DE GAULLE SITS BACK AND WAITS
Received Thursdav, 7 p.m. PARIS, Sept. 9. Observers generally agree that the political situatifm is very serious with 110 adequate authority to* deal with tlie threat of ('ommunist inspired labour agitalion which might easily spread to tlie wliole country aud open the door to the readmissioii of the Communists into the Government, says Reuter's correspondent. Several groups of workers paraded through the city yesterday shoutiug f'»r wage increases, while Paris munieipal workers Jield a 24-hour strike. The Communists again nrged tlie workers to demand a " deniocratic Government" under Communist leadership. Tlie Associated Press says Queuille 's Radical Socialist Party, which includes 14 pro-de Gaullists, said they wouli] iiack liim but so far the two big parties. the il.ll.P. and Socialist, have not made a decision. It is uuderstood, says Reuter, that Geuerul de Gaulle is content to sit back and await developments as he feels the situutiou is developing as he foretold muny mouths ago.
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Chronicle (Levin), 10 September 1948, Page 5
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