The following emphatic manifesto has been issued by the Liberal Anti-Nationalization Committee (whose President is Mr, Frederic Harrison) in opposition to the demand of the Manchester Group of Liberals" for the inclusion of the nationalization of the mines and railways in the Libera} programme Ag lifelong supporters of the Liberal cause, who are strongly in sympathy with the betterment of labour conditions and a more generous policy of social reform, we desire emphatically to protest against the demand for the nationalization of the mines and railways fg put forward by the Manchester group of Liberals, and to point out that net only is the creation of these proposed new State monopolies contrary to the traditions and philosophy of Liberalism, but it is hostile to the policy outlined by Mr. Asquith at Paisley and in direct conflict with the experience of the rule of bureaucracy gained by the nation during the war. We cannot help feeling that, in their "present form, the Manchester proposals, while containing what is excellent, are calculated to divide and embarrass the party where triumph we all have at heart.
Among those signing the manifesto are Lord Airedale, Sir Norman Lamont, Sir Samuel Chisholm, Sir Dugald Clerk, and Mr, Frederic Harrison.
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