18 MAY 1934, Page 3

The Party Uniforms Problem The House of Commons did the

right thing in.rejecting Commander Locker-Lampson's Bill for the banning of party uniforms. It is unwise to interfere with the private citizen's taste in -dress, however . absurd it may be, unless it proves or is likely to prove a real menace to order. The police have adequate powers for dealing with street disorders, and if the wearers of shirts, black or of any other colour, should create a disturbance, it is better to proceed against the wearers than against their shirts. The situation needs - watching, and if even a Home Secretary asks the House of Commons for new powers in regard to uniforms they will be unhesi- tatingly accorded. The matter can well be left there.

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