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English from MDSCDW... "-"B."B.C.Bulletin, Jucy- 9."

Odd, isn't" it, that either:(a) Immediately' a' 'country becomesinvolved in a war, Jews appear in keypositions.(b) When Jews appear in key positions,a country becomes involved in a war.

Or isn't it?

• • •"Wars are the Jews Harvest.""':'"

WERNHER SOMBART.. •

• • •.\..........,/Party conversation, 1938, recalled:

Refugee ("German"): "We have greathopes."P.B. Englishman: "Yes?'"Rejugee : "Yes. That' there will be aWar."P.B.E.: "Why should there be a war?"Refugee: ."HDW else can we. get our"property back?"

"Income Tax in Russia has beendoubled." -Associated Press.

Now, does anyone doubt that Rus-sia is a Socialist country?

• • •Odd hDW the Germans, who hate

the Jews SO'much, yQU know, are re-arranging Europe just as the Jews wouldlike it rearranged, isn't it?

And then at the end, you just pushout Hitler, and everything's lovely.

• • •Russia is a country eand howl ) with

a population of 160,OOO,OOO-mQstly~ndly, lazy, illiterate, Asiatic fatalists.

\..... ~veryDne knows that 24. years ago she.~as Planned-a-no expense spared, and

the latest machinery from the United

From Week to WeekStates. The place where the effeteCapitalist .countries were to' be shownhow. NO'. unemployment, and a CDn-scipt Army, Navy and Air Force to'keep the Predatory Capitalists off thegrass.

In 1939" the BDSSRUSISianSocialistmade a treaty with the BDSS GermanSocialist for the express purpose of en-abling the present War tOostart. NQ-body denies it, not even the Socialists.Then the German BDSS Socialist rattedon his Russian Comrade who was rat-ting on his German Comrade and a yelpgoes up that the Great Big BritishIslands, with a population of one quarterof the population of pDDr little Russia,and an effete, unplanned, ramshackle,system of Production for Profit - (Ha !Ha!) which has been fighting Germanyfor nearly two years, and the Continentof Europe, with the flaming exceptionof Greece," for a year, must Help Russia.Waal, waal, waal.

• • •In . 1915 the British Army was

nearly annihilated for lack of equip-ment, particularly shells. SOoour poli-ticians sent' a very large proportion ofour munitions production to' Russia,where it rusted and rotted on the quaysof Petrograd and elsewhere, unused,while the Russian infantryman, wasslaughtered in hundreds Df thousands,practically unarmed, and the Britishinfantryman in France took to' bowieknives. That made the war last twoyears longer than it otherwise wouldhave done.

When the- blitzkreig started inFrance, we moved practically all theequipment of the British Army to' whereit could be, and was, captured by theGermans. Then we got busy, and madesome more to send to' Greece, and gavethe Germans that. Then we movedwhat we had in North Africa where wehad the Bowery Tough knocked dizzy,

to Crete, which apparently we didn'texpect to' hold, and naturally, we gave.him that.

NQW let's help poor little Russia-it's just these fussy Army, Navy, and"Air Force plutocratic officers who saywe want tanks, ships, and aeroplanes to'fight Germany. What are bowie-knivesfor?

• • •The Canadian Dominion Banking'

and Commerce Committee refused thisyear to report any of its proceedings,The only-evidence taken down during itsconsideration of the Alberta Bank Billwas that of Mr. Varcoe, the solicitor inthe department of Justice. at Ottawa.The Committee rejected Mr. Blackmore'smotion to take down all the proceedings.The Committee .were very keen to see to'

. it that the Hansard reporter stoppedtaking down evidence as soon as Mr.Varcoe had finished.

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The Menace of BureaucracyBy CUTHBERT REAVELY

There is disquieting evidence which little figures who hold the world's stagegoes to' prDve that only one side of the at the present time, it is easy to' deceivescene is being set for the rise of the oneself into believing that, when hDS-curtain on the next great Peace dran}~. tilities cease, they will SDQn be sentThe stage-hands' all seem to' be waiting about their business. But their objectfor Lefty. Their ranks are swollen· is to' use war organisation as an en-with M·O.I. snoopers, An inflated .trenching tDO'I, so that it will only bebureaucracy may be a necessary evil possible to' dislodge them at a greatin war, but afterwards such a sYs.:~. price. The grubby little clerk, Fouquier-tem must be prepared to meet the Tinville eventually found his just level,unceasing challenge of humanity. but not before he had exacted a terrible

toll.The truism that "history repeats

itself" would be less tiresome were itpossible to' add that its lessons are learnt.Paradox voices almost literal truth inasserting that the more history hammershome its dread Iessons, the more com-pletely are they ignored.

Incredible as it may appear, thelegend of the French Revolution stillthrives in that. haze of misrepresentationwhich successfully obscures its true andterrible teaching. The impression persiststhat it ameliorated the IDtof the people; itretains its status as a symbol of liberty,and remains the model on which thedemagogue bases his vague outlines andhalf-remembered rights.

Some forty years after the Terrorhad been exposed to' the world as .awintry nightmare masquerading as asummer reverie, Alfred de Vignv,through the medium of his ingenousinterlocuror, Stelle, and that shrewdrealist, Dr. Noir, performed an autopsy,disclosing the hideous nature of thedisease so vividly as to Iead one to' hopethat never again would mankind be sohopelessly deceived. We know, how-ever, that the wish has not been realised,and even nQW the old, familiar, "dis-'honoured: signs are reappearing.

We must nDt permit ourselves to' belulled into a sense of false security bythe fact that we are at war. TheHackney Harmodius and the JarrowJoan of Arc will need Hellenic heroismto' meet the sterner demands of peace.

Revolution, war, indeed all forms ofsocial upheaval, afford golden QPPO'r-tunities for mediocrity, It is then, asDr. Noir remarked, that bellowingdrowns the expression of honest thought,There is a great deal of bureaucraticbellowing to-day, and much of it hasnothing to' do with the war effort,

In contem{~lating some of the drab218

. The specious, shallow leaflet stillmaintains an unfair advantage over thesober, stable book, with its durablewisdom; frightened ambitious septua-genarians feign to' applaud the half-baked diatribes of witless adolescentswho have succeeded in importing analien air of international gangsterdom,reinforced 'by corporate assurance thateighteen and under is the age of unim-peachable sagacity. Youths still standon tip-toe to' preach to' men; triedpatriots are allotted pale functions;honourable tradition "is tricked andbankrupted by sham progress; lampoon-ists still succeed in evoking' scornfullaughter for the worthiest things of life.

Herein lies a most convenientsystem for mediocre minds, unhinderedby imagination," unimpeded by theability to think, untramrnelled by grandtruths. .

. What chance have the mass of thepeople, taught to' believe, like honestchildren, in black and white alone, inthis kaleidoscopic medley? Dutifullydreaming, either of angels Dr demons,hDW should they distinguish 'thO'se subtleshades of hypocrisy, hiding behindmasks of every conceivable shape and<:DIDur? . '

"If white and black soften and uniteA thousand ways, is there no black

Dr white? .Ask your own heart, and nothing is. SO' plain; .'Tis to' mistake them costs the time

and pain."" "

The universal acceptance of forcewhich hostilities engender falls likemanna from above on the arid plainof mediocrity to' sustain the bureaucrat."NDte well," observed Dr. Noir, "that,in the history of the world, every rulerwho lacked personal grandeur has been

" obliged to atone for the deficiency by

placing at his right hand the executioneras his guardian-angel." The shining-"-,axe dazzled the people, so that they. Icould not see clearly the sordid aspecec..of their mentors, To-day subtler meanshave replaced the cruder mercies of aswift end. Death has been supercededby the dreary tension of lingering life.

