Word: premiere
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...their drive up the Yangtze to Hankow, at Shanghai the Japanese Army seized pro-Chinese books by U. S. Authors Carl Crow, Agnes Smedley, Edgar Snow, two issues of the New York Times, one issue of TIME. The U. S. Consulate protested. In a national radio broadcast Chinese Premier H. H. Kung, descendant of Confucius, described China's bountiful harvests this year, exulted: "God is helping China...
...boldest political maneuvers in French history was attempted this week by Premier Edouard Daladier. More than once before the hardheaded, middle-of-the-road Premier has tried unsuccessfully to trade in his coalition (The Popular Front) for a new coalition-to shake off his left-wing allies, the Communists and Socialists, and secure new right-wing al lies in their place. This time he acted swiftly and directly: he slapped his allies in the face. In a pugnacious nationwide broadcast, he announced flatly that the time had come for France to repeal the law which has been the keystone...
...must put France back to work!" Upon the 40-hour week Premier Daladier then blamed nearly all of France's financial difficulties, saying it had reduced the production and profits of industry, had thus curtailed the State's tax revenues, injured the economic power and prestige of France, weakened the franc. Next, he rapped Capital for failing to install modern equipment needed in French factories and demanded that these investments be made now, simultaneously with increased working hours for Labor. Finally he promised to reduce taxation of industry to induce business to get going...
...hour canny Premier Daladier chose for this extraordinary pronouncement, portly Leon Jouhaux, vigorous French trade union leader, was in the middle of the Atlantic en route to Mexico and the U. S.; Adolf Hitler was parading 1,350,000 armed men in German war games; the French Chamber was in adjournment; and General Franco was publishing his rejection almost in toto of Anglo-French proposals for a settlement in Spain...
...Paris, the Daladier moves at once brought the resignations of Labor Minister Paul Ramadier and Public Works Minister Ludovic Oscar Frossard. These two members of the Union Socialist-Republican Party were promptly replaced by the Premier with two other members of their party, new Labor Minister Charles Pomaret and new Public Works Minister Anatole de Monzie. Speculation at once began: would the Union Socialists read Pomaret and de Monzie out of its ranks for standing with Daladier...