Australian Labour Party.
Recently the Sydney CND received a copy of the "Spies for Peace" document. Realizing its propaganda value, they decided to distribute mimeographed copies throughout Australia, The first copies to appear covered seven foolscap pages and were issued with copies of CND Newsletter No. 5, June, 1963. It was circulated in about 750 copies to various organizations and individuals. But at the same time another 500 copics were issucd under the name of "Spies for Peace (Australia) Inc." and citizens were urged to seek out officiel secrets about Australian preparations for nuclear war and to make them public.
"Who caused the second batch to bo distributed is not Inown," comments The Bulletin. The membor of Sycney CND executive who authorized the CND copy of the "Spices for Peace" leaflet denied all knowledge of the second batch, and comnented that "It was possible ours (the CND) has breached the Crines Act, but as far as I can see it is almost certain the other circular has breached it."
Both Miss McIntyre, who authorized the pamphlet for OND, and Gould have been interviewed by Commonwealth police. Meanwhile, the chairman of the West Australian CND has stated that his group is: organizing the printing and cistribution of a loaflet on U.S. Navy Radio Cammunication Center to be set up in the desolate far north of West Australia to act as a tracking
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aed station for U.S. Folaris sobmarines, He also stated that if any secrets about the base some to light, the CND will do all it can to publish thea. It siuvld de notuad that the Australian governnent's decision to cstablicn the base has been the subject for long and heated debate in the prcss, and particularly in the Australian Labour Party, Tue Fecsral Hxecutive of the Australian Labour Party only dccided, artveor several days’ dobato and after several votes by tc margin of only one vote, to agree to a compromise right-wing x vvion which means the ALP supports the establishment of the base, subject to joint control by Australia, and consultation if it is to be used to launch the Polaris rockets.
The Bullotin onds with the following cstatemont: “In any event CND has received more publicity in « weck than it would normally have cot in a docade; and the Comzonwealth Police are still investigating every avenue in its soarch for the distributors of the second batch of the SFIZS FOR PEACE pamphlot,. The Attorney~Gonoral, Sir Garfield Barwick, is expected to comment when the facts are assembled."
AN AN®ISTRIKG LAW IN FRANCR =,
The do Caullo governmont is using tho discontent eroused recently by a "surprise strike" of the Paris motro, to pass a law which is a first attack on tho right to strike of civil servants and workers employed in public sorvices. The government is arguinc that it is not attacking the right to strike but only wants strikes to bo announced five days in advance, -It is of course only the first stod toward a long-term policy which the govornment has decided tc take since the miners’ strike last Merch, which geve a tromoudous blow to the law enablins the covernmont to proceed oy “roqvisition" of vworkors engegod in vital services or indcustrics,
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