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THE BRITISH
PRESS
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It is unlikely that the paganda campaign which some o Britain's Socialist Ministers have unleashed against the British press will result in any effective etion. All the same, it is of in- terest to consider the validity of the complaints and charges which have been preferred against the newspapers.
These are two-fold, First, it is alleged that there is a danger jous trend toward monopolistic control. There is very little is this allegation. The second com plaint is that some sections of the British press have succeeded it "doctoring" the news by a persis tent policy of suppression an
election of news and by a mis leading choice of headlines. Ther is a good deal more in this second acusation than in the first."
newspaper
Rystem.
In Britain, most firmly and consistently support one or another of the major politi eal parties. This has traditiona! ly been sa
since the rise of the party
They
therefore naturally tend to give more space in their news columns to the activities of their own party than to those of their opponents. The equally tend to play up 1211 favourable news about their puliti cal enemies. This is true ararly all British newspapers with the exception of a small minority beaded by the London "Times," which genuinely pursues an inde pendent policy, tempered by the fact thant it generally shows a slight bias in favour of whichever party happens to be in power.
Though the current agitation for an inquiry into the press comes mostly, from leftist quarters, would he wrong to suppose that left-wing papers set a better exam- ole than those owned by the great Tory press lords. Indeed, the three] papers which are perhaps the worst offenders in colouring and slanting the news to suit their political convictions are all on the extreme left-the Communist "Daily Worker," the self-styled "liberal" "News Chronicle" and the near-Communist "Daily Mir ror."
Though all who would like to see the British press attain a high. er level of objectivity must de plore the partiality of a large majority of newspapers, it would he wrong to lay the whole blame for the present situation at the doors of newspaper, proprietors either Tory ar Socialist. The main fault lies with the British public, which has shown over whelmingly, that it does not like to buy abjective newspapers. This, I no doubt, is a sad human weak-1 ness, but it cannot be denied.
Most Conservatives do not like, to read long speeches by Herbert Morrison or Harold Laski attack-
ing the capitalist system, and the
Of
Germany Today
In September Germans in the from the mass of parties which British Zone go to the poll. sprang into being after World The cronses which they will War One, and with the end of put on the balloting papers will hostilition last year they saw result in councils of their own in the arrival of the British choice replacing the ones set an opportunity to rovive politi-| up under Military Government) cnl 'freedom- Parties were per- supervision laut autumn. Thus milted to start in euch Krein. .8 being carried into effect one geographically an area small- stage of the new phase to er than our average/county, of winch Mareld of the RAF Sir which there are 160 in the Shpito Douglas referred when British Zone. addressing the Zonal advisory
In all cases the lenders wore Cuncil in May. He said: "Acarefully vetted by the Control characteristic feature of this Commission, and given a large new phase in the transfer of degree of freedom with the responsibility for administra proviso that all member must ticn to German organisations to the maximum extent com- patible with present circum- stances."
Slowly the German people ure Laking an interest politics. For the first time for years they are putting their heads together and setting their brains in function. Un- der the Nazis they did not have to think. The Nazis did it for them. Today the op- portunity has come for them to take part in a small way
of -in the running country.
no
their
L
By PETER LAWRENCE
be over 21 years of age and that no direct attack on off cinis or policy of the British administration is permitted.
They were allotted the use of printing equipment and an al- location of newsprint for pro- ducing their own newspapers, and two cars per Kreis party.
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discuss propcaals which arc submitted to the Allied Con- troi Council, although, as yet they hold no executive authori ty. In addition there are Loeni Government Councils where re. partion presentatives of the legislate, subject always.
Curse, In the approval of the Control Commission.
"
One by one the Military Government - sponsored 'news- papers are dying and there now remain only four of thear papers in the Britishi Zone licences having been granted to individual groups of Gremang to produce papers. Moat o' these licences are held by re presentatives of political parties with the exception of Die Zeit, a Zonal Independant weekly. These, newspapers are all local and, owing to the newsprint shortage. have limited cirvuln tions. The most popular paper in Hamburg is the 3PD's Ham burger Echo which sells 160. 000 copies. All panera Ar submitted to post-publication censorship. They are permit red full herty in criticising onc another and the objects of each The duel o' other's parties. words and open attacks whic! one finds in the Daily Hernl and Daily Express in Londo› has its counterpart in the Ger
in the papers
Britis Zone.
