The Archive · 1935

Mr, Macdonald Rebuffed

Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, Lord Pres~ ident of the Council, passed through tone of the most dificult moments of his political career yesterday when he was shouted off the platform of a campaign meeting at Seaham Harbour, where he is secking re-election.

The rebuff occurred during the ast of three meetings, one of whick proved extremely stormy.

Similar hostility was shown toward Mz. J. H. Thomas, Secretary of State for the Dominions, who had gone by plane to Seaham Harbour to support Mr. MacDonald. Cat calls and booes: interrupted Mr. Thomas—Reuter,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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