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AN ENGLISH SOCIALIST. TV" ' ' 1,1 ACCEPTANCE OF CHALLENGE. TAKES FAMILY TO RUSSIA. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright; (Received 5.5 p.m.) A. and N.Z. , LONDON, Aug. 21. tidy Astor, Conservative M.P. for Plymouth (Sutton), in December last challenged any British Socialist who was doing "lip-Service",' to thei Soviet regime in Russia to put their faith to the proof by going to live in Russia."" She offered to pay the fares of any Socialists who accepted her challenge. - James Morton, ;, ,aged 48, an . .ironmoulder of, Liverpool, has now. accepted the .offer.... He is to sail f Of Leningrad this week-end with his wife and their two children. Morton said: . "Things may be a bit thin over there, but they cannot bis leaner than they, are here. Although lam a skilled man I only draw 62s 6d a week and think myself lucky compared with other skilled workers in the engineering trade.
"I have be6n unemployed for half my time since 1921. As secretary of the Liverpool 'Hands Off Russia' Committee I know something of the conditions of the workers in a State which is in a stage of transition. It, catfriot'be a land of milk and honey." ."< > '
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19413, 23 August 1926, Page 9
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