Ban on Paper Lifted

Manawatu Times, Volume 67, Issue 206, 29 August 1942, Page 8

Ban on Paper Lifted

RUGBY, Aug. 26. The Home Secretary (Mr. Morrison) to-day revoked the orders made by him in January, 1941, under the Defence Regulations prohibiting the publication of the Daily Worker (organ of'the Communist Party), and The Week. As Mr. Morrison has more than once stated in Parliament, the imposition of the ban did not imply suppression of these papers for the whole of the duration of the war. Having regard, however, to the fact that the earlier attitude of the Communist Party in opposition to the war was maintained over a long period Mr. Morrison has taken the view that he would not be justified in lifting the ban until the anti-war and mischievous activities of the Communist Party had been discontinued for a substantial period. He has now reached the conclusion that the time has arrived when the ban can properly bo lifted. In communicating this decision to those responsible for these publications, Mr. Morrison made it clear that the revocation of these orders in no way derogates from his his duty to make the orders again under the same regulations if at any future date there should bo systematic publication of matter calculated to foment opposition to the successful prosecution of the war.

CARDBOARD BOXES AND CARTONS Traders and Commercial men will be interested in the Cardboard Box and carton Control Notice advertised in this issue, which restricts sizes and ihapes of and colours used in these containers. Optimistic Indian “I am an optimist regarding the political situation in India/ ’ said Mr. Kamji Saksena, Indian Government Trade Commissioner to Australia and New Zealand, in an interview on his arrival in Auckland. He thought that differences of method among the parties to the present dispute were being unduly emphasised and that there was not adequate appreciation abroad of the widespread common desire to prosecute the war to a successful conclusion. The visionary Gandhi had to be understood against the background of his whole life. Nehru, who was at least as popular a leader among the Hindus, was no pacifist and was desirous of fighting the Japanese tooth and nail.