South, Frederick Hardy

South, Frederick Hardy (26 married, brother of Alexander Edward South also  CO ), 39 Nab Lane, Shipley, commercial traveller, registered as CO 4/40, ILP member, active in PPU distributing leaflets, internationalist & socialist inclined CO, did not want either side to lose war but when pressed said he wanted Britain to lose,  Judge Stewart said ‘you have the mind of a traitor’ which led him to walk out saying ‘I did not come here to be insulted’, Stewart said ‘steps will be taken to deal with  a man who speaks like a traitor’, LE rejected 11/6/40, BO 12/6/40 p6, YEP 11/6 p5, YP 12/6 p6; MAT 27/5/41 gave f/t hospital, ambulance, land or civil defence, GUA 28/5/41 p2; 9/41 to 1/43 worked as f/t shelter warden at Coventry but left without permission & returned to Shipley 31/1/43, 26/2/43 refused direction for land work at Goole at £3 per 48 hours week, when interviewed 23/6/43 said he would refuse any directed work, 17/8/43 Bradford West Riding Court then 29, pleaded guilty to refusing directed work & refused to pay fine so given prison 12 months, said war not in interests of the country & would not be a cog in the State’s war machine, STE 25/8/43  p1; brother of Alick South, PPU Bradford, in Armley Prison Leeds 12/43 ( PPU records)