Word: wars
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...vagabondage of dreams, for we live in a time when we require imagination to see the reality. That is why you must not be an army of resigned women. You must all-humble or great-fashion the homes necessary for France and future peace. You must combat war upon war's own principle-which is to kill...
...heavy-hand by the simple expedient of persuading the French Parliament to grant him powers to issue decrees having the force of law. Before September M. Daladier's favorite argument for such powers was the deepening European crisis. Since September he has had an even better selling point-War...
...week the decree powers granted to M. Daladier eight months ago expired, and he jauntily went before the Chamber of Deputies to ask for a renewal. This time the Premier wanted lawmaking powers not for a specified time, as has always been granted, but for the duration of a war which may last months or years. Parliament would have no set routine for reviewing and approving his decrees...
Noteworthy it was that the Deputies made a big distinction between Daladier the Premier and Daladier the War Minister. Only praise was found for M. Daladier's conduct of the war. Party spokesmen from Socialist Léon Blum to Royalist Xavier Vallat applauded the War Minister's report of France's part in the conflict, cheered when he warned that should the "enemy Führer" order the bombing of French cities (as has recently been threatened by the German radio), the French "will return blow for blow...
...British Parliament having sat, argued, debated and voted continuously since the war's outbreak with no noticeable hindrance to the military, the French Chamber of Deputies could see no reason why it should shut up shop. Rightist Louis Marin got a big hand when he insisted that Parliament, far from obstructing the Government, would be a wartime help. M. Blum disavowed politics, but refused to "accept the text of a law that would transfer totalitarian powers" to the Government. The Chamber tried to argue M. Daladier into submitting all decrees to Parliament within a month of issuance. The Premier...