“PLACE COUNTRY BEFORE PARTY.”
SOLEMN WARNING OF ECONOMIC COLLAPSE.
(United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.)
(Received May 21, 11.15 a.m.) LONDON, May 20. The National Council of Industry and Commerce, formed last year, and of which Sir William Morris is the president, has issued a declaration warning the nation of the grave danger of economic and industrial collapse and demanding immediate action by Parliament ‘‘To avert the impending disastter.” The declaration . adds: “The Council warns the British people in the most solemn manner that unless immediate and effective action is taken to reduce expenditure and to protect British industry, agricultural, economic and industrial collapse is inevitable.” It calls on individual members of the House of Commons to put the country before party.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 119, 21 May 1931, Page 1
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