DISASTER AHEAD
BRITAIN WARNED.
COMMONS MUST ACT. Solemn Declaration by Council Of Industry. M.P.'S MUST DROP PARTY. (United P.A.—Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Received 12 noon.) LONDON, May 20. The National Council of Industry and Commerce, formed last year, of which Sir William Morris is president, has issued a declaration warning the nation of the grave danger of an economic and industrial collapse. The council demands immediate action by Parliament "to avert the impending disaster." The declaration adds: "The council warns the British people in the most solemn manner that unless immediate and effective action is taken to reduce expenditure and protect British industry an agricultural, economic and industrial collapse is inevitable." It calls on individual members of the House of Commons to put country before party.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 118, 21 May 1931, Page 7
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