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...Having lost his seat in the general election, James Ramsay MacDonald last week won another in a by-election, and the following disclosure was made by Lord Blanesburgh: "Some days before the state opening of Parliament which was canceled owing to Princess Victoria's death, the King summoned MacDonald and said: 'I think it is all wrong that you who have been Prime Minister for so long, merely because you have no seat either in the Lords or the Commons, should not be present at the state opening of Parliament, and accordingly I invite you to attend...
Therefore, many a British taxpayer approved, last week, when a commission chairmaned by potent barrister Baron Blanesburgh recommended, after investigation thousands of dole cases that the principle of the original 15-week limit be reapplied, after having been allowed to lapse during the recent acute unemployment crisis now gradually passing. Hereafter, it is recommended, dole payments should be made during, but not to exceed, 13 weeks per half year...
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