SCENE IN COMMONS
INTRUDERS' LEAFLETS INTERRUPTION OF DEBATE LONDON, March 22 A young woman, after walking the full length of the floor of the House of Commons, showered members with green leaflets with a "red" tinge. At the same time a man in the strangers' gallery poured down a cascade of leaflets, and as attendants seized hirri a woman at the back of the strangers' gallery jumped up shouting: " there is no money for the unemployed, but there is plenty of money for war preparations." An attendant quickly clapped a hand over her mouth and ejected her. The members continued the debate without paying any attention to the interrupters or the showers of leaflets, which lay in hundreds upon the floor and seats of the House. Many fell on members' , heads. The leaflets read, " £26,000 more for the Air Force! Economy in education! £1,462,000 more for the Army! Economy in housing! £3,000,000 more for the Navy! Economy for the unemployed! End this nonesense!" The intruders were detained until the rising of the House.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21453, 29 March 1933, Page 9
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173SCENE IN COMMONS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21453, 29 March 1933, Page 9
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