Labour Leaders Protest
(Received 2 p.m.) LONDON, April 26. Mr C, R. Attlee. Labour leader, broadcasting on the Budget, said: “Sir John Simon does not plan for the future, and makes no proposals for paying off debts. The press and city magnates would rage if a Labour Chancellor acted similarly.
One-third of the extra taxation would come from the wealthy and two-thirds from motorists, smokers and consumers of sugar. The Government, he said, should stop tax dodging and fortune-making from the nation's needs. Secondly, the Government should make a levy on accumulated wealth .and plan for the country’s economic life; and, thirdly, it should organise production of munitions so as to prevent waste and high prices.
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Northern Advocate, 27 April 1939, Page 7
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