374 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
contained in this new article are so simple that it seems to be super-arrogation to try to explain them to the House by any lenghty speech.
Sir, I move.
Mr. Vice-President : There are certain amendments to this which I am calling out. No. 74 Mr. Sarwate.
Shri V. S. Sarwate (United States of Gwalior-Indore-Malwa-Madhya Bharat). Mr. Vice-President, Sir, I beg to move an amendment to this amendment. My amendment stands thus :
“That in amendment No. 1018 of the list of amendments, in article 40, after the words “The State shall” and lie fore sub-clause (a), this new clause he inserted and the existing clause be renumbered accordingly :—
(a) foster truthfulness, justice, and sense of duty in the citizens.”
*Shri H. V. Kamath : …………Sir, I move—
“That in amendment 1018 of the list of Amendments in article 40, after the word, ‘shall’ the words ‘ endeavour to ‘ be inserted, in clause (b) the wods ‘seek to’ be deleted in clause (c) the words ‘endeavour to ‘ be deleted.”
Mr Vice-President : The question is that for the existing article 40, the following be substituted :—
So that if this amendment be accepted by the House the amendment of the Drafting Committee will read as follows :—
“40. The State shall endeavour to—
(a) promote international peace and security ;
(b) maintain just and honourable relations between nations ;
(c) foster respect for international law and treaty obligations in the dealings of organised people with one another, and
(d) encourage the settlement of international disputes by arbitration.”
This amendment seek only a slight structural change in the amendment brought forward by Dr. Ambedkar so as to bring out or indicate the directive character of the principle embodied in article 40 ……….
†Mr. President : Mr. Ayyangar, will you move it formally ?
Shri M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar : Sir, I move that in the amendment of Dr. Ambedkar, at the end add the following sub-clause :—
“and ( d ) to encourage the settlement of international disputes by arbitration.”
The motion was adopted.
‡The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Sir I accept Mr. Kamath’s three amendmednts. I accept Dr. Subbarayan’s amendment and I accept the amendment moved by my Honourable friend, Mr. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar. I do not accept any other amendment.
The motion was negatived.
*CAD, Vol. VII, 25th November 1948. p. 596.
†Ibid., pp. 595
‡Ibid., p. 604.