FRENCH STRIKES
NO EASING OF TENSION j '' FIGHT IN ASSEMBLY (N.Z.P.A. —Copyright) (Rec. 9.40) PARIS, March 3. More than 3000 ground-staff at Orly, the main Paris long-dis-tance airport, joined the swelling tide of French strikers to-day, and all plane departures were stopped.
Only in Paris, where some steelworkers returned to their factories, was there any sign of an easing of , the labour tension ,that is mounting hourly throughout France. Others to join the strikers to-day were shipyard* workers in Nantes, wharf labourers in Marseilles, and factory hands in Alsace. Altogether more than 300,000 French, workers are now out, most of them / to support demands for bonuses and pay increases. Meanwhile,, in- the Natiopal Assembly, the Communists were conducting an American-style filibuster to jam the Bill that would fix heavy penalties for agitators and saboteurs. Later a violent fight broke out on the floor of the Assembly, and Communist members stormed the Speaker’s chair. They had succeeded in delaying the; debate on /the Strike Bill all morning, and the brawl began when Right-Wingers tried to end their filibuster. Several Catholic Popular Republican Party members were beaten, and one had to go to [hospital for treatment. The session was suspended.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 119, 4 March 1950, Page 5
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