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Alternative to these measures would be a tariff for revenue, anathema to Mr. Snowden but tempting to Mr. MacDonald. "I reiterate my opposition to such proposals," cried the Chancellor, white-lipped. "They would mean relieving the well-to-do at the expense of the poor...
Chancellor Cheered. Mr. Snowden drew cheers with a promise not to increase the British "standard income tax rate" of four shillings six pence in the pound, "highest in the world...
...gasoline tax, said Mr. Snowden, would be upped from four pence a gallon to six pence, "effective tomorrow...
...Ramsay, assisted Philip to his seat, patted him on the back. "I feel better," glowed the Chancellor, "than before I began to speak." Up jumped the newly appointed Conservative fiscal spokesman, Rt. Hon. Neville Chamberlain (TIME, April 13). Amid Laborite roars of "Where's Churchill?" Conservative Chamberlain congratulated Mr. Snowden warmly, said stiffly that he would reply to the Chancellor's speech at a later date. Grinning, beaming, "Winnie" Churchill (ousted in favor of Mr. Chamberlain) shouldered his way out of the House, pursed his lips at shouts of "Speech, speech...
...City (London's Wall Street) sighed with relief that the Snowden Budget is not more radical, dropped a pious tear for the landed Nobility & Gentry...