TRADE UNIONS BILL
JACK JONES AND THE STRIKE
(A.P.A. and "Sun.")
.... . LONDON, 13tb May. Although called to order several times for irrelevancy, Mr. Jack Jones spoke without expletives on the iiext amendment to the Trade Unions Bill. He declared: "I don't believe in a general strike. I believe in a General Election A general strike as a means of solving a social problem is general. nonsense, but the whole right to strike is being taken from the workers."
The process of closuring and defeating amendments was continued until 3.40 o'clock this morning, when the House adjourned.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 112, 14 May 1927, Page 9
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