BITTER INVECTIVE
LABOUR UTTERLY FUTILE
MAXTON DECRIES GOVERN-
MENT
NO P. EX EE IT TO ANYBODY
(Times Cable.) (Received 9 a.in.) LONDON, August
“I can think of nobody benefiting by the Labour Government but two reprieved imirde.re.rs,’ ’ said Air J. Maxton, a member of the House of Commons, at the Independent Labour Party’s conference;
‘LI make the charge against Socialists generally that they are adding their voice to the multitude, declaring it impracticable to do things in which they believe. I and other members of the House .of Commons representing ► industrial divisions arc ashamed to face our constituents, because Labour’s promises are not fulfilled.
“If I had been Prime. Minister I would have soon that the. unemployed had an adequate allowance, 1 v.ould have admitted M. Trotsky to Britain. I would have recognised Russia immediately. I would have re-established the housing subsidy and raised the school age, so assisting the unemployed.”
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Northern Advocate, 6 August 1929, Page 5
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