Paris, Nov. 30.
With a view to the swift unified prosecution of the war, the Premier, M. Edouard Daladier, today asked and was granted full powers for the duration of the-war when the Chamber of Deputies voted confidence in him 309 to 189 ballots.
One hundred and fifty-one Socialists voted against the measure, Sixty-five Deputies did not vote, while 47 former Communists were not allowed io cast their ballot.
The confidence vote was taken when the Chamber rejected a counter-proposal to the Government's motion demanding full powers. The final vote grants M. Daladier the right to enforce all important war decisions by decree, speedily and smoothly.
The Military Affairs Committee of the Chamber earlier in the day adopted the project proposed by the Government while the Finance Committee tabled the counter motion which, however, did not oppose the grant of full powers to the Government, but requested simply that all decrees should be ratified by the Chamber within a month after issue.
Contending that by the terms of this project he would be compelled to convene the Chamber for extraordinary sessions on several occasions, the Premier successfully op-He pointed out that the jon itself provides for Parliamentary ratification of decrees within a month if the Chamber is in session. His project, he emphasized, escaped the pitfall of the Finance Committee's motion by providing that if no session were held, ratification could wait.
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