that editors arc asking people who know nothing about it to write for them, because they're more likely to be right.

First Actress: "In this new play I'm taking the part of a young girl who dies of a broken heart. Now, how does a person act who is dying of a broken heart?"

Former Friend: "Just watch the author, darling, at Uie first rehearsal."

"Fried Spiders—a Cure for Whooping Cough."—Newspaper heading. So there may-be something in the Government's remedies for unemployment after all.

"So you made a personal application for the job? What did he think of you?"

"I don't know. He didn't give me time to find out."

* * * A doctor says that half our ills are due to

Mir fact that we don't eat what's right. As a matter of fact, most of us have to eat what's left, '

* * * "But can yonr lawyer not convince the

judge that joa are innoceBt?" "No, but h e has convinced me that I am

innocent as compared with my lawyer." # * *

Wanted: Candidate for Western constitu-ency. Own bicycle essential.

The Chairman of Sunbeam Wolsey will be a Fine Gael candidate for Cork at the Gen-eral Election. In this constituency, anyway, the issue is knit,

* * * It is stated on unreliable authority that

when Siberian-trained troops arrived on the icy battlefields of the Ukraine, they exclaimed "Oh, boy, Summer!"

* # # "Why is it called Swing Music, Papa?" "Because some of them ought to swing for

it." * • *

Many people who wouldn't dream of speak-ing with their mouths full, insist on talking With their heads empty.

* * * If the Government gets in again for the

new six years' period, it'll be in office for 17 yrars. What are they out after? The record of the Northern Ireland Government? * * *

"No man has a right to say, 'Thus far shalt thou go and no further' to the onward march «f a nation." But plenty of folk have a right t» say It to a Minister for Finance.

J, >1 K -̂i ^ V^l

Neither fair comment

nor decent journalism"

T H E " Irish Press," organ of Mr. De Vatera's Government, recently delivered an aditoriai attack on the Gaelic Athletic Association which included a criticism of a pamphlet published

by the G.A.A., entitled "National Action," which urged that a single political party should rule the nation.

In reply, the President of the G.A.A. issued a statement which had the unanimous approval of the Executive Council. Excerpts from the statement are as follows:

"Since Ihe Annual Congress and arising otif of discussions at Congress. 'The Irish Press' has thought fit to criticise editorially the principles and personnel of the G.A.A. We have the right to expect that an editorial article in a daily paper, which presumes to judge our intentions as well as our policy, should bo based upon truth, logic and impartiality. It is because these features are so notably missing in the article in 'The Irish Press' that we claim the right to be heard in reply.

FRIDAY NIGHT IN HANDKWOKTH IS IRISH NIGHT IN BIRMINGHAM

CEILDHE DANCING

SOCIAL ST. F R A N C I S INSTITUTE,

WRETHAM ROAD, HANDSWORTH (Nr . Hockley Brook)

Commences 7 p j n . Centre fo r a n d all Irish

acuvitteri.

"The a r t i c lo in ques t ion is a t h r ee -pronged a t t a c k u p o n < X > pe r sonne l of t h e Cen t r a l Counc i l ; i2) G.A.A. a t t i t u d e o n t he ques t ion of fo re ign g a m e s in t h e Army; t3i t h e publ ica t ion of t he p a m p h l e t . 'Nat ional Act ion . '

CENTRAL COUNCIL P E R S O N N E L " i l ) T h e ' I r i s h Press ' says in its ed i to r ia l

'Some of t h o s e w h o con t ro l t h e des t in i e s (of t he G . A . A J a t t h e p r e s e n t t ime a r e ac t ing in a m a n n e r t h a t c a n only a t t r a c t ridicule. ' ' S o m e m e m b e r s oi t h e C e n t r a l Council su f f e r f r o m a n e x a g g e r a t e d s e n s e of the i r o w n i m p o r t a n c e . ' ' I t is n o t t h e y b u t the m e n on t h e p laying f ields who e m -body the r e a l Spiri t of t he G.A.A.'

"I deem it m y du ty to deny t h a t t h e r e is a n y f o u n d a t i o n for t he se s t a t e m e n t s . I say they a r e fa lse , biased a n d u n t r u e .

"The ^ e m b e r s of t he C e n t r a l Counc i l a r e elected by t h e Provincia l C o n v e n t i o n s o n t h e n o m i n a t i o n of t he C o u n t y Boa rds of I re land . As t h e l a t t e r a r e composed ma in ly of a c t u a l players , h u r l e r s a n d foo t -ballers, the C e n t r a l Counci l is i m m e d i a t e l y r e p r e s e n t a t i v e of, a n d respons ib le to, t h e Gae ls of I r e l a n d f r o m the 32 count ies .

"The ' I r i s h P r e s s ' s t a t e m e n t s a re n e i t h e r f a i r c o m m e n t no r decent j o u r n a l i s m .

FOREIGN GAMES IN ARMY "(2) On t h e a t t i t u d e of t h e G.A.A. to-

wards t he g r o w t h of fo re ign g a m e s i n t h e Army, c r i t i c i sm was to be expected, b u t n o t fa lsehood.

"The G.A.A. accused by t h e ' I r i s h Press ' of ' d e m a n d i n g t h a t so ld iers w h o play o ther g a m e s should be pena l i sed ' a n d t h e r e is a n obvious imp l i ca t i on in t h e s t a t e m e n t ' t h a t t h e Army c a n n o t a ccep t i n t e r f e rence f r o m outs ide bodies. '

"These two c lauses s u m m a r i s e the com-m e n t of t h e ' I r i s h Press ' on t h e a t t i t u d e of t he G.A.A. t owards fo re ign g a m e s in t h e Army. T h i s c o m m e n t is gross ly u n -fa i r .

"The G.A.A. h a s m a d e n o d e m a n d w h a t -soever c o n c e r n i n g suppo r t e r s or p layers of fore ign g a m e s in t h e Army . If t h e Secre ta ry ' s a n n u a l r epor t h a d been r e a d by t he ed i tor i t would h a v e been seen t h a t i t was not to be unexpec ted a t t h » p r e s e n t m o m e n t t h a t t h e r e would be fol lowers of fore ign g a m e s in t h e Army.

"Bu t t h e G.A.A. did d e m a n d a n d will con t inue to d e m a n d t h a t Gae l ic g a m e s ge t f a i r play in t h e Army. T h e v a s t m a j o r i t y of t h e G a e l s of I r e l and a re convinced t h a t s u c h is n o t t h e pos i t ion to-day.

"NATIONAL ACTION" PAMPHLET "(3) T h e p a m p h l e t , 'Na t iona l Act ion. '

O n this ques t ion we m u s t p e r h a p s a d m i t m o r e real g r o u n d fo r h o n e s t c r i t ic i sm on t h e pa r t of t h e ' I r i s h Press. '

"The pub l i c a t i on of t h e p a m p h l e t w a s undoubted ly a v e n t u r e in to t h e r ea lm o f , 'polit ics ' if we t a k e poli t ics t o m e a n t h e sc ience or a r t t h a t governs t h e admin i s -t r a t i o n of t h e w e l f a r e of t h e na t ion .

" In this s e n s e 'pont ics ' is concerned w i th na t ional i ty , a n d n o ru le of t h e G.A.A. fo r -b ids its m e m b e r s to fos te r w h a t is n a t i o n a l ; on t h e contrary, s ince its incep-tion as an organisat ion it has closely iden-tified itself with all the progressive national movements .

BRITISH LABOUR CONFERENCE

r p H E a n n u a l c o n f e r e n c e of t he Br i t i sh Labour P a r t y will mee t f ro tn Monday ,

J u n e 14th to F r iday , J u n e , 18th, a t t h e C e n t r a l Hall, W e s t m i n s t e r , ixnidon.

I m p o r t a n t i t e m s o n t he a g e n d a a re t h e appl ica t ion of t h e C o m m u n i s t P a r t y fo r aff i l iat ion a n d t h e ag i t a t i on for end ing t h e p r e s e n t poli t ical t ruce .

Considerable discussion will centre round the Communist application for affiliation, which has been supported by o W 1,600 branched of various Trade Union and Labour Party branches.

" In the n a r r o w e r m e a n i n g of t he word politics, viz.. d i s c r i m i n a t i n g between t h e d i f fe ren t po l i t i ca l pa r t i e s , the G.A.A. does not affil iate i tself wi th any par ty a n d is not opposed to a n y body t h a t s t ands f o r a f r e e ar>d Gael ic I r e l and . "

Twenty-Six County Budget

MR. Sean T. O'Kelly recently introduced his Budget in the Dail. Total revenue

required was £ 4 5 millions, of which over £ 3 millions would be met by borrowing. H e announced tax concessions to industrial ists amounting to £30,000, and abolished the re-servation on e n t e r t a i n m e n t of a partly edu-cational charac te r .

Income tax a n d sur tax brought in £ 1 0 millions; Corporat ion Profits Tax nearly £ 3 millions, indirect 'Taxat ion amounting to £ 1 0 s millions.

Mr. O'Kelly a n n o u n c e d tha t £ 5 millions were to be expended on unemployment schemes.

The Budget revealed t h a t the business sec-t ions of the communi ty have done well out of t h e present crisis, bu t on the other hand t he tremendous increase in cost of living by 183 points, as well a s t h e heavy indirect taxa-tion placed t remendous burtlens on the shoul-ders of the working class.

The Budget does no t a t t empt to ease th i s burden in any way. On the contrary t h e concession to t h e Industr ia l is ts will increase it.

All the big indus t r ies during the past year showed an increased profit. Transpor t £271,000 (increase of £46.000). In banking a n d distribution t h e r e were similar increases.

This Budget will n o t meet with enthusiasm among t h e people.

The demand for increased taxation of the r ich must not cease with this Budget. I t mus t rather be intensif ied in order t ha t t he sacrifices may be l ightened on the common people and placed on the shoulders of those who can bear it.

LANDLADY ORDERED TO REPAY £37 10s. RENT OVER-

CHARGE: FINED £50 " \ I / - E are d e t e r m i n e d , a s f a r as possible

to s top t h e s e ex to r t i ona te ren ts , " ' s a id t he p res id ing m a g i s t r a t e a t B i rming-h a m Police C o u r t (Mr . Hora t io Lane) , w h e n impos ing a f ine of £ 5 0 on Grace Honey-c h u r c h , of 2071, C o v e n t r y Road, She ldon , f o r cha rg ing a n excessive r en ta l for f u r -n i shed rooms a t 2083, Covent ry Road.

I t was s t a t e d t h a t t h e ren ta l c h a r g e d w a s 37s. 6d. a week fo r th ree rooms used by two I r i sh s i s t e r s w h o had come t o B i r m i n g h a m for w a r work.

T h e Bench fixed t h e r en t a l a t 22s. 6d. a week, and o r d e r e d t h e r e p a y m e n t of t h e excess renk c h a r g e d (£37 10s.) a t 15s. pe r week.

Mr. Lane desc r ibed it a s "a case of dis-g r a c e f u l o v e r c h a r g i n g . "

Honeychurch , h e sa id , h a d taken ad -v a n t a g e of t h e s e y o u n g women, who. be-c a u s e they were a f r a i d of being turned out . h a d signed a l e t t e r w h i c h h a d been s e n t t o t he mag i s t r a t e s .

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G.A.A. NOTES Leinster Championships:

Games played 2nd May. Senior Hur l ing: Dublin 3-9. Wicklow 1-1.

Kilkenny 4-9. Wexford 3-4. Senior Footbal l : Louth 2-10. Meath 1-8.

Ulster Championships: Junior Football : Antr im 2-12. Derrv 4 ?

Fe rmanagh 2-8. Monaghan 1-3. Challenge Games.

Senior Football : Kerry 1-4. Dublin 0-5. Roscommon 5-8. Galway 1-7.

Leinster Championships: Games played 9th May.

Senior Footbal l : Wexford 3-6. Kilkenny nil. Wes tmea th 2-2. Longford 2-2.

Senior Hur l ing : Offal 2-4. Laoighes 2-3. Dr. M c K e n n a Cup (F) .—Tyrone 3-4.

managh 0-5. Armagh 1-4. Derry 0-4. Fcr

Leinster Championships: Games played 16th Play.

Senior Hur l ing : Meath 6-7. Wes tmeath 5-1.

Senior Footbal l : Leix 4-8. Kildare 1-10.

Munster Championships: Senior Football : Tipperary 2-7. Waterford

1-2. Dr. MeKenna. Cup (F) .—Armagh 2-4. Ty-

rone 1-6. Ant r im 1-11. Down 0-4.

