"PEOPLE” MOVEMENT
FORMED BY COMMONS GROUP. London, May 14. i A group of members of the House ', of Commons, including Mr. W. J. Brown, Captain A. S. CunninghamReid, and Mr. E. L. Granville, have announced the formation of a movement called “The People,” with constituency committees throughout the country. The objective of the movement is to obtain total efficiency for I total war. The manifesto says that the move- | ment has three* main approaches, first, j te> stop the stream of inefficiency at ; the source; secondly, to punish those 1 in high places in politics, industry, and | the Services when they deserve it; : thirdly, to encourage members of the | House of Commons and candidates who subscribe to these views to fight I those who do not. i It is officially' announced that the office of Government. Whip has been withdrawn from Captain Cunning-ham-Reid, who supported Mr. Brown in the Rugby by-election.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 118, 22 May 1942, Page 6
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