 Carr was widely read, and could assist the whips if the party was caught “on the hop” by speaking for his full-time while the party reorganised.He had a struggle to exist on his Parliamentary salary (£7 or $14 a week when he entered the house in 1928) and also contribute to local raffles and fundraisers.To save money he lived in his office, sleeping on a day-bed, although Nash tried to ban this for a time.