BLUM APPEALS FOR UNITY
THREAT TO RESIGN (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) Paris, October 19. The Prime Minister (M. Leon Blum), speaking at Orleans, threatened to resign and go to the country if the Radicals deserted him. He added that his political honour prevented his governing on any basis other than the Popular Front. He fully realized the problems disturbing his more moderate supporters, especially the prevalence of strikes, nevertheless any repressive action against the workers would deal a mortal blow at democratic government. M. Blum similarly warned the Communists to temper their extremism, as the middle classes were becoming irritated and alarmed at the Government’s immense social and economic changes, for which a period of stability was necessary. REBUFF FROM RADICALSOCIALISTS DANGER OF BREAK IN POPULAR FRONT. (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright ' (Rec. 1.10 a.m.) Paris, October 20. M. Blum’s attempt to rally the Popular Front has already received a rebuff. The Radical-Socialists at Toulouse not only criticized the Government's policy, but resolved that they could not continue to collaborate if the wishes of the various parties forming the Popular Front were not more respected.
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Southland Times, Issue 23026, 21 October 1936, Page 5
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