UK: C.A.R.D. - BRITAIN'S LARGEST ANTI-DISCRIMINATION ORGANISATION HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING
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UK: C.A.R.D. - BRITAIN'S LARGEST ANTI-DISCRIMINATION ORGANISATION HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING
- Title: UK: C.A.R.D. - BRITAIN'S LARGEST ANTI-DISCRIMINATION ORGANISATION HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING
- Date: 5th November 1967
- Summary: DELEGATES ARRIVING AT MEETING; SPEAKERS. Initials PBS/B/CR/SGM Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: LONDON, UK
- Country: United Kingdom
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- Aspect Ratio: 4:3
- Story Text:BRITAIN'S BIGGEST ANTI-RACIAL DISCRIMINATION ORGANISATION ENDED ITS ANNUAL MEETING IN LONDON TODAY (SUNDAY) IN UPROAR WHEN MODERATES CHARGED MILITANTS WITH ATTEMPTING TO RIG THE VOTING IN A TAKEOVER BID. THE TWO DAY MEETING OF C.A.R.D. - THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST RACIAL DISCRIMINATION - MODERATES HAD CLAIMED THAT BLACK POWER MILITANTS, SUPPORTED BY COMMUNISTS HAD ESTABLISHED BOGUS ORGANISATIONS IN THE HOPE OF SECURING AN EXTRA FORTY VOTES. AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE AT THE CONFERENCE TO INTRODUCE A RESOLUTION TO DISQUALIFY WHITE PEOPLE FROM HOLDING OFFICE IN C.A.R.D. IT WAS PASSED BY 96 TO 54, BUT FAILED TO RECEIVED THE TWO THIRDS MAJORITY NECESSARY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES. THE ONLY EUROPEAN OFFICIAL OF C.A.R.D. IS MISS JULIA GAITSKELL, DAUGHTER OF THE FORMER LABOUR PARTY LEADER, THE LATE HUGH GAITSKELL. THE LEADER OF THE MODERATES WAS A WEST INDIAN, DOCTOR DAVID PITT, CHAIRMAN OF THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST RACIAL DISCRIMINATION.
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