British Fixtures: H.—May 30: Lanes, v. Nor thampton , a t

B i rmingham. F .—June 20: London v. Nor thampton, a t

Nor thampton . F .—June 27: Lanes, v. Warwickshire, a t

B i rmingham.

In Britain THE firs t game in t he Brit iah Hur l ing

Championship was played in London o n May 16th when B i rmingham were the visi-tors.

The Beckenham pitch was in perfect con-dition even if the sun was s t rong in the eyes.

B i rmingham opened with a dash which soon faded out against the cool crisp hur l ing of London. Af ter ten minu tes London led 7 to 1. After minutes Bi rmingham was. lucky to be drawing 7-7. At ha l f - t ime London led 10-8 and it looked as if the result w a s a l ready decided.

While the Bi rmingham players had been telling each o ther what to 4o a a d worrying the i r supporters with- persistent, tlme-wast^ ing a n d fut i le effor ts to l e f t t h e ball, t h e Londoners had been saving the i r breath a n d delighting t he eye With oie»n, short passes, off the ground

A REVOLUTION A revolution took place a t half - t ime. Lon-

don was expected to ma in t a in it* supremacy a n d increase the lead in t h e second h a l f . Ins tead, B i rmingham with bust le and d a s h , swept the Londoners off the i r fee t and n e v e r let them regain their balance. They addedF four goals and two points to London's 1-1. making the final score: M r a t a t h a m 6-2. IiOndoR 4-2.

T h e outs tanding players for London were Wade, J. Mnrphy and Dower. For Birming-ham, Condon, Dowling and D. J. Murphv.

ULSTER COUNCIL. MEETING

AT a meeting of t he Ulster Council on 1st May, a t which P. McNamee. late Presi -

dent of the G.A.A., presided, a resolution of confidence in the Central Council by Sean 0»Ke.nn«dy was used as a peg on which t o h a n d a protest agains t a leading article in t he "Ir ish Press" a t tacking Mr. McNamee.

T h e "Irish Press" a t tack was directed agains t a recent publication by the Centra l Council in which was advocated a s ingle political party. I t is extremely unlikely t h a t e i ther the a u t h o r of the publicat ion or t h e Cent ra ! Counpil realised t ha t t h e single par ty system has been tried and h a s produced I ta l ian Fascism and German Nazism.

PLATERS a n d supporters a r e invited to write to the Secretaries of County Com-

mit tees in England for detai ls of Hurl ing a n d Football Clubs in their a r ea s :—

Lancashire: G. Mullhalland, 37 Viola St.. Liverpool 20. ^

London: S. Smith. 22 PerryfiiTd Road. Crawley, Surrey.

N o r t h a m p t o n : J . O'Sullivan, 23 Maple Street , Nor thampton .

Warwickshire i F. Conway, 43 GoldUiorne A ? f * t r , S I l M n , Bi rmingham.

-Hurling Harry.

I R I S H F R E E D O M June, 1943

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g r e s s i v e i y w o r s e n i n g , it is a g r a v e s i t u a t i o n . T H E real s a c r i f i c e s g e n e r a t e d by t h e

' cr is is h a v e b e e n b o r n e by t h e c o m m o n p e o p l e b e c a u s e of G o v e r n -m e n t a l r e l u c t a n c e to o p e r a t e a rad ica l p o l i c y c o m m e n s u r a t e w i t h the s i t u a -t ion; a p o l i c y w h i c h w o u l d p lace t h e b u r d e n s of t h e cr i s i s w h e r e t h e y prop-er ly b e l o n g no less t h a n w h e r e t h e y can best be b o r n e , n a m e l y , on t h e r a n c h e r s a n d t h e rich i n d u s t r i a l i s t s .

The w i d e s p r e a d r e a c t i o n of t h e peop le to t h e i r i n c r e a s i n g p o v e r t y w a s expressed in t h e M u n i c i p a l E l e c t i o n s w h e n L a b o u r d o u b l e d i t s r e p r e s e n t a -t i on . 5 7 a p p e a r s p r o b a b l e t h a t t h e L a b o u r • Par ty w i l l s u f f i c i e n t l y increase t h e n u m b e r of i ts seat's e n a b l i n g it to e x e r -c i se the b a l a n c e of p o w e r in the Dai l . S u c h a p o s i t i o n ' c o u l d f r u i t f u l l y be u s e d to a d v a n c e t h e w e l l - b e i n g of t h e c o m m o n p e o p l e a n d e n s u r e the pol i t i -cal s t a b i l i t y of t h e c o u n t r y ,

It r e s p e c t i v e of t h e n u m e r i c a l s t r e n g t h of t h e v a r i o u s p a r t i e s in t h e n e w l y - e l e c t e d Da i l , t h e p r e s e n t con-d i t ion of t h e n a t i o n is s u c h as to c o m -m a n d the bes t e f f o r t s of all to b a t t l e | a g a i n s t the l o w e r e d s t a n d a r d s of t h e poor, i n d u s t r i a l s t a g n a t i o n a n d m o u n t -i n g e m i g r a t i o n w h i c h a r c n o w a f e a -ture of Irish l i f e . It is a c h a l l e n g e to a d e m o c r a t i c p e o p l e to f ind a s o l u t i o n in r. d e m o c r a t i c w a y a n d as such w i l l be w a t c h e d w i t h e a g e r n e s s by t h e people in I r e l a n d a n d by her e m i -g r a n t s o n s t h r o u g h o u t t h e w o r l d .

r | ' H F , s t o r m which now shows s igns of ' b r e a k i n g will be unexampled hi u s furv .

T i m e is c r a c k i n g the whip. T h e r e will be n o it st th i s year for any be l l igerent . Be-f o r e t h e c l a m o u r of m u t u a l c o n g r a t u l a -t ion over a r e m a r k a b l e victory h a d died in B r i t a i n a n d America , the n e x t p l an was a l r e a d y opening . T h e first m u U e r i n g s of t h u n d e r d i s tu rbed the Huss ion f r o n t . T h e A n e i o - A m e r i c a n war ch ie f s m e t in W a s h -i n g t o n . Br i t i sh bombing of G e r m a n y r e a c h e d a new p i tch of in tens i ty . T h e de-s t r u c t i o n of two vast d a m s is a n event of t h e lirst m a g n i t u d e .

T h e decisive ba t t l e of the war w a s f o u e h t a t S t a l i n g r a d . S ince t h e n F a s c i s m h a s b - e i i r e t r e a t i n g a n d will c o n t i n u e so wha t -eve r de spe ra t e p u s h e s a re r i sked t h i s s u m -m e r . But for t he Allies t h e ba t t l e s of a c h i e v e m e n t are still ahead , a n d t h e y m a y well be f a r fiercer and bloodier t h a n any in t h e pas t . Hit ler h a s been b r o u g h t to B o r o d i n o but he h a s yet to be b r o u g h t to Le ipz ig ; the "ba t t l e of t he n a t i o n s , " which will be f o u g h t somewhere in Europe .

T h e only d i s a d v a n t a g e of t h i s Napole-on ic para l le l is t h a t it does less t h a n jus-t ice to t he m e m o r y of a g r e a t m a n who s w e e t a lot of rubb i sh f r o m E u r o p e a n d level led the g round on which o t h e r s built. H i t l e r c a n never claim this .

Where Next ? T H A T the Allies h a v e t h e in i t i a t ive is J now acknowledged . W h e r e will t h e i r next blow be s t r u c k ? T h e r e a r e m a n y s p e a k e r s in t h e d e b a t e now proceeding . Poli t ics, logistics, g e o g r a p h y — a n d u n f o r -t u n a t e l y i n t r i g u e — a r e a l l h a v i n g t h e i r say. " W e s t e r n Europe ." s ay m a n y , " n e a r e s t t h e na/.i ne rve cen t r e s close to B r i t a i n t he sup-ply base, if possible in F r a n c e , t h e g r e a t e s t s l a t e of unexploded d y n a m i t e t h a t ever lay s m o u l d e r i n g in E u r o p e . " O t h e r s f a v o u r Sicily a n d I ta ly , n e x t s t ep in t h e s t r ide of the 1st a n d 8 th Armies , to c lear t he M e d i t e r r a n e a n , bea t Hi t l e r back be-h i n d t h e Alps a n d to open u p a f l ank in t he Ba lkans . G e o g r a p h y c a n be c i ted all ways. Bu t t h e n i n t r i g u e ge t s to work.

T h e Amer i can i so l a t ion i s t s w a n t to keep t h e Un i t ed S t a t e s in A m e r i c a ' s qua r re l— they do not r ega rd E u r o p e a s such, con-sequen t ly they p r e a c h t h a t now is t he t ime for a got a t J a p a n . T h e obvious absu rd i t y of m a k i n g th i s t h e n e x t s t ep in world s t r a t e g y - i t is t a n t a m o u n t to knock ing a n e n e m y down once t h e n l i gh t ing a n o t h e r un t i l h e recovers suf f ic ien t ly to r e s u m e the f r a y - renders neces sa ry a second l ine of de fence . T h i s idea is d i s s e m i n a t e d by t h e " n e u t r a l i s e I t a l y " t heo r i s t s . W h e t h e r lYar of the I t a l i a n people , who h a v e wa i ted long e n o u g h fo r t h e i r s e t t l e m e n t wi th Mussol ini , or a de s i r e to a f fo rd Hi t l e r t he p ro t ec t ion of a n e u t r a l f lank motiv-a t e s t h e m , it is unl ikely t h a t the i r views will be ac ted «upon.

France and Italy / ' E R T A I N L Y t h e p r o m p t i n g s of h u m a n -^ Hy would f a v o u r t h e speedies t possible r e l ease of the F r e n c h peop le f r o m t h e i r in-to le rab le oppress ion. T h e p r e s s - g a n g s a re busy. E \ e : y w m k the flower of F r e n c h y o u t h is forcibly depo r t ed . T h e o rgan i sa -t ion of the h u m a n e x p o r t t r a d e improves

a s it goes on a n d the F r e n c h c a u s e ' for ever o n hope wi thout r a t ions , n e n o r m o u s mobi i i sa ! 'on now t a k i n g p.,.v

m F r a n c e is the measu re of Cieiuia;. m a n - p o w e r crisis. But it a l so ««vi ;ds ;r poli t ical d i f f icul t ies in F r a n c e . S h e is ; r ing to s n a t c h the fuel f r o m t h e i n v a d m lire.

In I t a l y h o p e s have r e a c h e d t h e i r i.ad; It is s c a r c e l y reassur ing to n o t e th t a ber of t i m e s in t he pas t t h a t Sicily hit been t h e s t e p p i n g s tone b e t w e e n Air : and E u r o p e . Frequent ly , moreove r . ei\ i sa t ion c a m e t h a t way. a n d t h e people I t a ly h a v e m o r e t h a n once welcomed l ibe ra to r f r o m the South . O n l y S p a . ; . a a n d G a r i b a l d i need serve a s ex . inae A l t h o u g h t h e e s t a b l i s h m e n t of demoe. in T u n i s is f a r f rom comple te , a n d te world s t i l l a w a i t s the deed w h i c h coin-c r a t e s t h e word, t he a r r i v a l of A ' f a r m i e s in I t a l y would m e a n t h e re lease • t h e peop le f r o m a n unhe r o i c a n d a s i n e d e s p o t i s m f a s t t r ave r s ing t h e p a t h I>. tween h a t r e d a n d ridicule. T h a t I t a h d i f f icu l t ies could be solved by a pake coup, a m e r e reshuff le of c rown a n d pu: folio, is a concept ion w h i c h could oi.' fo rm in t h e minds of t hose w h o be l i e t h a t h i s t o r y is m a d e by p e r s o n s like .he:; selves, in c a m e r a .

The Missing Link • T H E u n a s h a m e d savage ry of t h - H r . V r

r e g i m e is es tabl i shed beyond eon; t a t i on by a terr ible document , recei.".-p u b l i s h e d by the Soviet G o v c r n n v n S l a v e - h o l d i n g h a s been revived in CP m a n y b e c a u s e the Russ ians , r e a r e d v.. ..-out t h e i n s t i t u t i o n of p r i v a t e p r o p e r t y . . we k n o w it. could no t be f i t t ed in to c a p i t a l i s t s c h e m e of t h ings . T h e i r i:»>;.-c o - o p e r a t i o n was total, a n d t h e w h i p ai •• the j a c k b o o t a lone could compe l unwillii- ; obedience . T h e peoples of t h e world know n o w whe re leads t h e t h e o r y of i l v m a s t e r r a ce . I t leads 2.000 yea r s bar.: in to t h e p a s t . They see t h a t wi thout the c r u s h i n g of Fasc i sm t h e f u t u r e is black. Wha t is l ack ing , however, is a n a s s u r a n c e on t h e p a r t of t he Uni ted Na t ions , especi-ally B r i t a i n , t h a t the i n t e n t i o n is to b n u : d e m o c r a c y to ALL peoples, t h a t ALL shal l be a l lowed to d e t e r m i n e then- own we of l i fe w i t h i n the i r n a t i o n a l b o u n d a r e -. sub jec t to n o t i n f r i ng ing u p o n t h e n g h : < of o t h e r s . S u c h an a s su rance , backed up by deeds in Ind ia . N o r t h A f r i c a a n d ••> -where , would clear the a i r a n d h e l p a'.l :,i see t he m a i n issues clearlv.

