Word: socialists
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...days when Benito Mussolini was a rabid, stump-speaking young Socialist, he used to demand free lunches for Italian school children at the expense of the State. Last week by Fascist decree school lunches were made compulsory throughout Italy, but not at the expense of the State. Rich moppets will be charged enough to pay for their lunches and those of poor moppets as well. Rich or poor, every Italian school child will be required, before eating school lunch, to say this grace...
...current that the French Embassy in Berlin had warned its home Government of a possible Nazi coup unless politically torn France quickly pulled herself together. She not only did so but instantly established a new Ministry for National Defense & War coordinating the War, Marine and Air Forces under Radical Socialist Edouard Daladier. General Marie Gustave Gamelin, Army Chief of Staff became Chief of the Army, Marine and Air Force with the title Chief of Staff for National Defense. This was said to "place France on a wartime footing." Just three weeks ago General Gamelin permitted a subordinate general on active...
...that point, Vice Premier Leon Blum's Socialists asked time out to consider whether they would stick with the Communists or with the moderate, misnamed Radical Socialist Party of Chautemps, the second largest party in the Chamber. Out of the Socialist huddle came Blum to hand Chautemps his own resignation and that of the other eight Socialist ministers. This automatically wrecked the Cabinet. The hour was 4:30 a. m. Premier Chautemps bundled his Cabinet into a motorcade which brought them before cockcrow to hand all their resignations to sad-eyed President Albert Lebrun. "Blum will be the next...
...hectic days which followed it became clear that even the most embittered French political leaders sensed that France was sitting on a powder-keg. The President called in quick succession Radical Socialist Georges Bonnet, Socialist Leon Blum-both of whom quickly failed to form a Cabinet. A valiant attempt was made to arrange a "National Government" in which Right & Left would collaborate to spare France possible armed strife. The franc meanwhile sank on international exchange to its lowest in eleven years...
Nevertheless, Chautemps continued trying to set up a Cabinet which would "group a maximum of goodwill around the essential principles approved by the electors." After pondering this subtle formula, at length, the Socialists in an all-night session of their National Council at first voted- in effect reversing their previous stand- to participate in any Government, even one lacking Communists, committed to a Popular Front program. Later the Socialists changed their minds, promised Chautemps only their votes in the Chamber of Deputies. Despite the tenuousness of this support, he made it this week the basis of a projected all-Radical...