PENSIONS AND POLITICS
SHARP CLEAVAGE DESIRABLE. London, July 11. i In tho House of Commons, Mr. Barlow moved: "That it is essential, that all questions relating to pensions should jjo kept free of party politics." ■Ho said that corruption in public lifo would be inevitable if pensions became a matter of political bargaining. Mr. Bonar Law said that if tho par- .' ties began seeking election on the ' strength of what they were goiug to do regarding .pensions, a most demoralising i campaign would ensue. The members of the House of Commons ought to carry i tho resolution, showing that they were < determined to keep Hie question out of ; tho area of ordinary party politics. ; Tho resolution was accepted.—Aus.-N.Z. a Cable Assn. ( .— \
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 253, 13 July 1918, Page 7
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121PENSIONS AND POLITICS Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 253, 13 July 1918, Page 7
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