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USE OF REGULATION 18B AGAINST FOMENTERS OF STRIKES. Memorandum by the Home Secretary.

12 Apr 1944

deliberate political intention to impede the war effort, it might be possible to base on such information an order of detention under Regulation 18B; but it would be extremely difficult to differentiate the activities of such an individual from the activities of a trade union local secretary or the leader of an unofficial strike committee who was fomenting a strike in connection with some industrial dispute and was innocent of any deliberate intention to impede the prosecution of the war. If a Trotskyist who had taken a minor part in a strike movement were detained under Regulation 18B, the question would no doubt be raised why similar action was not taken against some more influential strike leader: and it would be an unsatisfactory explanation to say that the first individual had been detained because he had been animated by the political motive of deliberately intending to impede the war effort and the second though in fact causing more harm than the first had been animated by no such motive.
infrastructure crime censorship communism imprisonment industrial workers industry labour supply law political movements prosecution trade unions disruption policing tribunals social relations industrial disputes industrial action relations home office defence regulations lord president's committee political organisations
Collection ID
CAB71
Document Reference
CAB 71/16/69
Document Types
Memorandum
File Reference
CAB 71/16
Former Department Reference
LP(44) 67
Identifier
10.1080/wtss.cab71.000016.069
Keywords
Censorship Communism Defence Regulations Imprisonment Industrial Action Industrial Disputes Industrial Workers Industry Law Political Organisations Prosecution Trade Unions Tribunals
Language
English
Organizations Discussed
Home Office Lord President's Committee
Pages
3
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
Papers Nos. 1(44) - 100(44)
Themes
Industry Infrastructure Social Relations Political Movements Disruption Crime Policing Labour Supply Relations

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