Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin and Colonial Secretary William Ormsby-Gore were today faced with a demand that a woman be included in the Royal Commission which is to investigate the Palestine disorders.
The demand, presented by the National Council of Women, emphasizes that the commission will deal with the lives of an entire community. It suggests that orthodox persons of both the Moslem and Jewish faiths who have objections to treating with women be heard by the male members of the commission alone.
A woman’s presence on the body, the Council declares, will be helpful in encouraging women witnesses.
The names of four members of the commission have already been made known. A fifth member is to be named. Formal announcement of the appointments and the commission’s terms of reference are expected to be made tomorrow in the House of Commons by the Colonial Secretary.
Co-signers of the Council’s appeal are the Commonwealth League, the Women’s International League and the Women’s Freedom League.
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