Premier Edouard Herriot will preside at a banquet on Sunday which will mark the occasion of the fourth international convention of the League to Combat Anti-Semitism.
Among the speakers will be the noted writers Romain Rolland, Henri Barbusse and Victor Margueritte.
The attendance of the French Premier at the League’s banquets has become traditional. Last year, Joseph Caillaux, then premier, also participated.
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