The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-30
Press Chief
Cites British
Disappointment

Disappointment
NEW YORK. Aug. 30 Up
The sudden termination OF
lend-lease has created a feeling
of apprehension in Great Bril-
tain, Robert Bunnelle, Associat-
ed Press managing executive for
the United kingdom, said today
following his arrival from Lon
don for his first visit to this
country in six years.
The British feel that the
abrupt manner in which lend
lease was ended was a slap in
the face" he said. "Of course
they knew lend-lease would end
after the war was over. but they
were counting on it TO help them
through the transition to peace.
Now that ii has been suddenly
taken away, they realize they
face what will probably be their
toughest winter since the war
started and they are pretty UNI
happy about it,"
Bunnelle said the people of
Britain had already experienced
a letdoWn earlier this summer
because they had failed TO re-
alize the fruits of victory as
quickly as they had hoped.
Il think that feeling of dis
content was one of the factors
in the defeat of Churchill" he
continued. The overwhelming
vote for the Labor Party was
partly protest against the Sc
we're limitations which came
with the war"
The APPS United Kingdom
chief said that in his opinion the
Labor party in Great Britain
was not as Socialistic as people
in this country might be led to
believe.
II don't believe the new gov
eminent will make many great
changes in the way the British
have been doing things" he
said. The Laborites plan,
among other things, the nation
alization of coal mines, but that
won't be so radical because the
coal property is already owned
by the Government, so that ma
tionalization would be more or
less just a change in manage
ment."
Bunnelle pointed out also that
the telephone and telegraph sys-
TENS are operated by the Gov
eminent.
Bunnelle is one of the veteran
newsmen of World War III. He
went to London for the Asso-
ciated Press in the spring of
1889, coming from the Atlanta
Bureau.
For two years he covered
many assignments stemming
from the start Of the war, in
Guiding the first blitz bombings
Of London and the early Smelling
of the English coast around Do
yer. In March, 194l. he became
chief of the London Bureau
and has directed the activities
of the AP in the united kingdom
ever since. With Clifford Day
of the United Press, he holds the
distinction of having served
longer in England without home
leave than any other American
newsman.
Bunnelle said that the end of
the war has meant little change
for the average Briton, with
food and fuel far below normal,
and housing in a critical condi-
ton.
There has been a little more
gasoline available" he said,
and consequently you see few
more automobiles and taxis on
the streets, but aside from that
there is no change apparent in
London. There has been no in
crease in food rations, clothing
is just as hard to get as it ever
was and fuel just as scarce.
1T still takes a month to have
your laundry done, and you
have to wait six months to get
a suit made"
Bunnelle said the coming win
ter is likely to be the bleakest
one of all for the British un-
less the food and fuel situation
shows Improvement. The man.
power situation is still critical,