CURRENCY OFFENCES
REWARD PLAN CENSURE
LONDON, Nov. 10.
Mr Raymond Blackburn, a prominent Labour member of Parliament today urged the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Sir Stafford Cripps) to reconsider his decision to pay for information about currency offences. He said that the system conflicted with fair play, and that informers were generally despised. Sir Stafford Cripps, in an attempt to beat currency racketeers and smugglers, announced earlier this month that he would pay informers for facts of value in preventing or detecting evasions of the Exchange Control Act. The Act prevents money and valuables from leaving or entering Britain except in small amounts. * Three Conservative members of the House of Commons joined with Mr Blackburn in urging Sir Stafford Cripps to rescind his decision. Mr Henry Strauss asked for an assurance .that the Government would not pay children for information against their parents as was done in totalitarian States.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 28, 12 November 1949, Page 5
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