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THE COUNCIL'S COMPLAINT CENSORSHIP OF MESSAGES REVISION URGED (United Press Association) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) RUGBY, Oct. 7. (Received Oct. 8, at 7 pin.) A deputation from the National Council of Civil Liberties complained to Mr Dun Cooper that newspaper articles published in Britain are drastically censored before despatch to Empire and foreign countries.
The secretary, Mr Ronald Kidd, declared that editors in Canada, South Africa and elsewhere protested against the mutilation of despatches from Britain and alleged that the deletions were not made because the opinions were harmful to the successful prosecution of the war, but because of the political opinions in them. The deputation urged Mr Duff Cooper to obtain a revision of the “ drastic powers,” under which the Minister, of Home Security is able to ban journals considered harmful to the successful prosecution of the war.
Mr Duff Cooper promised to consider the points, but said it must be conceded that emergency powers were necessary in wartime.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24424, 9 October 1940, Page 8
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161CIVIL LIBERTIES Otago Daily Times, Issue 24424, 9 October 1940, Page 8
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