CHURCHILL’S POSITION

Grey River Argus, 30 June 1942, Page 6

CHURCHILL’S POSITION

NEW DEFeMcE MINISTER URGED. LONDON, Jiirie 28.., Lord Wirister; iri a. speech, at Ips T wich, .declared, that Britain does, nbt wish to . loSe, Mr Churchill as.'Prime Minister, bttt.it is idle to defiy that Britain HdS lost confidence in. his direction of the War. and W'duld like to see him abandon dr abolish the. cff.ce of Minister of .Defelice, He said the Government Was tod large; arid gave trie .impression . 0f... belrig lethargic, arid lacking in. iiriaginatiori. It ’.seemed to coritain few or no members With a sense of urgency, dr of the value ,of time. “We always, move behind the Germans,” he continued. „“We want, a Government which presents us . with some .victories, instead, of ,a string of excuses for a series of defeats. Parliament is beatirig the Wind in debating the question of confidence, in the Government, because’ public confidence went after Singapore Was lost.”

At a public meeting the of Labour (Mr Bevin), after paying a tribute to. the Government as a working team under Mr Churchill, continued: .‘‘This wicked filthy business of trying to break up national unity by playing off Mr Churchill against his. colleagues, on the part of certain newspaper millionaires, js a most diabolical thing. He came in in 1940, when the couri- ; try was under the weather. It is I still, under . .the weather, but I am I still prepared as a trade unionist to .go under the banner of Churchill as a colleague-..t0. .the ,end;” ;_’ . ■