Lord Scarman probably fook a deep breath and felt very pleased with himself when he handed in his Report to the Home Secretary.
But on the very same day, three peopie were being committed to detention centre for three months rach only a few miles away in the town of Hastings. The events leading up to their imprisonment show the Along with these thice, six others ware collectively fined hundreds of scist picket in Hastines a month ago The picket, which was 150 strong and included students and trade unionists, was repeatedly attacked by the police. As on 15 June last your they defended law and order - they drove wedges into the crond in an effort to clear the way lot Ihe fricest ind arrested anvone who Hood in their way, Pobloo excesses" and ace-cactions" on this occasion included satances of Special Branch offices not poing through all the bother of making arrests beating up the anti The NF conducted themselves in • Honour Guard swept throagh both solice and the pickets and then I up and down the picker nunns at random. The police arrested under, no doubt inspired Labour farty and the Young i couldn't help but attract the tan of those members of the * who happened to witness the another victim. Mrs Fedetor Rogers, a loun after being discharged from hospital whãe still in a coma At 9.30 in the morning she had been admitted into hospital with a diabetic coma. After being given an insulin injecton she was sent home. Five minutes after the ambulance men had Icft she started having convulsions and her hushand called the ambulance again.
Desperately he asked; 'Do you have to leave her?" The ambulance men explained ing. that they had no choice as she had boen fischarged, RE-ADMITTED Later, when it was eventually arranged that she could he re-admitted, the ambulcome hack for her as their colleagues had told them that a woman had been discharged when she was not fit."
gers died. A post-mortem examination redisease which needs cortisone to comhat it Yet she was simply given another ins ulin injection for her diabedesis on readmission to the hospital..
Sats Rodgers is a victim of the consultants" work to rule and of the cut-backs in the NHS. Short of doctors and staff, plagued by the lack of bods, and lacking adequare equipment, the NHS cannot supply a proper health service to people. If this is what happens to "urpent" cases.
people still on the waiting lise?
But why did the ambulance ten not take Mis Rodgers back when they realised Janet Vaguire Red Weekly 6 March 1925 Page 2 scene. in tact the polico managed lo arrest two lastinus vouths who tained the picket after scing the traces from a passing bus As to the local magistrate, he may not possess Scarman's cloquence, but doesn't deler Irom bis views he made it ralising that this kind of breach of ther ace would not be toleratod In other words by setting this xample, more anti-fascists are going to go to jail or their graves while the police and fascists get away with murder.
Defence counse at the trial said that tho charges were so preposterous that a Jury would newt convict and said the magistrate was the most biased he'd The Hasting and Brighton antiEastel commitices an mountan a strenunes defence campalen, which is backod by Hastings NUS and the Hastings, baptiton and Crawley Trades Councils The judges and magistrates through oilt the country must have it made ahsolutely car to them that the working class mavument is not going to tolerate their interpretation of 'law and ordor.
Deferoe funds are urgontly needed and should he scat to the Defence Find.
University of Susses Student Union. "Junior staff were also concerned that Chodley woman, died last week just a few she was being discharged, so why did they not take action to keep her in hospital"
NO RIGHT Unfortunately the answer is too simple. Neither the ambulance men nor the nurses have the right to challenge the decisions of the doctor who sits in supreme judge ment. If the nurses had tried to do anything they would lave been up before the nursing officer and given a severe wamThe ambulance men also knew that they had no authority to challenge the doefor's decision. and that if tiney did they would be on the carper.
Although these workers knew from experience -and knowledge gained on the ance neen said that they were expecting to job- that Mrs Rodgers was very ill, dat experience could not bu used. The priv ileges of the docton are guarded by a ngal herarchical structure which nod enges those decisions is subject to diseiplinary action Mrs Rodgers died because the NHS is being run down by a Labour Government that puts the interests of capitalism abore the health of the working class She abo died because of the fundament ally undemocratic way in which the healt service is run Workers control involves nue than just administering the NHS. It also insolves the right of healtle workers to veto and overton the decisions or the doctors what about the unfortunate half a million when their decisions are injurious to the health and life of working class patients. .... in Preston Front Chairman, Kingsley Read While some of them banesed and tried to intimidate ING and IS paper-scilers who had refused to allow fascist and racist literature to be distributed in the streets, six The National Froat turned up in force to an anti racist meetinu Trades Council last week. Lord Scarman would do well to observe what followed that crening in this London suburb.
Brad organised the showing of an the meeting, and because it was not Their fascist ideas, When 20 NF members turned up to the Trades Icave straight away, They had come dressed for a fight heavy boots and cruich guards and when steward Started to escort them to the door they look to chairs and fists in an extremely well-organised way. The IMo photographer had his hand badly tamaged.
ded peerything the fascists stood for Part of the moDig was devoted to solidarity with black worken lighting expiritation and discrimination in onc of Britain's Cantacus colonics Alles Jones of the Cunhocan Solitarily Committee told an audience of 150 People of the unemploy mont and grinding poverty among the workon and peasants exploited by Britie capitalise in the West Indics, and called For the release of Caribboan freelon Tehter Desmand Trotter But the National Froat made their allegiances perfoctly clear as they left the meeting. "Law and order, Ima Patriot. Tin Engish, not like some of then bera' they shouled.
When the police arrived, taey did ticir asual act One anti-racist. wh had to po to hespital, was hit twico by a fascist in front of one policeman. But no Oil blone cal Thirty thugs drawn from the whole North West were led into the centre of Preston last Saturday by National called by Battersea and wandsworth the police.
Two days before, the local NUT anti-fascist play. The NF had invaded National Front fascist is escorted out after attempting to disrupt a menting organised by Battersea & Wandsworth Trades Council thugs assaulted and beat up a mensher of 15 when he was alone making This is one more in the long scries of Vicious attacks by the NE on socialist and trade ucion activists in many arcas (particularly tho Nort-West which shows up the fascists campaign co law and onder for what it mally it The fascists had not dared show their facos mach in Preston over since last was abandoned under the pressure of a .... in Wandsworth Fascists were charged. This is the sort of law and order the Af like to soc fion A salution passed at the nocting called tor do pallorm lot As 3n-o racists for trade unions to organise against local Tachi groups, and to investiest? in idents of meisor against Irish people picket of secrat handned anti-fascists.
Widespread support is growing for a public meeting directed ut all sections of the local labour movement to defend socialist paper-sellers and stop the National Front.
This will lay the basis for a demon station drough the town as the first rallying peat of an on going coinpaien to deny the fascists any platron on the streets and anash all attempts to infittrate the local trade union movercet Preston ING HE called on the Labour Council to deprive the NI orali civie fellities, and for the Government to bat any fascist marcies A mobilisation against the recent jailing of an Li-fascist ntilitents is Lo be urga used, Islay Fullerton
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no workers control - patient dies The cut-backs in the NHS have claimed she was very if? No doubt many of the
A few hours afler arriving at the hosp only placos all the decisions in their hands ital for the second time thar day Mis Rod but makes sure that any one who chall-