OXFORD GROUP
ATTACK BY A. P. HERBERT
A SECRET DOCUMENT
EVIDENCE SENT TO
MR. BEVIN
(By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright.)
(Rec. 2.40 p.m.)
LONDON, September 29. Mr. A. P. Herbert, M.P., has sent the Minister of Labour and National Services, Mr. Ernest Bevin, a secret document about the Oxford
Group. In a letter to Mr. Bevin Mr. Herbert said: "I believe that Dr. Buchman (founder of the organisation^ is not a true friend of Britain. This document is not the only ground for my belief. "If I am right, the widespread organisation in, Britain, under his influence and perhaps under his orders, may, in circumstances which it is not difficult to imagine,
be a danger to the State,
"A peace move, blessed by Dr. Buchman and spread in perfect good faith by his numerous popular followers, might have deadly effect." . , , "I do not suggest they are not true patriots, but the more innocent they are, the more dangerous they may be." Referringl to Mr. Bevin's refusal to exempt the Oxford Group evangelists from military service, Mr. Herbert says: "Until the members of the group disown Dr. Buchman they deserve, and should receive, no special consideration from the State."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 79, 30 September 1941, Page 8
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197OXFORD GROUP Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 79, 30 September 1941, Page 8
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