The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-02
Communist Deputies
Sing The International
in French Parliament
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district, which elected the Commu-
nists, comprises part Of the central
business section Of the city and part
of the big east side working class por-
ton.
To Refrain From Voting.
AS q result OF the decisions of the
radical socialists and the socialists to
refrain from voting on the Peret pro-
posals to meet the budget deficit,
there was every indication that the
BRAND cabinet would have it's life
prolonged at least until the reconven.
ing of parliament after the regular
Easter vacation. Former Premier
Herriot had appealed to both groups
not to vote on the government pro-
posals in order to prevent the over
throw of BRAND.
Anticipate Brands Fall.
He believes that with the passage
of the governments financial meas
ures thus assured. and his own and
sympathetic groups relieved of respon-
sibility, BRAND will have to bear the
certain wave of condemnation which
will roll in like an avalanche from
every part Of France. The protests
are certain to assume a huge volume.
The new poll tax, which tax 100000
citizens who have never before been
directly taxed and many Of the other
new tax proposals, are extremely un-
popular.
Modify Sales Tax.
The government was Obliged to linn
it the proposed increase in sales taxes
to transactions by wholesale houses
relieving thus the immense number of
small shopkeepers from whom it had
been hoped to collect the bulk of the
tax. Both the socialists and the rad
ical socialists are still opposed to any
kind of an increased sales tax at all
Peret has also won the approval of the
finance commission to a small in
crease of duties on wine, beer, cider,
and coffee. These will hit the work
ers particularly as even the poorest
families include these items in their
diet. There will be increases in real
estate and commercial property trans
actions. Even the dance halls of the
Montmarte district, which are the re-
sort of the tourists and the American
visitors especially, are to contribute
to the official revenues.
oppOrtunIst Tactics, as UusuaI.
In accordance with their opportun-
istic tactics and lack Of real revolu-
tionary theory, the French socialists
have now given up their opposition in
order to help the liberal bourgeois pol
tician, Eduoard Herriot, put his po-
itical opponent, BRAND, an ex-social-
st and chauvinist, sin bad" 1t is ex-
lected that when the BRAND cabinet
alls, Herraot win Ect the premier
ship again. ssf
Communists Attack. Government.
The Communists, on the other hand,
are redoubling their attacks on the
government. Garchery, a Communist
representative, in the chamber yester-
day pointed out that the BRAND pro-
posals mean that only a third, or APP
proximately $5O,0OO,00O of the $780,.
100000 needed to balance the budget,
will come from levies on the rich.
Two-thirds Of the total will be paid
by the poor. Out of the estimated
income of the new poll tax of about
$40 900 900, only $5,666.666 is to come
from the wealthy classes. The Com
munists, he declared, stood for the
capitalist class in France standing
for the entire deficit.
Sacrifices $40.
There was an unusual scene In the
chamber when Deputy Dauthy, a rad
ical socialist, took three one hundred
franc notes (about 500 from his
pocket and handed them to Finance
Minister Peret, declaring that "Depu-
ties should make an example of sacri-
fee"
BRAND or "chaos."
The continued decline of the franc,
altho minimized by the finance min
istry, is expected to strengthen the
governments position. A fall of the
ministry at this time was character
lied as extremely dangerous" De.
feat Of BRAND, his supporters claim
ed, would plunge the nation into I'M