[CARNIVAL
By Dick Turner
SENATOR
Dick Torner
"Ahem-er-ah, you may quote me as saying I was unable to mend ALL my political fences!"
COPA, THI BY MATEERVICE, ING. T. MI, KỨC, U, S. TIT.
The China
Postal
Savings Bank
In-
Public meetings cannot be held without official permission, but parties are new allowed to hold members' meetings with out nuthority. They are also allowed to organise youth move ments, but political teaching or
The public in many parts of parts of China a post office at, discussion in these is not perman
he world, though perhaps only say,
a busy corner and a mitted, Usually thene youth
some sections in Hong Kong, branch of the Postal Bank only
thic with
Post time organisations consist of study
ire familiar
the post A few doors away; centres and meetings
The British Zonal newspaper Office Savings Brank-on been
ofice, so far as its financial boys' club lines, and it is hoped is Die Welt, a bi-weekly which stitution formed in many coun-
services are concerned, is as Recently tries to help the ordinary man
the Pastal by the sponsoring parties that sells 250.000 copies.
mach a part of been the subject of
o save this. It has done by Bunk as the branch, but^only when the members reach the it has age of 21, they will look kind-criticism in the House of Com | affering an attractive rate of in the branch can certain of
and mons for its alleged colourless interest
and by providing the more strictly banking tran- viewpoint and lay-out. It is, what is of even more impor-sactions be carried out... however, a strictly non-party tanco-the greatest possible sheet giving just German and security, a guarantee by the world news to the news-hungry government of the safety of the
money entrusted to it. Cermane.
For months now the various political parties have been hold ing public meetings and the Schmidts, the Brunings and the Mullers have rolled up. They have come with their wives, their children and their
At perambulators. have these gatheringa hadly attended, and
recently #0,000 stood for hours listen ing to Schumacher, Social De- mocrat louder, in Hamburg.
There are four main parties in the British Zone and a host of smaller ones. "Despite that, the man in the strasse is not He comes, he caslly enrolled. the end. listens and he walks away al Control Commission experts and newspaper politi cal writers estimate that puliti cal parties do not command the full support of more than 40 per cent of the population.
run on
ly on the mother party join it.
Moreover, ita isy
out of our own popular Press is te unattractive to the Ger mans as their lay-out is to us.
The Postal Bank has now been recognised by the Chinese Government as one of the six Government bunks and has re- The Post Once Savings Bank cently been designated one of in China was opened in 1920 the "Appointed Ranks for the and for several years operated handling of exchange." in much the same way as in- While, then, the Post Office well of this nature in Savings Bank may bo
Having got going on the Kreis level, the main parties have organised themselves in Regierungs Bezirks, areas lar ger then our normal county, and in Regions, of which there are four in the Zonn besides Ham- burg and Bremen, Early this
Slowly but surely the Ger- year the four parties were re man of today. often apethetle istutions cornisl as having reached over so many things, is realis-her countries. China, how-known In many countries, the Zonal level. The leaders are ing that free political thought ever, was at that time becom-revelopment of a Postal Bank (SPD), Heile and expression can nxisting modernised, and one of its doing full banking businong in The people have not forgot-Schumacher ten the mushroom growth of (FDP) and. Adensuer. (CDU), throughout his homeland. Thuc, needs was seen to be the ser- peculiar to China and has taken. parties after World War One, the former burgomaster of he realises that if he tried to vices provided by..a.network of place, it will be seen, because
illegal and how.ene of them eventually Cologne. The Communists have organise an
meeting hanks or a widespread branch of the special conditions "in march no one leader in the British such as a hunger rose to startling height with
or banking system; it also and to meet the special needs equally startling effect.
