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COMMONS DIVISION

ADJOURNMENT MOTION

30 CONSERVATIVES ABSTAIN

FROM VOTING

LONDON, August 3,

More than 30 Conservative members abstained from voting on the resolution in the House of Commons for the adjournment to October 3. They included Mr. "Winston Churchill, Mr. L. S. Amery, and Mr. Anthony Eden, who is reported to be ill. This was the outcome of heated interchanges and the Prime Minister's refusal to adopt a suggestion that the House meet during the recess. The Chief Whip will report to Mr. .Chamberlain on the attitude of the absentees.

It is felt that the bitterly personal character of the debate may have important political repercussions.

The "Daily Telegraph" (Independent Conservative) says that the general impression in the lobbies is that the division figures showed greater feeling than was expected for the principle of the Labour amendment, which sought the reassembly of the House on August 21.

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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 30, 4 August 1939, Page 9

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COMMONS DIVISION Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 30, 4 August 1939, Page 9

COMMONS DIVISION Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 30, 4 August 1939, Page 9