M. Perim belongs neither to the Chamber nor to the Senate.
"Quiet Firmnes:
That the new French Cabinet is not such as would be wished by the majority of public opinion under the present exceptional circumstances was admitted by the new Premier, M. Leon Blum, in a short radio broadcast this evening Iam ready to make another attempt to form a National Union Cabinet with the same tenacity as before, as soon as pressure from public opinion dispels the opposition with which I met and which T don't understand," declared M. Blum.
"Nevertheless, we are a powerful government because we represent a which is the will of suffrage, and this, in democracies, means supreme power "We are at present living in critical times but we shall face the situation calmly. We have already begun to fulfil our duties with caution. wisdom, and quiet firmness, "Our aim remains as in June, 1936: io prove that the Popular Front government will be a government of public well-being and will inspire confidence in France and in a peaceful Europe."
M, Blum formed his first Popular Front Government i June, 1936. after the overwhelming Popular Front victory in the general elections.
Members of the opposition were satisfied at the non-inclusion of Communists.
The general opinion gathered in the lobbies is that the Government will secure its majority when it faces the Chamber of Dep Thursday Owing to the present exceptional circumstances, the usual ceremony of transfer of powers did not take place between M. Chautemps and M. Blum.—Havas.
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