From the August 1907 issue of the Socialist Standard
J. T. Tyson. —Next month.
“Comp.” (Poplar).—Mr. G. Geis is a member of the S.L.P., not of this Party. The rule which you quote that “no official of a Trade Union or any other organisation supporting or affiliated with any other political party shall be eligible for membership of the Party" is an S.L.P. rule. Whether you are right in claiming that Mr. Geis broke this rule by acting as a Delegate to the Q. D. M. of the L.S.C., as reported in the December issue of the "London Typographical Journal" is not a matter for us to decide.
A strange one this as a George Geis was listed as a member of the SPGB from June 1907 until November 1913. (Lapsing in 1913.) He joined the SPGB via its Tottenham branch. His previous membership of the SLP was listed. Need to find out more.
ReplyDeleteWatch this space.