In place of pretentious phrases-the spurious equality' of drab uniformityand the false fraternity of obscurecliques--we prefer the true brotherhoodQ{ man, stimulated by varying fortune,levelled by a high standard for all.Above all we intend to' remain free men,and will never become the dupes. andpuppets of sansculotte Bumbledom.

IRONY'Mr. Disraeli's address to' the elec-

tors of the county of Buckingham wasissued from Bradenham on May 22~1847.

. "In the great struggle betweenpopular principles and Liberal opinions,which is the characteristic of our age,I hope ever to' be found .on the side' ofthe, "people and the institutions ofEngland. It is our institutions that havemade us free, and can alone keep us so,by the bulwark which they offer to' theinsidious encroachments of a convenient \...,J.yet enervating· system of centralisationwhich, if left" unchecked, will provefatal to' the national character. Therefore,I have ever endeavoured to cherish ourhappy habit of self -government as sus-rained by a prudent distribution of localauthority, It is unnecessary for me to'state that I shall SUpPDrt all thosemeasures' the object of which is to'elevate the moral and social conditionof •. the working classes, by lesseningtheir hours of toil, by improving theirmeans of health, and by cultivatingtheir intelligence."- Personal Reminiscences of the Earl

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The point of view which holds thatstrenuous and continuous effort isnecessary to' support life is not basedupon any normal deficiency in suppliesavailable in nature. Despite their lackof implements, negro and Esquimauxalike spend much of their time onnothing particular; and in civilisedcountries the activities of ingenious

.minds have provided that armoury ofinvention which, rightly used, wouldbring to' all enough and to spare, andleisure too.

The desire to do things is part otman's nature, and SO'also is the wishfor leisure. The "go-getter" is theproduct of forced conditions, and hiselevation to' the peerage of popularideals has eclipsed the development Ofother faculties.

These are directional, 'Contempla-tion,' 'spiritual life'-such phrases carrytDD many implications to' c.onvey whatis intended-an initial stage when thatwhich is within gathers towards actionon that which is without, This is theformation of individual policy and prD-U ceeds from the "digestion" of action;it is the balance and issue of past ex-perience for the proper rendering ofwhich leisure and a free mind are re-quired. The process is largely subcon-scious just as physical digestion is

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ABSENTEEISMautomatic, and as over-eating will upsetthe latter SO',where action is strenuousand continuous, the individual is sweptaway from consideration of ends in theeffort to' attain means and-so curiousis the human frame-he accepts, almost'unknowingly, a policy imposed uponhim from without. The war is anexample of this. Left to' themselves inpeace and quietness there is no bodyof men who of their own volition woulddevelop a policy of destruction. Thereis something uncanny in this deflectionof men from their own purpose; it isstrange that large bodies Df men shouldact against the common sense interpre-tation of what, as individuals, they allwant-peace, plenty, security, freedom-which at all events a large numberknow t.o be easily attainable. Possessed 'by devils, the Gadarene swine rusheddown a steep place into the sea andwere drowned, There could be no moredevilish attack on humanity than to'cause it to' lose, like those swine, thesense of direction. There could be nomore ingenious technique towards thisthan to' deprive humanity of leisure ...nO' time ... hurry . .. faster ... , faster. . . where to P That does not matter.

There has been much talk regardingslackness and "absenteeism" on the partof war workers, and the Minister of

Labour gives evidence of this in his carlfor an increase of 30 per cent. in resultsfrom shipyard workers, and his in-creasing use of compulsion to' preventmen seeking their own advantage (as inchange of work) and in compellingworkers to' return to' the shipyards,mines, etc. Pharaoh provided his fore-man with whips and got his jobs done.But can Mr. Bevin get elaborate plantoperated, turn out ships and aeroplanesby parallel methods?

That there are heroic energies to' betapped is proved by the tremendousefforts 'put forth by these same men indealing with bombed buildings, in fire-fighting and the like. Compulsion isnot needed where something clicks inthe man's own mind and his objectiveis linked up with his inner life. Infighting a fire a man has complete be-lief in his actions and their results; hehas no such certainty in his work, Itis faith in his own future which islacking, faith in his Trade Union, inDemocracy, and above all in himselfand in his power to' make that De-rnocracy bring him, through all, to' whathe really wants. Compulsion is no sub-stitute for faith, neither are promises,for "faith is the substance of things to'come."

====~==============~================~~==~================-H. E.

Playing with Firewa*;0-;'-'.An officer writes, "We in the Army

are getting tired of the psychologists,There is an immense psychologicalservice nDW in being even here, andwhereas formerly a soldier stood to get ahefty kick in the seat of his pants fordelinquency, he now probably gets sentto' the mental expert, who discovers thatsomething his mother said to' him at theage of three months is the cause of hissins."

I think that one of the causes, if notthe main cause of our present distressesis our tame acceptance of the expert'sattitude-s- "YQUdo not understand theprocess, therefore YDUmust not criticisethe result." This is the underlying

.meaning of the vast majority of articles( Nritte.n for revie~s, quarterlies, and~eeklics from Picture Post to' the

Fortnightly. Most of these articles dish,up a few more or less accurate smatter-ings of the technique of a subject, which

must give an incorrect picture because theframe of reference cannot be properlyfilled, and most readers have not thenecessary background to fill it. Thedesired reaction seems to be that weshould be left gaping at mysteries. Thecorrect reaction is, "We do not under-stand your process, and could not criticiseit unless we were sufficientlyinterested to'become as expert as yourself. But weare intensely interested in the result sofar as it concerns ourselves, nor do weintend to' allow ourselves to become aparty to it unless it is a result desirablein our own eyes."

This is the correct reply to' theeconomist and sociologist, indeed to theexpert in every field; but the psychologisthas so far succeeded in draping himselfin such clouds of mystery that few havedared even to IQQkat the results he isproducing.

I think it is time we did.

By B. M. Palmer'The following observations can, I

think, quite justly be made by anyonewho has a sound knowledge of the mean-ing and function of democracy.

The terms inferiority and superioritycomplex and compensation are SO' well-known as to' have become jargon. Theysimply mean that the vast majority ofpsychological 'cases' arise from a mis-understanding Dr total lack of personalsovereignty in the relationshipsof every-day life.

The psychologist begins his treat-ment by gaining the confidence of hispatient. A relationship is set up inwhich the patient is ready to' accept theopinions and advice of his doctor withimplicit trust. Unless this is done noprogress can be made. This is a per-fectly CDrrectrelationship while treatmentis in progress. But there must come IItime when it is severed. From thedemocratic point of view, it is obvious

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that unless the patient is supplied withsome technique whereby he may striveto' develop his own personal sovereigntyhe cannot be cured from his mind-sickness, but will always be dependenton some external force for guidance.And yet hDW many psychologists under-stand this urgent need? I think they aresO' few as to be almost negligible. Thegreat majority of them are Authoritarians;that is to say they accept the doctrine ofnon-immanent sovereignty,

There are many forms in which thisdoctrine appears, but broadly speakingit is quite safe to' say that most psycho-logists are perfectly satisfied when their"cured" patients find some sort of outletin say, "League of Nations" propaganda,Federal Union, or Social Services. Theyencourage them to' accept the rule of theinstitution, and to spend the rest of theirlives in running to' see what Johnny isdoing and telling him,he mustn't. Theywould not like to' have these activities

described so crudely perhaps, but thenthey are not realists. They thinkthey know hQW to' change and mouldthe human race for its QWOgood. Allwho hold such a belief are anti-democratic. The essence of democracyis the basic truth that the Kingdom ofGod is within us, that it resides in ourpersonal sovereignty.

