The office of Prime Minister Mackenzie King today stated that the present parliamentary session will not act on the bill introduced by Angus MacInnis, Canadian Commonwealth Federation representative, which proposes a new section to the criminal code to prevent public utterances and the distribution of material likely to cause dissension or disturbance due to differences of race or religion.
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