Zone as yet.
hands-off-the-Rhur demonstra realised that it would be many of the country. tion he would and the Control cars before this deficiency Commission first dissuading could be supplied by normai In view of the closerola- Zones with the exception of the! him and if that were unsuc-banking growth. On the other tions of the greater. part of cesful, taking stronger action hand, there was the Post Office. the population of Hong Kong SPD, which is not recognised So far no such incidents have a modern institution, with a with China, the Hong Kong in Russian-controlled Germany. arisen apart from one denton- nation-wide and even an inter- Government has, granted per and it is expected that it will gtration by some four thousand national reputation for efficien- mission to the Directorate Gen- not be long before they are people against the Hamburg ty, an
What are the parties today? The four main ones, given in what is believed to be the
order of their sizes, are:
Social Democratic Party (SPD);
(CDU);
Christian Democratic Union
Communist (KPD).
Free Democratic (FDP), Briefly their aims are: SPD: pure democratic nozis- lam
The parties exist in the other
promoted to national level.
Already the SPD have held
administration.
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institution, moreover, eral of the Postal Remittances that covered the whole country and Savings Bank of China to and that already included in its open one of its special brunches a congress attended by repre- sentatives from. the British. One political problem arising activities a number of financial in the Colony. This branch is American and French
the ChinesO. Zones, at the moment is the move to survices--such as, the remitting to be known as and the FDP have held a con- unite the Communist and Social of money, a Cash on Delivery Postal Remittances and Savings
Bank ur, CDU: towards conservatism, gross of members of the four Democratic partics which, while ads service, as well as BAY-
more briefly, the It was accord
and it with plans for limited
Chinese Fontal Bank. land Zones. The Christian Demo- successful in the Russian Zee, ings facilities. reform.
will open for business on the crats are due to hold a meet- is not proving popular in Wes-gly decided to meet the de KPD: comtnunism;
ing in the Russian Zone this tern Germany.
ficiency in the country's finan 1st October, 1946. It has been EDP: pseudo-Liberalism, but summer. A four-Zonal meet- The German citizers crowd Clas Burvices by expanding and fortunate in securing an excel- essentially capitalistic.
ing for the Communists has not round their speakers, listen for bringing under a separate con- lent site, the ground floor of tral those of the Post Office. In "Shell House," looking.down yet been approved.
hours to what they say,
19:30, therefore, a postal bank Podder Street. Government has Generally speaking they all But a build-up is being made then make for home.
-the Postal Remittances attri thus made a valuable incresso have democratic aime even if to give the Germans a chance speakers themselves, who now they are not quite sure what to become politically minded enjoy uncensored speechmaking' democracy is..
and one day take over and rum have difficulty in collecting the With the exception of the t
The Reichstag, Already small membership lists. CDU, the partics have either there is in existence the Zonal German has not forgotten the been in existence before the Advisory Council where party Party: It is a word that stil ring of Hitler, or developed | leaders and advisers meet and has an ugly sound about it.
new
POST-WAR PATTERN OF INDUSTRY
By HERBERT....
TRACEY
in the national interest
The
and
Savings Bank-Wan formed and in the facilities available in the
was placed under a new direc- Colony for these with family torate, separate from the connections in China, and, gen- Directorate General of Posts. erally for the transacting of to be known as the Directorate business with that country. Tho General of the Pat Remittan-Chineso Postal Bank offers not
Bank. ces and Savings
The only the advantages of a Goy- rcas Vilice as auch bunked with crument post office savings the new organisation, which bank, but also those of an or thus, took over the custody of dinary bank Institution with alt postal funds and the control offices and agencies in all parts of the existing prstal financial of China. The Chinese Postal services: It then expanded its Bank has also, it should finally activities to include all aspects be mentioned, agents abroad
banking..
and is a member of the. Hong Socialists would be furious i The postwar pattern of
Keng Exchange Banks, Asso- that there will be no "ganging functions could not well be un
Realising that some banking ciation. their trade-union-owned "Daily British industry, outside indus. Herald" were full of speeches by tries and services which come
r ugeina! the consumer for Winston Churchill and Anthony) within the Labour Govern-
the exclusive ælvantage, of am
dertake by past offices, the ment's nationalisation proof employers and workers in an ployers er workers.
