Power Committee session yesterday morning, a Social Mass Party member alleged that the Electric Power industrialists had, bribed certain poli~ tical party leaders to frustrate nationalization.
A het dispute ensued, culminating in fisticuffs, The meeting adjourned in confusion.
In the afternoon, the Lower House militantly refused to open session until 4.04 o'clock, demanding that the Home Minister, Admiral Suetsugu, be present to explain the Government's attitude towards Thursday afternoon's anti-communist raids on the Minseito and Seiyukai Parties' headquarters. Party leaders, in strong terms, demanded that the Home Minister assume responsibility.
Admiral Suetsugu's expression of regret and declaration that the incident was still under investigation caused an uproar of dissatisfaction The House of Representatives went into recess in the confusion. It reassembled later but was immediately adjourned.—Reuter.
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