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...Daladier's persuasiveness alone that finally brought the budget to pass. French politicians were frightened. Taxpayers' protests, starting with parades, mass meetings and the closing of shops and cafes, took a new and threatening turn. Embattled taxpayers called at the homes of their representatives. One party of them broke into the parlor of Paul Maurice Jacquier, Reporter General of the Budget, and sat there until ejected by police. France has not been a Republic so long. There are plenty of Frenchmen who remember the bloody Commune of 1871, the conspiracy of General Boulanger. One who remembers both these...
Thus ended a seven-month battle which had sent the provisional budget from the Chamber to the Senate and back again nine times and overthrew the brief Government of Joseph Paul-Boncour. French brokers agreed that the long awaited budget might have been worse. High as the deficit is, it has been trimmed 75% from that which an amiable Chamber wished to present to the country in November. Three points that Premier Daladier fought for were gained: a 5% reduction in all Government expenditures except the army & navy *; sending to the committee the inflammatory Socialist proposal...
...Paris Bourse boomed with the budget's publication...
...celebrating its 60th anniversary. It had never given a degree to a nonprofessional, but at last it decided Secretary Woodin is a composer "of high merit." Secretary Wallace was to give the commencement address, nationally broadcast, at Drake University (Des Moines, Iowa). Speaker Rainey and Budget Director Douglas were to speak at Amherst alumni reunions. Busy Mrs. Roosevelt officiated at two commencements last fortnight, at Malcolm Gordon School (Garrison, N. Y.) and Todhunter in Manhattan where she used to teach. Last week she received an LL.D. from Washington (D. C.) College of Law and gave counsel to its graduating class...
...Jersey's Government. With 20 assistants, large, rough-haired, pipe-smoking Dr. Dodds worked four months without missing a class or lecture, turned in a 150,000-word report showing how savings of $14,000,000 could be made in the State's $50,000,000 budget...