VICTORY PARADE
CRITICISM IN HOUSE OF COMMONS LONDON, April 18.
The Victory Day celebrations planned for June 8 were not wanted by the people and would be an unsuitable display of military pomposity and ceremonial at a time when the world was fighting against starvation. This was the tenor of criticism in the House of Commons, to-day, when members of both sides of the House questioned the Home Secretary (Mr. Chuter Ede). . Sir John Mellor (Conservative) said he had made the widest inquiries and. found only “widespread lack of intcrest.” Mr.' R. T. Paget (Labour) asked: Is this the time to celebrate a victory which in the largest sense is not yet won? v ~ Mr. Chuter Ede, in reply, said the Government believed the country should be given an opportunity to pay tribute to the servicemen and workers who had achieved “the greatest deliverance in the course of our history.”
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Greymouth Evening Star, 20 April 1946, Page 8
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