“ONE-SIDED HASH"

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21066, 10 April 1943, Page 3

“ONE-SIDED HASH"

8.8. C. ATTACKED GOVERNMENT CONTROL PROPAGANDA CRITICISED (3 p.m.) LONDON, April 9. "We question the authority of the 8.8. C. and the Minister of Information to conserve the right of expression through the 8.8. C. for Government members and yes-men from various political parties,” said Mr. J. McGovern, M.P.. attacking 8.8. C. propaganda. "We get this one-sided hash which shows a complete lack of faith in the democratic situation. Those selected to out over talks on religious matters are what I might call safe, patriotic men, the sort of people who praise 80001 b. bombs and hope that they do God's work. No religious expression is allowed that contradicts the idea of the State waging war. “It is a remarkable thing that the 8.8. C. states in medical talks that all foods which are difficult to obtain have no food value, whereas rubbishy substitutes are stated to be of great value. This shows how the medical profession can adapt its requirements to the political need of supporting the Government which is waging war.”

Mr. McGovern added that abominable things were constantly said over the German radio about Jews, but no Jew was allowed to reply over the 8.8. C. “One hears the Dean of Canterbury and others protesting, but this is part of the general exploitation of the suffering of these people for the purpose of fighting the war,” he said Mr. McGovern said that the manner in which speakers gloated over the massacre of Germans from the air caused revulsion among decent oeople. “We can only say now that all the moral protests against the bombing of London arise because wc had insufficient planes,” he added. “Once we got them, the moral objections went into the limbo. "This totalitarian radio instrument is being wielded for the benefit of the Government at the Prime Minister’s dictation. Everybody seems afraid tc face up to this individual. He appoints in every .phase of public life those he can count on to carry out his _ wishes in every phase of political dictatorshio. The radio should be a nationa’ instrument for the propagation of every viewpoint and unless the 8.8. C is radically changed, we will go headlong into the Continent’s mistake.”