REJECTED OFFER
£200,000 FOR AIR DEFENCES.
LADY HOUSTON’S RETORT.
(United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) London, June 13.
Addressing him as “Poor Mr Chamberlain,” in relation to her offer of £200,000, Lady Houston has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr Neville Chamberlain: “The safety of London, how it bores you! With a gesture of utter contempt, without even deigning to ascertain the Londoners wishes, you flung the safety I offered them on the dungheap in the House of Commons. The only excuse yoy can possibly make is that Londons safety by air has been adequately arranged for. If you can assure me it is so, I apologize and withdraw all that I have said. So, R.S.V.P. to Lucy Houston.
Mr Chamberlain declined Lady Houston’s offer of £200,000 for the air defence of London, but he was willing to accept it as a contribution to the general revenue.
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Southland Times, Issue 25312, 15 June 1935, Page 7
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