WAS HE PENALISED?

Gisborne Times, 13 October 1932, Page 5

WAS HE PENALISED?

— AIR SAMUEL LETT OFF DEFENCE COMMITTEE

COAiPLAINT IN HOUSE MR McDOUGALL COMES TO THE ■ Press Assoeiaf ion.' WELLINGTON, OcE 12. Wjien the sessional select committees were being appointed in the House of Representatives t'o-day, Air Samuel (C.) said lie would like to ask the 'Government what procedure was adopted in setting up a select committee. He referred particularly to the committee concerned with do■foneo. ■ He was the senior military member in the House, and had been left off the committee. He had been led to believe that it was Jett in i,lie hands of the whips to make recommendations regarding the, personnel of committees. He was not suggesting that’ he was being penalised for any action lie had taken in Hie House. It was possible lie had been too sympathetic to Llie claims ol returned soldiers, though he could not see liovv anyone could be too sympathetic. Air Jordan (LA said that Mr Samuel in the past had been a very useful member of the .committee. Mr Forbes said that in setting up committees, attempts liad been made to dovetail the work, so that no member would be embarrassed by having to serve on I'oo many committees. Mr McDougall requested that ho would be allowed to withdraw from tii<* committee in favor of Air Samuel, remarking that he considered Air Samuel knew more, about defence matters than he did. On the motion of the .Prime Alinister, the House agreed to this course.