AJEX AT WORK The National Front has always faced a certain amount of illegal smear leafletting, but the February 1974 General Election was the first time it was used on a reasonably large scale. Although it was mainly the Reds of the International Socialists and Communist Party who did the donkey work by putting them out, it became known to us through inside information that the leaflets originated from persons [Page 7] closely connected with the Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen. Some friction did in fact occur at the time between some of the Socialists and Ajex, as well as within Jewish organisations themselves. The Jewish Chronicle of September 27th 1974 carried a report of a Mr. Jack Roth, president of the council of Manchester and Salford Jews, who attacked the Manchester Jewish Socialist Group for distributing smear leaflets against the National Front which he said should be left to Ajex and which, in any case has brought much criticism from non-Jews. The secretary of the Manchester Jewish Socialist Group is A. Lewis, 3 Wood Grove, Whitefield, Manchester. In a letter to the Jewish Chronicle of October 18th of last year, Mr. Monty Henig, chairman of the Leicester Jewish Defence and Group Relations Committee, regretted that in his area: leaflets did not have the effect of reducing the massive combined vote that the National Front candidates received at the General Election. Henig was complaining that in his area Ajex were not then quite doing their stuff and that: for the future hopes and prosperity of the community Ajex should accept constructive suggestions and criticism in the spirit in which they were given. He concluded: If they do this they will go from strength to strength to complete the vital work which they have undertaken. Henigs address is Tudor Lodge, 11 Portsdown Road, Leicester. Further evidence of Ajex involvement was given by Roy Lewis, Labour candidate for Harrow East in the October 1974 General Election, who said: I have had National Front propaganda regurgitated to me on too many doorsteps... As a Jew, I would like to help strengthen the links between my own community and the other ethnic minorities, who at the moment are bearing the brunt of racial discrimination. In this connection I am very pleased that the Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women (A.J.E.X.) is keeping a useful check on the National Front.
Posted on: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 00:22:02 +0000
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