Word: bevin
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that time the meeting was under such rigid MacDonald control that, not only was a Red protest overwhelmed by a "card vote" of 2,844,000 to 206,000, but a moderate Trade Union leader, Ernest Bevin, was snowed under, 2,587,000 to 512,000, when he assailed the former Premier on a minor issue...