FRANCE: Complex Feminine Bill

A bill favoring woman suffrage, drawn up by M. Justin Godart, quondam Minister in the Clemenceau Cabinet, and signed by 83 other Deputies, with political faiths ranging from Conservative to Socialist, was introduced into the Chamber of Deputies.

M. Roulleaux-Dugage, Deputy, sponsored an amendment to include a "family vote by representation," which means that the father of a family should have as many votes in addition to his own as he has children. This amendment was referred to committee by a vote of 440 to 135.

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