BRITTEN BENJAMIN Typed Letter Signed BenjBritten to local La

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"SUPPORT FOR THE ARTS . . . UNDER THE PRESENT GOVERNMENT . . . A LONG WAY TO GO" BRITTEN, BENJAMIN. Typed Letter Signed, "BenjBritten," to local Labour Party Chairman Norman Cliff, expressing enthusiasm for a candidate for member of Parliament who has musical interests and adding that support for the arts needs improvement. 1 page, 4to, "The Red House" stationery; faint marginal discoloration from prior matting, folds. Aldeburgh, 4 March 1967

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"I was very glad to read that the Labour candidate at Honiton is so musical. I fear that musical M.P.s are rather a rarity, and so certainly for this reason (and of course for many others as well!) I hope she will be successful in the forthcoming by-election. . . .
"We are very glad . . . that the support for the Arts is now so much stronger under the present Government, but there is still quite a long way to go."