FRANCE: Modern Labor Charter

Everyone who is really for Democracy and hates Right & Left -isms had good cause to stand up and cheer last week, as Premier Camille Chautemps fought and won the greatest battle of his career. The grave crisis the Premier faced was really three crises rolled into one:

Labor Crisis: Something had to be done to stave off trouble after the expiration on March 1 of some 7,000 labor contracts, affecting workers in every part of France. Ugly signs of labor unrest have been appearing for several months, and last week there were grounds...

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