28 MAY 1942, Page 10

I soon found that the business was not in the

least as simple as all that. My first discovery was that my loyalties were multi- form, and not uniform. i had a loyalty to my constituents, another . form of loyalty to my local association, a third form of loyalty to the National Government, a fourth form of loyalty to those in the House who seemed to share my outlook, a loyalty to my own experience, to my own principles, and to my own interpretation of the public good. My second discovery was that my convictions were not themselves always uniform Again and again have I found a divergence between what I feel and what I think, between my sympathies and my reason. I am involved today in a typical conflict of this nature. It concerns the small shopkeeper. * * * *