His efforts to organise a slate of anti-communist candidates to contest the elections to the WASU executive in 1951 proved unsuccessful .
In January 1953 he finally split with the union after it decided to close Africa House , due to financial pressures .
His efforts to organise a slate of anti-communist candidates to contest the elections to the WASU executive in 1951 proved unsuccessful , and in January 1953 he finally split with the union after it decided to close Africa House , due to financial pressures .