MORE CLOTHES FOR MEN, LESS FOR WOMEN
Eeeeived Friday, 8.50 p.m. LONDON, Jnly 11. Speaking at the annual conferenee of the National Union of Tailors and' Garment Makers in London, Sir Stafford Cripps took a courageo'uS ste'p when he said the Board of Tradfeproposed to antiori^e the manufacture of more men's suitings ahd clothing and to redress the halance by cutting d'owh' the quantity of clothing made for women. "Woifieh ah usuM sbehf to' havegot away -With it at the expense of mere man," said Sir Stafford. "We are going to take the man's side for the niomeht because' we tbink justicd' points* that way. Perhaps if husbands spent more on their clothes and less' on* their wives- it might rigftf the balance — that is to say, if they dare to do so! "
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Chronicle (Levin), 12 July 1947, Page 5
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