OATH ABOLISHED.
De Valera’s Bill Passes House. GOES TO SENATE ON MAY 25. United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. (Received May 20, 1 40 pjn.) LONDON, May 19. The party Whips summoned every member of the Dail for the final stages of the Oath Bill, when the chief points of interest were the amendment of the ex-Minister, Mr M’Gilligan, aiming to maintain the treaty as a superior instrument, whether members take the oath or not. Mr Finlay, a supporter of Mr Cosgrave, tabled an amendment preserving the treaty, particularly io its application to the compensation of Public Servants. Mr Norton, Labour leader, declared that the amendments were designed more to put Labour members in difficulties than to save the treaty. Labour did not believe that abolition of the Oath would be an infraction of the treaty'. The amendments were defeated by 77 votes to 69 and the Bill war, passed by the same majority. It will be submitted to the Senate on May 25.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 458, 20 May 1932, Page 7
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