In the rising winds of Tariff v. Free Tradenow certain to be the issue of Britain's next electionthree quivering political straws bent and whipped last week, prophetic, significant:
8% Ramsay? Worried by the blatant vote-getting newspaper campaigns of Baron Beaverbrook and Viscount Rothermere, who promise Prosperity if only the Empire will go high tariff (TIME, Dec. 2), Prime Minister James Ramsay MacDonald let it be known last week through trusted associates that he is prepared to modify the Labor Party's traditional stand for Free Trade.
Obviously the canny Scot was testing public sentiment...
To continue reading:
or
Log-In
