UNEMPLOYED PROTEST

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21409, 27 February 1935, Page 11

UNEMPLOYED PROTEST

❖ HOUSE OF COMMONS DISTI'KBED LONDON. February 25. Following the refusal of Mr Oliver Stanley (Minister for Labour) to see a deputation of 50 unemployed at the Ministry of Labour, they visited No. 10 Downing street, and left a letter of protest for Mr Ramsay Mac Donald, and did the same at the office of the Unemployment Assistance Board. There was a sequel in the House of Commons when an obviously organised disturbance broke out in the gallerv. Several men shouted, ■Down with the Unemployment Act, down with the Government," alter which they hurled down a large number of green leaflets. Two men violently resisted the attempts to evict them and had to be dragged out. Other sympathisers were shepherded out quietly and the tumult was over in two minutes. The leaflets, signed on behalf of the Independent Labour and communist parties, protested against die wholesale starvation of men, women, and children. Some time later, the police had to a large crowd from the central :ialJ of the Parliament buildings. About 100 communists had gathered, seeking interviews with members and tickets for the gallery. Some of iliem began shouting their usual cries, upon which the police cleared ihe hall.