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issued: 2024-01-30
issued: 1929-03-29
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note: OWNED AND CONTROLLED NO. 252—KIGHT PAGES John Bull Is Preparing For Important Election General Election Soon After May Day—"Jobs For the Jobless" Is Paramount Issue—Lloyd George Is Singing His "Prosperity Chorus"—Tories Fear Defeat—Labor Has Strong. Program. Supported by Sixty-two Local Unions VANCOUVER, B. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 29, DRITAIN IS GETTING READY for another election, which probi- alily will be held immediately after May 1. On that date the law giving votes to nearly 5,000,000 women between the ages of 21 and 30 years goes into effect. Until then a woman must confess to 30 years in order to vote. —•-—;—: ";; All parties are wopfng the "flapper•vote,," as some' dngallant Tory called them. In the'Chelsea district Sir Satjwel Hoare, present air minister, and his wife are giving* receptions to the women employed in domestic service, and saying frankly that they are making an entirely new sort of campaign. fi| The Conservatives are making a definite effort to get the servant vote, hut though first in the field in this area thev will-soon have competition. .Unemployment the Big Issue This will be the first election since October, 1924. The maximum dura: tion of a parliament is five years; -but it is seldom that any English- speaking parliament holds out its full possible term. ' At the last election the Tories won a majority of 200 in parliament, largely on the "Bolshevik" scare, but they Bad si minority of the popular vote, 8,000,000 against a combined Liberal and Laborite vote of 8,500,- 000. Unemployment will be the overshadowing issue. The last week in February nearly 1,500,000 persons were listed as out of work, in a total population of 45,- 000,000. Part of that* was seasonal, part due to the cold wave which paralyzed England, but more than a million persons have been on the unemployment rolls constantly for years. The big question that every candidate for parliament must answer is: "What will you do to get work for men who want it?" Tory Position Is Vague The…

The Labor Statesman
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spatial: Vancouver (B.C.)
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language: English
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publisher: Vancouver, B.C. : Vancouver and District Labour Council
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