| Description | Papers in this file largely concern a dispute over elections that took place at a meeting of the Leamington Spa branch in January 1967, and the repercussions of this for the branch. They consist of correspondence between J. Gosal of the Leamington Spa branch and Jagmohan Joshi, General Secretary of the Indian Workers Association; and newspaper cuttings from the Leamington, Warwick, Kenilworth and District Morning News.
Gosal's letters protest that the election procedure was unconstitutional, and that the branch executive committee elected at the meeting were the choice of the Indian Workers Association leadership. Gosal states his case, and informs Joshi that he and some other members of the Leamington Spa branch have formed an Action Committee while waiting for the new branch committee to be disbanded. His final letter, dated 2 May 1967, informs Joshi that as no action is to be taken by the Central Executive Committee in disbanding the branch committee, he and his supporters will disaffiliate the Leamington Spa branch from the national organisation.
The newspaper articles are dated 8 May and 10 May 1967. The earlier article includes details about the protest by members of the Leamington and Warwick branch against the national Indian Workers Association, and their demand for a refund of their membership fees, which they claim are being spent on 'ultra-leftist political motives'. The later article corrects details given in the first article about a forthcoming meeting of these branch members.
The file also contains correspondence from Hussan Lal Baden, a member of the Leamington branch. One letter contains details about poor dental treatment he had received in Leamington and Birmingham in 1963 and refers to taking legal action over this. The other letter is dated 28 April 1967, and states his intention to resign from the Indian Workers Association, presumably due to the position of the Central Executive Committee over the election of branch committee members in Leamington. |