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OPPOSITION
ACCEPTS BURDENS ON NEW BUDGET
London, To-day.
£1,933,- MR. C. R. ATTLEE (Labour Opposition leader) agreed in the debate on the Budget in the House of Commons yesterday with Sir John Simon's financial measures.
evenue in- new taxa-
900 to be
ch £500,- Mr. Attlee said it was right to raise as much as pos-
authorised
In moneys.
ng legisla-
is,
were 100 min- peech, and Reuter.'
sible in taxation at the beginning of the war.
He approved the increase in income, borrowing. tax and the alcohol and tobacco in-
1 creases, but said there ground for reconsidering the sugar was grave
tax increase.
Mr. Attlee gave his blessing to the
UE war proflt tax, and said that as the
war went on there would have to be more equality in taxation.
Bir Archibald Sinclair (Liberal) sald the Chancellor had taken the bull by the horns with a ven-
geance.
ay.
He had called for a great effort at hat the a time when a great effort was needed
"Royal from the people.-Reuter. Septem-
ank the
gave in- the crew had been
on board e Argen-
NO PROFITS BEST Major Attlee, recalled the emer- gency budget of eight years ago and expressed the opinion that the Na tional Government had brought the country to its present position. Ile agreed that Sir John Simon was. right in endeavouring to raise these large sums by taxation and he thought the income tax increase was right.
On no account should we defer pay- ing for the war to a future occasion or make future generations pay
Royal, aircraft-carrier, latest in com- ground are other ships of the Home vereign behind.
By George McManus
E BABY GOT. HOLD PUR TICKETS TO EOPERA AND HAS EWED AND TORN HEM ALL UP -
NOW-WE WON'T BE ABLE TO GO TO TH′ OPER TONIGHT ISN'T THAT TOO BAD?
by
He criticised the change in chil- this was not the time to discourage dren's allowances on the ground that
sideration of the additional sugar tax. having children and urged recon-
He welcomed the tax on war pro- fits but thought that the best thing was to have no war profits.
DEBERVED SUPPORT
we
The Liberal leader, Sir Archibald Sinclair, foresaw financial burdens of almost incalculable weight but were going to face them and Sir John Simon had rendered good service by letting the country face the facts in- stead of indulging in the muddled wishful thinking which had been pre- valent since rearmament began.
While reserving the right to make criticism on certain points later,. Sir Archibald felt that the Budget which was conceived on bold lines, deserved their support.
He asked Sir John. Simon to con¬ sider the appointment of a select com- mittee on national expenditure check the growth of wasteful expen- dituré.
to
Severe as the budget was, it did not bring us even within remote range of the limits of our financial strength or the sacrifices which the people will accept as they become necessary as the means to victory-Reuter.
Moscow, To-day.
The Esthonian Mission: arrived shortly after the German Foreign Minister, von Ribbentrop, headed by M. Selter, the Foreign Minister. Reuter.
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