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will, I hope, strengthen the hands of those who mean this 

 Bill should actually come into being and become an Act. 

 If it is the wish of the Conference, will you kindly say so? 

 (Cries of " Agreed/') 



The resolution was carried unanimously. 

 Alderman S. CRES SWELL (Wands worth) said that he 

 wished to submit a resolution with regard to the question of 

 measles. 



The CHAIRMAN: That is. out of order; though it is a 



.matter of very considerable interest, it can hardly come 

 within the scope of the present Conference. I will read the 

 resolution to the Conference which Mr. Cresswell wishes 

 to propose, but it hardly appears to me that it is quite 

 germane. to the present procedure, and I am afraid that 

 when I have read the resolution I shall have to rule it out 

 of order, but still I will read the resolution, as it is on a very 

 important subject. It reads: " That in the opinion of this 

 Conference it is of vital importance to the nation that 



. scientific and medical research be instituted with regard to 

 the cause and prevention of measles, and as to the possibility 

 of rendering children immune from such disease/' I have 

 read the resolution to you. I assure you it has a very large 

 measure of sympathy so far as I am concerned, and I believe 

 there are good reasons why this investigation should take 

 place, but I am afraid I must rule that the resolution i> out 

 of order. 



Alderman CRESSWELL said that before the Chairman 

 ruled his resolution out of order he would remind him that 



. he had just accepted a motion from Dr. Chalmers. J^e (the 

 speaker) was not asking the Conference to take any opera- 

 tive action, but simply to refer the question to the Executive 

 Committee. Surely the Conference had issued Standing 

 Orders to its representatives. He held that a Conference 

 of this character should issue Standing Orders, so that any 

 delegate attending and feeling very strongly about any 

 subject should have an opportunity of placing a resolution 

 on the paper. He had been hunting about for the past two 



, hours thinking he would be able to get hold of someone 

 to submit his resolution to, and as he was willing that it 

 should be simply referred to 4he Executive Committee, he 

 did appeal to the Chairman that he would let that Confer- 

 ence of representatives decide whether it was of sufficient 

 importance to be referred to the Committee. Might he take 

 it that the Chairman would allow him to put the resolution 

 to the meeting? 



The CHAIRMAN : If I allow this to be in order in one 

 case, I should lay myself open and the whole of this Con- 



