Timing the General Wage Order

Although the main trend in the conference was to collaborate with the bosses by "Preaching faith in tabs" there was also struggle against this trend.

An attempt was made towards the end of the conference to raise the question of the general wage order, which had been held up due to the fact that the FoL president saw an overseas trip of several weeks as being of greater importance than other duties.

Skinner dismissed the perfectly legitimate grievance on the lateness of the wage order as "dreaming" It is of interest that none of the SUP "militants" took part in the protest over this question.

Many progressive remits were passed, but it is doubtful that much action will be taken on them. Nevertheless some remits showed positive thinking, especially on the question of opposing foreign imperialism.