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...young to be noticeable in France in January 1931. He was only 47 and France likes its Premiers to be over 60. The extreme youth of Pierre Laval was made glaring by the fact that France had just dispensed with a Premier whom many considered "much too young," brilliant Andr?? Tardieu, 54, whose Cabinet was brought down by the Oustric scandal (TIME...
...several Briand satellites. Ousted Pierre Laval contrived to get himself elected a Senator from the Department of the Seine (which he has since represented). He dropped back for several years into obscurity as a quiet Independent. Still close to Old Brer Briand, he also made himself close to Young Andr?? Tardieu...
...Pierre Laval; in the second he was unobtrusively Minister of Labor; and when this Cabinet fell his chance almost came. Briand and Tardieu both insisted that Laval be asked to form a Cabinet. He tried and he failed, because by a typical quirk of "loyalty to my friend Andr??" (Tardieu) he insisted that in a Cabinet of which he was Premier his friend must be a Minister. To form a cabinet including Friend Andre at that moment proved impossible. Again M. Laval slipped into obscurity; but 1931 was just around the corner. Briefly Theodore Steeg, former French Resident General...
...courteous but absolute refusal, suggesting Pierre Laval. By this time the Oustric scandal was somewhat cold, the constantly shifting lineup of the Chamber had altered, and sturdy Auvergnat Laval was able not only to form a Cabinet but to smuggle into it as Minister of Agriculture his friend Andr?? Tardieu...
...meteoric careers in French politics. It is a tradition that any French Premier who leaves the country for more than three days will find himself out of office by the time he gets back. The much travelled Brer Briand, eleven times Premier of France, proved it over & over again. Andr?? Tardieu's trip to London in 1930 cost him his job. Even though the Chamber of Deputies will not meet until November, Premier Laval was taking chances...