Evening star., 1941-08-13


Authority no longer comes from
below. 1t properly is that which !
give or which I delegate.
I delegate this in the first place
to Admiral Darlan, toward whom
opinion neither has been shown as
always favorable nor always fair
but who never stopped aiding me
with his loyalty and his courage.
1 have given him the ministry OF
national defense in order that he
may exercise more direct control on
all our land, sea and air forces.
To the government which sur
rounds me, 1 have left the neces-
sary initiative. I intend, however,
to outline for it in certain fields a
straight line.
Political Parties Banned.
This is what I decided:
/. Activity of political parties and
groups of political origin is suspend
ed until further notice in the free
zone. These parties no longer hold
either public or private meetings.
They must stop any distribution OF
tracts or notices. Those which fail
to conform to these decisions will be
dissolved
2. Payment of members of Parlia-
ment is suppressed as OF Septem-
ber 80.
3. The first disciplinary sanctions
against state off1cialS guilty OF false
declarations regarding membership
in secret societies has been ordered.
The names of officials have been
published this morning in the OFF,
ical Journal. Holders of high Ma
sonic degrees-of which the first list
has just been published-can no
longer exercise any public function.
4. The legion remains the best in
strument in the free zone of the
| national revolution. But it is able
to carry out its civil task only in
remaining in all ranks subordinate
to the government.
5. l will double the means of
police action whose discipline and
loyalty should guarantee public
order.
6. A group of commissars of pub
lie power is created. These high
officials will be charged with study
ing the spirit in which the laws, de-
crees, orders and instructions of the
central power will be carried out
They will have the mission of fer
reting out and destroying obstacles
which abuse of the rules of admin
istrative routine or activity of secret
societies can oppose to the work OF
national revolution.
Prefect Powers Strengthened.
| 7. Powers of regional projects
the first units of those who will be
governors of provinces in the France
| of tomorrow will be reinforced
Their power so far as the central
administration is concerned is in
creased. Their authority over al
heads of local services is direct and
complete.
g. The labor charter designed tc
regulate. according to the principles
of my ST. Etienne speech, relations
| among workers, artisans, technicians
and employers in an agreement
reached with mutual understanding
just resulted in a solemn accord. II
will be published shortly
g. The provisional stature oi
economic organization will be re-
vamped on basis of reorganiza tior
or committees with larger represen-
tation of small industry and artisans
with revision of their financial ad.
ministration and their relations with
provincial arbitration organisms.
10. The powers and role and or.
ganization of the National Food Sup.
ply Bureau will be modified accord
ing to means which, safeguarding
the interests consumers, permit the
authority of the state to make itseli
| fel tat the same time on a nationa
and regional basis.
IL. I have decided to use tht
powers given me by constitutional
act No. Z to Judge those response
BILE for our disaster The Council
of Justice is created to that effect
1t will submit its reports before
October Is
II. In the application of this same
| Constitutional Act, all ministers
and high officials must swear ar
oath of fealty to me and engage
themselves to carry out duties ir
their charge for the well-being oi
the state according to the rules oi
honor and propriety.
Will Reassure French.
This first series of measures will
reassure the French who think only
of the well-being of the fatherland
Prisoners who still are waiting ir
camps and who are preparing your.
selves in silence for the work o.
national restoration, peasants o.
France who are gathering harvest ir
particularly difficult conditions
people of the reserved zone whit
place all your confidence in tn.
onenesS of France, workmen of oul
suburbs, deprived of meat, of win,
and of tobacco, and yet so brave
you are the one I think Of. Yol
are the ones to whom I address thes.
French words.
know by my calling what victory
Is: 1 see today what defeat is
have picked up the heritage of &
wounded France. That heritage i.
one which it is my duty to defend
maintaining your aspirations ane
your rights
In 1917, put an end to mutinies
In 1910 I put a period to our rout
Today it is from you yourselves
that want to save you.
When a man of my age dedicate!
his person to his country there car
be no further sacrifice he could wish
to evade. His only rule of conduct i
that of public salvation. Remembel
this:
If beaten country is divided
against itself, it dies. If beater
country can unite, 1t is reborn. Lonf
live France!
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