Mr. Smith, John Brown and the Duke of Plaza Torro

Radio Record, Volume VIII, Issue 37, 22 March 1935, Page 51

Mr. Smith, John Brown and the Duke of Plaza Torro

To the Editor Sir,-May I. say how much [ enjoyed the above racy and human lecturette, The fact that John Brown or the Duke of Plaza Torro may have been mentioned as shareholders in no way detracted from the picture for me, JI note that your correspondent, J. B. B. Smith, takes exception to the statement that Pope Leo XITI was a Jarge shareholder in the Casino, ond that he has referred the question to the secretary of the London Stock Exchange. It is just possible that this latter gen--tleman has no information on the subject, and even if he has, he will find it extremely difficult to decipher the position assuming other people’s names,or those of a corporate society are registered as nominal shareholders. Many wealthy people have methods of registering share ownership which is utterly "beyond the solution of the man in the street. To-day, many people who acclaim against the | Mortgage Corporation Bill and talk loudly of equality and social uplift are involved in benefits from small back street concerns whose means of profit are entirely questionable to anyone of decent ethical standards. I always like to deal with a pawnbroker who trades under his kind’s sign. so Margaret Macpherson’s name on the air will always induce me to leave my switch. down.-I am, ete..

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