SO' it seems it is a case of"Physician, heal thyself," since thosewho accept the authoritarian escape arein as .much need of cure as the mosttroublesome of neurotics. It was theauthoritarians who brought Hitler andStalin to' power, and set up in the seatsof the mighty in Britain and Americatin gods whose idea of heaven is a placewhere yQU press a button and millionswill rush, to' fill in forms and carry outorders.

When we consider hQWmany of thetalented founders of modern psychologyare Jewish by birth it is not surprising

that its followers have this strongauthoritarian bias. Both mentally andbiologically the Jews are so constitutedthat it is the most difficult thing in theworld for them to escape from theerroneous mental concept of non-immanent sovereignty,

It is impossible to' think of thisimmense psychological service in thearmy with anything but misgiving. Thescience is only in its infancy. Evenfrom a quite uncritical point of view itseems doubtful that an "immense ser-vice" could have been set up withoutemploying second-rate experts whoseactivities may do much to' weaken thebrain of the public. It is to be hopedthat the common sense of army officerswili rely on the old fashioned kick inthe pants or sock on the jaw pendingsuch time as a science of psychologybased on a true philosophy of life canbe built up.July 9, 1941.

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PropagandaAEROPLANE PERFORMANCE:

July 1.Oral Answers (37 columns)

ROYAL AIR FORCE.

MILES MASTER II AEROPLANE.Mr. Garro Jones asked the Secre-

tary of State for Air what particularshave been released for publication ofthe performance of the Miles Magisteraeroplane powered with the BristolMercury engine?

The Under-Secretary of State forAir (Captain Harold Balfour): The hon,Member is under a misapprehension.The Bristol Mercury engine is fittednot in the Miles Magister aeroplane butin the Miles Master II. ....

The only information which hasbeen released regarding the performanceof the Miles Master II is that it has aspeed of over 250 miles an hour and.that it is the fastest training aircraft in.the world, This information has beenreleased by the Ministry of AircraftProduction.

Mr. Garro Jones: Is the hon, andgallant Gentleman aware that in thesame week during which I was refusedthis information on the ground that it2;2.0

War-time•In

would be contrary to' the public interestto' give it, the information which he hasjust given and much fuller informationwas published in the technical journals, ofwhich I propose to' send my hon. andgallant Friend copies?

Captain Balfour: I shall be veryglad indeed to' look into them. I amnot aware that the hon, Member hadbeen refused anything.

BANK RATEMr. Stokes asked the Chancellor of

the Exchequer whether he will nQWcause the Bank Rate to' be reduced to'1 per cent., and insist on the demolitionof the syndicate control of the Treasurydiscount rate, thereby enabling that dis-count rate to' be reduced to' ! per cent.with great advantage to the community?

Sir K. Wood: No, Sir.Mr. Stokes: Will the Chancellor

explain why he considers it inadvisableto reduce the Bank Rate and to' exercisethe powers which he undoubtedly posses-ses to' the common advantage?

Sir K. Wood: I have on manyoccasions endeavoured to' explain the

BANK RATE

position to' my hon, FriendMr. Stokes: I know about all those

answers. But would the Chancellor notagree that it would be to' the advantageof the Treasury if this kind of syndicatewere abolished and a free marketallowed?

Sir K. Wood: It would be verydangerous for me to' agree with my bon.Friend.

July 3Oral Answers (39 columns)

1941 COMMITTEE, TERMINAL HOUSESir H. Williams asked the Horne

Secretary whether his attention has beendrawn to' the activities of the 1941 Com-mittee of Terminal House, GrosvenorGardens, S.W.1, which is publishinganonymous controversial literature cal-culated to' obstruct the nation's wareffort; and whether he can state thenames of the officers of this committee?

Mr. H. Morrison: My attention hasnot been called to' the publication by thiscommittee of any literature O'f the kind I

described by my hon. Friend. I under-stand that the chairman of the com-

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Jmittee is Mr. J. B. Priestley and thesecretary Mr. Raymond Gauntlett.

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Considered in Committee.CIVIL ESTIMATES, 1941.MINISTRY OF INFORMATION.The Lord President of the Council

(Sir John Anderson): ... The work Qf theMinistry of Information is varied andmany sided, but I think it can all bebrought under one or other of ,threeheads. Firstly,· there is news, andcensorship, secondly, there is generalpublicity in this country; and, thirdly,there is propaganda in foreign countries.... First let me deal with news andcensorship. It can be taken to', be thepolicy of the Government that war newsshall reach the public as fully and asquickLy as is consistent with nationalsecurity. My right hon. Friend the PrimeMinister has made it clear on more thanone occasion that the Government haveno interest in concealing the truth, be itgood Dr bad, from our own people, andno desire to' doctor the news in any way.... But the essential interests of nationalsecurity must be safeguarded, and itemsof news, however interesting, must besuppressed or temporarily withheld iftheir publication would be of value to'the enemy ... The real issue is thepractical difficulty that has far tQQ oftenbeen experienced in the past in gettingspeedy decisions ... TQ meet these diffi-culties special arrangements are beingmade with the object of ensuring quickdecisions, Let me describe thosearrangements, quite briefly. First, thethree Service Departments .will eachmaintain in the Ministry of Informationan officer of seniority and standing, who,except when matters of the highest policyare involved, can himself take responsi-bility for passing any particular item ofnews for publication.

Mr. Noel-Baker (Derby): Will thisofficer be under the roof of the Ministryitself?

Sir J. Anderson: Yes. Secondly,each Service Minister has agreed thatimportant issues of policy which cannotbe decided by his representative on thespot, that is, in the Ministry of Inform-ation, may be referred for immediatedecision to' him or, if he is not available,to' an official of the highest standing inhis Department specially designated togive decisions on his behalf. Thirdly,the Cabinet have laid down that the

right of veto is not to be exercisedunreasonably and that a final decisionmust not be unduly delayed ... I thinkthese arrangements will be found inpractice to mark a substantial improve-ment .....

Mr. Bernays (Bristol, North): ....The main point at issue is that what wedislike in the organisation of the Mio-istry of Information is the divorce ofpower from responsibility. The issueof news remains, it is confirmed in thecontrol of the Service Ministries. Whatdoes that mean? It means that theService Ministers make decisions forwhich the Minister of Information hasto' be responsible in this House. Thatintolerable position is unaltered. It willstill be possible to' chase my right hon.Friend on an AdjQurnment Motion Drin a Supply Debate on decisions forwhich he will have to answer in theHouse although he will have no moreresponsibility for them than a PostOffice clerk has for the contents of theletters that he SDrtS.

The Government, I suggest, havehad two courses of action before them.They could have given the power of theissue of news to' the Minister of Infor-marion and made him responsible to' theWar Cabinet, or they -could have givenit to' the Service Ministers and madethem responsible in this House;' 'Insteadof that, they have left the power withthe Service Ministers and the responsi-bility with the Minister of Information.I am not advocating for a moment thatthe Service Departments should sur-render their position completely to'civilian control, but it is dear, and mvright hon. Friend recognises it, thatsomebody must resolve this perpetualconflict between security on the onehand and publicity on the other. . ...In these questions of security and pub-licity it may be that certain informationwill be of value to the enemy, but wehave to' weigh against that the valuethat the information will be to themorale of this country, That is not aquestion for a Service Minister to' .de-cide. I suggest it is a question for theMinister of Information to' decide, sub-ject to the War Cabinet .....

