Evening star., 1942-11-24
Lease.Lend Hurts
Enterprise, Briton
Asserts in Commons
Almost Crushing Embore'
Declared Effect Of
Government Attitude
By the Associated Press.

LONDON. Nov. 24-Sir Patrick
Harmon, sauce manufacturer, mem.
ber of Parliament and persistent
critic of some phases Of the lease.
lend program, declared today that
| 1t has struck major blow, at
least for the time being, at a wide
range Of British enterprise"
Earlier in his presidential address
to the National Union of Manufac-
turers, he acknowledged the i'm
mense contribution to the war ef-
fort" of lease-lend, but said that 4
disturbing feature of the new rela-
tionship between government and
business was "an almost crushing
embargo" placed on exports.
He added that lit might have been
possible to continue in substantial
proportion British exports to our
dominions and colonial empire with
out consultation with United States
authorities whether particular
article should or should not be
included in the category of permis-
sable exports
OF the Atlantic Charter. Mr.. Han.
non said: Many of us may be for
given if we view with some anxiety
the gravity and complexity of the
problems which will arise with oul
dominions and overseas empire
when the charter must be examined
in the light of its effect upor
British competitive power and il
consequence upon the means O
livelihood of vast masses of ou
fellow countrymen and women"
Dominions Secretary Clement r
Attlee told Commons that Britain,
postwar policy on raw material
and markets would be governe,
by the Atlantic Charter and tn
mutual aid agreement Of last Feb
ruary % with the United States.
William Craven Ellis, Conserva
tive, whose question brought MI
Attlee's answer, commented tina
your reply should be communi
Gated to Mr.. Wendell Willkie, VIII,
was very critical of the statemen
made recently by the Prime Min
ister."
ION November 10 Prime Min
lister Churchill, at the Lord
Mayors dinner in London, de-
clared he wished to make it clear
that I'VE mean to hold our own.
have not become the
Kings First Minister to preside
over the liquidation of the Brit
ish Empire"
(Six days later, speaking at the
Herald Tribune Forum in New
York, Mr.. Willkie declared that
the statement had shocked the
world and that no plan to make
the materials OF economic self
sufliciency available to all after
the war could be accomplished by
such declarations as the Atlantic
Charter if one of the principal
signers held such views)
Broadcast Believed Banned.
Commons went into secret session
presumably to debate army training
after Laborite Richard r. Stoke
asserted that Prime Ministe
Churchill suppressed BBC broadcas
Gen. Charles de Gaulle was sched
uled to make last Sunday.
Although Mr.. Stokes asserted tha
Anthony Eden, foreign secretar
and government leader in the house
had approved the Fighting Frencl
leaders script in advance, Mr.. Edel
replied that there is no diferenc
between the Prime Minister and my
self, none at all"
Mr.. Eden promised 4 full reply t,
the allegation by Mr.. Stokes. VIII,
said that I'VE are sincerely disturbe<
on this side of the House at th'
sudden appearance Of the forces o
reaction everywhere
Observing that the alleged sup
preston looked pretty squalid." MI
Stokes declared that people every
where were asking why pro-Petail
Admiral Darlan had been acceptes
as high commissioner for Nortl
Africa. .tt
The Fighting French, whose news
paper Marseillaise. printed cartoon
depicting Darlan as "wrecker. traito
and spy" have been PARTICULAR,
disturbed by the understanding BE-
tween him and the United Statss.