PAT'S NOTEBOOK

OFFICIALDOM r [ ' H E tendency t o increased censorship on

' m a t t e r s whu .h in no way impinge on t h e c o u n t r y s n e u t r a l i t y is causing serious concern to many in Ireland.

EunmiiK advertisements of public discus-sion on the Beveridge Plan a plan univer-sally accla imed as the most progressive in a century indicates a tendency of official-dom to use a weapon of emergency to sup-press the l eg i t ima te expression of opinion by persons a n d p a r t i e s ou t s ide the c h a r m e d circle of a u t h o r i t y .

If it is t rue , a s Mr. L e m a s s said recent ly , t h a t I re land is t he mos t d e m o c r a t i c coun t ry In t h e wor ld ," t h e n res t r ic t ions of t h i s c h a r a c t e r shou ld e n d immedia te ly .

4 N in t e re s t ing cu l tu ra l a d d i t i o n to the * I r i s h Labour Movemen t is t he New T h e a t r e Group , organised to p r o d u c e plays of socia l in teres t , those dea l ing wi th con-t e m p o r a r y p rob lems a n d p l ays wi th a po l i t i ca l c o n t e n t which because of the i r p rogres s ive c h a r a c t e r f ind no commerc ia l m a r k e ' .

I n c o n j u n c t i o n wi th " T h e Bell ." a Dubl in "iti r a r y jou rna l , a play c o m p e t i t i o n is b e i n g held in J u n e . T h e w inne r will re-ce ive Clf> for the play, a p r o m i s e of pro-d u c t i o n by the G r o u p and possible publi-c a t i o n in book fo rm. Sean O ' F a o l a i n a n d P e a d a r O 'Donnel l a r e a m o n g t h e judges . The compet i t ion e n d s on S e p t e m b e r 1st.

I would like to see the Uni ty T h e a t r e . L o n d o n , p roduce t he winn ing p lay . It is t i m e some public r e p r e s e n t a t i o n coun te r -a c t e d t he absu rd d i s to r t ions of t h e I r i sh c r e a t e d by music-hal l comed ians . Car -t o o n i s t s sin f requen t ly in th i s respec t , por-t ; . t y ing the I r i sh with a long uppe r -hp \ . : . i could ska te upon, corduroys t ied under h e knee a n d t he inevi table sh i l l a l agh

s w i n g i n g in h i s h a n d and of course, the cow m tiie corner . Such p o r t r a i t s bear

' t h e s a m e re la t ion to the I r i sh a s docs t h a t c u m b e r s o m e a n d corpu len t f igure , d r a p e d in t h e Union J ack , usually p r e s e n t e d as t he E n g l i s h m a n .

F o r these r easons p a r t i c u l a r l y I wel-c o m e t h e p roduc t ion of Paul V i n c e n t Car-ro l l ' s play by the Ar t s T h e a t r e in L o n d o n a n d reviewed oil a n o t h e r page. W h a t a pi ty t he r u n is so s h o r t a n d t h e o p p o r t u n i t y to see it is r e s t r i c t ed to mem-bers only.

Connolly's Way A S I T E OFFICER o n a M i d l a n d s build-

- ' ing job told m e a d i s t u r b i n g s tory , which , if t rue , a n d I h a v e no r e a s o n to doub t h i s word, exposes us to h a r m f u l c r i t i c i sm. Anxious to a s s i s t t h e 700 I r i sh l ads on t h e job, h e s e n t for t h e un ion or-gan i se r , held a special m e e t i n g on t he job, but only a few of ou r I r i s h l ads jo ined up.

Happi ly , th is is n o t t h e usua l r epor t we receive. T h e more t h o u g h t f u l u n d e r s t a n d t he need for g rea t e r u n i o n r e p r e s e n t a t i o n as a p ro tec t ion , not only of t h e i r own s t a n -d a r d s , bu t those p rev ious ly won by our fellow Br i t i sh t r a d e un ion i s t s .

O r g a n i s a t i o n is m o r e f r u i t f u l t h a n mi re g rumbl ing , a s ou r c o r r e s p o n d e n t on ti ie n e x t page records . T h a t was Con-n o l l y s way of looking a t t h e p rob lem— a n d ours . too.

Imitation But No Flattery I ^ R A N C O h a s t a k e n a n o t h e r leaf f r o m • H i t l e r ' s book, a Book Fa i r , in wh ich

every pub l i she r ' s l ist h a s been p u r g e d of a n y progress ive work or l ibera l c r i t ic i sm.

In 1934 I a t t e n d e d a F a s c i s t exh ib i t ion m B e r l i n where a b reeched , h igh-boo ted t h u g po in ted to "a g r e a t pile of books con-t a i n i n g t h e c r e a m of t h e world ' s l i tera-tu re , " exp l a in ing how h a r m f u l to the i r " c u l t u r e " t h e d i s s e m i n a t i o n of s u c h books could be.

T h e s a m e night I a t tended a meet ing of university s tudents who were organising publicity tor the famous burning of the books which the Fasc is ts effected earlier.

It is a m a t t e r for g rowing conce rn t: a m o n g s t us t h e r e are those w h o view w . ' h a l a r m t h e publ icat ion of a n y d e m o c i a ' • opinion, whose a t t i t ude d r a i n s I r e l and of every l iv ing t h o u g h t a n d express ion i d r iv ing f r o m i ts shores wr i te rs , a r t i s t s . : ph i l o sophe r s , m a n y of w h o m a r e co m-pletely non-pol i t ica l .

T h e s a m e people find F r a n c o so :.' m a n l y " a n d Sa laza r so "benevo len t .

Help the Poor Hermit

RE A D E R S can look f o r w a r d to the ;> -l i c a t i o n shor t ly of T. A. J a c k s o n ' s !..

tor iea l a r t i c l e s r ep r in t ed f r o m " I r i sh F:1

dom." T .A J . is a lways s e a r c h i n g for n books f o r h i s r e m a r k a b l e I r i s h libra S o m e h e h a s recent ly f o u n d very dilln to o b t a i n .

If a n y r e a d e r could send a n y of the ; lowing b o o k s to th is office for "a mo . h e r m i t w h o s e only v i r tue is h i s inabu t o res i s t t h e b l a n d i s h m e n t s of t he Ed.: of I r i sh F r e e d o m " ' (as T.A.J , h u m o r e desc r ibes h imse l f ) we will be clad ' r e c o m p e n s e t h e m despi te our p e n n a n t :v . s l ende r p u r s e .

T h e books are: Locker Lampscm ' ' Ire-l and in t h e 19th Cen tu ry" ; J o h n D. .>

Reco l lec t ions of an Ir ish Rebel"; W. ' M c N e v i n ' s " P a g e s f rom Ir ish History ; a n d O ' D o n o v a n Rossa ' s " I r i s h Rebels in Eng l i sh P r i sons . " And h a s a n y o n e r D e s m o n d R y a n ' s "Sword of L i g h t " ?

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I R I S H F R E E D O M 5

IF TONE I I ' K I I §<

THEOBALD WOLFE T O N E

Born June 20th, l 763 ;

Died November I 9th, I 7 9 8

TO-DAY I K I P H ' bald

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> iblicav.ism Detuns w i t h Theo-:!fe T o n e a n d the Society of .men w h i c h he helped to found

1791. T e r e s work is well-en in d s b road ou t l ine f r o m one

i 'jrmaiion in lie t.uiiK d lrisi.m.-i

eaus"d the im.ricde.Ue a.'-.: of the l i rst Society of for i n c h T o n e wrot • u.s nciples in l ine w i t h his

It is k n o w n t h a t h e was a v igorous advo-c a t e of " b r e a k i n g t h e connec t i on wi th E n a l a i u i " : t h a t lit1 he lped f o r w a r d (and probably i n i t i a t ed i t h e o r g a n i s a t i o n of a n a r m e d assoc ia t ion a i m i n g at rebel l ion a n d •iie e s t a b l i s h m e n t of a n i n d e p e n d e n t I r i s h Rt publ ic : a i d t h a t in t he f u r t h e r a n c e of th is object lit j o u r n e y e d to F r a n c e , a n d pe r suaded t he G o v e r n m e n t t h e r e to send an exped i t ion to I r e l a n d to a id t he e f fo r t s of the U n h i d I r i s h m e n .

Af t e r two s u c h e f fo r t s h a d proved abor-tive h e c a m e wi th p a r t of a t h i r d expedi-tion only to lull i n to t h e h a n d s of t h e Eng-l ish: t h a t , a p r i soner , s en tenced to d e a t h , he depr ived h i s e n e m i e s of t he p l easu re of h a n g i n g h i m by t a k i n g h i s own life.

So m u c h is gt ne ra l ly known. W h a t is no t so well u n d e r s t o o d is t h e r e a s o n why h e -et himself to secure t h i s e n d of " b i v a k h c connec t ion wi th E n g l a n d . " a n d by what m e a n s < o t h e r t h a n those of a F rench invas ion) h e s o u g h t to secure it.

A DEMOCRAT l H R S T a n d fo remos t T o n e was a Demo-' c ra t . He h imse l f h a s desc r ibed t h e

enthus iaMii c o m m u n i c a t e d to I r e l a n d by the news el ' h e o u t b r e a k of r e v o l u t i o n in F r a n c e .

It was . ' dless. t h e n , s ince m o s t m e n knew t i . a t T o n e h a d a l r e a d y w r i t t e n

By T. A. JACKSON a p a m p l t . " revirwitiar t h e work of a ses-sion of ' l a I r i sh P a r l i a m e n t , in w h i c h he d e m o n s t r a t e d t h a t : —

"The influence of England was the radical vice of our Government,and, con-sequently. that Ireland would never be either free, prosperous, or happy unt i l sne was independent.' ' Or. to put it m o t h e r words, g o v e r n m e n t

in I r e l a n d w o u l d . n e v e r be s a t i s f a c t o r y or produce re su l t s cons i s t en t w i th t h e needs of the people unt i l it became a g o v e r n m e n t which expressed a n d was respons ib le to t he will of t i e I r i s h people.

I t is i m p o r t a n t to r e m e m b e r t h a t T o n e became a - e p a r a t i s t because h e was, l irst of all a D e m o c r a t . W i t h h i m t h e two t h i n g s w e n t toge the r . He was never a sepa ra t i s t jus t for t he sake of s e p a r a t i o n . T h e F i ' i i c h Revo lu t ion c r e a t e d t h e s i t ua t ion in which it became possible to fo rm wha t was. in essence, a d e m o c r a t i c poli t ical pa r ty , n a m e l y , t h e Society of United Ir ishmen. T h a t its o r ig ina l o b j e c t s

. were dec la red to be t h e secur ing of "a j u s t a n d equal r e p r e s e n t a t i o n of t h e people in Pa r l i amen t ' r e i n f o r c e s th i s conclus ion t h a t wi th T o n e D e m o c r a c y c a m e f i rs t while S e p a r a t i s m followed as a necessa ry m e a n s to t he D e m o c r a t i c end.

NATIONALIST & I N T E R N A T I O N A L I S T I I IS s y m p a t h y wi th t he F r e n c h Revo lu -* I t icn. a n d w i th t he sp i r i t of t he

F r e n c h R e p u b l i c a n s who offered to m a r c h ! to the a s s i s t a n c e of a n y c o u n t r y des i r ing I to be f reed f rom m o n a r c h i c a l abso lu t i s t or | a r i s tocra t ic oppress ion , shows T o n e to h a v e i b '"ii not m'- iely a N a t i o n a l i s t a n d a Demo- j crat , but an I n t e r n a t i o n a l i s t - a believer in ilii' b ro the r ly co -opera t ion of all f r ee peoples.

Under this head , it is t rebly i m p o r t a n t to r emember t h a t h e s o u e h t a id f r o m the F r e n c h because a t t h a t d a t e t hey were Nat ional is t - R e p u b l i c a n s a n d D e m o c r a t i c I n t e r n a t i o n a l i s t s l ikewise. He a p p e a l e d to ihi'in a s f r o m o n e I n t e r n a t i o n a l i s t to ano the r .

