THE MOSLEY RELEASES

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 125, 23 November 1943, Page 5

THE MOSLEY RELEASES

MORE PROTESTS IN BRITAIN

LONDON, November 21,

More protests were registered at the weekend against the decision by the Home Secretary, Mr. Morrison, to release Sir Oswald and Lady Mosley. People in the West End and other parts of London lined up to sign petitions of protest, while protests were also made at meetings. Mr. G. L. Reakes, Independent M.P., speaking at the Caxton Hall, said: "Apparently Mr. Morrison wants to explain away why Mosley should not die in prison, but whatever Morrison says won't pacify outraged public opinion." Mr. Deakin, the acting general secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union, stated: "Whataver Mr. Morrison says of Sir Oswald Mosley's illness our people remember the illness of other , political prisoners. Gandhi was at death's door, but he was not released." A resolution which was adopted by shop stewards at a protest meeting in London declared that the workers were ready to down tools. Mr. Will Lawther, president of the Mineworkers' Federation, stated that the release of Mosley was likely to have a serious effect on the workers in the mining industry. The executive of the Communist Party adopted a resolution demanding an immediate reversal of Mr. Morrison's decision. The general secretary, Mr. Harry Pollitt, in a speech at a Communist Party protest meeting, said: "The tidal wave that has arisen should be a warning to the Government that it cannot play with the feelings of the people when they want to win the war and peace." The "Sunday Pictorial" says it asked a well-known specialist about phlebitis, from which Sir Oswald Mosley is said to be suffering, and the doctor said: "The best treatment for it is rest—in a cell." German radio stations last night gave "Salute to Mosley" broadcasts. "Lord Haw-Haw" praised Mosley's "gallant fighting against international Jewry." Herr Dietze described Mosley as "an English gentleman conscious of the call of Germanic blood.