CORRESPONDENT BAN FOR “DAILY WORKER”

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 97, 20 January 1944, Page 5

CORRESPONDENT BAN FOR “DAILY WORKER”

LONDON, January 18.

Asked in the House of Commons whether Hie authorities would accredit a war correspondent on behalf of the “Daily Worker,” the Minister of War, Sir James Grigg, stated that in view of the paramount importance of the security measures in connexion with military operations the Government was not prepared to accord special facilities to this newspaper, which was a propagandist medium for the British Communist Party. “Recent experience has made it clear that, a member or adherent of the Communist Party cannot be trusted not to communicate secret information to the Communist Party,” he said. Reply by Newspaper.

(Received January 19, 9.10 p.m.) LONDON, January 19. The “Daily Worker,” in a leader replying to Sir James Grigg’s statement, said: “We claim uo ‘special facilities.’ We demand our rights as a national newspaper, and we will fight on till our rights are won. On the question of trust we would point out that the Communist Commoner, Mr. Will Gallacher, attends all Parliamentary secret sessions and no one, not even 'Sir James Grigg, would dare to suggest that Gallacher violates the confidence reposed in the members.”