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...Home Secretary, Sir William ("Jix") Joynson-Hicks, said: "I believe without exaggeration that the anxiety of the Cabinet over the disasters of the day is greater than during...
From the ultra-exclusive Carlton Club, London, there emerged one evening last week that arch Tory, Home Secretary Sir William Joynson-Hicks. Suddenly a strident horn squawked, a raucus brakeband squeaked, a diminutive two-seater taxi clattered up to the curb. "Jixie! Jixie, sir?" cried the driver. Scandalized, the Carlton's imperious doorman motioned this hawker of transportation to move on, summoned the Home Secretary's motor. Frigid with annoyance, Sir William Joynson-Hicks rolled away. At least he appeared frigid. He is popularly supposed to resent the nickname "Jix" applied to him by vulgar plebs. He is alleged...
...Lenine. Famed anti-Communist fire-eater, Home Secretary Sir William Joynson-Hicks (popularly known as "Jix") declared amid laughter, in answer to a question, that the widow of famed Bolshevist idol Lenine has applied for permission to end her days in England. Said the doughty "Jix," stiffly: "Such an application would be treated on its merits, if presented...
...noted Communists (TIME, Dec. 7) was voted down by the House 351 to 122. During the debate former Labor Premier Macdonald cried: "These 12 men were put in prison after a trial conducted like a general election . . . after a most improper whoop." The Home Secretary, Sir William Joynson-Hicks, noted die-hard Conservative, replied to Mr. Macdonald's attack less pugnaciously than is his wont. He remarked: "My attention haying been called to these Communists, their activities were merely referred to the Attorney General." Attorney General Douglas Hogg then rose and "accepted full responsibility" for the prosecution...
...list of signatories in full: Stanley Baldwin, Winston Churchill, Sir William Joynson-Hicks, Lord Birkenhead and C. S. Amery for the British Government; William T. Cosgrave, Kevin O'Higgins, Mr. Blythe and Mr. O'Byrne for the Free State ; and for Northern Ireland Sir James Craig and J. Blackmore, Secretary to tha Northern Ireland Cabinet...