Word: autun
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...into a political nuisance called the "Union for the Defense of Commerce and Artisanry." Comes the Revenooer. In Rodez 4,000 UDCAers mobbed tax men trying to in spect the books of M. Salvan's pottery shop, and hustled collectors and their police escorts out of town. At Autun 700 Poujade vigilantes frightened inspectors out of Louis Barnay's butcher shop. At Perigueux 500 defended the town's black smith against collectors. In the past 18 months, some 500 UDCA demonstrations by provincial citizenry have frustrated tax collectors. Moaned a government official...