'Mr, Ramsay MacDonald is having a sti' ght at Seaham. This was expected. Indeed many' of his friends Would have wished him to stand for fa safer seat which could have been made available for him, Nothing can excuse the rowdiness with which he ig being confronted, although he is probably too old 'a campaigner to Jattach more significance to i than the needs of a contest require. Apart from the "evidently organized hooliganism, Mr, MacDonald is cou-fronted by a formidable opponent in Mr, Emanuel Shinwell, his own former Parliamentary Secretary to the Department of Mines, Me. Shin-well represented Linlithgow from 1922 to 1024 and from 1928 to 1931. He established for himself a distinct reputation in the House and his knowledge of the mining industry must be an enormous asset to him.
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