Berkshire Chronicle Reading 05-1915

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m the ,trongen 'f'"g.[unst
1;lnwarranta.blo and ex..
m the ' pr"/6 of food and coal
·and ' oondemn. th~ GovernmBllt (or rolusing 100 tak~
the ·necessary. ot..~ WI '. proposed by tbe Worke..'
Wm Enie!'lency l:(Omlllitteeto prey on~ the r~hery
of . the people . ~y uIT8CrupU\QU6 . gamblers In th e
· poople's food ;: es OOially 'sinoe evidence obt:)jn~d hi
· the Government Committee of inquiry has provo"
!>he... high r-tioes to --be . duo to market rigging and
!'"t to' an'y real, orta.ge ;of supply;, And this "'I'obIDg farther J)r<I~.ts "galllst the unpudent .lan<le..
uttered , by ll!e!llbfrs .of .tho 'G<>v"rnmcn.t all'ainst the
RJ~., said l1e. 'I'Ii!.8 workin,g class, ~d ropeated b,. Lloyd Georg. a'
the instigatio'o ' o! sqipbuildOrH and others oven arlo'!'
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at the charges il.it4' lit the' worker. had "been refuted .
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He was aIi
and car,ried out his duties · , "THE ;jS'QLT OF OVERWORK."
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.' Mr. 'CoxhOdge, whO ~ed, '....id that m.. ny aaia
tho woi-ken wer ,,,hirking, bu~ it was much ",thaT
tho ppposite: th\, worker. were being overworked .
H.e quoted on" olf." wherl> "I ma.n had worked sinoo .
Augl\st ~ven 'dalYS ' .. woek, &nd averaged oVOr 8()
hOlm, .. week: Eron the relicf fund. wert. not being .'
pr<>perlT subsqr~ to, . nGr. ~ero the,. admin,"~red
· ~roperly,\,. Of
fi va mIllIons collected for the .
Prince 'In .W ..leo' FuOO; thxee a.Ild a half wero ron·
,tributed:'by the ,vor.king· class. They, the worken,
'r<lqmred' more "rganisinlil, and 'H wore beet for them
to do so, at o~~ l if they wished when tha BOklitra
.retuTD.ed, tho · la.tV!r <;hould not he Paid worso wages
they had ' received pre-.,ioUl 1>0 enlisting. He
:W&8 . g1~ to~ say tba t t;he. worksn in Re.ading were
'·becdmiiig more welded'; together.
. Mr. IL. E. Quelcj1. who rupportad t.he resolution.
lugj'ee1:<>d that as the hizh prices ,of spirits wero '
I pmhibifivjl more money would be loft. for food. tha~
was toeaa}' th .. expenses .of Iinnr ....ould be reduced.
, therefore it ...."8. njost probable that wag... also .,.ould
be roo"ced.
He referred t<> the l>OOk recently
writfen by P.rolessor BowiE.y ..nd other., which con·
tained faoto a1x>ut PQverty nnd emplovnent in four
towne-Statjley\ Northampton, Warrington, and
Readin~d s&iq Reo.dinj{ wu the wont.
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waR'''' here wero very low, and the Nlnl<l exoecdinglJ
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DEMOCRATIC OONTROL OF FOREIGN
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AFFAIRS.

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_ Mr( Maclaren ...id !>hat the forCign aft'airs sh<>uld ·
At P!"""Jlt all I the
, be demoorUi,f!~ oontrolled.

