19 OCTOBER 1951, Page 4

The action of Dr. Gilbert Murray in speaking on behalf

of Sir Ralph Glyn, the Conservative candidate for Abingdon, is a portent, for if any man in England has Liberalism in the very marrow of his bones it is Gilbert Murray. It is true that Sir Ralph Glyn, who his sat for Abingdon since 1924, is the very best type of Conservative—a most humane and consciii►tious and broad-minded Conservative—but Dr. Murray has made it clear that it is something more than the personal factor which moves him. He is against the Socialists on a number of counts and thinks a change of Government imperative. His decision may influence a great many Liberals who respect both his personality and his political convictions profoundly. If so he will have helped more Conservative candidates than Sir Ralph Glyn.

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