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Replying both of Leon Blum's action in calling a "shadow parliament," and to the widespread charge that he is a fascist, Edouard Daladier has summoned the French "deux chambres." Scheduled to meet this week, he deputies can either decisively rebuke the methods of their premier, or become a post-mortem rubber stamp on the death of democracy...
When the "deux chambres" convene, then, they will have before them an important choice. Either they may vote approval of Daladier's strike-suppression, or they may rebuke his dictatorial methods and call for a national plebiscite on the fate of the forty-hour week. The deputies have no other leader to whom they can turn, and so they cannot overthrow the Daladier government. Yet in the present crisis they must not abdicate their functions. The decision which the "deux chambres" make is a crucial one: a rebuke to Daladier may save French democracy, a ratification of his actions will...
Third in a series of motion pictures presented by the French Talking Films Committee, "Les Deux Gosses," by Plerre Decourcelle, will be shown at the Institute of Geographical Exploration Friday and Saturday. Performances will be at 1:45, 4:15, and 9 o'clock...
...King Edward, after laying his Armistice Day wreath on the Cenotaph in Whitehall last week, was greeted in the Royal Box at Albert Hall by veterans who serenaded him with the song Who's Your Lady Friend? His Majesty then drove directly to dine a deux with Mrs. Simpson at her home...
Another feature of the program will be the arrangements by Mr. Holmes of two pieces by Ravel. The complete program is as follows: Overture to lphigenia in Aulis by Gluck-Wagner, Musik zu einem Ritterballet by Beethoven, Deux Chansons by Ravel-Holmes, Beethoven's Symphony No. 1 in C Major, a Piano Group, played by Mr. Leonard Bernstein '39, Valse Triste by Sibelius, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik by Mozart, and Danse Espagnole by de Falla...