PAM son Hospital in London said in a park outside Euston station last Friday:
*Tell your Triends the news, spread the word, the EGA is still open and is staying open."
Pam Jones was speaking at Ex c o a accusand demonstration whid showed the determination of the boA workers and their supporters to resast the latest attempr to close the women's hospital.
Seventy-tW0 haurs eurher the Labour Goverument'Health Minister, David Ennals had said the hospital would be closed ou 21 Juty.
The nexr day a joint meeting in the hospital involving unians NN NAL.CO de ASTMS, and JONES of the | clared: The EGA will continue 1 bealth service.
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This expression of opposilion caused Ennali to SCBL AL a mocUDE or he Parlamentary Labour on Thursday he indicated he was willing the date of the closure, altbough he laber made it clear that as tar as he was concerned sooner or later the hospital would close.
RUBBISH For over two years. Labour Goveranient has been attemptina to close the EGA -one of iwo hospilals country for women and run by women. As the latest isue of EGA Neas put iti "Taey say we dou't noed a the women's hospital in this day and age; they reckon there are enough women doctors in the •Tlas IS women surgeons In the whole CUREIWUCEU think EGA. And we need a women's hospitel that will treat women Party sympatieticallyand understandine. reconsider The real reason they want t lose che EGA iscash. The are bealth aurhority in Camden and Islineton instructed to cut their spending hy s third, *The money needed to gel tlc EGA Tully the E120 CN because they want the hospital closes they are not prepared lo in the spend it.
Over 300 people arended the hasily arranged Friday. The main road sutside Euston was blocked for minutes by the demonstratons. Al the meeting afterwards, NUPE rubbish, Chirchley this by he said.
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ASTMS 21 July shop steward Arthur indicated that this was cois tbe first example of such tactics. "We will only wir creating distibances. and The EGA workers together representing London health shop stewards are now calling for strike action Wilson London NUPE has given Penthouse's official hacking to such action were from and al a health shop scewards conferenee planned tor 10 June munity!
resclutions will be pur entting for rolling srikes from 5 Jul and a nationai stoppage on 2 squatters s divisional council of StrOsed.
Tepresenting co-founder westero and centra London - Bureac, is already pledued ro sirise on The day before the Penthouse the AIDOCHE Observer published a furious rebuttal of the 'rocket hoax"
Its only substantial argument was chat bocause of the weight of fucl the OTRAG rockets would only he ahle to carry i small payload. It confronted none of the crucial questions, 13030 particularly lailed explain why such a large patch of ground was needed to launch orbital racher than ground-togroune masC Instead the authors, Andrew and LOIM LERUDE concentrated on expesing the Penthouse article as Soviet and Falt eman rop se hil flat since major sources the defence and intelligence comBefore he came ta Britain Legum lived and worked South Africa. In the 1940 he was a city councilior whien the camps LITEL deI 1952 he was a of the Airica an organisation used by black nationalist leaders and for a time the CIA ID ever.
Eireann carlier this month, That is due to histarical reasons tied up with myths abou what the British representlo the Irish and vice versa" hie added.
Readers of the Daily Express are likely to have to wait a long belore such sentiments find their way into the пежрарег. Even if Inmesnt and the rest of the editorial S VUIE LU SUICE : any sie 0i challengieg the Tory propaganda that the paper chuto! oul, they would meet a small obstacle it the shape of Express Newspepers chairperson Victor Malllews.
The latrers's view of pres freedem (RIP) was being speled out about the same tote as Jameson's on frish coverage CIC LITIHEE MCIMO SHE propnelor. nar necessarity ine said Machews.
CEILUI should the editor and the joumalisis bave the necessary autbority that we have to acept wha: theysay?
*The proprietor, whose mon ey is on the table, must have the authorits..l will stand by it for SOCIALIST CHALLENGE 25. May 1978 page 3