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IN NATURE of May 11, p. 719, we put forward the plea that books should not be subject to the proposed purchase tax. It has now been announced that on June 21 the Chancellor of the Exchequer received a deputation in this connexion composed of representatives of the church, literature, science, and education. The deputation consisted of the Archbishop of Canterbury (who introduced the deputation), Sir Arthur Eddington, Lord Hambleden, Mr. A. P. Herbert, M.P., Prof. A. V. Hill, Dr. Albert Mans-bridge, Mr. J. B. Priestley, Sir Charles Grant Robertson, and Prof. R. H. Tawney. The Bishop of Chichester and Sir Will Spens were unavoidably prevented from attending. The deputation was accompanied by Mr. Geoffrey Faber and Mr. G. Wren Howard, president and vice-president of the Publishers' Association, and Mr. Stanley Unwin, chairman of the Books and Periodicals Committee of the British Council.
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Books in War-time. Nature 145, 1013 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/1451013b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/1451013b0