Royan, June 8.
The 35th Congress of the Socialist Party ended in a split at 4 a.m, this morning. as the leftist group, led by M, "Andre "Marceau-Pivert dejeided to leave the Parly following {the vote ona. resolution submitted the Socialist leader, Blum.
'Thetr withdrawal was based on. the fact that the Party's polley was too much of a rightist one and not consonant with revolutionary' pri The group. formerly called the "revolutionary, "lofists" "took the mame of the "Socialist Worker and Peasant Party." It consists of a few members mainly recruited from the Paris district, -M. Marceau-Pivert's motion obtained 1,430 voles in. the: final congress poll' against 4.892 for Leon Blum's motion, and. 1,735 for M. Jean Zyromski's, After the withdrawal of _the former's group, which held man-ates, the Administrative Committee fof the Party will consist of 24 repre= sentatives of a tendency" similar to! MIN. Blum's, and nine representatives more inclined to follow M. Zyromski, who is slightly more loftist than Blum.
Prior to the Anal vote, the Socialist cader. NM, Blum declared that could not condemn the present.
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