Evening star., 1936-07-04
WHEAT CONTROL
VOTED BY. FRENCH
Socialist. Sponsored Reform
Bill Passes After 28
Hours Debate.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
The Lettist government OF Leon
Blum. first Socialist premier tn
history OF French Republic, has
been faced nth serious financial
difficulties and folded arms"
strike OF norkers.
FOLLOWING concessions to labor,
such as 40-hour peek, the "Croir
de Feu," militant Rightist group,
became more active in opposition
to Blum Meanwhile, the Socialist
premier seeks means OF checking
grortng budget deficit.
By the Associated Press.
PARIS. July 4.-Premier Leon
Blums government pushed the wheat
control bill to passage today after
% hours of continuous debate. The
vote was 357 to 215..
The bill. SocialiSt-sponsored re-
form measure, prohibits temporary ad-
mission to France of foreign wheat
for reshipment to other countries and
virtually suppresses trading in wheat
futures.
Determined opposition to Rightist
attempts to kill the measure kept the
Leftist- Chamber in ses-
sion throughout the night.
Premier Blum's forces voted down
series of Rightist motions for ad-
iournment and counter-proposals to
keep the bill setting up a grain con-
troll agency before the legislators.
The government forces refused to
table the bill. which drew Rightist
attacks as being too expensive to
administer and leading to what was
called controlled imitation"
Midnight Vote Baked.
Georges Monnet, minister Of agri-
culture, sought to bring a midnight
vote on the measure, but was met
with this comment from Rightist
Deputy Pierre Pitois:
We are not yet under a Soviet re-
gime.'
The Chamber then began consider
alton of the proposal, article by
article
Governmental attention earlier had
been turned to two problems-labor
strikes at home and disorders in the
North African territories.
A statement issued by Raoul Au-
baud. undersecretary of the interior,
after conference with Governor
General LIE Beau of Algeria, said:
All important questions affecting
our territories overseas have been
studied and solutions envisaged for
each.
The labor situation in Algeria
continues to show a marked tendency
for improvement. Strong sentiment
of essentially political character con-
tinues to be manifested at several
points in Algeria and might be capable
Of arousing new troubles.
African Crisis Pondered.
Oflcials pondered the situation in
both Alberta and Tunisia, where labor
and anti-Semitic riotine has broken
out recently.
Moslem assaults on Jews at Sousse
and Gafsa in Tunisia brought a speedy
demand for troops yesterday. Order
was restored at SoUsse after attacking
Mohammedans forced Jewish mer-
chants to barricade themselves in
their shops.
One Moslem was killed at Gsfsa in
q clash after policeman arrested a
native for fighting with Jew.
At home, Labor Minister j. B. Lebas
announced 120,322 workers were still
away from their jobs as the folded
arms" strike continued.
Government arbitration commissions
we're established for each department
under Lehas supervision.
Strikers occupying Marseille news
paper Offices we're ousted by police.
Eighty unemployed seized the town
hall at Londes Les Maures near Hyeres
and held the building until the council,
meeting at the mayors home, raised
the dole payments.
Fresh strikes in Paris closed shops
Of two grocery chains.