Remi m b e r a b o u t T o n e t h a t h e was en u n f l i n c h i n g a n d a n u n d y i n g e n e m y 1 > s e c t a r i a n i s m in all i ts fo rms . F i n d -h - a m o n g s t t h e m o r e - or - less Demo-

W h i g s of B e l f a s t a p r e j u d i c e ; linst the Ca tho l i c s—or m o r e specific-

"•'• 11 p re jud ice a g a i n s t r e m o v i n g t h e dis-: e ' i ' i e which d i s f r a n c h i s e d C a t h o l i c Lishini n a s such , a n d ba r r ed t h e m f r o m P a r l i a m e n t a n d o t h e r publ ic offices, h e '•'•rote a spir i ted p a m p h l e t - "An Argument on Behalf ol the Catholics of Ireland" — <° convince t h e P r o t e s t a n t Dissenters of the Nor th of I r e l a n d ' —

that they and the Catholics had but one common enemy.

RESULTS r p i t E historian, Lecky, described this pam-

phlet as "extremely able." It had an immense sale and produced two remark-

pa inph le i . and it b rough t T o n e a n invua-' i o n f rom t h " Cathol ic Associa t ion iii • body acknowledged as r e p r e s e n t a t i v e by t h e who 'e Catholic c o m m u n i t y of I r e land-t o become its sa la r ied agen t a n d secre ta ry .

U n d e r Tone's l e ade r sh ip t h e Cathol ic Associat ion reorganised itself a s a demo-cra t i ca l l y elected body a n d began a vigor-ous campaign, w h i c h c u l m i n a t e d in t h e Catho l i c Relief Act ot 1793, w h i c h gave the vote to Catholics on t he s a m e t e r m s as P r o t e s t a n t s and in o t h e r ways cons t i t u t ed t h e largest i n s t a l m e n t of e m a n c i p a t i o n ( ver won by the Ca tho l i c s or I r e l a n d . If t h e leaders of the Ca tho l i c Associa t ion had b< n as s t eadfas t , a n d as c o u r a g e o u s as j T o n e , there would have been n o t h i n g left j f o r Daniel O 'Connel l to a g i t a t e about in 1829.

T o n e was not mere ly a f o r m a l D e m o c r a t :

one sat ishi 'd w i i h t h e r o m v w l o n of the apuare i: " e e u . i i n y " o> all a' the bal lot-box. H e saw the exis'iT.co (if c'; sses a n d of class-i x;i'i0ii.iii0:i and ids s y m p a t h i e s went out to Use iower d ; :s i s. :t> the com-m o n peopie . He he lped • ; org1,; .se t he • u n d e r g r o u n d " •*« .isar.ts" ore. l i g a t i o n , t h e

D e fend t rs." en bloc imo the United I r i sh-man, a n d when in F r a n c e , noted in his diary, m a n y r ea sons lor his c o n t e m p t a n d hatred of " t he gen t ry as they affect to cail themselves."

T o n e r epea t s more t h a n once, t h a t we mus t \ a l u e h i s o f t e n - q u o t e d s t a t e m e n t :

" I f the men ot property wi l l not sup-port us, they m r r f fa l l ; we can suppor ' ourselves by t l . . aid of that numerous and respectable class of the communi ty, tha men ol no property."

And. also, a less well known s t a t e m e n t , made to t he D u t c h G o v e r n m e n t . w i th whom h e a n d Lewines were n e g o t i a t i n g :

Lewines and I replied, as is most rel igiously the t ru th , that one great

m o t i v e of our conduct in this b u s i n e s s was t h e conviction of the w r e t c h e d s t a t e of our peasan t ry and the d e t e r m i n a t i o n , if poss ible, to amend it.'

T o n e lived too soon for h i m to h a v e been a Soc ia l i s t , but t he re is n o t t he s l i g h t e s t doubt t h a t he would h a v e - a g r e e d c o m -pletely w i t h the doc t r i ne of J a m e s Con-nolly.

We ca nnot , except in i m a g i n a t i o n , pil-g r i m o g e t h i s year to B o d e n s t o w n w h e r e Tone lies buried- -the "ho l i e s t spot in I re-land ' Pa t r i ck Pearse ca l led it. Bu t ,ve c a n do w h a t T o n e would h a v e liked f a r b e t t e r ; we c a n jo in in the s t r u g g l e for t h e t i l i ngs for w h i c h h e -laboured a n d gave h i s h e.

N a t i o n a l i s t . Repub l ican , D e m o c r a t , H u m a n i t a r i a n and E q u a l i t a r i a n - I n t e r n a -t iona l i s i . T o n e es tabl i shed t h e s t r u g g l e fo r I r i sh F r e e d o m on a p l a n e t h a t w a s n e v e r equal led unt i l it was r e - a t t a i n e d a n d in par t t r a n s c e n d e d by Patrick Pearse, a n d most of all , James Connolly.

T h e s e I r i s h -WITH two Liverpool bricklayers ! w:is

sent to a eamp site near the East ( nast . We Here met by the welfare oltioer who instructed the camp messenger to take us In mir billets. "All the lints a re full," swicl the boy. "Tha t can ' t be.'' said the officer. "Yes, sir," replied the boy, "all ex-cept No. 1 Irish lint, and they won't go in there . ' '

" Hut we haven't been asked. ' ' I inter-rupted . "None ol' tiie English lads wilt sleep in there," said the boy, " they 're a tough lot." "I 'm Irish," 1 said. "Hut I tluiught you came from Liverpool," said the boy, who began to blush.

"Show lis to the No. 1 Irish hut . ' ' I said. The welfare officer a. 'coinpanied us to a spa-cious wooden s t rueture containing " I !>eds. I lie place was clean and tidy. The occu-pan t s were away a t work, only two lads re-mained. They were in bed, ha t ing been too ill to turn out that morning. The welfare olticer informed me tha t the "sit k hay' ' (tein-porarv hospital) was crowded witti resident workers, but he assured me lie would have it cleared out next morning and turned over lo its proper use. In the mean t ime 1 was satisfied that the tifo boys wi re receiv-ing every possible medical rare consistent with (lie difficulties presented lit war.

VOI It ATTENTION. I'l l ASE!

AT 7 p.m., the workers s t r e a m e d into the but . They were all line look-

ing young men from Northern Ireland. Their ages ranged from 18 to 35 years. Everyone had a camplaint. "The bad fond in the can-t w n , " " the broken promises of the Ministry of Labour," "the forced holidays a t Easter," etc.

At about 9 p.m. the door opened and a youn* man walked smartly into the centre

of the hu t . in his hand a piece of paper with sh:irt notes. "Aye lads.'1 he said in a broad Belfast accent, "( an I have your at-tention for a minute?" Silence fell over the hut as the young lad proceeded. "11 is needless for me to detail all (lie grievances and hardsh ips enforced on us since we left Ireland. You know only ton well what they are. Too long have we grumbled and com-plained without result. 1 hp time hus conic when we must take organised and disciplined action. To-morrow morning a deputation re-presenting all the workers on the site will

By W. SCOTT

meel the management and put forward (lie j following suggestions:

1. T h a t the forced holidays be cancelled. 2. Tha t the bad food and hi^li prices in

the canteen be in\est igated. ••',. Tha t a permanent "i luls CnaiiniKee"

lie given facilities lo meet the manage-ment from time to lime, lo discuss con-s t ruct ive suggestions for improved con-di t ions on the1 site-.

DISCIPLINED At HON

LEI'S go on hunger slrike.' ' said a voice f rom the coiner . 1 We're hungry

enough." said an.ilher. Hut the speaker kept the meet ing to order. "The E.W.O.," he said, "provides for the welfare and comfort of men oil every camp-site, liv united and disciplined action we can insist on the terms of the order being applied to this job."

From that night onwards things began to move. A Works Committee now functions freely on the sit/1 and has already won many concessions, including (1) a First Aid post

r e tough with an a t t e n d a n t day and night . (2) T h e

[canteen manager has been replaced and his successor is the most popular man on the site,

j The qual i ty of the fnod has been grea t ly j improved, w ith an additional meal at n h h t - ' , time. Prices have been reduced. 13 ) Atidi-| tional up-to-date lavatories have been in-| stalled on the ramp. \ recreation room is

bring prepared and before this appea r s it will have been completed. This recrea t ion l oom is to be provided with wireless set. daily and weekly papers, a cinema show once a for tnight , games, etc.

NAMES—VOT NATIONALITY Many other victories have been won, and

not least :>f them is the unity achieved. T h e No. 1 Irish hu t is to-day just ano the r h u t on a lug camp, where men a re known by the i r names r a t h e r than their nat ional i ty . Men from Hie Shankhil l It-iad live and work with their comrades from the Falls distr ict .

SELECT It EST MEN Mav we hope that when these men r e t u r n

to I reland they nill work develop the unity they found on the East Coast til Eng-land.

Prior to April l.'I'.h there was no or-ganisat ion on this job. P.y ca re fu l ly selecting the- best men on tiie job to sit on the Works Committee, making sure t h a t workers from England. ' Nor thern I re land and Eire had equal representat ion, they have achieved what a month ago seemed impossible. Kegul ar enthusiastic mwtings are held on

the site, and the management — Messrs. Bryant and Sons—have welcomed and res-ponded every constructive suggestion of the committee. It makes one fee l ' that the camp messenger was right—they're a tough lot the Irish!

I R I S f t F R E E D O M June, 1943

Six County Cabinet Changes

S t i l l N o t -j. GRIFFIN

N E W C A B I N E

S I R B A S I L P r i m e M i n i s t e r : BROOKES. M i n i s t e r of C o m m e r c e a n d Pro-d u c t i o n : S I R B A S I L B R O O K E S . M i n i s t e r of F i n a n c e ; M A J O R J. M. S I N C L A I R , M.P . M i n i s t e r of H o m e A f f a i r s : M R . W M , L O W R Y , K.C., M . P . M i n i s t e r of E d u c a t i o n : R E V . R, C O R K E Y , M.P . M i n i s t e r of P u b l i c S e c u r i t y : M R . H. M 1 D G L E Y , M . P . M i n i s t e r of L a b o u r : RT. H O N . W M . G R A N T , M P . M i n i s t e r of A g r i c u l t u r e : R E V . R. M O O R E , M . P .

From our Special Corrcspondcnt-

N histories! event has occurred in Northern Ireland. For the first time in its 22 years of existence P. Prime Minister has

resigned and an entirely new Cabinet has been formed. John Millar Andrews enjoyed but a brief spell of offica.

IRISH WORKERS ABROAD

U P E A K I N G on t h e U n e m p l o y m e n t I n s u r -a n c e Bill - en t i t l i ng pe r sons l eav ing !>v

c o u n t r y t e m p o r a r i l y to d raw a f t e r r e t u r n t h e bene f i t c red i t ed to t h e m a t t i m e of de-p a r t u r e ) in t h e S e a n a d , S e n a t o r Dougles. w h o welcomed t h e measure , sa id the re s h o u l d n o t be a year ' s l imit a f t e r t h e crisis w i t h i n wh ich people m u s t r e t u r n to q u a l i f y .

There might be considerable employ-m e n t available in Britain for some years after the war, and it might not be in our interest that emigrants should return wi th in one year. Mr. O'Grady, P a r l i a m e n t a r y Sec re t a ry ,

r ep ly ing , sugges ted t h a t t he Bill should be a l lowed t h r o u g h , a o d t he p o i n t ra i sed cou ld be dea l t w i t h a f t e r t h e emergency .

S u c c e s s o r to C r a i g a v o n h e t o o k o v e r of f ice in a p e r i o d w h i c h p r o m i s e d e v e r y f a c i l i t y f or s o l v i n g t h a t b u g -bear of t h e S i x C o u n t i e s — m a s s un-e m p l o y m e n t .

Willi a growing demand for war mater ia l s the unemployed in the Six Counties had high hopes of getting jobs. These hopes wire dashed to the ground when they saw the S t o r m o m Government making little or no effort by the Imperial Governmen t to piacc orders for supplies in Nor the rn Ire-land. Ins tead they saw linen mills a n d fac-tories closing down and men paid off at the Shipyards. J . M. Andrews' only solution for unemployment was to ship the unemployed across the water.

