The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-01

PARIS, Jan. 31.-The upsurge of
mass anger and disgust evoked by
the Stavisky and other recent fin
ancial scandals increased in intensity
throughout France today as Eduard
Daladier, the new Premier presented
his "crisis" Cabinet to President Lee
brun. Anti-government demonstra-
tionS, protesting the swindling &C
tivities of high government officials,
accompanied by cuts in the wages Of
civil employees and in unemployment
relief, occurred in practically every
city of France.
In Paris, thousands of workers, led
by the French Communist Party,
battled foot and mounted police for
several hours on the boulevards. Paris
traffic was totally paralyzed by the
demonstrations, supported by strike
of chauffeurs and taxi-cab drivers
against increased gasoline taxes,
scheduled to go into effect Thursday.
DaIadier Threatens Workers
Daladier's Cabinet is based mostly
on the Radical Socialist Party, as was
the discredited Chautemps Cabinet,
which collapsed last week. There are
also some representatives from the
Center and Right parties, indicating
an attempt to form q national con-
centration government. Daladier's
first official announcement breathed
hatred against the toiling masses
whose indignation against the cor
rupt bourgeois state apparatus has
terrified the ruling class and its So
cialist lackeyS. ITe threatened brutal
suppression of the protests and strug-
giles of the masses against govern
mental corruption, wage cuts and
hunger, declaring:
I'VE must end rapidly-and bru-
tally, if necessary-the troublesome
situations that are plaguing the
country"
AT the same time, he promised to
tighten the burdens on the capitalists
and to push through ruthlessly the
attempt to balance the budget at the
expense of the toiling masses, through
wage cuts for the civil employees, re-
duction of the already meagre unem-
ployment relief, etc. He indicated
that his government would adopt the
"strong-arm' not only in domestic
affairs, but in international relations.
Cabinet Not Expected to Survive
Publication of the names of the
new Cabinet members has aroused
profound disgust among the masses
and disappointment even among the
bourgeoisie who see most of them as
incompetentS and third-rate leaders.
his disappointment was reflected on
the BourSe where prices fell sharply
and the few gains made yesterday
were completely wiped out. The be-
lief is strong in all circles that the
new Cabinet will not survive its first
test in the Chamber of Deputies, even
should the Socialist Party continue
its traditional policy of supporting the
bourgeois government.
The new Cabinet is composed of
Premier and Foreign Minister, Ed
Guard Daladier, Radical Socialist;
Vice-Premier and Minister of Justice,
Senator Eugene Penacier, Left
Democrat; Minister of Finance and
Budget, Deputy Francois Pietri, Left
Republican; Interior, Eugene Frot,
Independent; War, Col. Jean Fabry,
Center-Republican; Navy, Louis de
Chappedelaine, Left-Radical; Air,
Pierre Cot, Radical Socialist; Over
seas formerly ColoniaD Senator
Henry de Jouvenal. Independent;
Commerce, Jean Mister, Radical
Socialist; Public Works, Joseph Pa
canon, Radical-Socialist; Agriculture,