SOCIAL REFORMS

Greymouth Evening Star, 10 April 1943, Page 6

SOCIAL REFORMS

BY-ELECTION APPEAL

LONDON, April 8. Warrant Officer John Loverseeu (Common Wealth), who won the Eddisbury by-election, is in his early thirties. He was a pilot in the Battle for Britain and flew in Spain on the Republican side. His election slogan was that every vote for him was a vote for the Beveridge. Report. Warrant Officer Loverseed advocates national ownership of land, coal, electricity, transport, and the iron and steel industries. Formed last July, the Common Wealth Party has contested five by-elections. “The Times,” in a leadnig .article, says: “Warrant Officer Loverseed is a gallant, earnest, and sincere young man with a simple and direct programme. He put winning the. wax’ before all else, yet claimed priority for political and social progress. A policy with a positive appeal won the day. Warrant Officei’ Loverseed’s victory is not a vote of hostility to the Pfime Minister, who .is completely identified with the active prosecution of the war, but rather a call which cannot safely be neglected for prompt and unequivocal measures to give effect to the great programme of social reform embodied in the series of reports to the Government and Mr Churchill’s broadcast.”