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October 29, 1931

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M'DONALD ELECTED BY SEAHAM MINERS; Premier Thanks Nation for Big Majority--Message From Baldwin to Voters. SNOWDEN CHEERS LABOR Henderson Also Says Defeat Is Only Temporary Setback for the Socialist Movement. Miners Wait for Results. M'DONALD ELECTED BY SEAHAM MINERS THE MACDONALD STATEMENT. Baldwin Statement to Voters. Snowden Sees Labor's Return. Samuel Recalls Winners' Pledge.

By Ferdinand Kuhn Jr. Wireless To the New York Times

MacDonald reelected from Seaham

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LAMONT URGES REICH TO ASK FRANCE NOW FOR DEBT REVISION; Parls Will Be Reasonable, He Believes, Telling Both Sides to Drop Old Prejudices. INITIATIVE NOT 'UP TO' US Hoover Moratorium Has Paved Way, He Says, Predicting 'Open Mind' When We Act Again. WANTS LOANS PROTECTED Holds Americas Cannot Continue to Make Them on the Present Basis-- Suggests World Tariff Changes. Opposes First Steps Here. Urges Tariff Reduction. LAMONT ASKS REICH TO SEEK DEBT CUTS Says Moratorium Exists Now. Wants "Sensible" Proposals. Sounds Warning to Germany. Discusses Treaty Revision. The Tariff Question.

By Unknown Author

T W Lamont advises Germany to stop agitating for revision and trust to "orderly processes,"

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SMITH TO LEAD 15,000 IN RELIEF CANVASS; Drive to Reach Every Home in City Begins Nov. 16--Three Banks Give $100,000 Each. JOBLESS STORM BUREAUS 15,000 Register In Three Days --Welfare Council Warns Against New Breadlines. SMITH TO LEAD 15,000 IN RELIEF CANVASS More Branches to Open. Plans for Smith Canvass. Seeks 400,000 Contributors. Applicants in Line at 3 A.M. Letter Carriers to Help.

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To direct 15,000 canvassers

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DIVIDED JUDGESHIPS, PICKED HIS OWN SON, M'COOEY DECLARES; Testifies Splitting of Bench posts Was Contemplated From the Beginning. SAYS SON ASKED FOR PLACE Evades Query on Fixing Number of New Judges--Took Up Plan With Albany Leaders. MACY DENIES ACTIVITY Steinbrink Also Falls to Recall Taking Part in Arrangement--Seabury Ends Deal Inquiry. Steinbrink Is Vague. DIVIDED JUDGESHIPS, M'COOEY DECLARES To Sift Registration Today. Discussed Number of Posts. Steinbrink Lost Hope. Spoke to Steingut. Talked to Kracke. Tells of Son's Nomination. Confirms McCooey Testimony. Denies Knowledge of Deal. Recalls No Conference. McNaboe in Clash. ADMITS HAND IN BENCH AGREEMENT.

By Unknown Author

Testifies on splitting of judgeships

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BRITAIN ELECTS 470 TORIES, NATIONAL MAJORITY IS 500; M'DONALD WINS LABOR SEAT; PREMIER SEES DIFFICULTIES Calls Vote Embarrassing, but Says It Is Demand for Cooperation. ONLY 58 ARE IN OPPOSITION Lloyd George Is Regarded as Likely Leader of 4 Liberals and 52 Laborites. BENNETT TO CALL PARLEY Canadian Premier Seeks Empire Conference for Reciprocity in Tariffs. Tories Are Far in Lead. 470 TORIES ELECTED IN SWEEP IN BRITAIN Sessions Will Fix Course. Snowden's Successor Is Problem. Laborites Lose 214 Seats. James Maxton Is Reelected.

By Charles A. Selden. Special Cable To the New York Times

LONDON, Oct. 28.--The assurance on today's polling returns that Ramsay MacDonald himself had been reelected to Parliament by his doubtful coal-mining constituency completed the greatest victory and electoral landslide that has occurred in British political history in a full century.

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