Two cartoons from a collection of communist cartoons sent from a solicitor in Pontypool to the Director of Public Prosecutions in Whitehall, 12 July, 1927. One entitled: ‘The Labour Party rescues the Unemployed’; the other: ‘Homes for Heroes’ (Catalogue ref: DDP 1/24)
William Hope, a political and sports cartoonist was born in New Zealand and moved to Britain after the First World War. He worked for the ‘Daily Herald’ and ‘The Communist’ 1920-23, weekly paper representing the Young Communist League. He used the ‘Espoir’- his name in French, meaning hope.
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The Labour Party Rescues the Unemployed
- Labour Party meets to consider drastic action regarding Unemployed problem
- Adjourned meeting of the Labour Party Conference to solve Unemployed problem
- Further meeting of Labour Party Conference to solve Unemployed problem
- Labour Party calls a Special Conference to solve Unemployed problem
- Adjourned meeting of Special Labour Party Conference to solve the Unemployed problem
- Labour Party calls Extraordinary Conference to solve…