Press Strike Continues On Eve Of Budget
(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) (Rec. 11.45 p.m.) LONDON, April 18. Britain’s 1955 Budget will be presented to Parliament tomorrow, but there will be no national newspapers to give details of the tax changes expected. The strike of 700 maintenance men, which has halted Fleet Street for 25 days, remained solid today. Even if a meeting of union chiefs called for later today makes progress, it is not likely to lead to a quick settlement.
London’s 10,000,000 people are wondering if the newspaper dispute could drag on into the campaign for the General Election on May 26.
There is another strike too which is threatening to blight the election campaign, which will get into full swing after the Queen dissolves Parliament on May 6. This is a railway strike, called for May 1, by the executive of 68,000-strong Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen.
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Press, Volume XCI, Issue 27637, 19 April 1955, Page 13
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