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Hellraisers Journal – Wednesday April 24, 1912
London, England – Statistics Prove Class-Discrimination on Titanic
From The Daily Herald of April 22, 1912:
The various representatives of the capitalist Press have taken Mr. Ben Tillett sharply to task for declaring, in a printed statement, that obvious discrimination was apparent in favour of the cabin passengers when the “Titanic’s” lifeboats were being manned. Mr. Tillett probably overstated himself when he spoke of “the vicious class antagonism shown in the practical forbidding of the saving of the lives of the third-class passengers.”
That the facts in the long run justify Mr. Tillett, however, is shown in the proportions of those rescued in each class to their several totals, which the DAILY HERALD here prints for the first time. They are as follows : Per cent:-
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[Emphasis added.]
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SOURCES & IMAGES
“A ‘vicious class antagonism’ at the heart of the Titanic disaster:
the dockers’ union’s response”
-Feb 4, 2022
Society for the Study of Labour History
https://sslh.org.uk/2022/02/04/a-vicious-class-antagonism-at-the-heart-of-the-titanic-disaster-the-dockers-unions-response/
The Daily Herald
(London, England)
-Apr 22, 1912
https://www.newspapers.com/image/790573271
See also:
Hellraisers Journal – Tuesday April 23, 1912
Cambridge, England – Letter to Editor Condemns Ben Tillett
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It Was Sad When That Great Ship Went Down