While the Speaker of the House of Commons dozed behind the great oak table on which lies its glittering silver-gilt mace, the Masses and the Classes of Great Britain clashed in the persons of their duly elected M. P.'s last week over a 4th Century Biblical manuscript for which the Soviet Government has been paid £100,000 ($511,000).
For the Masses spoke stringy-haired James Maxton, most embittered of Scottish Laborites. "Many of us have asked in this House for bread for the poor," he cried, "and we have...
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