Evening star., 1939-03-19
Paris
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Britain, which declared Germany
had violated the Munich agreement
by absorption of echo-Slovakia.
At the same time, M. Daladier
called home Ambassador Robert
Coulondre from Berlin, partly to get
a personal report on what the next
Berlin Rome axis move might be,
and partly to match Britain's action
of yesterday in calling her Berlin
envoy home.
Other Powers Informed.
M. Daladier ordered Foreign Min
lister Georges Bonnet and foreign
Office experts to inform Rumania,
Soviet Russia, Yugoslavia and Po-
land of the French note to Berlin
and of his new plan to move as fast
as the dictators both at home and
abroad
M. Bonnet conferred in quick sue
cession with the Rumanian Ambas-
sador, former Premier George Tat
arescu; British Ambassador Sir Eric
Phipps and Jacob Surits, Soviet
Ambassador.
Edwin C. Wilson, Counselor of the
United States Embassy, talked with
M. Bonnet tonight on what French
sources said was purely a visit to
obtain information on the French
position"
Fifth Vote of Confidence.
The chambers final vote of ap-
proval on the decree powers which
would give M. Daladier dictatorial
rule until November 80 was the fifth
vote of confidence received by the
premier in a single days session.
He posed the question of conf
dence for the fourth time when he
asked the chamber to reject left
ist amendment to a bill which would
have prevented interference with
public liberty" by decree. The
amendment was rejected, 321 votes
to 261.
Senators of M. Daladier's own
party, which holds a majority in the
Senate, already have voted to ap-
prove the stringent decree powers.
With Senate adoption tomorrow a
virtual certainty, it appeared that
by Monday M. Daladier would be in
position to WELD more power than
any postwar premier of France.
Could End Many Rights.
BY the terms of the bill he could
dissolve political parties, ban public
meetings and newspapers, prolong
Parliament's life or dissolve it, or
virtually put France in a state of
mobilization without obtaining par
liamentary approval
M. Daladier refused fatty to give
the Chamber any definite informa-
ton on what he proposed to do with
the decree powers. He said they
were military measures and could
not be debated openly. Through his
ministers and through statements he
made to deputies of the Finance
Committee, however, this much of
his program seemed certain:
l. Reinforcement of Frances
armed forces by calling the special
lists to the colors for the army, navy
and air forces.
2. Speeding up production In arms
and other war industries by treas
ury loans and by increasing work.
ing hours.
3. Buying war stocks abroad to
meet gaps in French production OF
! supplies OF war materials.
4. Increasing working hours be-
yond the 40-hour a week limit i'm
posed by the Peoples Front govern
ment social laws in industries other
than those producing war materials
May Prolong Parliament.
In addition to these primary
points, the Deputies reported that to
satisfy his Rightist majority. M
Daladier would prolong the life of
the present Parliament for two ad-
ditional years until 1912 and insti-
tute a plan of electoral reform ad-
vocated by the Right.
M. Daladier put experts of all
ministries to work on measures
which he had planned for months
although he lacked the power to put
them into force.
The defense ministries whipped
together plans for buying war
stocks, a production schedule for
war industries and military orders
calling additional specialists into
the army to control such measures
There was resistance inside France
to M. Daladier's strong man" pro-
gram. but it was the resistance of q
minority.
The General Confederation of La
Dor called an extraordinary meet
ing of its administrative council
to fight Premier Daladier's dictator.
ship demands, but the premier had
stripped organized labor of much
of its former power by breaking Its
big general strike of last November