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INDEPENDENT LABOUR PARTY.
ALTRINCHAM DISTRICT BRANCH. |
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42 Wharf Rd
Altrincham
2/9/14
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| Dear Comrade |
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"I am instructed to forward
the following resolution which was
carried unanimously at our branch meeting.
"That the members of this branch
desire to thank Mr J. R. MacDonald
and Mr J. Keir Hardie for their manly
and brave opposition to the policy
which has led to the participation
of Great Britain in the terrible
war now raging on the Continent."
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Faithfully Yours |
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T. E. Merrifield
Hon Sec |
Mr. J. R. Macdonald
House of Commons |
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Source 1b
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[On Independent Labour Party headed notepaper, Southend-on-Sea branch. Dated August 5th, 1914] |
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| Mr J. R. MacDonald.
Dear Sir
I am instructed by my Branch to
thank you and the Labour Party for the attitude
which you have taken up concerning the
European war, and the position therein of the
British nation. I am also instructed to inform
you that my Executive Committee has passed the
following resolution:-
"That the Southend Branch of the Independent
"Labour Party strongly protests against the European
"war now in progress, which it regards as a
"natural result of methods of secret diplomacy. It
"calls upon the representatives of the people to use
"the utmost weight of their influence to prevent
"further spreading of the sphere of hostilities ... |
