The Archive · 1939

Budget Haggle Prolonged

Plenary sessions of the budget committee of the House of Representatives, which were to end today, have been prolonged for another day as a result of a joint conference of leaders of the Minseito and Seiyukai Parties, it was announced tonight, The action was taken because of the desire of the major political parties to obtain a "definite explanation" from the government regarding China policies.

Sub-committee meetings will be concluded in five days instead of six as previously planned—Domei.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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