The President                        
 
                      15th September, 1942.                 
 
                                                            
 
 
stand in defense of their principles but pursue a policy of 
      appeasement when they are faced by the proposals of their peacetime 
                    opponents, the Socialists.              
 
                                                            
 
 
In Parliament a group of Tory back-benchers known as the 1922 
      Committee are active in criticism of the Government. But they 
      are proving the ruin of their Party, for in the country they 
      are regarded as die-hard reactionaries. Indeed their support 
      of the Government is more likely to lessen its prestige than 
      is their condemnation. They applauded vehemently when Churchill 
      made his last statement on India. And as a result Churchill was 
                             damaged.                       
 
                                                            
 
 
The Liberals have got a chance now. But it is hard to say 
      if they can take it. There is a large body of radical opinion 
      in the Country which waiting for a lead. The Communists are much 
      stronger than people realize. They have succeeded in getting 
      the ban lifted from their paper, the Daily Worker, and they came 
      near to getting the Trade Union Congress to revoke the ban on 
      their participation Trades Councils. If things continue to go 
         well for them, they will get their way there to.   
 
                                                            
 
 
A new man has taken for himself post of the Prime Minister's 
      most violent opponent. Formerly this position was held by Shinwell. 
      But now Aneurin Bevan is far outstripping his rival in