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o u t t o him Z i r s t t h a t h e hed girren ma no I n f o r m a t i o n t i t aXL
& Y t o Ohit r c s s u l t o f t h e n e g o t i a t i o n s whiah hed t a k e n p 1 a 0 ~ 1
b e t w e s n him an,l ttle ;iem~i,t;eund wliioh hrrd t i p g a r e n t l y tinded .i@out
a In,lith go. I tkien d i r e o t e d h i o a t t e n t i o n t o the p a r t of' t h a
p e t i t i o n r e l a t i n g t o t h e law of J u n e 1939. I s a i d t h i s war e
very a m p r s h e n s i v e lew, a o n t a i n e d v e t y many p r o v i s i o n a , anrl
t h e t i t d i d tiot aeom t o m e t o be ri:;ht ox fair $0 ti e Oaunoil
t o y r o p o a e tha t t h e y o h o u l d examino evorr h r t i ß l e i n t h s law
t o sse w h o t , f any, WH^ o o n t r s r y t o a a a e a r t i c l e Zn Lhe
C o n o j t u t i a r t , 1 a s k e d h i n wha t a r t i a L e e he had i n iiiind,
Ila msntianed Paragraph 4 a f A r t l o l s 5 and
Kith r a g a r d t o iJerugrapii k i i s d i f f i o u l t y seerued t o a r i s e from
t h e use o f t h e worcis t*orgentl and H
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oacs wliict. he h i m e e l f Pa a rnembsr o f the 'former Govelrnmant had
passed i n tlarah 19-53, b u t he p o i n t e d oiit tiiat, t h e s e worda
were n o t i n t h e prttvious lraw 8nd h e arguotl th, t t h a c e wortfu
r e f e r r a d t o o f f i c i e l o r g o n i z e t i o n s and i n o l u d e d t h e B . A . S.S.
arid l i i t l e r j u . < e n d . I otiid thdt t h a t 0 3 t l d h a r d l a be s o e s these
orgatlizri f i o a s coulQ n v t be c o n s i d e r s d oqgtlns o f the S L: t e .
lie t h e n s a i d t h u t bwabl
some s u b e e q u e n t d e o r a c whioh o o u l d not
reoarll, wh uh had g l a c e d t h o Y . A . , 0.3. end 1J.J. u n d e r the
pz'otsotiun of t h e l a w o f June 1933. I t h e a pointcld o u t t l i ü t
t h e p e t i t i o n referred o n l y t a t h e Lblw o f 1933,rind t i m t furt!zar3
more thsr b i e ; i e of t h e p e t i t i o n was t b e auppresaion o f his p a p ~ e r
f o l l o w i n g a a a l l e g e d ~ t t a c kupon t h e Cavernment and was thorefore pre8uasd t o be a breooh o f t h a law a s p ~ s a e dby t h e
previous S e n a t e a s w e l l aLi tho i l e t l o n u l E o ~ i ~ 1 1 lew
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of ;une 1932 (ths P u l 1 Yowers L H W ) dnda r which t h e V o l k s t e g
c l e i . ~ , e dt h e rigk:t of v t i t o , und s a l t l 1.liob u l t h o u 8 h t h e i l e t l o n u l
S o a l c l i s t P a r t y had t h e m e j o r i t y i t wea still fres t o othor
P a r t i e s t o p r o p o s e thc v e t o , e v e n i f they were d e f e a t e d by t h e
m a j o r i t y . I a s h e d hin if h i s P a r t y hed c ~ n s l d e r e dt h e lew t @
be u n c o n s t i t u t l o n a l why thejf h s d i o t rriade some e f i'art t s *%f
t h e p r o w i e i u n i n t o f o r c e . Ile s s i i d t h a t i t W @ & ~ 8 ~ 1 1 9 9tO
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w i t h r e f e r e n a e t o t h e Coundol
report o f J a n u ~ r y1934, W' i c h s t a t e a thnt t h e H i t $ Comissi3,ier s h c u d cr n s i d e r om ngst other t h i n g s afiether t h e
l o c a l l e g a l rsroedies had been tried. I asked him slso nhet
t h e ~ o s i t i o nwas w i t k regerd t o the pendlng p r ~ s e c u t i ~ n
s g a i n ~ thirnself.
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before tk.e c o u r t s w i t h i n f a ü r vier-ks. Tke dfidrgec e ;a:nst
k i r n wer-, f i r s t l g , for n 3 t fietvfnf Zhe correct infzr-etirn
8 s t o tht ~ f s c eo f pricting o f 1 . i ~n e n s F a p e r g n en edi'ion
p u b l i s h e d i n K~vember. 2he circanistances had b e - a t h e ? F i s
usueil p r i n t e r hsid been unab'le t o p ~ 2 r . t a l l the eopies t'r oran
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office. Be p o i n f c d o u t t : a t t 3 e ' J o r p ~ s t e n , the E ~ t i . s n r l Socialist organ, hod i i n t f l the 1 ~ t2uly of t h i s yesr, be - U
o o n s i s t e n t l y g s i l t ~of the ssne o f f e o c e . Tke o t k e r two
charges i g s i n s t h - h r k l a t e d t o tke a r t i c l e i n a Lerck; iac2e
i n w1:ich he rcferrsd t u S i r ¿o?:n C i m n l s rcport t 3 the
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