P"~~t 0 , ..' . ,.be,lo~ed 1>0 & higltly ""lee/; cl&ao.
N<> one OCIUld obtain s\lcl;l .. post ui:J.leo!oo he had &11
moo"", of ' £_4o<f'a.. :rea.r, ,&i!d ' he p...plired to w(J£k f~r
Ii year ; wiihont (.,,~ry. -The.... o/Iiaia.lo- 'Were ·out
touch · lrith , th~'workor. · &nd .!mew -.io~
them, and thus it came about Iihai ~I!II were milo .
managed. ~h. 'WOI'kerllUlOght to detnABd·'th •.t all
-armament £&OtOriea oh<>uTi'I . he in t.h& handa of the

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Mr .. J. G. Butler tbe ,8oeiali.t candidate ab Ute
I ll>.«t' Parliamentary eleCtion, .a.id"n w .... a ' .. ery .~rir.1II
· thing for t~: English ~eoplt! to be told tbt they
wet'8 drnnk~rda, and ' We, miHitatemeQt OUI('"t h he.
refuted ""quickly ... pe',Bibl,, : : the worken should
· inuildate th.. ne..apaper 'o/Ii.,.,.j...nth letter. of denial.
How '10'118 Ii thl\" out <>t .OVIlry '21' johelh onl! liTe sh~U. .
were m&riuf.acturad ~ Woolwich Arsenal, . and the
other 16 gi.....n to >priV&~ ' fuma n H the G<>..... mmenl
had lqlown i~ busin___.nd th!lt . ..... to be p,..
, nared for aIli emerg'enc;rr-it would bue n ....er di&- "
Obi",ed &0- In&ny workinJr men, I pre~ to w~. at
W oohrloli . AneBal. There were &1:jr",.8 oomplr.inll
wb.t!iI·~ th'& .wQrken '&eked for ... ali.,ht inorease in
wa,(ee, yet nO\bihg .... said !Of the huge profit.
m ..d& by ·fuma " ~ged" on', Govemment ' oontraolL
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'employ_ aDd ' the· &mployeea 'Pre the ~
fnenos . now, ·. at. least ' 10 the fFer.·
and tb
tWi'> q) ....... &'t>'P<I&red sid<> ,by 'aide on ~nllting pl~
· form.. 'Would !hI. 8t~!"nJl'e friendohip 'continue >;Iter
the wa. r Onl! orjraru~ Ia.b~ could do ..nyth1ll1!'
Here in Re.a.din11.' :thE!r6 l w... 1D&re need of it t~
e..-er. The,. ought .to h ...... 99 per'oent. "f ' eTery f_
tor,. organised, ,and · ~9J' wonld' then be in .. pOlltion tC :....k for. aM enforoo justice ron~m.elveo(
U it were. nlrM and {'roper bo feed
fil1htinll
lor the~l:--cOOn~ry, t.hen It were also ,.;"h!~i'hn?: IJroper
to f.!!ad properlr the ,'Work<>rB flnp:a.lred 111<' the ne~
""".i!!.'r induStrlal battle.
If ,they, tne' work01'll, .
thollg.Jit thGy ,·were jo~inJZ' the union .imply to put
a:'j}piny, rin t.h,,·. s~t and, ~n : tab . o~t t1!e cli()()():
t ..te, they 'W()\J1d find. themselves mIstaken. Belorw
the" Choool..ie ' ! :":oJI<! oo ;.-Obt&i:aed there would be
much',;;'.duO<l9 -.....,w,'" What thei ...ere·d<>ing ....... to , and ensure" bet!t~ ()(itKI il;iona 'for the {uture, fOl'
jlUld~!, :they ,{ver.. brjn~!l'l' up.

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THE WORKERS AND DRINK.

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. In, the' eVer;liq - Mr..
·G. 'Butler addressed ,~n
meetin& . in the Butu., dealing with ,,:,0
qlloot-ion of 'drink al)d the work,are. lh was, he ...i4,
the -Work.."" to· ttuggest th ..t thMt
·~~ihi.j;:'lr~I~'i
'rhe· best of t/H! men ~or~
, munitions , of · wl'r bad enli0te4.
D<>w ' emp!o,,'!'j1 were th<>se pre"'~B;~~~ec:I '"," u.nemplpy..'b!es, lind
ili.eieforoe
~he' ..tand&.rd of.' efficiency of . the
av,,,,,,,.fI!9 ·w'l)dci'n.g man::. .
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