Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-06-08 | Page 3 | Starts Fireworks

Starts Fireworks l 1 3 r rLEON LEON BLUM Action brings party rift BLUM BUI FORCES RADICAL SPLIT I ROY ROYAN AN Fra France June ne 8 L GP The IP-The The The French socialist party was split I wide open today tollay after former Premier Premier Premier Pre Pre- mier Leon Blum forced a resolution I through the party's national congress congress congress con con- gress for continued support of Premier Premier Premier Pre Pre- mier Edouard gov government government govern govern- rn- rn ment The extreme revolutionary left wing of the party announced its withdrawal early today five minutes minutes min mn- utes after the vote was taken in the congress' congress closing session In a mimeographed statement prepared before the vote began the revolutionary left announced formation formation formation for for- mation Of a new worker workers peasants I I socialist party ane and called ed- ed a nation nation- national ii al convention for July 16 at Paris The congress last Saturday expelled expelled expelled ex ex- the socialist federation of the Paris region the party's stronghold for a demonstration in front of the senate last March 26 despite the opposition of Blum then premier Blum based his resolution for qualified support of national national na defense government on the contention that the danger of new international difficulties necessitated necessitated necessitated unity The congress gave the socialist bloc numerically bloc numerically the largest in the chamber of deputies I with seats the the right to vote in support of as necessity seemed to dic dic- tate The vote was to The opposition included 1450 votes by bythe bythe bythe the group that bolted