![Rough manners: Ninety years ago, push came to shove in the Federal Parliament. Illustration by Marco Heer.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/illu-titel-300x225.jpg)
Punch-up in the Federal Parliament
On a hot June day in 1930, two National Councillors had a difference of opinion. After a heated exchange of words, the politicians turned violent.
![Walther Bringolf in the National Council, 1959.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/bringolf-219x300.jpg)
![Portrait of Ruggero Dollfus.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/dollfus-206x300.jpg)
Liar, beast, coward!
![Minutes of the memorable National Council meeting.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/protokoll-205x300.jpg)
![National Council President Ernest Paul Graber tried repeatedly to prevent a total escalation.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/graber-215x300.jpg)
On a hot June day in 1930, two National Councillors had a difference of opinion. After a heated exchange of words, the politicians turned violent.