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THE CHINA MAIL MON DAY, DECEMBER 8, 1947.

BRIGHTER STRIKE PICTURE French Minister Claims Battle Is Won Struggle Nearly At End

Paris, Dec. 6.

In a strike statement to Reuter tonight," the Socialist Minister of the Interior, M. Jules Moch, declared: "The battle is won. I am master of the situation."

****************** Strikes

DODGING CAMPAIGN

Biogábóle, Dec. 6.

French legionnaires bound for Indo-China in the troopship Marechal Joffre, Jumped overboard in the Malayan Straits after throwing a raft into the BCD, according to reports here.y's

National Suicide

Paris, Dec. 6. Broadcasting tonight, M. Rene Mayer, Minis- ter of Finance and Social Economy, declar- being in the water for 12ed that the vast majority

Malayan reamen picked up one of the five miles off shore. exhausted after,

hours.

The Minister indicated that, the struggle between the Government and the strikers, which, in more than three weeks of strife, brought 2,000,000 men out of work, is nearing an end. Tho Government's offensive In Marseilles, the Federation and Popular Re- against the strikers and saboteurs of Socialist appeared to have entered thepublican Parties today issued a mopping-up phase today as acts communique urging workers of aabotage dwindled throughout resist the strike movement. the country.

The news from all over

"Workers, employees and civil country was good and increasing servants who today resist numbers of strikers were return-striko," it said, are protesting ***************** ing, he added.

against the wilful confusion. A

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He was later handed over to the Singapore police.

The Marechal Joffee, has left here to continue ́her

• journey to Indo-China. Reuter,

The bulk of the 350,000 Paris tablished by the Communist Party Federation, three of whose con- metal workers-the largest single between the defence of the work-stituent unions--those covering the labour group

in the country era interest and the Communist National Education, Economie and were preparing to go back on Party's political objectives, but Supply, and General Administra

Ministerica-called their Monday.

these workers do not ronounce in tive

de wokers, out

yesterday. any way their legitimate

Figurce released in Paris said that the strikes and cast France 2,000,000 tons of, coal, 400,000 tons of iron, 130,000 tons of castings, 175,000 tons of steel and 160,000 tons of Anished steel products

Everywhere, where it has been possible to organise secret bal-mands". lots, the workers have voted in an overwhelming majority to end the strike, M. Moch said.

Cities Calm

About 150 strikers today invaded the railway station at Roarine, 10 miles north-west of Lyons, and expelled railwaymen working there, later marching on л bg cafe in the town and closing it.

St. Etienne, Marseilles, Valence, Nice and other cities in Southern between France, where trouble police and strikers had flared up recently, were reported to be calm today.

Moch said that 10 days ago, when the seizing Of Tailway stations and other acts of sabotage "the Government had re.

dis vely weak forces at its posal.

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a result of the measures taken by Parliament and the re- call to the colours of about 240, 000

men, the Government con now respond to any demands for pro- tection made upon it by any De partment in France", he said.

At Lyons, all Police. Union branches in the Department voted against the strike called for Men day and Tuesday for all civil ser vants by the Civil Servanta Reuter.

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Marshall the wrecking of the Plan.

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is because that region

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you know, a similar campaign

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Across Chairmay, 7 Ratin, 84 Idea, S Menile, & Nieres, 9 Elated. M. Leon Jouhaux, leader of the Relegate, 10 Mortal, is Sitnitar, 1311 Diled, 12 Tipsy, 14 Reduce, 15 non-Communist minority in the Sile, 17 Tempers, 18 Feasted, 26 Spear, 16 Broll, 18 Feeble, 19 Ad CGT, declined to make any state- Eddy, 21 Durable, 26 Carals, 27 dies. 22 Kased, 23 Bouty, 24 Eassay, ment to the press after his con: Brigades, 28 Extra 29 Esteemed. ference tonight with the Minister

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Clermont Ferrand refused to allow tramcars to leave the sheds 'when they the police announced that would no longer provide armed guards to protect the curs.

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The CGT held mass meetings in the centre of the town protest against the arrest night of 10 strikers, including the regional secretary of the Metal Workers Union after strikers had occupied a alcol mill.

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In Paris, well-lled ground trains: which had run al. most

empty during the week, gave evidence of a drift back to work.

A trickle of reported this!

capital from various

of

France of Individual trade union back to work. branches taking decisions to Ko

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The Ministry of Education an-: nounced that the strike order by the National Federation. School Teachers was only partial- ly heeded in per cent being on strike

in State secondary schools,

28 per cent in boys colleges and 20 por cont in girls

girls colleges.

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Employees of the central. ad ministration of the Ministry of Education voted against the strike by 885 votes to 149. The situation was still confused in the provinces. the Ministry's announcement add-

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of French workers had refused continue the strike and had already begun work again.

The strikes were "national sul- elde," he said. "The workers un- derstand that strikes do not pay, The hours of lost work represent thousands of tons of coal, steel and textiles which the country needs to assure its daily life, and also loss of food held up at poris." The The Minister added that new Government's first step was allowances and to raise family the second was to arrest inflation.

"Then we seek to augment the real purchasing power of the workers but this effort will be useless unless there is a general resumption of work immediately," he added.

The Government's "Anti-Sabo!- age Bill," conferring special pow era to deal with the strikes, today awafted only the President's 'eigna- ture to become law, having been approved by the Upper Chamber: in a 20-hour session.

There were no reports of any move by President Auriol in res- ponse to the request of the leader of the CGT to intervene against the bill, which provides for impri- sonment of up to five years and fines up to 500,000 francs for "in. terfering with the freedom to work." Reuter.

Quadruple Murder Charge

PARIS, DEC. 7. THE MILITARY, POLICE TODAY HELD 30-YEAR-OLD SALVATOR DELLOS SAN- TOS.

FORMER AMERICAN SOLDIER OF PHILIPPINE ORIGIN, ON A CHARGE OF QUADRUPLE MURDER, THE PARIS SOCIALIST MORNING

LE NEWSPAPER, LAIRE, REPORTED FROM NANCY.

POPU- TODAY

According to the Le Populaire, Santos shot and killed his 26- year-old French wife, their cight-month-old son and his Wife's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Georges Sohi. The paper did not say when the murders took pluce.

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It said Santos. was reported to have been separated from his wife for the past two months and gave himself up to the Military Police at Maxvillo near Nancy shortly after the ahootings. United Press.

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