•Mr. White: .... The Ministry of

Information are at this time largelyfailing on the home front with regardto' the field of production. The senseof urgency in the Department has to' berevived, and let me tell hon. Membersthat the day of slogans has gone. It isno good putting-up slogans, "<76 to' it,"

"Keep at it," and SO' on, because thereare notices written up underneath,"Where is it?" and "What is it?" [AnHON. MEMBER: "Get away with it."]FQf instance, there is a complete mis-apprehension with regard to' IncomeTax. How do the Ministry propose to'deal with a man who says, "Why workovertime when the State is going to takeaway everything in taxation?" Dr "Whyshould I work hard when there isnothing to' buy?" What are the Min-istry doing, and what directions havethey received, with regard to' explaining,not by slogans, but by whatever methodsmay be necessary, the difference betweenthe war effort and normal consumption?

Captain Plugge (Chatham): * Ilistened with great interest to' the state-ment made by my right hon. Friendthe Lord President of the Council, butJ was somewhat disappointed when hereferred to' the transmission Df our newsto' foreign enemy and occupied countriesthat no mention was made of any pro-posals for the improvement of the meansby which we transmit news. . ...

At the beginning of the war we hadno war broadcasting machine, no RoyalEther Force, no Fleet Ether Arm; wecreated none, but we enlisted the assis-tance of the British Broadcasting Cor-poration, a commercial concern, whichup till then, was internationally self-pledged to' the construction and opera-tion of stations designed solely for horneuse. We requested them to scuttle 10out of their 12 wavelengths, includingtheir only long wavelength, the onlywavelength they possessed which couldreach 'over the greater part of 'Europein daylight. We then asked them to''grant the war effort 15 minutes talksand half-hour transmissions from timeto' time to foreign countries, many ofwhich could not receive the transmissionexcept on' the most powerful sets, and to'some countries that could not receivethem at all at the times chosen.

When approaching the subject ofbroadcasting, I think I ought to makemy personal position clear. I was thefounder of the International Broad-casting Company. I have at various timesutilised the facilities of a considerablenumber of broadcasting stations in manyparts of Europe. In order to removeany misunderstanding, I would remindthe House that these activities have long

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*CaPtain Plugge's speech occupied about 211of the 94 columns of this debate in Hansard,The Times gave his speech 0.6 of the123 ins. of its report of the debate.

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Reith ---"England's Ginsburg'.. "Lord Reith, People's Commissar

for Building, Soviet England's 'M. Gins-burg.' "

But the Jewish Chronicle adroitlyputs it the other way round: -"A notedindustrial leader is M. Ginsburg, PeQ-pie's Commissar for Building, SovietRussia's 'Lord Reith.''' What is thedifference?

The Soviet movement was a Jewish,not a Russian conception, Accordingto' The Times of March 29, 1919, 75per cent. of the leaders who "provide.the central machinery of the Bolshevistmovement" were then Jews. In 1923-24, according to' Professor Sarolea, ofEdinburgh, "Those few Jewish leadersare the masters of Russia." In 1931,Mrs -. Otto Kahn, wife of the' partner inKuhn, Loeb and Company, according tothe Figaro, visited Russia. "The cere-monial displayed exceeded in pomp andsolemnity the journey of Amannullahwhen King of Afghanistan. The RedArmy lined the roads at the presentarms ... .It was the least that the headsof .the 'Proletarian Dictatorship' could doin. order to. honour the wife of one oftheir sovereigns." Mr. Hannen Swafferwrote: "I knew Otto Kahn ... I knewhim when he was .a patriotic German.I knew him when he was a patrioticAmerican. Naturally, when he wantedto' enter the House of Commons, hejoined the 'patriotic party.'''

Interest attaches to' the choice oftopic when, on July 4, the JewishChronicle announces modestly that"ONLY 10 OUT OF 200" of the newlist of the members of the Soviet Govern-ment are Jews. The figures are in theheadline. Lazar Kaganovich, People'sCommissar for Railway Transportation,is the only Jewish member of the Soviet222

Cabinet, His brother, Yulii, is DeputyCommissar for Foreign Trade. TheJews Raizer, Lokshin, Ginsburg e'Russia'sReith'), Soskin, Muhlstein, and Lozovskyare associated respectively with FerrousMetals, Chemicals, Building, BuildingMaterials, Timber, and Foreign Affairs.Where have we heard of those tradesbefore?

Lozovsky (Foreign Affairs) was oneof two vice-ministers to' Molotov."During the Russo-German Pact he wasrather in the backgr.ound ..... Now withthe change of situation, Lozovsky. is saidto' be corning into the forefront oncemore." But, neither in the SupremeSoviet Court nor in the Judicial Colle-gium "are there any Jews." A switch-over to' the gentile facade?

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A correspondent says that on June26 Ezra Pound broadcast a talk fromRome (19 metres) Dn the Bank Racketand Conspiracy. Time, 7-15 p.m.He says that later on the same day (19metres and 220 metres) there was broad-cast. a talk 'possibly inspired by if notwritten by· Ezra Pound' on "The His-tory of Judah's Fastening-Upon,Sucking-Dry and then Passing-On thevarious Trading and Maritime Peoples,always Delighting to' Hammer-Upon itsmost recent Discarded Victim." Remarkis made that while Berlin supresses,Rome reveals the truth,' a non- Jewishpolicy. But, as it turns DUt this is itselfuntrue, if Ezra is correctly reported, forhe said that German war-finance is 'pureSocial Credit principles.' TO' say so is

.to indulge in the companion trick to thealibi, the alias: this is the Jew calling

himself Pickwick. Readers will recallSir .John 'Anderson's deep anxiety to'evade pressure in the House of Com-mons to' distinguish between anti-Semite ~and pro-Hitler, or pro-Semite and anti-Hitler. Perhaps he saw that if 'thisleadership nonsense' were bombed outof existence, Judah would be bombedout of existence, and that wouldn't do,Perhaps he was as much afraid of SocialCredit as the Axis powers are afraid ofit. Something funny might happen ifwe listened exclusively to' translationsof the "B".B.C. foreign broadcasts fora week, the Italians to translations oftheirs and the Germans ditto; butnothing so funny as if the world listenedto' something stranger than fiction.

T. J.

The second reading of the GrampianElectricity Supply Order ConfirmationBill, which relates to' the' proposed CDn-struction of power stations in GlenAffric and other glens in Inverness, hasbeen postponed.

As more" than 100 Members ofParliament are supporting a motion forthe rejection of this Bill, it is unlikelyto' be given a second reading.

• • •In the Edmonton East bye-election

to the Federal Parliament in Canada theLiberal candidate, the' widow of theM.P. whose death caused the vacancy,was returned.

The total number of votes recordedwas 14,359, compared with 20,491 atthe general election in 1940.

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Social Credit Board Report for 1940~ Part 1 of the Social Credit Board Report for 1940 reviewed briefly the critical events ,of the" ,.

war and describ~d theactivities of the Board. The first instalment of Part I1 of the Report "appeared in " The Social Crediter" of June 14, 1941: the second instalment (aiken from' '.," Today and Tomorrow" of May 22) is printed below: -

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4. Developing Alberta IndustriesIt will be evident that the Treasury

Branch facilities would yield increasingbenefits to' those using them to the extentthat an expansion in the developmentof Alberta's resources could be achieved.Such development is largely dependentUPO'nthe orderly industrialisation of theProvince,

Alberta has not attained a balancedeconomy, Though it possesses theresources for extensive industrialisation,at present it pro duces less than one thirdof the goods used by the peDple of theProvince.

