The Archive · 1938

Domestic Interferences

Like Mr. Attlee, Sir Archibald Sinclair expressed regret that there was no promise in the speech fo establish a Ministry of Supply. He declared that the Government needed to reassure the country that it intended to preserve and protect its liberties, and criticised recent uses of the Official Secrets Act against journalists and others and instances of unofficial censorship of news films.

"There is another interference with our political rights," he continued, "which I- wish to draw attention, tt is the interference of the head of a

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