GRAMOPHONE RECORD
VALUE IN ELECTIONEERING EXPLOITED BY BRITISH POLITICIANS Australian Press Assn—United Service. | (Rec.. April 20, 0.15 a.m.) Loudon, April 19. Political headquarters have suddenly realised the value of gramophone records in electioneering, the effects being more permanent than wireless or the talkies. The Labour Party first exploited the idea, though Mr. MacDonald in the recording room admitted that he would rather take part in a duet with Fyffe, the Scottish comedian, than address the microphone upon world peace. Mr. Lloyd George was seized with a fit- of nerves and announced that he would never record again in his life- —he would rather face a million electors in the flesh. Mr. Baldwin, hearing that his rivals had submitted to the ordeal, hurried to follow their example. Sir William Joynson Hicks, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, Mr Samuel, Mr. Snowden, Mr. Thomas and Miss Bondfleld also recorded their aspects on current politics.
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 175, 20 April 1929, Page 9
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149GRAMOPHONE RECORD Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 175, 20 April 1929, Page 9
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