J. H. THOMAS “BROKENHEARTED”

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 207, 29 May 1936, Page 11

J. H. THOMAS “BROKENHEARTED”

Budget Inquiry Resented (Received May 28, 8.35 p.m.) London, May 28. “I am a broken-hearted man,” said Mr. J. H. Thomas, former Colonial Secretary, who lias just resigned, and who is staying with friends in Devon, to a representative of the “Daily Mirror.” “What was the Budget inquiry about? To find out what tliey could about Jim Thomas. I have been in public life 45 years. Now they do this to me. Can you blame me if I feel bitter?” He declared that he did not intend to make any full statement until the tribunal’s findings were published. “Then I may speak my mind.” he said, lie complained that members of his family were being persecuted. “What has my son Leslie done? He is an innocent victim who has been put in the pillory. Besides resigning from his firm he has had to resign from a town council, where he was doing useful work. lie is being hounded from public life.” The “Daily Mali’s” political correspondent says that the Budget tribunal's report will suggest methods ensuring closer Budget secrecy in the future, Including that the Chancellor’s proposals shall be communicated only to the Primo Minister instead of the full Cabinet.