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Poised, with the juggler's air of bored concentration, Bidault spun the political plates in the air, and deftly caught them...
After almost ten years of parliamentary life, Georges Bidault, courageous and resourceful leader of the French resistance movement in World War II, no longer looks like a man who would rush carelessly into danger-particularly not into the perils of a general election. Knowing that the next Premier will have the power to bring about the Assembly's dissolution any time in the coming 18 months-in the event that an absolute majority of the Assembly should disapprove of his government-France's seat-hugging Deputies were favorably disposed towards Bidault, President Auriol's third Premier-designate...
...handle these situations, Bidault asked the Assembly to delegate some of its powers to him, so that the necessary measures could be carried out by decree...
...Short Vote. The Assembly members, connoisseurs in the art of balance, were impressed. When it came to the vote, Bidault had the support of 313 Deputies -just one short of the number required to make him Premier. This too was an example of balance. The short vote had been carefully calculated by the Radical Socialist Party, whose candidate, Mendès-France, Bidault had voted against. The Radicals split their votes and altered or withdrew them as the balloting went on, so that Bidault would almost, but not quite, make...
Meanwhile, President Auriol sent for an old hand to be next to try. His choice: Acting Foreign Minister Georges Bidault. Bidault is no man to offend the union rules among ministers by demanding undue personal sacrifices of them...