SO' long as Alberta is a debtor pro-vince producing primary products formarkets mainly controlled by outsidevested interests, the people of thisProvince will remain in a position ofeconomic vasselage. . .

It is a sound principle Df economicdevelopment for the people in an area to'organise their efforts to' utilise to' the fultthe resources at their disposal to' producegoods for their own use, and to rely upontheir export production for acquiring onlythose goods which they cannot produceeconomically, .

Therefore in order to' stimulate thedevelopment of Provincial resourcesunder the Interim Programme it wasessential to' fDCUSthe attention 01' thepublic on the importance of supportingAlberta industries. Provincial industrieswere operating under a handicap, becausemany of them were struggling to' establishthemselves in face of powerful advertis-ing campaigns by wen established outsideinterests selling goods which could heequally well produced in Alberta to theadvantage of both the internal economyand to' inter-provincial trade.

It is amazing that Eastern manu-facturing interests should take the'. viewthat the industrialisation Df. Albertawould react against them. Increasedindustrial development in this Provincemeans increased employment, increasedpayrolls and increased business all roundin which outside interests selling in theAlberta market will share. In otherwords the greater the purchasing poy'c:r

of the people in Alberta as a result of thedevelopment of the vast Provincial re-sources, the better the market it willprovide for our sister provinces.

It has been difficult to' gain accep-tance of this seemingly QbviDUSfact, butany doubts which existed should havebeen removed by the actual results Dfthe operation of the Interim PrO'grammefor a period of over twO' years. Weshan- deal with this later.

There are possibly several ways in. which public attention could .have been

directed towards supporting a develop-ment of Alberta industries, but the simplemethod .used under the Interim PrD-grariune was possibly the most effectiveand equitable. . By giving a bonus onthe' price value of all goods obtained by

, ultimate consumers by transfer vouchers,providing at least one-third of such goods

.were Alberta-made, a' strong inducementwas provided for people to' buy Alberta-

'made goods which cDmpared favourablywith similar products produced else-where.

, This' method was far more effectivethan any advertising campaign Dr similarmeans, for it ensured a constant andgrowing demand for goods which couldbe .economically produced in the PrD-vince. 'MDreover it ensured that thegreatest benefit would be derived by thoseproviding the people with the' goods theywanted - a fundamental principle ofeconomic democracy. .

In, addition the bonus provided. those engaged actively In building upthe economy of the Province with anequitable share in the unearned incre-merit' of association resulting' from theirco-operation, _ - ' .

~!1 order to' appreciate the economicconseauences of the consumer bonusallocations based on Alberta-made goods,it is necessary to'.fOUDWthe effects of theincreased demand for. such products,This demand naturally resulted in in-creased orders flowing to' manufacturers,nrocessors and primary producers. Thisin .fum led, to' increased output, andsometimes to' an exnansion of plants, bothrequiring additional, labour. .Thus unem-ployment was reduced, and payrolls were

increased. This increased purchasingpower in turn led to' increased businessand a further demand for Alberta-madegoods. But it was not Duly Albertaindustries which obtained the benefit ofthis. Assuming the increased purchasingpower was spent in the ration of 2-1 infavour of goods other than those made inAlberta, it had the effect of stimulatinginter-provincial trade in that ratio to'internal development, This is clearlyreflected in the statistical record of therapid increase in business which: theProvince has enjoyed since the introduc-tion of the Interim Programme.

5. Ill-founded CriticismsBefore proceeding further it seems

desirable to' dispose of certain criticismswhich have been levelled against theoperation of Treasury Branches.

These criticisms are ill-foundedbecause they arise from an entirely falseview Df the Interim Programme. It. issignificant that, if traced to' their sources,they invariably emanate from quartersclosely identified either with financialinterests or with outside interests con-cerned chiefly with exploitation of theProvince for their own ends.

The main criticism which is per-sistently voiced is regarding the CDStofoperating the Treasury Branches. It isargued that if this service was justifiedit would yield a substantial profit, where-as the Treasury Branches are operatingat a loss. Your Board dealt with thiscriticism in our last report, but its per-sistence indicates that the real facts couldbe elaborated with advantage.

There is an essential differencebetween a government service and rlieoperation of a private concern. In' thecase of a government service the share-holders are the general public. and thevalue of the service must be measuredby the benefits which they derive from it.FDr example, the cost of education can-not be viewed as a recurring IQSSto tax-payers. While it is difficult :to' gaugethe value of educational services in termsof money, we know that the resultingenrichment of the cultural. heritage -ismany times "the cost" of this service .

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The same may be said of expenditureson agricultural improvements policies,highway maintenance and construction,and so forth.

However, in the case of the InterimProgramme, it is possible to gauge thebenefits obtained by the people in termsof economic well being in return for "thecost" of maintaining Treasury Branch. .~.. _ ,4.. .services.

The mcr-dsed demand for Alberta-!{i~~e.:~do4sresultirtg in industrial expan-,sl,911' ~ncreased employment and pay rolls,~A~r)io..fD~h" has been :eflected in thea~tqal r~':1lts.Qf the PrD'VlD.Ce'Seconomy.In the first place there has been a pro-'iei>ill:~~dediiie in unemployment and anitig~a~e.'iI} employment in industries.Sal~s of manufactured goods have showna defihlte Increase. Likewise the in-'ci-disea . purchasing . power has .beenfeflected in both wholesale and retails~ies.

Mor~over it must be bome in mindthat the increase in Provincial businessand the resulting well-being of the peopleautomatically results in increased revenuef91'..the government without the rate oftaxation being increased.

It should be clear therefore that farftl?W-"the cost" of the Treasury Branchesconstituting a burden on taxpayers it haspI;~ved an investment that has yieldedthem substantial dividends in terms ofincreased purchasing power and economicsecurity.

In addition the distribution of theconsumer bonus has constituted anactual refund of taxation.

6. Benefits to ProvincialE<:bnomyThe steady improvement in prac-

tically every branch of the economic life. of the Province since 1936 and theacceleration of this process since the

. introduction of the Interim Programmeis convincing evidence that while thesubstantial improvements shown duringthe past two years is in part due to thegeneral .policies of the Government. inthe. economic sphere, the Interim P"iD-graµtµle .made a considerable contribu-tion to the development of the Provincialeconomy,

Some striking examples. are pro-vided of the spectacular effect which theincreased demand for Alberta-madegoods had on some industries.

.' One large furniture manufacturingfirm was, pbli.ged to' increase the numberof' itS"emplOoyeesby no less than 30 per~i.4

cent. within a period of six months inorder to' meet the increased demand forits products-and this expansion is CQn-tinuing.

Another firm of furniture manu-facturers reported having reached caixl-city output and being faced with thenecessity to' enlarge its factory and addto its staff to' meet the increasing volumeof orders .

Manufacturers of soap, boots andshoes, biscuits, woollen goods and. manyother products report substantial in-creases in Alberta sales. . . . .

In spite of keen outside competi-tion, the deliberate restrictions -imposedagainst the Province by certain interests,manufacturing industries have shewn asteady increase and the foregoing are butrandom examples of the benefits indivi-dual firms have gained from the InterimProgramme. This in turn has reflectedto the advantage of the entire ProvincialeCDnDmy. .

