Show Pleasure as Usual Out Cripps Tells Britain LONDON Feb 25 OT Sir UPI Sir Stafford Cripps lord privy seal in inthe inthe inthe the revamped British cabinet told th the house of commons Wednesday the government nt would not permit a a. business as usual or pleasure as usual sual attitude toward the war from now on He made this statement as government government government gov gov- leader in the house when he rose to defend the Churchill cabinet toward th the close of a two- two day debate on the on-the the conduct of the war He announced th that t a government government government govern govern- ment d decision would b be given shortly on n the problem of India 1 On the home front Sir Stafford said steps will be taken to halt dog racing and boxing displays which he called completely out of accord with the solid and nd serious serious serious seri seri- ous Intention of this country to achieve victory Personal extravagance must be eliminated altogether as well as every form of wastage and unnecessary unnecessary un un- necessary Sir Str Stafford told a startled house in order to tokey key up the tempo o of our war war effort He Be Ie added that no small cr oi or selfish group must abuse the wishes of off the majority of the k people It Jt was his first speech as commons commons commons com com- mons le leader deI and his first in in th the house of commons in almost two wo years It is of vital value to the British empire that the the Indian people fight for the defense of their country and act with us in repelling the axis he said is helping Britain lose part of our colonial empire Stafford Sir declared adding that this can be regained only on condition condition condition con con- that we hold it in the interest in interest interest in- in terest of the world and the people who live in those parts is a reference to Cartoonist David Lo Lows Low's s character Colonel Blimp who portrays the reaction reactionary ry forces in the fighting f and colonial services service |