COMMUNIST HUMOUR
Sir,—Recently a correspondent deplored what seemed to him a lack oi humour evidenced by international Communists. I have wondered if the gentleman in question has had the obvious pleasure, always associated with humour (of the unconscious brand) of reading about the Gilbertian effort of Sir Arthur Deakin, general secretary of the Trades Union Congress (London), in emphasising.to his unions the baleful effects of asking for wage increases to cope with the mounting living costs. Coincident with this joke, the party of which he is a prominent member made a concerted effort to get salaries raised from £lOOO to £l5OO per annum, but unfortunately had to “make do” with the £2 a day expenses for 181 days. It the members of unions have a sense of humour, the reading of Mark Twain s stories will have, in the future, no appeal.—Yours, etc., dHC. July 7, 1954.
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Press, Volume XC, Issue 27396, 8 July 1954, Page 7
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