§ 11. Captain Longhurstasked the Secretary of State for War in what capacity Mr. William Connor, formerly writer of the "Daily Mirror" column signed "Cassandra," is now serving in His Majesty's Army.
§ Sir J. GriggHe is employed with the British Army newspaper unit in Naples, and works for the Army newspaper "Union Jack."
§ Captain LonghurstDoes not my right hon. Friend think it rather extraordinary that a man whose writings Are described by a former Home Secretary as being subversive to the war effort, and which were the material cause of the "Daily Mirror" being warned in 1941, should he writing the same sort of thing in the Army?
§ Sir J. GriggI think the whole question is begged by the last phrase in the supplementary. He is not writing the same sort of thing, and the senior officers on the spot have made no complaint about his work.
§ Mr. Austin HopkinsonIs Mr. Frank Owen still writing, in the Far East, the same sort of thing that he used to write in the "Sunday Express"?
§ Mr. BellengerHas my right hon. Friend read the articles which Mr. Connor is writing in "Union jack," which are certainly not subversive, but quite the contrary? They help to improve the morale of the troops out there.
§ Sir J. GriggI think that that is covered by my last remarks.