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56a, which is why the two socialist parties withdrew from the National Council. They were joined by the representatives of the legionaries (p. 404). Now the play of the high-level Freemasons began in the National Council: "The National Council Bureau without these three groups then expressed the conviction that the candi- tion to the presidency was the right of every citizen of the state and that therefore there was no reason for a resignation of the chairman Prof. Němec. Prof. Němec took note of this, revoked his renunciation and ran for president of the National Council (no.O.S. 404). Now the 33° Mason Dr. Přemysl Šámal took action. As chancellor of the President he headed on 14 June. On the occasion of the meeting of the Prime Minister and the chairmen of the two chambers of Masaryk after Lana Castle, he read his statement in a solemn abdication, which at the end contained the following sentence: "I would like to tell you that as my successor Dr. Beneš em pf le. I worked with him beyond borders and at home and I know him (no.O.S.406). Klepetář continues in his account: "On the same day that T. G. Masaryk abdicated, the National Assembly was called to re-election of the President for December 18, 1935 in the Wladislaus Hall. For the election campaign, almost four days remained. The agrarian central organ, the "Venkov", wrote on 1 December that the agrarists and the trade party were for an unpolitical candidate and would propose such a candidate in the president of the National Council Dr. Bohumil Němec. Masaryk's recommendation of Benesch's candidacy was private in nature (p. 408). Now the campaign against the electoral front of Prof. Němec began. The Sokol and the Legionnairegemeinde pushed 112 01210