COMMERCE WILL HELP
IF; LABOUR AVOIDS COMMUNISM.
(Received 23rd January, 2 p.m.)
LONDON, 22nd January. At the meeting of the Association of British Chambers of Commerce at Birmingham, Sir Arthur Balfour, president, said that, so long as the Labour (Government was not controlled by Communists, the Chambers of Commerce 'would give it all ( possible aid in its undertakings for the benefit of the country. We were on the verge of an improvement in trade. The Chambers would oppose nationalisation. He believed that a capital levy; would be disastrons. He understood that the coming Budget would show a million_6r two surplus, but economy was necessary in order to relieve taxation.
The meeting passed a resolution urging on the Government the desirability of a Bill carrying out the economic resolutions of the Imperial Conference, in favour of an Imperial penny post, and urging the Government to approach the French and Italian Governments in regard to their debts to Britain.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 19, 23 January 1924, Page 8
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157COMMERCE WILL HELP Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 19, 23 January 1924, Page 8
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