The Archive · 1940

French Labour "Contemptuously Rejects Impossible Idea of Defeat"

Complete Unanimity Among AH Classes of People

Reported; Industrial Ca-operation Assured Paris, May 29, The complete unanimity of all i classes of the people in the present. crisis and welcomed today by the Labour Minister, M. Pomaret, in an evening broadcast.

He pointed out that, as has been repeatedly proved in recent days, single loc in the fight against Nazism. the French people today form a Members o! ie Labour and Employers Confederations and others of the various divisions of the middle class have spontaneously signed a joint d on star their common.

n to unite their war efforts, They unanimously affirmed their determination to spare no effort in the struggle for "total victory...to give birth to a new world based on justice."

All pledged themselves to establish the necessary ce-operation between the employers and labourers in their ranks on a national and regional basis.

"In France's struggle for existence, they emphasized, "there is no room for the pursuit of selfish interests or for partisan actions."

Tu conclusion, Mr. Pomaret stressed, the joint declaration "contemptuously Tejects.the impossible idea of defeat."—Havas.

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