Compromise Should to Ease Strained Situation Paris, Mar. 2.
Yielding to the demands of the Premier, M. Camille Chautemps, the Senate to-day by a vote of 178 to 63 rejected ar amendment to the labour code which would have nullified the Chamber of Deputies' provision that five per cent. rise in the cost of living must precede wage increases and by its action cleared the way for a compromise between the two houses.
M. Chautemps in person told the Senate that the Cabinet would "cease to take interest in the debate" if the amendment was accepted. His warning was regarded as a threat of immediate resignation without even awaiting the usual vote of confidence. A compromise easing the strained political situation was expected between the Chamber and the Senate for to-morrow.
Scattered labour troubles meanwhile continued. At Nice, workers in seventeen hotels went on strike because of a collective contract dispute.—United Press.
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