PARTY FUNDS
TO THE BDITOX OX THE PRESS. Sir, —It Is interesting to hear the Labour point of view explained by Dr. D. G. McMillan. In his question made to the Prime Minister he states that funds belonging to shareholders in certain companies are being handed over to the National Party in the form of donations to its cause. Perhaps Dr. McMillan would justify the difference between shareholders’ funds and union funds.
Thousands of persons have been made to join the Trades Hall as unionists by law, irrespective of whether s they wish it or not, and, every week , sums of money axe being taken from them, the ultimate destination being the fighting fund of the Labour Party. If. as Dr. McMillan suggests, a vote was taken amongst shareholders, it Is most unlikely that the donations would 1 3 decreased, but they would almost certainly be increased. Mr Nash takes nearly 10s in the £ i from companies, which money is mostly used to try to buy votes tag the
Labour Party, and this without the consent of the shareholders.—Yours, etc, „ , UNIONIST. November 4, 1937.
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Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22242, 5 November 1937, Page 7
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