J.H. THOMAS RESIGNS FROM HOUSE OF COMMONS

Stratford Evening Post, Volume IV, Issue 155, 12 June 1936, Page 5

J.H. THOMAS RESIGNS FROM HOUSE OF COMMONS

i •; (Precs Association—Copyright.) • ■ S Received 12 Noon To-day. LONDON, June 1 1. i Mr. Baldwin, in the House of Commons, moving that the House accept the Budget Tribunal's report, said that Mr. J. H. 1 nomas and Mr. Alfred Butt, by resigning from the House, had made expiation in full. 1 hey had left the House for the last time ; and it was closed to them. I here was no appeal from the findings. The motion was carried. i Major Attlee attacked the corrupt practices as an emanation I from gamblers in the City, and said it was high time.to clean up I the City. i Mr. James Maxton said that during the 30 years he had known ; Mr. Thomas, at no time did he or those associated with him ap- \ prove of Mr. Thomas's methods or general practice conduct. In their farewell speeches, Mr! Thomas and Mr. Butt denied | the charges made against them, and Mr. Thomas said: "Nothing j con be said that can humiliate me more, who have been humiliated till I have no strength left to fighf a by-election." I He walked dejectedly from the House in a dead silence. ! Mr. Butt said he had been the vi< f im of a grave injustice. Fie hoped and prayed that some means was still available to enable him to prove his integrity. He would aoply immediately for the i Children Hundreds. Mr. Butt bo Wed to the Speaker as he left the ! House.

An earlier message says that the Communist, Mr. H. S. Gallacher, tabled a resolution in the Commons expressing belief in the justice of the findings of the tribunal and affirming that Thomas and Butt should not longer continue to be members of the House. The motion further expressed the opinion that, in view of the character of the evidence presented at the tribunal, criminal proceedings should be instituted against Mr. Thomas.