CABINET AND TARIFF
SAMUEL CLAIMS LIBERTY
VOICE DISAGREEMENT
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(Received Bth February, 10 a.m.) LONDON, 7th February. Sir Herbert Samuel, Home Secretary, speaking at Southport, disclosed that he, Lord Snowden, Sir Donald Maclean, and Sir Archibald Sinclair during the tariff discussions tendered their resignations from Cabinet. "We accepted the invitation to remain," he said, "only because, it was accompanied by the offer of complete liberty of speech and vote, expressing disagreement. That freedom must be a reality and not be restricted like that of cage birds."
In a speech at Manchester, the Home Secretary said that he accepted the invitation to remain in the Cabinet on the understanding that he enjoyed liberty to speak and not merely to mumble.
It- was essential, he said, for the House of Commons and the country to know the points of and leasons for the disagreement. Moreover, in securing freedom to vote on these matters, a service had been rendered to a number of Conservatives who, at the election, pledged themselves to their constituents to oppose a tax on food and raw materials.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 32, 8 February 1932, Page 9
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184CABINET AND TARIFF Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 32, 8 February 1932, Page 9
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