TILLETT
Should a union base-shima bicycle?
of
UPPOSE I wrote in
this newspaper Sir Vincent Towson (or of Sir Lincoln Evans or of Sir Will Law ther of Mr Arthur Deakin) that he rode a bicycle, and received £300 a year. In it Jikely that I should be sued for libel on the ground that
THREACHIN
MAIL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1954.
No G
stgarten
HONOUR at STAKE
members, His reputation an a paladin of labour was at stake and he sought redress through an action in the courta....
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There is something a shade incongruous. in the spectacle unorded by Bon Tillett's appeal to the sanc- tions of the law. Those were not days-again in sharp contrast with these— when trade union chiefs were champions of establish. --ed order, arriving to attend scdate conferences at Minis- tries with brief-cases ZŁA smart and glossy as the Minister's. The working cinas had yet to wrest thoir elementary rights from ruling class mostly minded to withhold them a state of affairs which imposed a pattern on their leaders, just as a different
pattern is
A
imposed by their happier state today.
Men like Tillet (who had wou his fame in the successful Lon- don dock strike of 1888) relled on their power to uniflame, and not、 at Whitehall, but ai Hyde Park conciliate; they held forth, not or Tower Hill; in their own eyes they were rebels aguinst the existing system, and in the eyes of many others not far short of
gullows.
this constituted an imputa "This mild man'
tion of lush living dis-
creditable in one who repre-
sents the working man?
If not, that is because
times
have
changed. Sixty
radically
years ago,
↓
When rebel Was the reasons for calling -you know
meets rebel,
be sure
the sparks
will fly'
them "these": TRUTOR VOCÊLat they. Vnamnod Lav went to work, and did not join
· your union?”:
"Certainly," Tillott replion, sa ̧ If It stands to reason,
Corson agnira consulta hü batch of alppings, which he manipulates like a lucky dip,
"In it, your habit to abuse Judges who decido, as you think, wrongly?':
mays: Tillett, é after moment's thought--in a tone that hints he is regretting the omision."
gentleman
‚mán, ́nol- · gentleman, Tillett carefully corrects hirvi.
"Did you call him a cut- throat?"
"Yes,"
"Have you described, froe: labourers D burglary, pick- pockets and prosilfuter krullies?”
"Yes."
"Havd political
"Perhaps you have forgotten," gutted says Carson helpfully. "Did you. marchists, say about a trial before the upwards'
you described your Opponents *** Kat- maid full «», pursed from the bishops
lucky dip among the
CUT-THROAT,' said
Ben Tillett
. AND IN HIS BATTLE WITH THE WILY
CARSON IT HELPED TO LOSE HIS CASE
·
some
Tüllett,
Tilott, using Recorder of Plymouth"--the
"Yes, Indeed," cries next words are read aloud with now thoroughly Intoxicated with durod with the merchants, and delivered
ostentation "He had the effect of his own rhetoric at secondhand. For for those at whose table he has applaud. we all know what a man will do two pins he would be ready to dined'7"
"Never," Buys Axt for emphasis.
Carson has quite a lot in com- mon with Besi Tillett; he is as combative, as fearless, and-in his way and on a different plane -as great a rebel. And when JONE the less, rebel "confronts rebel, be sure
Ben Tillett's the sparks will fly.
presents
counsel
"I want to ask you about some
"Oh yes,"
sny's Tillett, his buoyancy fully restored by the recollection,
"Did that corrupt?"
moon be
Was
"Yes" Tüllett enthusiastically
him to the jury as "this mild and of the speeches you have made." Carson has a bundle of clippings peaceful citizen, when a Conservative journal
and Tilloit as first in his hand; he looks them over called The Morning printed description in the box.
does not belle that with an air of grim amusement.
Only "In February, 1880 did you say agrees. precisely such report when countering the statements on Tower Hill Smith, the dock about Ben Tillott, that of The Morning ("I jako £160 a director, tricked the men de- notable and militant trude year, though they offered mo liberately because he is a Har?" union leader considered him- doctor's orders, and I am paying £250;" "I ride u bleycle on
"Yes," self outrageously defamed. for it by instalments,") do the nostrils dilate and the eyca flash with resentment,
ful
The Morning added to his sense of grievance by the It takes crom-examination to comment that "the dockers bring out the real Tillett, to not unnaturally regard the transform "the mild and peace- citizen' into the fierce suddenmess with which arebrand that sets London docks their secretary has sprung alight. to comparative affluence with feelings of anger and envy," and by suggesting that decency ordained that he should resign.
did
Ben Tillett himself not doubt what this implied; that he had been promoting his own interests at the ex- pense of his needy union
Grand
"You complain,, I understand,” says Edward Carson, for The Morning. "that this is not a fair
criticism of you?"
"Utterly unfale," says Tilleti, anorting like charger at the scent of battle.
"Have you ever exceeded fair criticism in attacking your op- ponents?"
says Tillett instantly. "Did you menm 17"
"Yes," says Tillets instantly. Carson nods as if bestowing approval.
