the London Student Organisation and'a Broad Left supporter on the NUS Executive writes: it is saddening to read articles such as at by Val Countas in last week's Rog kly (17 Junel. Not because the ve I spread, Vall), but because it 1 she stucent mosement dOwn ThE 1. The NUS Executive meetina on 13 June. This did not call off occupations.
continue over summer to and together on 16 Juner where unions were strong enough to continue occupations over summer land, realistically, there would not be many of thesel, the Executive rould hold discussions with the local Val should know perfectly wall that a majority of the occupations had in fact inded, or decisions taken to end, before hat Executive meeting. And it is only Tion sense to try and get weaker Itions to and in a determined, va with The consolent 5K3 D letails of that meeting. Sho By members and supporters forth Eat London Poly (The Exacutive did not sill NELP - it promised to mobilise for cat of the Polytechnic and to er legal aid - but not sutomatically unlimited amounts. It would be Irresponsible of the Executive any union a blank cheque.)
Val also does not tall Red Weekly ers that three members of the itive - Sue Slipman, Penny ser and Harry Dean - were physisaulted by these people before 1 them down. White 15 members nute the one Disce mamar C the Executive, Trevor Phillips, in a disjusting and racist fashion, calling him an Uncle Tom'.
Val should also tell Red Weekly maders that she walked out of the Execu tive meeting when the next itam on the genue was the future or the campargn over the summer! This behaviour shows real contempt for the delegates at NUS Conference who elected her: they presumably expected her to attend meetings rather than storm out of them.
2. The demonstrations on 15/16 June. Whether Val likes it or not, the London Students Organisation has a perfect chester meeting was of an advisory nature and not binding on NUS although the Executive did take its advice), let alone on LSO, LSO imteth participation in its demonstration from other parts of the country and we were supported by, among others, the Scottish and Waish NUS Executives, and the Sussex, Derby, Leeds, Bedfordshire, Cardiff, Swanses, Hereford and hampton and Nottingham NU'S areas.
We never counterposed the demo on the 15th to the TUC lobby on the 16th: all our publicity material stressed both