LADY HOUSTON'S OFFER
ACCEPTANCE PRECLUDED
NAVY LEAGUE'S ADVICE
(Eoceived 18th April, 1 p.m.)
LONDON, 17th April.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, has replied to Lady Houston's offer. He said that Parliament alone was in the position to allocate the resources of the Exchequer to any particular object. Therefore it was impossible to accept gifts for expenditure on particular services, though he appreciated the spirit prompting the offer. The Navy League has telegraphed Lady Houston, pointing out that onetwentieth of her proffered gift would enable the league to sway public opmion till it realised that England was in deadly peril.
Lady Houston wrote to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, offering a cheque for £200,000 instead of a cheque for £40,000 due for income tax.
Lady Houston proposes that the extra amount go toward the cost of an adequate army, navy, and air force, Which she considers requires an addition of five millions in the coming Budget. .; .
Lady Houston adds that if nineteen others do the same thing as she has done the paltry sum required to ensure national safety will be found.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 91, 18 April 1932, Page 7
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