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...Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Snowden introduced the budget (see under...
...Snowden. A highly expectant House of Commons assembled to hear Philip Snowden, Chancellor of the Exchequer, detail the budget for the financial year...
...Philip Snowden, the "ascetic, intellectual type of burning enthusiast," "a frail figure of a man who walks with a stick,"- "the man with a hatchet face and small burning eyes sunk deep beneath a projecting brow," the man whose caustic sarcasm has caused his opponents to wither, was known to be a Socialist. Only last Summer he introduced a bill to suppress the capitalist system (TIME, July 23). Small wonder, then, that Socialism was the thought uppermost in the minds of the assembled M.P.'s when Philip Snowden appeared on the Treasury Bench...
...Budget. Mr. Snowden's budget was singularly free from any Socialistic implications. Said the Chancellor: "This is the best I have been able to do in the few weeks we have been in office. I think we can confidently hope for the support of the majority of the House in carrying these proposals into law. They go far to realize the cherished radical idea of a free breakfast table. They give benefit to every man, woman and child in the country...
...minor scene occurred when Mr. Masterman, Liberal, made a request for information to Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Snowden. The Chancellor thought the request offensive and said: "My right honorable friend can understand from the answer exactly what his intelligence enables him to apprehend." Thereupon loud cries of "Withdraw!" rent the air. The speaker said he did not think the question was offensive and the Opposition (Conservative) and Liberal cries turned to cheers...