It might be argued that the markedimprovement in business conditionsduring the past year has been due to'war conditions, While it is beyond dIS-pute that war conditions have contributedin some degree, nevertheless in the caseof Alberta there have been factors whichlargely offset the benefits derived fromdistribution of purchasing power throughwar contracts, the fighting forces, etc:

In the first place Alberta hasobtained little of the industrial businessin connection with war contracts-i-mainlvon account of so many of its valuableresources being undeveloped Dr under-developed because of the uneconomicbarriers imposed by the freight ratestructure and the opposition ofEastern interests to the .industrialisa-tion of the West. There can be noquestion that the Province could make avery substantially increased contributionto the national war effort if these twobarriers - both entirely artificial andfinancial were removed.

If the .' facts are viewed dispas-sionately there can be no doubt about themarked benefits which the Province hasderived from the operation of the InterimProgramme, The only proper. test fora theory is actual. trial and judgment byresults. Even though in its .introductorystage the Interim Programme was notexpected to' achieve more than to' makea start in the progressive development ofthe economy, it has emerged from itstest even. better than had been antici-pated. This may account. for the obviousanxiety which. is being shown by. certainfinancial interests who have done their

utmost to' oppose and discredit all recent ,reform measures. .

. It should be evident that the cost ....tof establishing. and maintaining theTreasury Branches has been but a frac-tion of the increased purchasing powerand other concrete benefits which haveaccrued to' Alberta as a result of theiroperation, Thus they have proved a mostremunerative investment for the people ofthtr Province generally and in particularf9r those who have made use of thef~~iJit~~ provided under the InterimProgramme.c.",,~Jn face of these facts is it nots~i~e that so much ill-founded andirii§chi~VDUS criticism should be inevidence from certain quarters?

7. Progress of Treasury Branches!"' In spite of the disturbing factors of

the past. year and a deliberate policy ofnon-expansion in the number of branchoffices, the Treasury Branches showedsteady progress.'. " It is significant that even during thethe intensive election campaign of lastyear there was practically no disturbancein deposits and that over the period ofthat campaign many new accounts wereopened .and deposits continued their up- 'ward trend. . . . . ~

The intervention of the election pro-vided an opportunity for the people tobe .consulted in regard to the nature andextent of a development of the InterimProgramme. Following .the mandatewhich was given to' the administrationa, considerable amount of preparatoryWQrk.became necessary before any ex-pansion . of Treasury Branch facilitiesCQ~ld be introduced,

8. Considerations of Expansion. ' During the initial stage of the In-

terim PIll gramme, the operation of theTre.asury '.Branches was closely tied tothe monetary system. . ...'" v.The purpose of the Treasury

Branches system of bookkeeping, as wehave pointed- out, is primarily to pro-vide the public with facilities forexchanging goods .and services withoutbeing, entirely dependent upon thelimitations of the monetary system. . ...

Under normal conditions the intro-duction of the next phase of the InterimProgramme would have presented fewdifficulties. In fact the requisite mea-sures for successive stages of development, ~were foreseen when the pro gramme was ~originally planned. However with the

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NDt .only has such developmentbeen restricted by the monetary systembut the Province has been further handi-capp~d. by a policy of deliberatelyrestncnng the expansion of industries infavour of outside interests by means ofinequitable freight rates, curtailment ofcapital investment and so forth. HDWshort-sighted this has been should be

In time of war there is one domi- apparent-in the present situation. How-nating national objective-s-namely, the eyer, under war conditions, those respon-defeat of the enemy. The nation's re- sible for the organisation of the nationalsources must be mobilised so that the war effort will naturally concentrate onmaximum effort is directed to' this end. exploiting to' the utmost the resources ofUntil the defeat Qf the enemy has been the most developed parts of the country,achieved every other aspect of national and areas, such as Alberta, which areactivity remains subservient' to this under-developed will be treated asbeingdominating objective, a secondary importance for supplying war

The contribution to' the national mater!a!:: Therefore it becomes the re-war effort which Alberta call make in sponsibility of the people in such areasthe economic sphere is dependent upon' . to' ?se any. and every means. to' increasethe development of her resources. There";' theIr. useful~ess to' the nation by de-fore, any organised effort for. such velopmg their resources.development along orderly lines is of'considerable importance, '

~_ outbreak of war the entire situation~ changed and very careful consideration

had to' be given to every aspect, bothpresent and future. This entailed acomplete re-orientation of the plans forany development of the Interim Pro-gramme.

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considered is concerned with the mone-tary system. It requires no elabOratimlto' point out that under the less exactingeconomic conditions of peace time the'monetary system of the country provedinadequate to fulfill its function of:facilitating the production and distribu-tion of goods and services as requiredby the people. In fact the' operationof the monetary system created so much.'restriction and so man:y problems that'it. all but wrecked the national economy;

As we have pointed out bef6re,it is not reasonable to' suppose that sucha hopelessly inefficient monetary system~which could not meet the needs of pea!:¤!:time, can stand up adequately to' tM,'terrible strain of war .time demands"Therefore any action which will" easethat strain and enable the system ttfoperate with even a degree of increasedefficiency pending its reform," will eon'::stitute an important contribution to thenational war effort, '

(To be continued)

ParliementPROPAGANDA IN WAR-TIME

"- ceased owing to' the war, and I therefore- feel fully at liberty to speak freely .on

the subject. .... . ,In August, 1940, the Germans :were

utilising 84 wavelengths, 'of which sevenwere long wavelengths. This " CQUDtrywas only operating five wavelengths-andnO' long wave whatever. In the. inter-vening period we have refloated .onescuttled medium wave, now using six.But during the same period the Germanshave increased theirs -from 84 .tft: 92channels Dr wavelengths, still includingseven long waves. These figures do not-take the Italian broadcasting system intoaccount; with this the Axis wavelengthsnQW exceed 100.

We possessed only one long wavebefore the war, and this we scuttled onthe first day of the outbreak; we havenever refloated it on the air. Yet prac-tically one half of all mechanical . gearand a great deal of electrical gear Inevery receiving set in Europe· is .'con-structed solely for the reception of-dongwave. No true English word can be,heard on all those sets when' switchedto' their long wave band setting. Germantransmissions in English and many other

_ languages practically fill the wfiole ofthe 180 degrees of the dial. With this

"band denied to' us we have found our-selves in the impossibility of broad-casting daylight transmissions wbicb~

Another aspect which has to' be

could cover Europe or that could reachthe more distant countries of the Con-tinent, .and in particular the Mediter-ranean. We have knowingly and willinglyhanded over this part of Europe entirelyto' German and Italian influence .....

Radio' is the advance cavalry ofoccupation. Nobody will doubt that theGovernment was right in sending phys-ical aid to Greece and in defendingCrete, even against the greatest odds,but where, I submit to' the Committee,we failed utterly was by not being ina position to' send moral help to' thosecountries through the air in the formof our radio news and news commentaryfor the -10 months since my last warning,during which 'Germany' was obviouslyand successfully using the broadcastingmedium in order to jockey into positionthrough Hungary, Rumania and Bul-garia, and penetrate, without firing ashot, up to the very door of Greece .....

