French Socialist Congress Reject Blum Formulas By GENE 7 Translated frem De Waarheid (fhe Truth) The National Congress of the French finished with a complete rejection of Leon posal to leave the socialist about 40 years ago at the party s congress at The only change Bien proposed was to add the following empty Dhrase, “The aim of the party is to free the individual of all serv- ices which burden them.” With an overwhelming major- ify the Congress defeated Blum’s proposed constitution. From the very beginning of the debate. it was easy to see that the dele- gates would have none of Blum’s formula. The principal opponent of Bium and his small right wing clique was Guy Mollet, member of the French Assemblee, Mayor of Atrecht and general secretary of the party for the Province of Pas de Calais. Under his lead the Congress inserted in the con- stitution the following formula. “The party shall continue the class struggle and the aims of the party shall be, “The destruc- tion of capitalism and the instal- lation of a collective and com- munistic society.’ ” Although the _ vight wing of the French Social- ist Party fought against the adop- tion of the word “communistic,” it was forced to put the word in its program after the majority of the delegates voted for it. Undoubtedly Blum still has con- Siderable influence in the French Socialist Party but more and more can his policies be com- pared with Bevin’s, and Deon Blum’s only support is amongst the right wing of the French So- Oialist Party. Although Blum cannot be accused of having col- laborated with the Germans, still DYKSTRU Socialist Party Blum’s pro- Was adopted Amsterdam. constitution as lowered the prestige of Blum. In the concentration camp ‘where he was kept, Leon Blum enjoyed Special privileges. The Nazis even went so far as to permit Blum, who is Jewish, to marry a young wealthy Catholic woman. This estranged Blum from many of his followers. This suspicion increased considerably when Blum himself went over to the Catholic Church. Nobody con- demns a Socialist for professing a certain faith, but the French working class are traditionally anti-clerical. The disappointment amongst the rank and file of the French Socialist Party in their old leader was so great that, this Was one of the main reasons, why, during the De Gaulle cri- sis, no serious attempt was made to nominate Blum for Premier of France. The Congress decided that the National Council of the Party, which had not met since the lib- eration of France 18 months ago must meet every three months. In the National Council there shall be no more than 10 men}- bers of the Parliament, the other 20 members shall be rank and file members of proven leader- Ship in the every-day struggles. 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