Political Activity
In 1931 Williams was elected to Pontardawe Rural District Council near Neath as a Labour Party candidate, and also elected to the Executive Council of the South Wales Miners' Federation. He was a member of a Miners' delegation to Russia, and also studied at the Central Labour College in London.
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