Word: blum
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Blum Flayed...
...BLUM...
...dissension within the Government itself were two: 1) The refusal of the Cartellist Ministers,* headed by Minister of the Interior Chautemps, to approve the heavy increase in indirect taxation which is the keynote of M. Doumer's scheme. 2) The alleged success of M. Herriot in bringing M. Blum, the leader of the Unified Socialists (TIME, Nov. 23) back into the Cartel. Since the present Briand Government was formed on the basis of a majority in the Chamber which depended upon the Blum faction's having veered away from the Cartel (TIME, Dec. 7), the possibility of keeping the Government...
...statement by Edward C. Blum, genial president of Abraham & Straus ("the Perfect Store") summed the matter up: "Brooklyn with its more than 2,000,000 population can support an institution of collegiate degree very easily. The institutions of that character in Brooklyn now, although they art private, are crowded to capacity and there are many waiting to enter or go elsewhere for their studies...
...President Doumergue called upon him once more to try to form a cabinet he was ready. After two days of dickering he got together a government, representing a slight swing to the Right from that of M. Painlevé, which it is hoped can command a majority without the Blum faction...