MOSLEY’S RELEASE

Grey River Argus, 29 November 1943, Page 3

MOSLEY’S RELEASE

DIVISION IN LABOUR ATTITUDE. LONDON, Nov. 26. A grave internal crisis is threatened in the British Labour Party as a result of the decision of Labour members of the House of Commons to take no official action on the release of Sir Oswald Mosley. The decision .of the Parliamentary Labour Party aroused bitterness among trade union leaders and rank-and-file members of the Labour Party. The decision conflicts with a resolutive carried by the national executive of the Trades Union Council, dissociating themselves from the action of the Home Secretary (Mr. ' Herbert Morrison) in releasing Sir Oswald Mosley. A “ BROKEN MAN.” FINISHED WITH POLITICS. (Rec. 9.50.) LONDON, Nov. 28. Sir Oswald and Lady Mosley are living in an isolated fourteen-roomed house adjoining a large farm in Oxfordshire. The house is well away from any main roads, and is over six miles from the nearest village. The “Daily Telegraph” says: Sir O. Moslev has given the police a personal that he has finished with politics. He is described as as a broken man. He rises from a chair only with the greatest difficulty. GREY MINERS’ COMMITTEE PROTEST. The following statement was issued last evening by the secretary of the Grey Miners’ Central Committee (Mr. W. Purdy):— “At a meeting of the Grey Miners’ Central Committee held in Greymouth on Saturday last, I was instructed to .submit the following statement for press publication: That this Council protests most emphaticalb' against the action of the British Government in liberating Sir Oswald Mosley and his wife. We are in a war against Fascism, whilst the acknowledged head of the Fascist organisation in England is being pampered bv the Government. It may be argued that imprisonment may affect Mosley’s health, but the health of much more worthy men and women than the Moslevs has been affected bv imprisonment without compassion being shown by the Government It is futile to appeal for an all-in war effort if Fascists like Mosley and his associates are going to be given this preferential treatment. A protest has been forwarded to the Prime Minister and the Federation of Labour.”