FOREIGNERS IN B.B.C.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 167, 14 June 1940, Page 8

FOREIGNERS IN 8.8. C.

POLICY DEPRECATED. LONDON, June 12. A sharp attack on the 8.8. C. was made by Lord Elibank in the House of Lords. He said the 8.8. C. employed aliens, pacifists, Communists, and conscientious objectors. The 8.8. C. should be under direct Government control without delay'. The Duke of Devonshire, replying, said the Government would consider the suggestion to take over the 8.8. C. He added that it was necessary to employ a number of foreigners; the proportion was only 5 per cent, of whom one-seventh were Austrians and Germans. The credentials of everybody were submitted to the Government Security Department. The 8.8.C.’s established staff and supervising staff were exclusively British. EGYPT ACTS. At Cairo, the Egyptian Premier has announced the formation of a force of 5000 reservists to protect public buildings, exclusive of 6000 volunteers to combat parachutists and Fifth Columnists.