The resu l tan t ellect on the workers was to create a greater unity between P ro te s t an t and Catholic. This is reflected in the grow-ing mass support for the Labour movement and the election of Jack Beattie to Westmin-ster and Midglcv to Stormont. Midgley h a s since deserted t he Labour Par ty . These events and the f ea r they created among the Union-ist Par ty wore reflected by a period of crisis in the r a n k s of t h a t Party.

This cu lminated in the resignation of Andrews and the se lec i^n of S I R BASIL BROOKES as Pr ime Minister.

The announcemen t of the names of the new Government has given no hope to t he workers of the Six Counties. The Cathol ic minority r emember Sir Basil Bro&kes as the man who made the famous speech a t Ennis-killen in 1935 in which he declared: "Ninety-nine per cent, of the Roman Catholics a re disloyal. I personally would not employ a Roman Catholic on my farm." Sir Basil is an expert a t the old Tory game of divide and conquer—a game t h a t has proved par-ticularly effective among the populat ion of the Six Counties.

COMINTERN: Dissolution Proposed

UR G I N G the Communis t Par t ies to concentrate the i r strength in support of the States f ight ing Fascism throughout the wor ld , the Pres id ium of

the Communis t In te rna t iona l has proposed the dissolution of the Communis t In ternat iona l , commonly described as the C o m i n t e r n .

of i n t e r n a t i o n a l o rgan i s a t i on of t h e work-ing people.

T h e Second I n t e r n a t i o n a l , f o u n d e d in 1889, w h i c h l a s t ed until-1914, e m b r a c e d t h e m a j o r i t y of t h e Social is t P a r t i e s of t h e

T h i s deve lopmen t m a y h a v e s u r p r i s i n g r epe r cus s ions a t t h e f o r t h c o m i n g Br i t i sh L a b o u r P a r t y C o n f e r e n c e on J u n e 14th, w h e n t h e resolut ion: c o n t a i n i n g t h e Com-m u n i s t P a r t y ' s app l i ca t ion fo r af f i l ia t ion will be deba ted . O n e of t he m a j o r a r g u -m e n t s a g a i n s t a c c e p t a n c e h a s been t he ob-j e c t i o n a l l eg ing t h a t B r i t i s h C o m m u n i s t s were c o n t r o l l e d f r o m Moscow, as. in o t h e r s p h e r e s , u n f r i e n d l y c r i t i c s s o m e t i m e s a l lege t h a t . C a t h o l i c s t h r o u g h o u t t h e world a r e ru l ed torn R o m e .

STATESMANSHIP r I THOUGH n o official c o m m e n t h a s been

' m a d e f r o m L o n d o n or W a s h i n g t o n , un-off icial c o m m e n t welcomes t h i s move w h i c h is variously descr ibed as a " s u p r e m e a c t of s t a t e s m a n s h i p " a n d "a c o n t r i b u t i o n to i n t e r n a t i o n a l conf idence . "

Obse rve r s in all coun t r i e s a p p e a r to a g r e e t h a t i t will m a k e possible m o r e dur -ab le a n d closer r e l a t i onsh ip s be tween the Sovie t U n i o n a n d t he W e s t e r n Powers in p e a c e a n d in war.

THE» "BOGY" P H E decision, w h i c h h a s evoked world

in t e re s t , depr ives t h e p e r s i s t e n t a n d mos t v e h e m e n t o p p o n e n t s of C o m m u n i s m of a n a r g u m e n t w h i c h al leged t h a t t h e R u s s i a n G o v e r n m e n t u .yd t he C o m i n t e r n a s a n i n s t r u m e n t of world revolu t ion , de-sp i t e t h e R u s s i a n reply t h a t r evo lu t ion was n o t a n expor t ab le c o m m o d i t y a » d could m a t u r e only in specific cond i t ions in a n y given coun t ry .

I t will e m b a r r a s s those who s o u g h t to r e p r e s e n t R u s s i a a s being des i rous of s p r e a d i n g C o m m u n i s m throughout , Europe a f t e r t h e war a n d it comple te ly des t roys t h e c r u m b l i n g edifice of Axis p r o p a g a n d a w h i c h s t r enuous ly pedd les the "Bolshevis t B o g y " a s a m e a n s of d i s r u p t i n g t h e Allied peoples .

It will be recalled that the Comintern were the first to expose the meaning of the Anti-Comintern Pact, s igned by Germany and Italy in 1936 and later supported by Japan which, under the cover of ant i -Communism, prepared for the present war.

H I S T O R I C A L BACKGROUND r p H B First International of Working J M e n w » founded in 186* and con-

tinued until 1872. U laid tile foundations.

T

world, i n c l u d i n g t h e Br i t i sh L a b o u r P a r t y . I t co l lapsed in 1914 a t t h e b e g i n n i n g of t h e W o r l d W a r .

T h e T h i r d I n t e r n a t i o n a l of C o m m u n i s t P a r t i e s w a s f o u n d e d in 1919 to r a l l y t h e b roken r a n k s of Labour t h r o u g h o u t t h e world. At i t s Congress in 1935 i t u r g e d t h e un i ty of all peoples a g a i n s t F a s c i s m a t a t i m e w h e n few u n d w s t o o d t h e m e n a c e t h a t F a s c i s m r e p r e s e n t e d to t h e world .

T h e r e a s o n s u r g e d for t h e p r e s e n t p ro -posal to dissolve t h e T h i r d I n t e r n a t i o n a l "as a g u i d i n g c e n t r e of t he L a b o u r Move-m e n t " a r e <i) t h e g rowing m a t u r i t y of. t h e C o m m u n i s t P a r t i e s t h r o u g h o u t t h e wor ld ; <2) t h a t t h e working-c lass m o v e m e n t h a s o u t g r o w n t h e p r e s e n t o r g a n i s a t i o n a l f o r m ; (3) vic tory of F a s c i s m can bes t be rea l i sed by t h e v a n g u a r d of t he work ing-c l a s s m o v e m e n t w i th in t he f r a m e w o r k of i t s own S t a t e .

WORLD REACTIONS "Dally Worker" s ays : " T h e a c h i e v e m e n t

of the fu l l un i t y of t h e d e m o c r a t i c peoples in t h e fight a g a i n s t Fasc i sm a n d fo r t h e p rogress of m a n k i n d is t he vi ta l need of t h e m o m e n t , a n d it is f r o m t h i s s t a n d -po in t t h a t t h e h is tor ic reso lu t ion of t h e C o m m u n i s t I n t e r n a t i o n a l will be con-s idered ."

"Daily Herald" s ays : " W h a t will be t h e effect of t h e d issolu t ion upon t h e Com-m u n i s t P a r t y of G r e a t B r i t a i n ? T h e logical e f fec t should be t h a t t he p a r t y in t u r n shou ld dissolve."

"News Chronicle": " I t is not only a n e v e n t of world s ign i f i cance ; it is a lso a n a c t of prac t ica l s t a t e s m a n s h i p , t he benef ic ia l effects of wh ich d u r i n g t he res t of t h e w a r m u s t be very g r e a t a n d have t h e oppor -tun i ty to be even more p r o f o u n d in t h e years of i n t e r n a t i o n a l r econs t ruc t i on t h a t will follow. In G r e a t B r i t a i n a n d in m a n y o the r coun t r i e s , pa r t i cu l a r ly a m o n g C a t h o -lic c o m m u n i t i e s , I ts resu l t s m n s t a l so be very cons ide rab le .

"The Times": ". . . . a wise s tep a n d one of the memt important political events of tt*» wkr."_

BELFAST MEETING T J E L F A S T ' S M a y D a y celebrat ion, a t -

t ended by 5,000 people , marked a n e w s tage in l abour h i s t o r y in the Nor th .

Organ i s ed by t h e T r a d e s Council, i t h a d a un i t ed p l a t f o r m r e p r e s e n t i n g all s ec t i ons of t h e Labour M o v e m e n t . Dawson G o r -don, p r e s iden t of t h e T r a d e s Counci l w a s c h a i r m a n .

Mr. B. McCul lough stateefc-that t he c r i s i s h a d proved t h a t a U n i o n i s t G o v e r n m e n t was incapab le of t h e t a s k of o r g a n i s i n g N o r t h e r n I r e l a n d ' s w a r effort . T h e s h i p -yards were only p r o d u c i n g 50 per cen t , a s compared w i th c r o s s - c h a n n e l , while t h e a i r -c r a f t i ndus t ry was w o r k i n g a 47 h o u r week. W i t h g i g a n t i c b a i l e e l o o m i n g a h e a d t he peopfle of U l s t e r wan ted to p l a y the i r p a r t in i n d u s t r y t o h e l p the E i g h t h Army a n d t o s e c u r e t h e opening of t h e Second F r o n t in E u r o p e now.

J a c k Bea t t i e sa id t h a t t h e proeent c r i s i s was a f a m i l y a f fa i r . L a b o u r mus t s t r e n g -t h e n i ts forces a n d m a k e i ts full c o n t r i b u -t ion to t h e war.

" H E N R Y V ." F I L M E X T R A S T O G R O W g E A R D S

Unemployed m e m b e r s of t he 45th B a t t a -lion, L.D J1., h a y e b e e n e n g a g e d a)s " e x t r a s " for t h e f i lming of " H e n r y V.," wh ich i s being u n d e r t a k e n by L a u r e n c e Olivier a t Powerscour t .

Engaged prov is iona l ly fo r a f o r t n i g h t , if they prove su i t ab le t h e per iod will be ex-tended to e igh t weeks. T h e y a re t o l ive in camp, a n d p a r t of t h e i r con t rac t is t h a t they will grow beards .

31 MILLIONS

FURTHER DISSENSION? His appointment of Har ry Midgley is cal-

culated to sow the seeds of fur ther dissen-sion among the workers. Midgley was re-cently expelled f rom the Northern I r e l and Labour Party because h e sought to split t he Labour Party on t he National issue. Fol-lowing his expulsion Midgley formed t he Commonwealth Labour Par ty which, to many, smells suspiciously like the old Union-ist Labour Party. His inclusion in the Cab-inet will not help to crea te the unity w h i c h is so essential if the people of Northern Ire-land are to play the i r r igh t fu l part in h o m e and world affairs. T h i s unity can only be created by a Governmen t t h a t is truly repre-sentative of all sections of the people.

INCLUDE LABOUR The demand for such a Government is

growing daily in the Six Counties. However there are obstacles to be overcome before this can be achieved. The Northern Labour Party s tands aloof f r o m this demand a n d puts forward as a counte r proposal a d e m a n d for a General Election.

This will not solve t he problem. T h e Labour Party a t p resen t holds but t h ree seats in Stormont. O n e of these is held by Midgley who was elected as a representat ive of Labour. With t h e present system of elections in the Six Count ies there is no pos-sibility of Labour ga in ing a majority of sea t s if such an election took place. On the o ther hand by mobilising t he suppor t of the people they could press for t he formation of a Coalition Government t h a t would include re-presentatives of the Labour and Trade Union movement.

Only such a Gove rnmen t would be capable of winning the confidence of the people a n d creating t ha t unity which |s so necessary in the struggles of to-day.

U R . J MAYNARD SINCLAIR, preset .. ing his first budge t as Minister

F inance , in S t o r m o n t , a n n o u n c e d t h a i : year the Six Count ies will m a k e a to t , : , but ton to t he Bri t ish Exchoquer £31.890,000, r e p r e s e n t i n g more t h a n h a h th« total r aveau* »: t!i« a rea .

"Some people," h e said, "asser t that i, of th i s money shou ld lie held back , used for local purposes , but tha t would absu rd w h e n t h e G o v e r n m e n t a r e ask] people to loud s ixpences , shi l l ings , k, crowns, or w h a t e v e r t hey c a n a f fo rd . "

He h a d every con f idence t h a t should s1 .! f u r t h e r financial sac r i f i ces be cal led ; f r o m t h e Br i t i sh peop le a s a whole • . people of t h e Six C o u n t i e s would respo. : cheer fu l ly to t he call.

Mr. "Sinclair said h e a n t i c i p a t e d a c ivc ba l ance of £31.911.000 a t t h e end of : . year . T o t a l r e v e n u e was e s t i m a t e d £51.825,000 a n d e x p e n d i t u r e a t £19,914.Of :

T h e scale of e n t e r t a i n m e n t t ax is to be ra ised to t he level ope ra t ive in B r i t a i n ar.c! t h e i n t e r e s t on e s t a t e d u t i e s is reduct it f r o m four per c e n t to t h r e e per cen t . p« i a n n u m . T h e r e a re m i n o r concess ions in t h e m a t t e r of relief f r o m c e r t a i n dut ies .

The Minister said that the Imperial con-t r ibut ion for 1941—42 had been finally de-termined at £17,600,000. He hoped t h a t the estimated contr ibut ion of £21,300,000 for 1942—43 might , on final at t r ibut ion, more nearly approach £30,000,000.