In the last war, our naval blockadewas much more complete than ourpresent one, for an additional reasonthan' those usually quoted. It cut allsubmarine' cables. Enemy news wasblockaded all over the world. NDt SO'inthis war .. It is our news which is, in fact,blockaded by the overwhelming superi-ority 'of-Germany in the ether world,the new CQIDniaLworld through which'practically all news is now transmit-

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ted .....If we wanted only one proof of the

value of the new battlefront of the ether;"we have only to remember that"Hitley.'has decreed the death penalty to 1istenet~i,to' foreign broadcasts. HDW he"mustfear that fierce and stubborn' resistai.i~;:which we are not opposing In 'thai"sphere at present. Clause 14 of theGerman Armistice to France is, I be-'lieve little known. For further' proof.of Hitler's fear of the radio weapon;perhaps I may quote it in its QrlginlU'text: .•.\~.

"Clause 14.-Pour toutes les stationsd'emissions de T.S.F, qui se trouvent: enterritoire francais intervient immediatementune interdiction d'emcttre. 'La reprise 'des"emissions radiophoniques sur le territoire '.'rloff"occupe fera l'objet d'un accord sepa~e." ' ,n

This decrees that all broadcasting sta-tions, even in non-occupied FiilU~;:shall only transmit under German CO~7'trol. Another example: Just tw.o 'w~~.ago as I understand it, althQugb. Dl.~rright hon. Friend may correct ffitUicrIi;'one of the Clauses of the 'recent Npn'::'aggression Pact with Turkey' providit.that the Ankara longwave station. sh(>.µ.@.":discontinue forthwith its Eng#s~.,br§aq·<,·casts. Ankara was the last la-ng-",aye.,station in Europe, exclusive of RQsSia,that still gave free English broadcasts, ':'. ':. .' ..

Up till now Germany has con-'-.!·I .•. ' :..'I.:~-:- . "i_~."li'.i"

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quered or.invaded 13 different countries,covering a total area of 950,000 squaremiles, and. comprising a population of17),000,000 inhabitants. Out of thatvast area of land and great number ofpeople, .only seven countries have beenconquered by force of arms. The othersix were conquered by political warfareon: the broadcasting battlefront. Thecountries conquered by force of armsinclude .100,000,000 inhabitants, cover-ing 550,00 square miles. Those CDn-quered without bloodshed amount to'75~OOO,000 souls, inhabiting 400,000square miles. Yes, but 10Dk hQW muchmore satisfactory is the conquest by per-suasion than that by force of arms. . ...

., 'As •I was saying, for lands CQn-quered . without bloodshed, hardly anymoney has been expended, no risks in-curred, no .ammunition, no loss of life.The;.; country conquered by persuasiondoes not harbour the same hate and ismuch more ready to' co-operate after in-vasion than the country which has beenconquered by bloodshed 'and destruction.That may well be why France was nDtphysically occupied in its entirety. Inaddition, in. countries conquered throughthe new battlefields of ether, the enemyappears to be much more immune fromattack ~~y.:us, and can apparently pre-pa~e, ;pr:<>du,ce,manufacture and organiseundisturbed. As. evidence of this, Ibelieve it is true to' say that Germanconcentrations in Hungary, Rumania,Bulgaria, Denmark, have all been singu-larly j~une frQm RA.F. attack. . - ..

~'Now let us consider the countrieswhich have' been conquered by force ofarms;, Have' they been conquered byforce (o{ 'arms. alone? Have they notreceived, also the' utmost assistance fromradio? . Of course they have. On everysingle" .occasion, as I pointed out inAugust "last, we have witnessed the sur-render' of 'an 'entire army, within threeda1s:.pf th.e occupation and operation bythe 'enemy of the principal broadcastingstation of . the country concerned, TO'this":effect' I' drew attention to' the sur-render .Qf the Dutch Army, unbeknownto itS' 'OWn Government, two days afterene:rnY occupation of the long-waveHilversum broadcasting station; thesurrender of the Belgian Army, alsO' indisagreement ..with the Belgian Govem-me~t, three days after the operation bytheGermans of the Evere twin medium-wave 'broadcasting' stations. Again, inthe' 'tire' of France, we witnessed thesurrender Q~ the French Army; but inthis case; ,.which was immensely moregraYn:Jh~ surr~µ.der also ofthe FrenchGov~TAPlent. In this case the seven

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laxing during the long daylight hourspowerful French long and medium-wavebroadcasting stations, Radio Paris, Radio37, Radio Vitus, lIe de France, Radio-Cite, Poste Parisien and Radio P.T.T.,had been occupied by the enemy. Idrew attention to' these facts in theHouse of CDmmQnS 10 months ago,when I pleaded for the building ofbroadcasting stations in Cyprus, Maltaand Gibraltar, exposing the danger wewere running in the Mediterranean,where our broadcasts from Englandcould not be received on ordinary re-ceivers, at the disposal Df the millions0'£ listeners in these parts.

. ... The Jugoslavian Army sur-rendered a few days after the Zagrebmedium-wave broadcasting station wasoperated by the Germans, and there wasthe surrender of the Greek Army shortlyafter the occupation and operation bythe Germans of the Salonika medium-wave broadcasting station, again,' inboth qtses, in disagreement with theirrespective Governments-s-at least aCCQr-ding to' the early reports, Must we nottherefore conclude that the local broad-casting station is in more intimatecontact with the Army, directly andthrough the civil population wherefighting is taking place, than the .GQV-ernment under whose orders the Aimv. fi htinz? '. ,IS g tmg .....

The idea of portable stations lC-companying an advancing army shouldbe at once developed. In the Syriancampaign, loudspeakers were used to'address the oppDsing' forces, and theCommander-in-Chief found it necessarvto' utilise a distance wireless station tobroadcast to General Dentz with regardto' Damascus. How much more effective,hDW much more conclusive, would thismethod have been had our Commander-in-Chief had at his disposal one Dr twobroadcasting units which could havebeen devoted entirely to' this purpose,operating in advance, Ample meansand equipment to' facilitate the use ofthis medium should be available forevery campaign .....

In August last the operating in thiscountry of four medium-wave freedomstations as a minimum was advocatedfor Prance alone. Four different pro-grammes, operating 24' hours a day.French German controlled stations num-ber '26. A few quarter-hours on Dnepro gramme is all the B.B.C.· has beenable to' provide, This is not fierce andstubborn resistance. NO' wonder that'Germany has been able to establish theco-operation she has been seeking. andfor which we are nQWsuffering. In war

. the greatest military objective is to' de-moralise the civil population. Our aimshould therefore be to' maintain thatmorale in occupied countries, in neutralcountries and allied nations, Broad-casting is SOO powerful a weapon becauseit short-circuits , any other method thathas been used heretofore to' that end ....

I am sure that hon. and right hon,Members would like to' know why it isthat. we have SO'much reduced our wave-length pDwer with an enemy neverceasing to' increase his. FDr I must in-form hon, Members that in mediumwaves alone this country is only one halfas powerful as it was before the war,while Germany has increased hermedium wavelength power, which wasalready 500 per cent. greater than ours, bya further 300 per cent., both by conquestand .new constructions at Calais andelsewhere, and is nDW 1,500 per cent.more powerful. .... At the beginningof the war we were rightly anxious aboutwhat might happen with reference to'air raids over this country. Radio sta-tions can, under given circumstances,render navigational aid to' aircraft, andI believe it was the opinion of the AirMinistry that broadcasting should ceasealtogether. This was, however, found to'be tDD drastic. The B.B.C. agreed to'whittling down their network to' oneprogramme on twO' waves. This drasticcurtailment of the service may havebeen justified at the beginning of thewar, but nDW it can be plainly seen thatthe Germans dO' .not need any aid to'navigation for their aircraft from us. . ..It is easy, however, to' understand thatwhen a request such as the Doe in ques-tion came frDm the Air Ministry, noreason need again arise for the AirMinistry, who had obtained satisfaction,to' suggest that previous conditionsshould be reinstated.

