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Alfred M. Wall (1890–October 1957) was a British trade unionist and political activist. In his youth, Wall worked as a compositor,〔Arthur Peacock, ''Yours fraternally'', p.13〕 and was a member of the British Socialist Party (BSP). This affiliated to the Labour Party after World War I, and Wall was unexpectedly elected to Wandsworth Metropolitan Borough Council for Clapham North in 1918. In this role, he frequently clashed with the local socialist preacher and pioneer druid George Watson Macgregor Reid.〔Arthur Peacock, ''Yours fraternally'', p.15〕 He was also sympathetic to anarchism, and chaired the Frank Kitz Appeal Committee.〔''Freedom'', vols.29-38, p.30〕 Wall represented the BSP's Clapham branch at the meeting which founded the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB), and subsequently sat as a Communist councillor.〔〔Graham Stevenson, "(Wall Alfred )", Compendium of Communist Biography〕 Initially one of the communist's main speakers in London, he stood as a joint Communist Party-Labour Party candidate in Streatham at the 1924 UK general election, taking 13.8% of the vote.〔Arthur Peacock, ''Yours fraternally'', p.14〕 Wall represented the London Society of Compositors at the Labour Party conference in 1925, and eventually defected to the party, although he was still a communist in 1927, when he became a joint secretary of the "Hands Off China" campaign.〔''Gleanings and Memoranda'', Vol. 65, p.298〕 In 1926, he was elected as Secretary of the London Trades Council.〔''The Labour Magazine'', Vol.11, p.240〕 While holding this position, he spent much of his time promoting a trade union for actors, based on a closed shop principle. This became Equity, and he was elected as its first secretary.〔''Report of Annual Trades Union Congress'' (1973), p.434〕〔Alan Clinton, ''The trade union rank and file: trades councils in Britain, 1900-40'', p.173〕 Later in the 1930s, he also served as a vice-president of the Spanish Medical Aid Committee,〔"(Aid to Spain )", Modern Records Centre, Warwick University〕 In 1938, Wall was elected as General Secretary of the London Society of Compositors, and stood down from the London Trades Council.〔V. L. Allen, ''Power in Trade Unions: A Study of Their Organization in Great Britain'', p.291〕 During World War II, he served on the National Arbitration Union,〔A. W. Brian Simpson, ''In the highest degree odious'', p.187〕 and on Lord Swinton's Security Executive.〔F. H. Hinsley and C. A. G. Simkins, ''British Intelligence in the Second World War'', p.65〕 Wall retired from his union posts in 1945, but worked for a while as the secretary and welfare officer of C. and E. Layton.〔''World's Press News and Advertisers' Review'', Vols.33-34, p.24〕 ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alfred M. Wall」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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