lal age-making h According to Walter Terry in Wednesday's Mail Mr.
Wilson has been complaining to fhe BBC about the television treatment of the ,abour, conference. He objected, apparently, to
r. Clive Jenkins, the left-wing trade union te. I,,v td er, being given the publicity of an interview Robin Day. Presumably he believed it might r),"il the 'image' of the conference. At least one night have thought that, had Mr. Wilson not assured us on Tuesday that he 'didn't think much of this image stuff.' NMI'. John Grist, who is in charge of the BBC's ackpool programmes, was (says the report) 'ailed to Mr. Wilson's room for some sharp words,' It is to be hoped that the sharp words were r,3t all on one side. Coming so soon after the ;0.vernment's- curious behaviour over the tele- i„ls,t"ri treatment of the National Plan, this kind of intervention begins to look unpleasant. eal‘r, Parallel incident, I hear, occurred in the pal hours of Sunday morning when a Labour 1`Y Official at Blackpool learned of a story 144, 4t".ch Was appearing in the Sunday Express. The 147.Y disclosed that (contrary to earlier reports) we...Cousins did intend to go to Blackpool, and ti,„"_t on to speculate about his possible activities irre. The Express man at Blackpool telephoned
Protest to say that he had received an angry
"test and some threat of invoking the Press
Council if the story remained in later editions. Mr. John Junor, the editor in question, responded in a manner which current fashion would un- doubtedly describe as 'abrasive.' 1 hope the BBC do the same.
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