T h e p r e s e n t g r ea t l y inc reased I m p e r i a l C o n t r i b u t i o n was, h e said, ra i sed by w a r t a x a t i o n for war p u r p o s e s — n o t h i n g else.

T h e y m i g h t ask t hose w h o a r g u e d tha t d i rec t t a x e s should be lower in t h e Six Count ies , why a m a n e a r n i n g £ 5 a week < r £500 a year shou ld p a y less t o w a r d s t h e cost of t h e war because h e lived in Bel fas t a n d not in L o n d o n ?

C o m m e n t i n g on t h e " s y m p a t h y , u n d e r -s t a n d i n g a n d h e l p " w rith w h i c h a n y " reasonab le case" h a d inva r i ab ly been met, by t he B r i t i s h Chance l l o r a n d officials of t h e B r i t i s h T rea su ry , t h e M i n i s t e r s a id t h a t it vr\s too ear ly t o f o r e c a s t " w h a t o u r exac t r e l a t i ons w i t h t h e I m p e r i a l Ex-chequer will be in t he pos t -war years .

"Provided we mainta in the principles of party in taxation, our standards of social and other services will be equally maintained. Indeed, the nature of our financial arrangements with Britain pro-vides that even If, in peace-time, our taxation is insufficient to maintain those services on similar l ine with Britain, means will be found to make good the deficit." A s u b s t a n t i a l p a r t of t h e i r I m p e r i a l con-

t r ibu t ion was a loan to t h e B r i t i s h Ex-chequer , a s P o s t Office Sav ings B a n k cred i t s fo r i n t e rne tax, or c r e d i t s fo r excess p rof i t s tax , t h e r e p a y m e n t of which, in d u e course, would be a c h a r g e o n t h e B r i t i s h Exchequer , f o r m i n g a r e f u n d of p a r t of t h e a m o u n t s f o r w h i c h t h e y n o w took credi t a s a con t r ibu t ion .

Lord Glentoran, s p e a k i n g a s a back-bencher , s a id t h a t in 22 yea r s t h e Six Coun t i e s h a d c o n t r i b u t e d to B r i t a i n m o r e money t h a n t h e whole of Ireiarfct f r o m the pass ing t>f t h e Act of U n i o n un t i l 1920.

T h e M i n i s t e r of F i n a n c e r ep ly ing to a n asse r t ion t h a t p a r t of t h e S ix -Coun ty Im-per ia l Con t r i bu t i on s h o u l d be r e t a i n e d to br ing t he social services u p t o p a r i t y w i th those of B r i t a in , « a i d :

"If we t ry to hold a n y t h i n g back now it m i g h t c r e a t e t h e i m p r e s s i o n t h a t we gave grudging ly , a n d t h e B r i t i s h people m i g h t begrudge us money w h e n t h e war is over.

"If we p l ay our p a r t u p t o t he h i l t we \ylll get a f a i r c rack of t h e w h i p f r o m t h e Br i t i sh people. I t is n o t t h e bes t mo t ive I admi t , fo r going all o u t to win t h e war , b u t i t is one. T h e r e t e n t i o n of a n y par t of the I m p e r i a l C o n t r i b u t i o n is no t p r ac -t icable."

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NO MORE NEWS REELS

No more I r i sh news reels will be shown in I r ish f i rs t - run cinemas. S u b u r b a n and rura l c inemas will have none a f t e r t h e cur-r en t copies h a v e been screened.

Suspension of the service for t h e dura-tion of the emergency is announced by the th ree big news-reel companies, Pa the , Movietone a n d Gaumont , the reason given being a 25 per ccnt. cut in celluloid sup-plies opera t ing in Britain and t h e United States. English edit ions have been offered to

t he Ir ish Trade as a subs t i tu te for the Ir ish editions, says t h e announce-ment , but " t h e Censor, under t h e Emer-gency Powers Order, found himself unable to g r a n t cert i f icates for their publ ic exhibi-t ion in Eire."

Exhibitors sa id : "We will not miss them. Most of the subjects allowed t h r o u g h were of little in te res t here."

INFORMATION ONLY r "1HETNIK. — Th i s Hollywood t raves ty of ' Yugoslav anti-Fascist res i s tance ideal-ises" t he t reacherous Mihailovich a n d the audience is no t told t ha t the n a m e "Che tn ik" is actually t h a t of a body of Fasc is t strong-a rm men who have fought, a longside the Axis since 1941. Mihailovich h a s been ac-cused of collaboration with the enemy both by his own people and the Soviet Govern-ment . Even as en ter ta inment the verdict is "a raspber ry ."

WRITES ON THE

R U I N S I I I

TOWERS FOR more t h a n a century, as Arthur

Griffith reminded us, Britain surrounded Ireland with a wall of paper. On the inside of tha t wall was wri t ten what Bri ta in wanted the Irish to th ink about themselves. On the outside what Br i ta in wanted the world to think about the I r i sh .

Now the wall of paper is partly demolished, only to reveal a n o t h e r beyond i t—this time of celluloid: a dis tor t ing medium through which Ireland is occasionally projected as an insane medley of white-haired mothers , roses round cottage doors, lachrymose tenors sing-ing about "ger-ruls," and intoxicated land-lords to whom no one has broken the bad news tha t Charles Lever is dead—and rotten. That , according to Sol Hogwasch, is the Irish present, in Technieolour .

Ti n : Irish past is equally simple. It con-sists of rude persons spla-shily driving

cattle through the mist tha t does be on the bog, with a s tun ted tree in the foreground, and, right stage, the ru ins of a round-to*(er, thrown in to remind you this is I re land and not a scene f rom t h e Flood. I t never seems to occur to Sol I logwasch and his f r iends tha t if there are ru ins of round towers, then, presumably, there were originally round towers to be ruined.

The job of the Ir ish writer is to be as rude as Sol Hbguasch , and even ruder— since, as some one has pointed out, a gentle-m a n is never rude unintent ional ly. He will be rude in so far as he does not t ruckle to alien ideas about liis nat ive land; in so far as he expounds a scale of philosophical values older and subt ler than those of the civilisations sur rounding it.

IF he writes in English, f rom what was once the Anglo-Irish and has now be-

come the Irish side of the Irish-Gaelic house-hold. he has pi t fa l ls to avoid. He mus t avoid caricaturing his Gaelic fellow-countrymen. He need not approve everything the perfer-vid Gaels are doing in contemporary Ireland, but he must a t any r a t e accustom himself and his readers to t he noUso-astonishing fac t t ha t Gaelic values differ fundamenta l ly from English and American values.

O o n e r u n !•>:<'<' 1 t h e Iri:-!i p luyv w i t h ' laughter a n d p h i l o s o p h y

Writ ten a p l a ; : (if hut- hli-r a n d i'»ve t h e a t r e .

A n I r i s h t a n n e r . ( lout a n d r o l l ; ; t a i l s r e l u c t a n t l y but v i o l e n t l y in k u l a e k s h e e p T.R.A. b r o t h e r a n d is r eac w e l l los t f o r ' t l i ' ou lc i f o o l i s h n e s s . '

3N SO doing he will be underlining the self-evident t ru th t h a t if, like the English

and Americans, you insist on looking at Ire-land through English and American spec-tacles, then you will he s imultaneously shocked and exasperated, whereas if you look at Ireland through a pair of I r ish-Gaelic lenses you will find the i n h a b i t a n t s of this supposedly mysterious island obeying the laws of their own being and reac t ing to their own confused and in ter rupted his-tory (in which the tides of the 18th a n d 20th centuries meet a t t he moment in a kind of contemporary mill-race) in exactly the f a sh -ion any one acquainted with both the people and their history would have foretold.

THE trouble is, however, tha t having done all this, having shown his fellow-coun-

trymen, not as a succession of clowns a n d intoxicated landlords, but as a sensitive a n d imaginative nat ion a t last beginning to grapple with the reali t ies of the 20th c e n t u r y and of the Machine Age, the I r i shman writ-ing in English will find it easier to pass through the eye of a needle than to get his work published in England and America. If, for example, his wri t ing amounts to the per-fectly logical or t r u t h f u l s ta tement tha t t h e r e is no such th ing as t he Irish question, but merely the r e m n a n t s of an English quest ion in Ireland, then he will find most publ ish ing doors barred and bolted against h im.

THE unfo r tuna t e T ru th about I re land is t ha t nobody wants the Tru th abou t

Ireland—outside I re land. They want e i the r roses round the door, or the mist tha t did be on the bog, with, r ight stage, the ru ins of a round tower. No wonder so many I r i sh writers continue, in some form or o ther , to give them what they want , with the resul t t h a t I re land remains, for British and Ameri-can readers, the is land where the Unexpected Always Happens, instead of what she is, a nat ion jumping s t ra ight into the middle of the 20th century, and a superlatively in te r -esting experiment in t h e logic of history.

— liv courtt'sv of "l i^lcr I'nioii Club AY;.

YUGOSLAVIA FIGHTS RACK I BOOK FAIR M I H A I L O V I T C H A N D Y U G O S L A V R E S I S T A N C E (Bodley Head) 4/6.

—Whilst w e ag ree with the a u t h o r , Alec Brown, t ha t in Yugoslavia aston-ishing th ings a re happening in th is small count ry which cont inues to harass and de fy the Axis war m a c h i n e one year a f t e r the Axis a rmies over ran the country, w e canno t accept th is verdict that "it is to Mihai lovi tch we may look to d r a w together the m a n y spontaneous movement s of resis tance to the invade r in Yugoslavia." Above all it is no longer t r u e to say tha t beside him fight the c ream of Yugoslavia 's peasantry .

Mihai lovi tch and his " C h e t n i k " gangs have long been branded by the People's L ibera t ion Army of Yugoslavia as traitors. The mani fes to adopted by the de lega tes assembled at t h e first Conference of t he Yugoslav Libera-tion forces in J u n e , 1942, exposed to the world for the first t ime the t reacher -ous work of Draza Mikhai lovi teh and condemned as t ra i tors he and his lesser k n o w n colleagues. T h e two succeeding conferences c l imaxing the unification of t he popular an t i -Axis forces in Yugoslavia confirm this con-demnation. f t is-surprising t h a t Mr. Brown's opinion of Mikhailoviteh as "an inspira t ion and guide" r e m a i n s apparen t ly uninf luenced by facts such as these.

I t is r e f r e sh ing to turn to " ASIA AND DEMOCRACY" (MacMillan) 4/6. T h i s book of essays f rom the pen of I 'earl S. Buck covers a wide r a n g e of topics of vi tal mean-

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"Wi l l . GERMANY CRACK?" (Gollanez) 7 fi. Paul Hagen. a founder and leader of the Neu Beginnen group of German Social-ists. gives a realistic and well documented answer to this crucial question. The pres-ent war has b rought new chances for an ant i -Fascis t revolt, based on the large under-ground oppositional groups with broad net-works of contacts. Hagen 's sober verdict is that while the ant i -Pas t ist movement may still be relatively weak inside Germany the "anti-Fascist po ten t ia l ' ' is powerful.

l i t i s opposition mani fes t s itself in the passivity of great masses of tihe people be-hind the line towards t he Nazis and towards them in the prosecution of the war. More recently, passive res is tance -and defeat ism, even mass disobedience in specific mat ters , have beet) jncretuinyly evident. I logan de-clares I hot narfc of the t r i d e union vnutft of 1932 makes up I he backbone of the organ-ised underground in Germany lo-day. T h e older '.•.eiiiiriit ion h a s not. forgot I en the t r a -ditions o f the lu t e fna t ipna l s of the Euro-

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NEW W R I T I N G AND DAYLIGHT — WINTER 1942-3 (Hogarth Press) 8/6. — This is an anthology as exciting and f r e s h as youth itself and most of the writers a r e surprisingly young—born during or since t he last war. The contr ibut ions include poetry, the short story, repor tage and criticism. Com-placency is significantly absent and the m a -jority of the writers subscribe wholeheartedly to Sewel Stokes' edict in his "The Lesson of the American T h e a t r e " t h a t "Man to be worth his her i tage mus t strive for victory-over the horror of contemporary life, as it is lived anyway, in t he grea t cities."