In the meantime daylight raidshave practically ceased, and daytime isa most valuable broadcasting periodwhen, moreover, except in fog, alterna-tive aid to' aerial navigation are notrequired. On the other hand the B.B.C.,having secured permission to' reducetheir service, has no special interest inrequesting to' reinstate Dr expand theirnetwork which would only cost moremoney without bringing in morerevenue. We therefore find ourselves inthe terrible dilemma Df having nO' man,no body, no Government Department,no Ministry, which has SO' far desiredto' request the reinstatement of even thepre-war wavelength strength-let aloneany . expansion ,Oof' our broadcastingsystem--or even insisting on the re-

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of the shackling effect of synchronisa-tion, By abandoning synchronisation indaylight we. could bring into being atonce about 12 additional broadcastingwave-lengths . including one long wave.We could forthwith triple during theIongdaylighthours our channel strengthop the. broadcasting bands. . ....

The recommendation [Df the:"'tJlls-water Committee on Broadcasting in1932] was that there should be a Min-istry of Broadcasting in this .House.JUSt as'a Ministry of Aircraft Produc-tion was found necessary to' produce theplanes for the Air' Ministry, so is a Min-istry of Broadcasting required' to evolvethe necessary network of stations, wave-lengths, channels and gear at home, inthe Colonies, in occupied lands and pro ..tectorates, and in the various theatres ofwar so as to' provide the Ministry ofInformation, the fighting Forces and alsoour diplomatic representatives abroad.with .'the necessary .tools to" accomplishtheir work. .

[Captain Plugge went on to suggest thebuilding and operating of broadcasting'stations in. Gibraltar, Malta and Cyprus,Palestine, Iraq; in Jamaica, Nassau, Hon ..duras, for South America; at Singapore,'Hong Kong and Shanghai, for the Far East;'reciprocal arrangements with the UnitedStates of America (which already has fulltime broadcasting stations in German andItalian) and Soviet Russia; four "Freedom.Stations" for France, and two each for otheroccupied territories .... He referred to a systemof two way communication by radioy.-called"frequency modulation" which+is used by theGermans in their communications between'dive bombers-and tanks, because. it does notsuffer from any outside interference, andwhich he understood we were not using. Heaskedfor mobile broadcasting stations for theArmed Forces. Of stations now operating"he suggested that at least one should transmit;all night. At present anyone who wishedto listen in at night had no choice, bpt was.compelled' to' listen to a German station,He continued:]

. . .. Our weakness in broadcastingchannels does not only affect us in theMediterranean and in our internationaltransmissions. In the Mother Countryit -exposes us also to' great danger in caseof attempted invasion, In reply to' arecent. question asked by the' hDD.Baronet, my Friend the Member forEaling (Sir F. Sanderson) on the sub-ject of interference with 'the ForcesProgramme, the Minister of Informationreplied,"The interference originates from Italy, andlittle can be done in the matter."

Well, if it is true that our statiQnsare SO'weak and our channels so vul-nerable that interference from a thou-sand miles away can Jam them in their'very own territory, our .situation isdesperate. I say that the proximity of

German-controlled stations and theenemy's overwhelming superiority inwave-length means that Germany can ata minute's notice, for instance on theeve of an attempted invasion, cut off,except for a few restricted areas, thewhole of the British Broadcasting systemin England as it exists and is operatedto-day, securing for themselves the solemonopoly of broadcasting over thiscountry and maintaining it, maybe forweeks, for the broadcasting of 'news,instructions and directions to' our civil

. population. It dDes not need muchimagination to' see what confusion sucha state of affairs would cause. Theremedy I advocate is the construction ofbaby stations, -full particulars of whichI gave the House in my last speech onthe subject 10 months ago. In view of .this impending danger, may I ask againwith great urgency: will the Govern-ment take the required steps to CDn-sider this Dr alternative safeguards?

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. ... There has been a great deal ofcontroversy .fn regard to what should,and what should not, be broadcfst. Itis no use discussing what we should sayor what we should not say. The soonerwe have a complete reconstruction willthose broadcasting stations be built, andthese channels be acquired and operated,and the sooner will we travel the roadto' victory, .. . . . ~ :

conquered by broadcasting, may we notclaim the other side of the picture andsay that those countries which did fightboldly and against great odds, almosthopelessly putting Qn their armour ratherthan sell their souls, such as Greece,JugQslavia, Belgium, Holland and evenso-.small a country as Luxemburg; mayhave been influenced by the good propa-ganda .frorn this country?

Captain Plugge : The. countries . towhich my right hon .. Friend has referredcan receive Dur medium-wave trans-missions, whereas Bulgaria and Rumaniacannot, That is my whole point,

Mr. Cooper: That does not coverSerbia arid Greece. I believe that ourbroadcasts are widely listened 'tQ in boththose countries and were being listenedto at the time they made their heroicsacrifice. My hon. and gallant Friendknows more than I do about thetechnical side of broadcasting. Heattributes the greater part of ourdifficulties to the fact that we will notoperate on long wave. I can assure himthat there are security reasons laid downby the Ministry which the. expe~ttechnical engineers do not question ... Itis agreed by all the experts at mydisposal that to' make use of long-wavetransmissions would be to' endanger thesecurity of this cDuntry. If my hon.and gallant Friend can produce evidence,Dr experts whose evidence will' carrygreat weight, with the recDmmendati?ns

Mr. Cooper: ... What are the necessary to' persuade me of the ?ppDslte,wea ons at our disposal for carrying on I am always ready to _ IDDk into the

p. ida? Th chief of these argument and have the matter recon-our prDpagan ar e . . .weapons is the great, new, powerful sidered.. . .weapon of broadcasting, which" as has .... I would say to' my hon. andQe~.Q._~~i.fl2_die!p.,?~ ~xi~t_in t~e_l.ast. wa~. , .gallant Friend the Member. for .ChathamThe importance of It can hardly, be (Captain Plugge) that a great deal hasexaggerated, except perhaps by my.hon. been done to' improve the force andand gallant Fr~end the Mem?er for strength. as well as the num~er of ourChatham (Captain Plugge). I thinkthat '. transmissions, He would not expecthe does exaggerate it a little when he me-and he would be disappointed ifmaintains that certain countries w~re he did-tO' tell him the number of newconquered as a result of broadcasting transmitters that are in operation; Dr thealone, There were D~er influen~es::tt sites they DCCUpy. -Foreign propagandawork, I can assure h~~ ... That IS !he is the fourth arm in political warfare.weapon of undermining a foreign A certain amount of confidence has topopulation, not only by propaganda, but be maintained. I am very often askedby bribes and subDrnati~n; by bribing ?r why things are not being done which are,buying newspapers, editors and polit- in fact, being done, but the value oficians; ... We have never undertaken which would be entirely lost if that factthat kind of political warfare. It is that were known to' the whole world, Therekind of ~arfare, surely, rather than the are many activities of the Ministry itselfbrDadcastl~g efforts Qf the Deutschla~d- to which we do nDt 'call attention Drsender ~hlCh p~Dduced t~e results whi~h apply our own particular trade-mark.were produced 10 Bulgaria and Rumania, P bli . h 1 likel toIf we are to' take it, as' my hon. and u .lCatlDns are muc . es~ . y.gallant Friend the Member for Chatham obtain a favourable public. l~ every~Ddyseemed to' take it, that all the countries knows that they have originated 10 athat fell down flat without fighting were Government Department. . . __

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