"In March 1890 did you say at Liverpool that blacklegs were Judases, Careys and. Piggott?" "Yes," says Tillett instantly. "Did you mean by that they were betrayers, informers and perjurers?"
"I did and I do."
The place and the occasion are fading now for Tillett; he sces Corson not as an advocate in a court but as a heckler in a crowd, to whom sound policy forbids the least concession.
for Hospitality
"Did you also say 'If judges are shareholders in concerns, it is money first and law wards"?"
"Yes,"
“Do you
after-
consider that fair
criticism?" Carson quietly asks. "Perfectly fair," Tillett loudly
answers.
Carson has got his clippings arranged tanwise; he shoots off his Lost round of ammunition fast.
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THE PRESIDENT DOES AN 8 GOLF BUT HIS CRITICS ASK
WHAT ABOUT THE ELECTION SCORE?
By Evelyn Irons
tha
Chao
New York. hour, although thờ mid-day TF President Eisenhower temperature is a blazing - 86
degrees. is dismayed by the About 7.30 am, he drives.sk Republican setback, in miles to the Lowry Air Forco which the traditionally Re base, which has been converted |publican State of Maine into his "Denver White House.” The President has plenty to elected Democrat, as its do. Among other chores, he new governor, he is not has had more than 800 Bulls to showing It. He called no signor refuse to sign, which he council of war; he rallied no did to the labour union's fury in emergency conference, There cent pay rise for
of a proposed five per- is no indication that he even
Government workers. batted an eyelid.
Actor Robert Montgomery Instead, 10 minutes before the pops in to couch him for Pq.m. departure time scheduled
broadcast speech. Sherman Adams for the day after the debacle, ho
White Houso hopped into his black, bullet- asistent, arrives for a consulta- proof limousine, and drove into holiday from his holiday. tho Rocky Mountains for a
More work forfelt all Premimably refreshed, he is back at Denver, Colorado, to re- sume his official vacation,"
;Bofory_midday Ike is off to Denver's Cherry which started on August 21, and Play golf at is due to end sometime between Country Club. Last month Octboer 3 and 17.
he was playing badly, admitting The retreat where Ike has put him off his stroke. But the that maybe Far Eastern affairs gone to get away from it all is other day, playing with erony Fraser, Colorado, among Dan Thornton, Governor of the
Mountain State of Colorado, ho ranges. Here a 1,900-acre cattle
Jury's eyes, so that even if libelled its value would be reckoned in some contemptuous coin like a shilling or a farthing
But how do you rights under the law of defama tion merely because you have been vituperative about or oven have been actually defama- tory of others?
'Burglars, bullies'
..
THE explanation lies in this in disputable fact: 0 verdict
owes 18 It was only afterwards in re-
much to environ realised the
mont as it does to spect that he Caraou had contrived to paint picture
Bon Tillett that
logic.
English juries
don't con the picture of a man who demn for murder, because of a insulted all
and sundry, but prisoner's morals—as with. Mrs demanded damages for any Maybrick, as with Mrs Thomp=| ariticism of himself.
Bon. But it is far more difficult if your politics are not in con- temporary vogue,
near
the 12,000ft Rocky
tion.
ranch with well-stocked moun- round in 89.
tain streams is en old haunt' of.
been
there to stay with
friends who own it.
At his heels.
went
The President takes a light · the President. He has often lunch in the club house, and holes he may sit ald after his 18
down to a rubber of bridge. J
At 4 pm. he's back home, where usually more work awaits him. Even on the golf coursO ho has not been away from it; Meanwhile his enemics in his while one of his detective body- Own_party are yapping at his guard carries a machine-gun in heels. According to :extreme. 4
radio,
contacting tole not pulling his weight to win a libel or slander verdict right-wing Republicans, Ike is wat bag, another has a two-
In the phones, campaign to win the November sit down and lot Mamie or You'd think Ike would then Congressional elections.
As a direct result, Ben Tillett lost his caso-it wasn't libel, said the jury, only "exaggerated comment" - and this verdict So Ben Tillett strove under seems to have been endorsed by beavy handicap before a jury in successive generations, though 1895. Today I would wiger upon what legal basis I cannot even money on his chances. understand.
Special juries, with their upper class stamp, have been abolished and ordinary juries may be crowded with Ben Tilietis.
Maybe Mulett stood to lose a lot of flander actions, if those alander actions had been brought →→→stood to lose to Mr Laws (improbably) to the dock director
Mr. Smith
(just possibly), to the Recorder of Flymouth (almost
certainly) Maybo his demagogle record cheapened his character in the
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Next Saturday: The Man With The Perfect Memory
Reading Character By Handwriting-
ARE YOU A MISER? OR
POSSESS
A
THRIFTY or „generous nature tells in your handwriting, and what to look for is the spacing between the words and the lines, as well as the margins. A graphologist must examine them both to see if they are wide or narrow, or both. Thrift is seen
in hand- writing where there is hard- ly any space between the words, and the lines of writing run into each other. The more closely spaced the words and the lines are, the more thrifty is the writer.
GENEROUS
A
By
Scribbler?"
get
of
Let us take a look at this mother-in-law.
