“…The circular also requested financial aid to further the Association's campaign to assist these Spanish anti-Fascists, and I am asked to inquire if the International Brigade Association is an organisation to which a donation could he made from Trades Council funds. …”

“…In making the protest, we were not primarily concerned with the choice of destination offered but resented the fact of these anti-Fascist Spaniards being forcibly expelled from the country in which they had sought sanctuary as political refugees. …”