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Show ill M HEFLIN IN UILY TILT Representative From Ala bama Calls House Minority Minor-ity Leader a Liar WASHINGTON Oct 10 -Bitter per sonallt es were exchanged In the house today between Repreaentative Mann the m no ity eader and Representative Hefl n of A abama during d scuas on of a woman suff age amendment offered by Mr Mann to the Ph pp ne ndependence b L In the heat of debate Mr Heflin ca ed Mr Ma n a 1 ar and the latter charged that the Alabama member had made a speech in the house against suf frage vvhic was an insu t to womanhood, Af er strenuous debate vvh ch for a mo ment threatened o resu t in phys cal encounter a portion of Representat ve Mann s remarks was o dered expunged from the ecord by a vote of 152 to 66 i The matter orde ed expunged was a re ! mark made by t e m nority eader when Representat ve Hefl n recai ed a speech Mr Mann had nade two jears ago at the time of the suffrage parade in Wash lngton when a girl was insu ted Mr Hefl n declared that Mr Mann In e sted the young woman shou d have re ma ned at home I thought it was bet ter for the young gl 1 to be at hon e than n that parade said Mr Mann n rep y for fear the gentleman from Alabama shou d ha e been sure to have insulted i her i After the rema k had been expunged from the ecord deba e ensued on the Man amendn ent wh c wou d prov de suffrage for vomen in the Phi pp nee ani n th s a co oquy occu red between the Illino s and Alabama membe s during dur-ing wh ch Representa ve Hefl n dec ared I pronounce the gent eman from 1111 no s a ar The suff age amendment was defeated by a vote of 34 to 68 |