Postal Bank opened upceful Eden in favour of free enterprise gramme is beginning to take inquiry into various schemes The tripartite Working Par purey hanking branches in the The more intelligent classes in shape. Four of 15 of the Work-end suggestions put forward bes are expressly precluded by more important centres of the Britain, whose political educationing Parties appointed by the for the improvement of indus- their terms of reference from country; wherever, in fact, the The Kowloon Dairy, Lul. begs to announce the has progressed to a point where Fresident of the Board of Trade trial technique.
dealing with terms and condi- need for such branches arrival of Cows from Australia, each animal T. B. they like to read all sides of anto examine the problem of im
tions of employment-that is, evident. It is for this reason terday by plano for Pruguo where the organisation,
thece matters, which are the that there may be seen in many she is to open a British film tested before shipment, and is now in a position to "Times," the "Manchester Guarduction and distribution in
argument, buy papers like the proving
methods and processes of pro- Ho charged the various subject of agreement between
festival. accept orders for daily supplies.
Foreign Minister Ernest: Bavin dian" and the "Yorkshire Post." variety of trades have now to report on the steps which mursuit of their inquiries, the possessed
Working Parties he appointed the Unions and employera. In tive ward, for each industry, But all these papers have very been published.
with considerable has sunt the festival on opening They have should be adopted in the Working Parties small circulations. Different sec
Are taking powern of control and co-message of greeting, common features of corgider-national interest to strengthen evidence from every competent critination. As might be r Fils to be shown in the Czech tions of the public show what able interest. They gain in industry and make It more body or indivíduni person capil pected from thy Composite capital include "Henry the Fifth they prefer by reading papers practical significance from the stable and more capable ofie of making a real contribu- character of these Working car and Cleopatra Men of with mass circulations like Lord fact that these Working Par- meeting competition In home in to their study of industry's Parties, there are reservations Two Worlds," "Burma Victory" Beaverbrook's "Daily Express," ties are composito bodies repre- and foreign markets. In a problems; and severel of the as to the precise character of and documentaries, Assveipted Lord Rothermere's “Daily Mail," senting organisations of em general statement outlining his Working Parties have
Preest sout these controlling boards and as
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Industries, with a number of staford Cripps said three con- all relevant information ployers and work people in the polley made last autumn, Sir delegations overseas to collect to their powers and functions.
and 1.--and 'it is interesting, to ob- posed for the Manufacturing
and the trade-union-owned "Daily moths have a combined circulation representing the public
the technically competent persons ditions were essential to ralke data calculated to show where serve that these reservations Services Board. In their o of more than 7,000,000, and all particular, consumer
and British Industry in the postwar particular sections of British and critical commenta ihon the port, the Working Party 'mado of them are frankly propagandist affected by the inquiries.
Interests world to the highest lövel of industry lag behind, their confundantental principle of "con" it clear that they are a efficiency: firstly, the advice petitors, particularly in the trallaed control are made in whole, satisfied, that third farë in their handling of political
Setting up these Working must come from industry itsolf United States.
1 some cases" by employers repro- certain serviech which "should" news. This is as much because Parties was an act of construc because that is where all past. their readers like it that way native statesmanship on the part experience
Four Reports
sentatives, sometimes by Tradé bo shared by the industry?? The dwells; secondly,
Unionisia, sometimes by indo- common and that the effleleper because of the political convictions of Sir Stafford Crippe when he employers; and workers should. Four Working Partice which pendent members, on those of the whole industry would be. of their proprietor.
become President of the Board be represented equally, becaune have ofready reported are thone | Working Parties -749123 7 Vinprovádí ii ìtell cohlídón, der- of Trade. His brought to the buth sides baye a' contribution (ot-up for pollery, (cotton, the Thus in the report of the viccs, were, available. They ́ro- administration of this key. Do te make and will Más have to b:et, and shon, trades and | boot and shoe Working Party, "cónumended, therefore, that a Detroit. Bept. 20" partment of the Government
mis, plane that can loginfy,/ On, end findsmedts|| "inemoranda of dissent, aro, iné gammon, eerviced organfestiónk highly trained" mind, with 4
nd hirdly, both polis dil of them ar rubétan- cluded -Frem represanfitives of "which thay sail the show "MEIN strong befolitifa -hent. “He odní.
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