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a play that has strong authoritarian implications,
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was wildly applauded at the Comédie Fran?aise
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and the young patriots vow to sweep away
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the Socialist Party, the Communist Party, and dirty Jewish finance.
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The Prefect of Police is a guy called Jean Chiappe, c-h-I-a-p-p-e.
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He appeared quite unconcerned with the rightwing riots in the streets,
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but he ordered the bashing of any leftwing heads that could be seen.
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When the new head of the government, Daladier,
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whom you can read about, called Chiappe telling him of his dismissal
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the policeman refused to be sent to Morocco
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and promised that he would be in the street,
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suggesting to Daladier not a fear of unemployment,