GERMAN CABINET
ELECTION MAJORITY NOT EXPECTED. REFORM OF CONSTITUTION. (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) (Rec. 9.25 p.m.) London, October 6. The Berlin correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says that the von Papen-Schleicher Cabinet does not expect a majority at the elections on November 6. It has already decided to ignore a hostile vote in the new Reichstag directly the elections are over. It will introduce a Bill for the reform of the constitution, restoring the system of single member constituencies and making Cabinet less dependent on Reichstag votes. Prussia will continue as an independent state, but some Prussian Ministries will be amalgamated with corresponding departments of the Reich, and the Prussian Parliament will not be elected separately, but will consist of Prussian members of the Reichstag. Cabinet will propose that the Reichstag appoint a committee to consider the Bill, then adjourn for six months, in which time it is hoped negotiations will yield the two-thirds majority needed for changes in the Constitution. On the contrary, Cabinet does not contemplate a coup d’etat, and is anxious to restore normal relations between the Government and Parliament.
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Southland Times, Issue 21831, 7 October 1932, Page 7
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