WILSON'S FAVOURITE TYCOON | IMGpapers 1968

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the capitalist statesmen of Europe met for their summit in Paris this week the back-stabbing The only thing the Labour left knows Time is crucial. Local conferences kits, and laustory pans. Sir Dan Ryder, Harold Wilson's favourite tycoon is going to be boss of the National Enterprise Board. Although this has caused some squeals on Labour's back benches it has made the City and the ind ustrialists most contented.

The ruling class have avery reason to be pleased. Ryder's credentials are imp accable. After bepinning life as a writer on the Morning Posrwhich later merged with the Daily Telegraph), he quickly got oh the right side of his boss Lord Camrose by tipping him off on how to make a fast buck on the Stock Exchange.

Later he became editor of the Stock Exchange Gazerre and specialised in putting its readers onto ta 1950% property boom. This made money for a lot of wealthy parasites and made the cost of land rocket sky high —which was unfortunate if you happened to be a not so wealthy worker looking for a cheep home Later he joined IPC where he came under the wing of Cecil King, King helped the ambitious Ryder up the ladder -then came the day when Ryder put his signatune to the letter dismissing King.

Later IPC and Reed murged, and the one-time snare upster became the and a host of other papers and magazines but manufacturers paper, do-it-yourself At Reed he built up a reputation as a hardliner, unpopular with the unions and noted for his total passion and attachm ant to making money. His views on South Africa enrage liberals, never mind socialIts (but then White South Africa also takes the profit motive seriously].

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IRISH REPRESSION...... pp. 2-3 SPECIAL ON WOMEN'S OPPRESSION............. pp. 5-8 Chile - Crech dissidents.... p. 10 Japan - Spanish political prisoners. 4... p.11 BRITISH LEYLAND.......p.12

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USED FOR TERRORISM IS VIOLENCE DREISH TEKKUR IN INDIA

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E46,306 a year boss of the conglomerate which not only aroduces the Daily Mirror