Outs tanding in these pages of promise a n d vitality are Pa t r ick Boyle's grim story of political assassination, "The Lake"; G. W. Stonier 's scinti l lat ing summation of " T h e American Fi lm," Rosamund OppersdorfT's

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THIRTY SEVEN by E W A R T MILNE

NOT for you, men of property. Not for you with 5 per cent, and 10

per cent, and Hi-de-ho, Irish is good for you, boys, buy Irish

and be assured . . . Not for you, ranchers , gombeen men,

kulaks, Not for you who a re willing to grow

wheat, Ra Ra Ra At Fifty Shilings the barrel O let the

public sing . . . Not for you, self-encloser republics

of Merrion Estates, Where the r a t s walk on the flower-

beds behind invisible railings. And .lames Connolly is dessicated for

the Higher ( n i l Servant. Not for you, Cheerleaders of harmony

heavenly ha rmony . . .

Not for you but for all (hose Men of no property for their liberty

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• The final denouement when the brothers confront each o ther in h a t e and the girl chooses to r e t u r n to the " r e fo rmed" r ake i the only unconvincing character isa t ion) is less important, however, t h a n t he interven-ing delineation of village l ife a n d prejudice.

Carroll possesses a h igh degree of word magic. He can toss an irr idescent phr.tse as deftly as O'Casey or Synge, rkroly sacri-ficing artistic integrity for aesthetic effect. Shrewdly h e tilts a t social problems through the witticisms of Dan Dorian t he village dis-grace WHO bears all criticism lightly. "Doesn't i t save you a world of trouble when you a re labelled for hell a t an earlv age."

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Billy Shine as Dan Dorian is outs tanding in a competent cast and the Arts Thea t r e is to be congra tu la ted on t he production. I t is a pity t h a t the play h a s been confined to a limited audience. I t is encouraging, however, t h a t I r ish playwrights r ank high in the Theatre 's production list of plays "in-telligent and en te r ta in ing ." The moral is plain—why not a company of Ir ish players for London a n d the Provinces?

We learn t h a t t he Duke of York's Theatre , London, closed since the end of 1940, re-opens on May 25th with SHADOW AND SUB-STANCE, by Paul Vincent Carroll .

In New York "Shadow and Substance ' ' won the critics' award as t he best play of t he year.

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A F T E R w i t n e s s i n g a specia l preview of - ^ M e t r o - G o l d w y n - M a y e r ' s " T e n n e s s e e Johnson ," r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s of 19 A m e r i c a n Negro a n d W h i t e O r g a n i s a t i o n s a n d news-papers issued a s t a t e m e n t t o t h e U n i t e d S ta t e s Office of W a r I n f o r m a t i o n a t t a c k -ing the p i c t u r e a s " o n e of t h e m o s t d a n -gerous f i lms in t h e h i s t o r y of m o t i o n pic-tu re his tory ," whose re lease a t t h i s t i m e would "c rea te widespread d i s u n i t y a n d confus ion ."

This film glor i f ies Jeff Davies , a r ch -con-sp i ra to r of t h e A m e r i c a Civil W a r , a n d makes a v i l l a in of T h a d d e u s Stevens , who, a longs ide A b r a h a m Linco ln , f o u g h t ruthless ly a g a i n s t a p p e a s e m e n t a n d be-t rayal . A f t e r L inco ln ' s a s s a s s i n a t i o n , S tevens devo ted h imse l f t o w i n n i n g s u f -r a g e for t he N e g r o people, s ince h e be-lieved t h a t w i t h o u t t h e ba l lo t " t h e y will con t inue v i r tua l ly to be s laves ."

David P i a t t , A m e r i c a n c r i t i c , descr ibes t h e f i lm as " a n h i s to r i ca l m o n s t r o s i t y t h a t c a n only be c o m p a r e d t o t h e d i s t o r t i o n s f o u n d in Fascis t h i s t o r y books a n d f i lms ."

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FRANCE, BRITAIN AND T H E SOVIET UNION (P. G r e n i e n , 2d.

KNOW YOUR ENEMY—Lt. Col. H a n s Kahle (I.N.G. Publ ica t ion i , 6d.

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(Continued f rom Preceding Column) description of a mil i tary hospital and the poetry of Laurie 'Lee.

ENGLISH CITIES AND SMALL TOWNS (Collins) 4/fi). - Not until you have b^en away from it, as has the au tho r of this book for more than a year, do ydu realise how friendly, how beaut i fu l is t h e meanes t Eng-lish town." T h u s writes Mr. J o h n BWjeman from his exile in Dublin. Irish men and women can apprecia te , all too weH the nos-tulgio-<ot tlie involuntary emigran t , ,and a t Jjjrs(, *inht Mr. Bet jenuju ' s . sentence has an irpnic^jflavour. Workers i^jiodemned, to. la-bour iri industrial tywns and. I^uilt-u'p a r e a s throughout Br i ta in r a n llfit'dly be expected W becblTie enamoured or prospects ' which fail to please, let alone c fc i i f t i f f . Mr. Bet-jeman,! ftottcvnr is not «jtx»y *t*icr)minaling. bjit: vastly-, pe rvas ive . , .In worcbtr a n d . pic-tures be reveals t h a t m a n y beau t i fu l tovlns still survive—even if ,in imminen t peril of "post-war recons t ruc t ion" and lo f ' t h i s Ser-vice he earns the thanks of all exiles. A.K.

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THE A R C H I T E C T S ' T H K most b l a t a n t l y Fastest of these J - m u s h r o o m p a r t i e s is A i l t i r i na

hAise i rghe . T h e s e self - styled "Archi-t e c t s of R e s u r r e c t i o n . " formerly aff i l ia ted to t h e Gaelic L e a g u e , were expelled f r o m t h a t body for t a k i n g par t in pol i t ical ac t iv i ty , c o n t r a r y to League regu la t ions . M a s t e r - b u i l d e r of t h e "Arch i t ec t s " is a c e r t a i n C u n n i n g h a m , fo rmer ly a m e m b e r of t h e Civil Serv ice , who may be seen s h o u t i n g and ges t i cu la t ing . F u e h r e r -f a s h i o n . a t Dubl in s t r e e t mee t ings .

He i n d i s c r i m i n a t e l y a t t a c k s the Gove rn -m e n , t h e Labour P a r t y . Jews a n d the F r e e m a s o n s , a n d c a l l s for a " C h r i s t i a n C o r p o r a t e S t a t e " t o des t roy a " d e c a d e n t a n d ou tworn P a r l i a m e n t sys tem." T h e p a m p h l e t c o n t a i n i n g th i s " p r o g r a m m e . " p r o f u s e l y i l l u s t r a t ed a n d expensively pro-duced . is soid open ly on t he Dubl in book-s ta l l s . A be t te r t i t l e would be "Goebbels s a y s . . . .": f o r . if the word "Ger -m a n " was s u b s t i t u t e d for " I r i s h " or " G a e l i c " the t ex t m i g h t well h a v e been w r i t t e n by the H e r r Doktor h imse l f .

E q u a l l y suspect , if n o t so b l a t a n t in the i r p r o p a g a n d a , a r e t h e Coras na Pob lach ta a n d C lann no T a l m h a n part ies . T h e i r h e r o is S a l a z a r r a t h e r t h a n Hitler, t h o u g h some of the i r m e m b e r s a r e sincere R e p u b -

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l i c ans who would d e n y t h a t t h e y a re Fasc i s t s . T h e i r po l i cy is f u n d a m e n t a l l y a n t i - L a b o u r a n d a n t i - D e m o c r a t i c . Coras n a P o b l a c h t a is p a r t i c u l a r l y no tor ious for i ts Jew-ba i t ing .

S A L A Z A R I S M O A L A Z A R I S M is a l s o being peddled by

t h e n e w s p a p e r " S t a n d a r d " a n d the o r g a n i s a t i o n M u i n t i r n a Tire , whose foun-der , t h e Rev. J . M. Hayes , is said to be a g r e a t a d m i r e r of Musso l in i .

O t h e r o r g a n i s a t i o n s , like the I.R.A. a n d t h e Bluesh i r t s , a r e n o t m u c h in evidence t h e s e days . Most of t h e fo rmer have been i n t e r n e d in t he C u r r a g h "Glasshouse ." whi le Gene ra l O ' D u f f y , who never re-covered f rom his f i a s co in Spain, h a s been p e n s i o n e d off by t h e G o v e r n m e n t . Pa t r i ck Be l ton , of C h r i s t i a n F r o n t memory , re-j ec ted by every r e s p o n s i b l e political par ty , was recen t ly r e f u s e d admiss ion to the n e w l y - f o r m e d F a r m e r s ' Pa r ty .

R U M O U R S A B O U T RATS T \ U R I N G the s u m m e r of 1940 the re were

r u m o u r s t ha t s o m e ex-Blueshi r t s ex-pec ted a n invasion of Ei re and t h a t they were in con tac t w i t h t h e Nazis. G e o r g e G i l m o r e and P e a d a r O 'Donnel l c i rcu la ted a p a m p h l e t a t t h a t t ime , n a m i n g p r o m i n -e n t l e ade r s of t h e o r g a n i s a t i o n (O 'Duf fy was no t a m o n g t h e m > who fancied t h e m -selves a s t he I r i sh Qui s l ings . The G o v e r n -m e n t . according to G i l m o r e and O'Don-nell. go t wind of t h i s conspi racy a n d h a s t i l y in te rned t h e s e potent ia l f i f t h co lumni s t s , s u b s e q u e n t l y releasing thenT w h e n t h e i m m e d i a t e d a n g e r of invas ion h a d passed .

T h e Labour P a r t y h a s made little effor t to c u r b these Fasc i s t p lo t s and—even more a l a r m i n g , gives no l ead to the people on t h e issues of the war . Pr ivately, t h e r e a rc f e w L a b o u r leaders w h o would not admi t t h e i r a b h o r r e n c e fo r eve ry th ing assoc ia ted w i th t h e term " H i t l e r i s m " ; but publiclv. t h e y follow the i r t a c t i c s of the S p a n i s h Civil W a r — t o p r e t e n d it does not exist. H i t l e r m i g h t be t h e m a n in the moon and the w a r one waged be tween the inhab i -t a n t s of M a r s a n d V e n u s .

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i! m a y g u n a . few vo t e s in elections, th is policy of oppor tun i sm i w h i c h began wi th t he Civil War of 1922—23' . will in t h e long r a n l ead the Labour P a r t y to d i s a s t e r . T h i s op in ion is s o m e t i m e s forcibly ex-p res sed .

CONT BE M ISLED " 1 \ O N T be m i s l e d . " s a i d one o f f i c ia l . " the . • ' I r i s h worker, m a y be dubious about-t he B r i t i s h Empire, b u t h e is s t a u n c h l y a n t i - F a s c i s t . " A y o u n g Dublin worker , ac t ive in the Dubl in b r a n c h , was even m o r e vehement . " T h e I r i s h people," he said, " h a v e no m o r e rcspect fo r a c o w a r d l y Pa r ty t h a n t h e y have fo r a c o w a r d l y individual. T h e present policy is a b e t r a y a l of the i n t e r n a t i o n a l t e a c h i n g s of J a m e s Connolly."

STUDENTS HOSE T H E FASCISTS. ^ I ANY s tudents a n d in te l lec tua ls echo • * t h e sen t imen t s of these mi l i t an t s .

N a t i o n a l Universi ty s t u d e n t s noted in t he

past for t h e i r clerical t endenc ies , recent ly hosed ail A i l t i r i an hTisc i rghe demons t r a -tion off E a r l s f o i i T e r r a c e . T h e spirit of Char l ie Donne l ly . Cora Hughes a n d F r a n k R y a n is still al ive in t h e U.C.D.

In t h e fore f ron t is T r i n i t y College b r a n c h of t h e Labour P a r t v. Orginal lv . this g r o u p i known at v a r i o u s t imes a s t h e Socialist Socii ty. the S p a r t a c u s C u b and the D u b l i n Universi ty F a b i a n S o c i e t y was f o r m e d fo r the p u r p o s e of " s tudy ing genera l soc ia l condi t ions in Eire." Even-tually it bcca ' i i e a p r o p a g a n d a society, in-t roduc ing J i m Lark in . M a u d e G o n n e McBride. P e a d a r O 'Donne l l . Cecil Day-Lewis a n d J i m P r e n d e r g a s t t o college audi-ences.

