Evening star., 1950-02-08
Britain
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coal miners when he was home
secretary in 1910. He said, he
used only unarmed policemen and
soldiers never were sent.
"An extraordinary propaganda
of falsehood has been spread in
all directions by the Socialist gov
ernment," Mr.. Churchill said,
about the lamentable conditions
in Britain mainly under Conserva-
tive Parliaments between the
wars"
But he said the fact was that
Britain was making tremendous
progress in home construction, re-
duced working hours. child well
fare and labor rights before the
war broke out in 1899.
This was the Conservative
Party's big bid for the IS HOUSE
Of Commons seats at stake ir
Wales. In the 1945 election.
Wales, once a Liberal stronghold
elected Is Laborites, 6 Liberal!
and l Liberal Nationalist. The
Conservatives won only 3 seats.
Defends Controls.
At Watford, soft-spoken, Ct.
year-old Attlee never once men.
toned Mr.. Churchill or the Con.
servative Party by name.
without controls we could not
possibly have gotten through this
difficult time" he said. "Anothe,
thing we could not have gotter
through without is the magnifi-
cent spirit of the British people.
Think one Of the reasons fol
the great spirit shown 4" il
that they believe that we have
been carrying out the principle
Of fair shares"
The slogan driven home in this
key speech was fair shares" Mr.
Attlee emphasized the domestic
honey affairs which touch the
lives of citizens.
He defended labor's administra-
tion Of CLASHES planning" In
his youth, Mr.. Attlee said, the So
cialists thought in terms of plan
ming for the underdog. Now the
planning is broadened to help
people Of all classes.
Mr.. Attlee expressed apprecia-
ton for aid received from the
United States. The crowd ap.
plauded when he said:
Mr.. Attlee had scheduled
speeches for four cities today, ano
at least "a for his whole nine
day tour. Mr.. Churchill goes te
Devonport tomorrow to speak fol
his son, Randolph, who is run.
ming for the House of Common.
against Laborite Member of Par.
lament Michael Foot.
Two public opinion polls yester-
day indicated a photo finish ir
Britain's election. A survey of 40t
newspapermen, however, predicted
a 44-seat majority in the House oi
Commons for Winston Churchill.
Conservatives.
Both polls agreed that the float.
ing vote was still adrift, with be.
tween 100000 and 4,000,0 ,00t
Britons undecided in the race be.
tween the Laborites and the Con.
servatives.
London bookmakers still Offered
hard cash against the pollsters
or the newspapermen's figures
with Prime Minister Attlee's La.
borites solid four to seven favor
ties.
Although the two polls disagreed
on which party was in the lead
both showed a dramatically clos
race. Both claim to be scientific,
ally designed to take a representa-
tive cross-section of every clas
among Britain's 32,00o,000 regis,
tered voters.
The British Gallop Poll, which
appears in London's Liberal New
Chronicle, gave the edge to Labo
with 451a per cent as against a
lper cent for the Conservatives.
Another 10 per cent favored tn,
Liberals, with the remainder di
!vided among Communists, inde
lpendents and small splinter parties
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