MOSLEY’S RELEASE

Greymouth Evening Star, 23 November 1943, Page 5

MOSLEY’S RELEASE

PROTEST AGITATION

LONDON, November 21. More protests were made at the week-end against the decision of the Home Secretary (Mr. Morrison) to release Sir Oswald and Lady Mosley. People in the West End and othei parts of London lined up to sign petitions of protest, while protests weie also made at meetings. . Mr G. L. Reakes, M.P., speaking at Caxton Hall, said: “Apparently Mr. Morrison wants to explain away why Mosley should not die in prison, but whatever Mr. Morrison says, . it won’t pacify outraged public opinion.” . . Mr. Deakin, acting-general secretary of ’the Transport and General Workers’ Union, said: ‘Whatever Mr. Morrison says of Mosley s illness, our people remember the illnesses 01. other political prisoners. Gandhi was at death’s door,, but he was not releasA resolution adopted by a shop stewards’ protest meeting m London declared that the workers were ready to down tools. Mr. W. Lawther, president of the Mineworkers’ Federation of Great Britain, said that the release ot Sir Oswald Mosley was likely to have a serious effect on workers in the mining industry. , ... The Communist Party executive has passed a resolution demanding the immediate reversal of Mr. Morrison’s. decision. Mr. Harry Pollitt, m 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 the people.” . The “Sunday Pictorial' says that it asked a well-known specialist about phlebitis, from which Sir Oswald Mosley is said to be suffering. This doctor said: “The best treatment for it is rest —in a cell.”. German radio stations last nignt broadcast a “salute to Mosley. Lord Haw Haw praised Sir Oswald Mosleq’s “gallant fight against international Jewry.” Herr Hietze described him as “an English gentleman, conscious of the call of Germanic blood." .