Issue Raised by Members of the 1 Legislative Assembly Simla, Sept. 11.
Sir John Simon has telegraphed to the Viceroy announcing that the first sitting of the Statutory Commission will take place at Poona on October 12 with the provincial com. mittee elected by the Bombay Sir John states that six out of the eight remaining provincial coun-ells have already decided to ¢0- operate with the Commissfon. Meanwhile, he requests the Viceroy invite the Council of State elect its proportion of members of the central committee and also requests the Viceroy to complete the composition of the conimittee in uch manner as he thinks—most appropriate, Later.
Forty-four members of the Legistive Assembly have issued are Joinder to the cable from Sir John Simon to the Viceroy. The state ment expresses surprise that Sir in evading the ly in spite of the clear majority Assembly, and the hope that ieeroy will not _ugree to perporate on the Assembly any grave Constitutional impropriety" amount
its" representative character." The to a sig om its diy and manifesto demands that, if the Viceroy dows 0, there should be Gksolution and f fresh election to the Central Legistature on the issue of the Assembly's boycott resolution. Reuter.
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