In 1937 t h e Rev. R. Hi l l i a rd , a f o r m e r g r a d u a t e , w a s killed f i g h t i n g in t he I r i s h Unit of t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l Br igade . In 1938 t h e T.C.D. r e p r e s e n t a t i v e to the an -nual c o n f e r e n c e of the L a b o u r Par ty was the only s p e a k e r a m o n g 120 delegates to raise a voice aga ins t t h e a t roc i t ies of Franco. T h e c h a i r m a n of t h e Society fo r the p a s t t h r e e years h a s been Dr. O. S. Skef f ing ton , a lec turer in F r e n c h in t h e

college a n d a son of t h e b : e Franc i s S' .a.-ehy-Skeflmgton. Befo re h ; :••• . m , s . jv.iis.crt, Skef l ing ton was a m e m b e r of tlu a d m i n i s t r a t i v e council of th-> Labour Pa r ty . His expulsion f r o m t h e Laboi,: P.irt.v. previous ly c o m m e n t ! d upon i-i " I r i s h F r e e d o m . " is a r e f l e c t i o n on tl;-whole L a b o u r MdVeincnt.

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E S P I I 'S t he less of S k e f f i n g t o n . the Dub l in Univers i ty F a b i a n Society to

d.iy is one of t h e most a c t i v e sec t ions of t he L a b o u r Movement . U s pol icy, a.s ex-p la ined by i ts two leading nv-mb.-rs . Harry Cra ig a n d J o h n de Cotircy I r e l a n d , is v. fus ion of T r i n i t y ' s t h ree g r e a t revolut ion-ary t r a d i t i o n s : t he i n t e r n a t i o n a l i s m of Wolfe Tone , t he R e p u b l i c a n i s m of Emmi t a n d Davis , t he Socia l ism of F e a r g u s O C o n n o r a n d B r o n t e r r e O ' B r i e n .

T h e t a sk of these e n t h u s i a s t s is p la in . T h e y m u s t pas s on to t h e L a b o u r P a r t y t h e lesson t h e y have a l r e a d y l ea rned , i.e. t h a t no F a s c i s m is to le rab le fo r I r e l and , w h e t h e r p r e a c h e d by i n t e r n a l o r ex t e rna l p r o p a g a n d i s t s .

I FIRST MET CONNOLLY . . . I F I R S T met J a m e s Connolly in t h e ' e a r l y p a r t of 1897. a n d it came a b o u t

th is way . Though n o w a medical m a n , a t t h a t t i m e I was s t u d y i n g for t he legal p r o f e s s i o n and h a d t o go up f rom B e l f a s t to D u b l i n for a n e x a m i n a t i o n . A few d a y s b e f o r e I went, m y sis ter , Alice Milli-gan , a s k e d me to t ry a n d see a m a n who, she sa id , h a d s ta r ted t o s e n d con t r ibu t ions to t h e "Shan Van Vocht , " t he I r i s h l i t e r a r y a n d pat r io t ic j o u r n a l wh ich s h e ed i ted jo in t ly with Miss Anna J o h n s o n ( " E t h n a Carberry") .

S h e told me h i s n a m e was J a m e s C o n n o l l y a n d t ha t s h e h a d formed a very h i g h op in ion of his ab i l i t i e s a n d e a r n e s t -ness. S h e gave me h i s add re s s—nea r C h a r l e m o n t Bridge, D u b 1 i n — a n d I p r o m i s e d to do by b e s t a n d see th i s m a n . who. acco rd ing to m y s i s te r , was to be a c o m i n g force in I r i sh pol i t ics .

W h e n f r e e from m y lega l ef for ts a t t he F o u r C o u r t s . I set o u t t o find Connol ly ' s r e s idence . I found it n o t a n easy j o b to loca te h i m . but I did finally, only to g e t a r u d e shock , for on g e t t i n g to his house , I f o u n d t h a t he was l iv ing wi th his y o u n g wife a n d young f a m i l y in one room. My en t ry , however , i n t r o d u c e d me to o n e of t he finest men I h a v e ever met .

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A T t h i s time C o n n o l l y was a b o u t 26 - * y e a r s of age, of m e d i u m he igh t , th ick-set in bu i ld and t h o u g h t e r r ib ly e a r n e s t in his conversa t ion , he h a d a keen sense of h u m o u r . I me t h im o f t e n , a n d w e n t to a m e e t i n g or two of h i s p a r t y n e a r t he B a n k of I r e l a n d . Each t i m e we m e t we w e n t at it, h a m m e r and t o n g s , d iscuss ing I re-land a n d the fu tu re . S o m e t i m e s these d i s c u s s i o n s were p r e t t y ho t , for a t t he t ime I was a m e m b e r of the Gael ic League a n d an a r d e n t Nat iona l i s t , wi th my h e a d full of '98 a n d i t s ho r ro r s Henry Joy McCracken, T o n e Russell a n d t he h u m b l e r Betsy Gray a n d Willie Nelson, for all s o r t s of p r e p a r a t i o n s and m e e t i n g s were t a k i n g place in B e l f a s t to ce l eb ra t e the '98 cen t ena ry t he fo l l owing year .

T h o u g h a Na t iona l i s t i t was na t i ona l -ism a.s understood a n d p reached by Mazzini t h a t I believed in. His " F a i t h and t h e Fu tu re" and " E u r o p e and its Con-s t i t u t i o n , " I knew n e a r l y by hear t , a n d I can s a y here t h a t if a l l na t iona l i s t s , I believe. G e r m a n s a n d I r i s h as well a s o t h e r s h a d known a n d followed Mazzini ' s t e a c h i n g of I n t e r n a t i o n a l N a t u r a l i s m , the wor ld ' s and our own coun t ry ' s h i s t o r y might, h a v e been very d i f f e ren t .

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f ' O N N O L L Y at, th is t i m e was an ou t a n d o u t I n t e r n a t i o n a l Socia l i s t a n d h i s

whole be ing seemed possessed by one great, u rge t o end once a n d f o r all a n d so speedi ly as possible t h e social a n d eco-nomic in jus t i ces of t h e world 's workers and t o p romote h u m a n b ro the rhood . He pu t t h e case very b l u n t l y to me : Indeed

he gave m e a jolt, for t h o u g h I was more or less a Social is t , it w a s of t h e Chr i s t i an Social is t t ype .

"Pol i t ics , " Connolly told me, "a re based on t he s t o m a c h ; it is h u m a n needs t h a t h a v e moulded h i s t o r y and eco-nomic c a u s e s have been beh ind all t h e g rea t wor ld movemen t s . " R e g a r d i n g n a t i o n a l i s m h i s view was: —

" P u t t h e English ou t of I re land a n d you will only c h a n g e over f rom one set of e x p l o i t e r s to a n o t h e r . "

Now, i n d e e d , it would s e e m h e is not f a r wrong! A t t h a t t ime t o h a v e t h o u g h t tha t C o n n o l l y would ever h a v e been be-hind t h e " b a r r i c a d e s " fo r a n y t h i n g s h o r t of a Soc ia l i s t revolut ion would h a v e been the l a s t t h i n g I would h a v e believed of him.

T U I T I O N r | 1 H O U G H we had d i f f e r e n c e s we h a d

m u c h in common, f o r i n s t ance , in te r -na t iona l assoc ia t ion , a n d i t is possible t h e i n t e r n a t i o n a l bopd of M a z z i n i t e na t iona l -ism I w a s so fu l l of, m a y h a v e appea led to him. A n y w a y , before l e a v i n g Dublin, h e gave m e a copy of Schaf f l e s ' "Quin t -essence of Social ism," a n d advised me to

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get a n d r e a d t h e coun t e rbook to Schaffles ' . " Imposs ib i l i ty of Social Demo-cracy." I w a s to r e a d t h e s e and t h e n I write h i m a n d then a dec i s ion could be made a s to h o w we would co-opera te .

I m u s t s a y t h a t for a po l i t i c ian to ask a possible a d h e r e n t n o t on ly to read t he a r g u m e n t s in favour of h i s " p l a t f o r m , " but s o m e of t h e most c o g e n t ones a g a i n s t it, was u n d o u b t e d l y a ve ry f a i r t h i n g to do, especia l ly in deal ing w i t h a n inexperi-enced y o u t h — I was only 18 yea r s of age— but s o m e w h o w a t t he t i m e it did no t strike m e a s odd, for it j u s t seemed to me a p a r t a n d parcel of w h a t one would expect of J a m e s C o n n o l l y : who was honest , f a i r a n d s ince re to his very marrow.

C H R I S T I A N C O M M U N I S T S

I R E A D t h e books C o n n o l l y gave m e : ' " P r o g r e s s and Pover ty , " by Henry George; " M e r r i e Eng land , " by B l a t c h t o r d ; "Looking B a c k w a r d , " bv B e l l a m y ; William Booth's " I n Darkest E n g l a n d and T h e Way o u t " ( h e near ly t u r n e d me in to a s o c i a l evange l i s t ) ; C h a r l e s Booth 's "Labours of t h e People" ; a n d Ruskin ' s "Unto T h i s Las t . " T h e l a t t e r a book t h a t will never be o u t of da t e . I s tud ied very careful ly , a s Connolly w a n t e d me to do, the " Imposs ib i l i t y ot Social Democracy," I have it s t i l l—marked a n d under l ined , but its t h e s i s seemed w e a k a n d uncon-vincing.

F o r i n s t a n c e t he coup l ing of Socia l i sm wi th I r re l ig ion seemed qu i t e u n r e a l to me, for in t h e Bible, especial ly t h e " F o u r Gos-pels" a n d t h e f i rs t few c h a p e r s of t h e "Acts," I h a d f o u n d t e a c h i n g w h i c h w a s d o w n r i g h t , ful l -blooded c o m m u n i s m , a n d for t h e l i fe of me I could n o t u n d e r s t a n d why all t r u e C h r i s t i a n s w e r e n o t com-m u n i s t s !

Again , I could no t see w h y workers , in-c lud ing h igh ly skilled t e c h n i c i a n s , would no t be able to r u n i n d u s t r i a l c o n c e r n s . In B e l f a s t we h a d a very ef f ic ient a n d profi t-able M u n i c i p a l G a s W o r k s a n d also a g rowing Co-opera t ive Society. I a lso h a d seen m a n y of Be l fas t ' s big mi l l s , inc lud ing t h e big Y o r k S t ree t l inen mi l l a n d Ga l -lager ' s tobacco fac tory . All t h e s e con-cerns , I f e l t sure , could h a v e b e e n r u n by skil led .workers . Schaf f le t h e n d id no t d e t e r m e t h e r e f o r e f r o m be l iev ing in Socia l i sm, so I wrote C o n n o l l y a n d told h i m I would be p repa red to j o i n h i s pa r ty .

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I T was dec ided la te r t h a t i t w a s desir-' ab le to do s o m e t h i n g to t r y a n d link

t h e N o r t h a n d Sou th t o g e t h e r in a com-m o n Socia l i s t effort , a n d C o n n o l l y sug-ges ted I shou ld see w h a t c o u l d be done a b o u t i t in Be l fas t . A f t e r t h i s decision I i n se r t ed a n a d v e r t i s e m e n t in t he "Clar ion ," a n d t he repl ies w e r e suff icient to enab le m e to f o r m a soc ie ty w h i c h was n a m e d t h e "Be l f a s t Socialist Soc ie ty . " Our n u m b e r s never exceeded 20 a n d we held m e e t i n g s a t Typograp l i i ca l Ha l l , College S t r ee t , a n d , a s Robert Lynd, w h o became one of o u r m e m b e r s h a s d e s c r i b e d in the i n t r o d u c t i o n to "Labour in I r e l a n d , " "our l ight was o b t a i n e d f r o m c a n d l e s s tuck m e m p t y gin bot t les ."

As well a s Lynd the re w a s h i s f r i end S a m Por t e r , a n d occasional ly J a m e s Win-der Good, for these t h r e e w e r e insepar -ab les a t Q u e e n ' s College. T h e r e was also Rice a n d Gil l i land, of t h e " B e l f a s t Ethical Society," a n d some work ing m e n a m o n g t h e m , one cal led M o n a g h a n , t h e n a m e of Connol ly ' s n a t i v e county, a n d o n e a young b r u s h m a k e r , whose n a m e I f o r g e t .

Las t ly t h e r e was A r t h u r G i f h k i n , an ex-Sa lva t ion A r m y m a n . who b e c a m e very-ac t ive a n d he lp fu l , for it w a s by the "cal ls" of h i s bugle t h a t t h e worke r s of Be l f a s t—O' -ange and G r e e n — w e r e sum-moned to ra l ly a n d fall in to t h e r a n k s of those who were m a k i n g a n e f f o r t to crea te a new a n d l iappier I r e l a n d : a Worke r s ' C o m m o n w e a l t h , where m e r i t a n d h o n e s t y ; n o t wea l th , privi lege a n d " favour i t i sm, would be t h e cr i ter ion of h o n o u r a n d where wan t , misery a n d s q u a l o r would be abol i shed .

T h a t w a s w h a t was in o u r minds, but, alas, t h e sequel was very d i f f e r e n t ?

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