Application form to join the Labour party, 1924. (Catalogue ref: PRO 30/69/1830 Pt. 2)
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Rt. Hon. Lord Parmoor, Lord President of the Council
Rt. Hon. J.R. Clynes, M.P. Lord Privy Seal
Rt. Hon. J. Ramsay MacDonald, M.P., First Lord of the Treasury and Secretary for Foreign Affairs
Rt. Hon. Philip Snowden, M.P. Chancellor of the Exchequer
Rt. Hon. Lord Haldane, O.M., Lord Chacellor
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Rt. Hon. Stephen Walsh, M.P. Secretary for War
Rt. Hon. Arthur Henderson, M.P. Home Secretary
Rt. Hon. J.H. Thomas, M.P. Colonial Secretary
Rt. Hon. Viscount Chelmsford, First Lord of the Admiralty
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Rt. Hon. C.P. Trevelyan, M.P. President of the Board of Education
Rt. Hon. Lord Oliver, Secretary for India
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Rt. Hon. J.C. Wedgewood, M.P. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Rt. Hon. John Wheatley, M.P. Minister of Health
Rt. Hon. Noel Buxton, M.P. Minister of Agriculture
Rt. Hon. W. Adamson, M.P. Secretary for Scotland
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Rt. Hon. \lord Thomson Secretary of State for Air
Rt. Hon. Thomas Shaw, M.P. Minister of Labour
Rt. Hon. Sidney Webb M.P. President of the Board of Trade.
Rt. Hon. V. Hartshorn, M.P. Post-Master General
Rt. Hon. F.W. Jowlett, M.P. First Commissioner of Works
“The great source of strength of Labour in the country at present is that they have in their ranks a large number of men who believe in their party. They have the type of man, and any of us who have mixed in the industrial world know him well, who will give the whole of his time to bring about, as he believes he can, a better condition for his fellow-men, with more equality of opportunity, and giving to them a better chance of enjoying more education and more of the good things of life—a perfectly genuine and altruistic feeling. It is that feeling which sends so many of the workers of that Party to canvass, to do propaganda work, and to conduct the business of elections without payment or reward”—MR STANLEY BALDWIN at the Hotel Cecil on February 11th, 1924.
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Application form to join the Labour party, 1924. This is the reverse of the form. (Catalogue ref: PRO 30/69/1830 Pt. 2)
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LABOURS’S RECORD OF SERVICE
Other Parties PROMISE! Labour ACTS!
In its first few weeks of office:
The Labour Government has abolished the “gaps” in the payment of Unemployment Benefit.
The Labour Government has abolished the Regulations restricting the grant of Uncovenanted Benefit to a single person, etc.
The Labour Government has undertaken to introduce a measure for a Universal 48-Hour Week (as promised but NOT passed by the Coalition Government in 1919).
The Labour Government has undertaken to abolish the means limit for Old Age Pensioners- a boon for the aged poor which was recommended by a Government Committee several years ago.
The Labour Government has taken steps to secure the willing co-operation of both workers and manufacturers of materials in the building trades, so as to provide an adequate supply of Houses at Reasonable Rents.
The Labour Government has brought a new atmosphere into Foreign Affairs, which will help to promote a settlement in Europe.
“More has been accomplished”, says the New York Times, in the interests of Franco-British co-operation in the first three weeks of the MacDonald Ministry than in many moths under the Curzon regime”.
The Labour Government has recognised the Russian Government, which is an essential preliminary to the restoration of normal trading relations. This will mean increased exports to Russia from this country; increased exports means increased employment.
The Labour Government has removed Ex-service men in Asylums from the control of the Poor Law.
The Labour Government has undertaken to reduce the size of Classes in Schools, and so give children a fairer chance.
The Labour Government has taken steps to prevent the appointment of Unqualified Teachers in Schools.
The Labour Government is restoring State Scholarships from State-Aided Schools to Universities.
The Labour Government has undertaken, as soon as funds are available, to pass a measure providing Pensions for Widowed mothers.
The Labour Government has the building of a Naval Base at Singapore.
The Labour Government has Reduced the Expenditure on the combined Fighting Forces by nearly £7,000,000.
The Labour Government has introduced a Bill to Regulate the Traffic of London.
The Labour Government has announced an early introduction of a Bill to give Agricultural Workers a Legal Minimum Wage.
No other Party can show such a record of measures passed or in preparation.
MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION FORM
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