AMENDMENT DEFEATED

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 122, 25 May 1937, Page 9

AMENDMENT DEFEATED

DESIRE OF ROYALTY EASIER ACCESS TO COURT

(Keceived May 25, noon.) . LONDON, May 24. Mr. Winston Churchill (Conservative) said he wondered where Mr. Attlee had been during the past few weeks, when there had been a 'Clear manifestation that it was the wish of an overwhelming majority in all parties that the pomp and circumstance associated with the Monarchy should not be cleared away, in these modern days. .; - Denying that any town in Britain had been stirred to its depths by the Coronatioa or that any big section 'of tli'e population wanted "bunting and bunkum," Mr. J. Maxton (Independent Labour Party) argued that the cost of the monarchical system was heavier than necessary. Sir Archibald Sinclair, leader of the Liberal Party,, said that the monarchy was performing a vital service; He agreed that greater simplicity was desirable, but the King, and previously King Edward VIII and also King George V, had shown keenness to make access to the Court easy for all sections of society.' He expressed surprise that Mr. Attlee blamed the Press, which knew, the interest the people took in the Royal Family. Colonel J. C: Wedgwood (Labour) asked how the King could get the feel- j ings of the people when he only read the newspapers of the governing classes.. The Labour amendment was defeated by 204 votes to 104, after'which the resolutions were approved,