Dail Peace Committee

The pro-Treaty members are Sean Hales; Sean MacEoin; Joe McGuinness; Seamus O'Dwyer and Padraic Ó Máille.  The anti-Treaty members were Harry Boland; Kathleen Clarke (chair); Liam Mellows; Sean Moylan and PJ Ruttledge.  The committee told the Dáil on the 11th (Macardle say 10th) that they had failed to reach an agreement but they struggled on with the talks until the 17th  (Macardle says 16th).  

The anti-Treaty side did not accept the first part of the officers statement of the 1st May i.e. acceptance of the Treaty as a basis for unity.  Harry Boland placed before the committee a memorandum which included that no issue (including the Treaty) should be decided by election.

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