FRENCH STRIKES

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20387, 30 December 1937, Page 8

FRENCH STRIKES

4.30 O’CLOCK'EDITION

GOVERNMENTS FIRMNESS WORKERS AS CONSCRIPTS PEOPLE LIABLE TO SERVICE United Press A*ssn. —Elec. Tel. Copyright ((Received Dec. 30, 3. 1 d p.m.) j, PARIS, Dec. 29 ’ The Cabinet's drastic decision to break the strikes is believed to include action to treat as conscripts all workers needed for carrying out essential services. Under the French law all able-bod-ied people liable to military service can be called up to the colours or tne reserve as needed, using the same weapon as in 1910, when M. Aristide broke the railway strike. Although there have been no serious incidents it is reported that several strikers have been arrested for attempting to prevent workers from returning to work. Tyres of lorries belonging to firms were slit, and a taxicab was overturned, the occupants being injured. Notwithstanding the strikers’ assurances that they would keep up the necessary public utility services the

gas supply be?an to fall. The bad impression created rw tne strike has led to an all-round markingdown of French shares on the Bourse. Undertakers' assistants have joined the strike and handled only urgent cases. One body was taken to the cemetery In a wheelbarrow. the use of troops TO RUN PUBLIC SERVICES A STRIKE CALLED OFF . , united Press Assn.—Eleo. Tel. copyright PARIS, Dec. 29 The Government decided to use troops to run the public services tomorrow; The strike of 140,000 employees, twhlch. was paralysing transport and other services, was called off immediately. This was learned authoritatively, after a meeting of the Cabinet, at which it w'as stated that army engineers* aided by 400 naval experts, had been enrolled to run the underground electric and gas services.