By Idleness—4
Peer "Chucks Up" Job of Censoring Pictures Lord Raglan, who was paid £740 a year to censor pictures at the Ministry of Information and later transferred to another department, said recently, according to the "Daily Express" "I have chucked it up because I didn't have anything to do." The fifty-four-year-old peer, at his home at Usk (Mon) said:
"When war started I was asked to go to the Ministry to take charge of the picture section of the Press and Censorship (Bureau. That kept me fairly busy, but two weeks ago He obli they told me I was being transferred to books.
"I had to glance through about a couple of books a day to make sure there was nothing in them to help the enemy. They asked me if I wanted an assistant. I told them that as it kept me busy only for about an hour a day or so I certainly didn't want any help. I got fed up with it so I chucked i "When asked if he were going io offer his services in any other capacity, Lord Raglan said:—
"No, I shan't do that. There's plenty for me to do at home. Pin on the county council and all that sort of thing."
He was equally frank in debunking the Ministry of Information. "There are far too many people there," he said. "If it were well organi they could run it with far fewer."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.