The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-20
french TURN
THUMBS down
ON CAILLAUX
BRAND Cabinet Falls
Before Herriot

PARIS, July 1s.-5y a vote of 2ss
to 243, the Rriand-caillaux govern
ment fell Saturday night before the
assaults upon its proposals for a die
tatorshlp, which it claimed was neces-
sary to stop the eaIamltous fall of the
franc.
Edouard Herriot, the millionaire
radical socialist" mayor of Lyons,
president of the chamber of deputies,
is the man to whom is ascribed the
overthrow of the sixth government
France has had in the last sixteen
months. He will probably be called
upon to form a cabinet to take the
place Of the BRAND aillaux combine
in which Caillaux was the ruling ele-
ment.
Franc Follows the Mark.
The opening Of the bourse today is
expected to show the franc nearing
the vanishing point on international
exchange. It closed Saturday at a
value of only 2.44 cents as compared
to 20 cents, in United States money
before the war.
Nov you've done it," cried sup
porters of Caillaux at Herriot, as the
votes were counted. 1.-THE franc will
drop to 60 to the dollar tomorrow"
Herriot Blasts calllaux,
The chamber was astonished and
the BRAND government taken by sur
prise when Herriot, leaving his chair
of president of the chamber, mounted
the speakers tribune and delivered an
impassioned speech against granting
the dictatorship demanded bv the
cabinet. He pleaded first that con.
stituttonal rights should not be sacri.
feed on the altar of Joseph Caillaux's
ambitions. He pleaded with the cham
Der not to commit suicide by handing
over its legislative powers to Caillaux
and allowing the BRAND cabinet to
rule by decree.
These deputies have rights and
obligations to the people. 1t is i'm.
possible for the peoples sworn dele.
gates, the deputies. to delegate their
legislative powers to anybody else.
and that is what Monsieur Caillaux
really asks.
81 mount the speakers tribune. not
as party chief, but as president of the
chamber, which have had the honor
to direct, and which I could direct no
longer if It willingly impaired its own
powers. Gentlemen of the cabinet.
try to cooperate with the parliament.
Do not suppress it,"
Seeing a sneer on the face Of BRAND.
Herriot in anger pointed an accusing
finger at the cabinet benches. and
cried:
You need not sneer Monsieur
Premier, for there are plenty of
tenacious men in this parliament who
feel the need of energetic measures.
but who, having heard the rumors of
a dictatorship. demand that the neces.
stiles of the moment be conciliated
with the fundamental principles of the
republican regime"
Il do not want merely to save the
parliamentary machinery and perhaps
sacrifice my country" replied BRAND
when the applause for Herriot had
ended. "In forty-eight hours this coun.
try must have a government capable
OF acting. 1t cannot be saved other.
wise. II parliament understood this
1t would make a gesture of abrogation
which would win the approval of the
country and not endanger, but
strengthen republican institutions
Look at the Belgians. They have made
their king the dictator"
Il would rather have a king than
Caillaux!" shouted Leon Blum, the so.
cialist.
"A naive lot, this cabinet" observed
the center leader, Marin, ito ask this
chamber to cut its throat in order to
enhance its prestige. The parliament
which abdicates shames itself. We dc
not want to ratify the Washington
accords. It would keep France down
for sixty-two years. France can save
herself"