http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/2861862?searchTerm=%22arthur+loft%22#pstart701145

Nylons are no luxury, unionist tells inquiry I Statements that women’s hosiery was . a luxury were ill-founded, and the result of loose thinking:, a witness told a Tariff Board inquiry yesterday. And invariably the state- ments carne from men, he said. The witness, Mr. Arthur Loft. Australian . Textile Workers’ Union general secretary, said […]