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...high silk hat, in his bankerish tailcoat, Labor Party Leader Arthur Henderson looks neither savage nor Socialist. But savage to British bankers seemed the election manifesto which mild "Uncle Arthur" was forced (by radical elements now ascendant in the Labor Party) to issue last week. Supposing that Labor wins the election, Leader Henderson, paunchy & bankerish, stands grotesquely pledged to fulfill as Prime Minister his new manifesto's savage terms. Excerpts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: General Election | 10/19/1931 | See Source »

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