"Min "holiday" with his wife Mamie dinner, but no, According to at 750, Lafayette Street, home of his wife, he is incapable his mother-in-law, Mrs: Doud, putting his feet up. Like many in › ani. ordinary middle-class American men, me Eisenhower neighbourhood in Denver.
loves A "barbecue--which Like a methodical old soldier, means cooking outdoors, over a 64-year-old Elsenhower has charcoal grill, instead of more routine. He is up at 6 or 6.30 comfortably in the kitchen. am, every day, and breakfasts (usually on grapefruit and coffee, prepared by his valet, occasionally, on bacon and eggs cooked by his mother-in-law). Then he takes ''d strull" In the garden where it is cool at this.
No. 5
There is a barbecue grill in Mrs Doud's back garden where the President enjoys cooking a steak for dinner.
Hoover shocked
After that ́ ́Ike readabla favourite Westerns, or watches TV until bedtime sharp at 10.30 pm, unless, ha; is enter- taining friends from the AuTUBIG. golf club in Georgin to dinner and bridge.
DO YOU NATURE ? NATURE?in.
:
•
Hore, 50 mlies from Deriver, he is plagued by crowds watch ing and shouting encourage ment from a road near, the stream. That's why he prefers at the more remoto Byors Peaks ranch, where he
Narrow margins at the left went recently with another only but wide right margins buddy, ex-President Herbert reveal a writer who has to force Hooves
is himself to practise thrift, --but
who
judge either of these traits or loosen the purse strings small or large. The size just because the handwriting is offered by the margins.
usually fails to carry Even there newa-hawks word of Wide margins all around handwriting alone does not play page. left and right sides as his nature is more inclined to-grilling steaks on a mobile.out
the through his good intentions, as after him, and he was pictured such an important part in deter- well as top and bottom disclose wards spending than saving. idoor barbecue. mining whether a person is good taste and an instinct for
Hoover generous or thrifty as does the fine things, thus a desire to Sometimes you will come Violation of spacing.. between
worda and spend money to acquire them, across a margin which lines.
sisirts | privacy, All-round wide margins also close to the left on the top of denote Judgment in procuring the page, but which -becomes For example, if there are very finest values in return for ex-much wider at the bottom of ince, and the letters are made both sides without the same on generous soul but is forced by close spaces between words and penditure. Wide margins on the page. This writer has &
you'll know that
a sound knowledge.
was shocked by the
President's
Another lap
"That's one of lap degepera tions of the last 30 years," ho commented” dryly,****
Last week, President Elsen- hower. entered another lap-of the intensive "speaking pro gramma necessitated by current election pressure, Flying in his private acroplane, Columbine ---- which is shortly, to be replaced by another more Tuxurious
craft ha went to Mouline
Moktana, on Wednesday,
On the other hand, if a little "daylight" is seen between the words, the writer will be econo- mical and careful but not stingy. His dealings with people show a great deal of care and caution, and he never takes chances where the risks are excessive,
Wide space between words
the same day made a speech at Wallawalla Hnew as And
In Washington State Boen in
tiny formations, this small top the
and bottom Indicate necessity or design to practise th The next day he had two EXAMPLE reveal a person with handwriting bears out the trait generosity, which might lead to Uhriff A generous nature. These large of thrift, However, if this small extravagance if not controlled.
spooches: the more important in spaces also Indiente clearness of handwriting is accompanied by
The roverse in semi, where the
Hollywood Bowl Los idens and straight-to-the-point wide spaces, even though the A ретвоп
who tries to over- margin tapers down from wide Angeles, where he faced the thinking
However, if a writer leaves a himself (the small formation Eance shows this trail by writer has temporary,
opend much on Lance shows this rays, to narrow on the last side. This publican Women, and next re
splurger great
deal of space between his indicate modest desires) he is writing with a large margin on, of extravagance, but there before leaving Los Angeles words and lines, he will be generous to others..
the left side only. This might splurges are quickly controlled Denver, he addressed at Meeting generous to a fault. Wasteful-
develop into an attitude of by an inbone sente of thrift our
of the American Federation of new and extravagance are seen close spaces between words and the major extravagance.
In revorac, if, there are very making the minor thripagarnus Margins tilat follow, no defnite or as to therma in extreme cases where much lines, but the letter formations where the marglis on both line, but weave in and out, week, when he flew more than too much space is allowed. These are large, then the tight spaces aides of the paper are prepor reveal that's the writer has 5,000 miles making precher writers have · ideas that are denote, a thrifty, person to entirely, extreme econòmiy Por vagance and thrifts. One day he explain to people, bewild grandiose and impossible of An additional set of clues
tionately too narrow or mining spasmodic : splurges of extra-All of which may peri Attainment.
enable a graphologist to dis avarice is indicated. The writer, will be generous, but the next stories of barbeciler, fr In judging handwriting for cover whether a particular, is either very, cautious in money day he will refuse to part with golf, that Ike not witch thrift or generosity, It is wrong, script reveals a desire to diguten matten vos positively stingy and a single cent work
louber after all.
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