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...days later Beaverbrook papers stirred all Britain with a triumphant report of doings the night before at St. Stephen's Club, a Conservative sanctum just across the street from Parliament where history has often been made. With a brewer, Colonel John Gretton, in the chair, 44 Conservative M.P.s were announced to have signed the following manifesto to the Conservative party whips...
...seemed that this dagger thrust, coming just before the meeting summoned by Mr. Baldwin, meant his demise as Leader. But even as Baron Beaverbrook savored his triumph, Brewer Gretton suddenly found himself in bad odor. He found that a great many Conservatives considered the manifesto "not cricket" (dirty politics). Within a few hours Brewer Gretton and four other Conservatives whose names were supposed to be on the manifesto informed Leader Baldwin that they had not signed...
...answer, "That's where the ale comes from." Ask him what ale and he will cry, "Bass's Ale!" Almost as familiar as the Prince of Wales' three feathers is the pale red triangle of Bass's Pale Ale and Stout, sign manual of the firm of Bass, Ratcliff & Gretton who have brewed the potent, acrid, yellowish brew?which Britons drink in preference to beer?ever since Washington wintered at Valley Forge...
...turn on the water, sir," said Chairman Colonel the Right Honorable John Gretton...
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