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Next day, while the French press was fuming and aggrieved French Ambassador Henri Bonnet was rushing to the State Department, Old Tom's toes twinged again. This time Tom wanted the Senate to get going on a vote on the tidelands oil bill, which means a lot to Texas. The vote was being held up by a discussion of Hawaii's plea for statehood. Hawaii, snorted Minor Statesman Connally from the Senate floor, is just "a province out in the Pacific Ocean ... I think I am a better American than a great many people who live in Hawaii...
Expressing regret that armed peace is the only way to achieve immediate results. Bonnet said that if peace is maintained for a reasonably long period, then a unified Europe would make a breach impossible...
French Ambassador to the United States Henri Bonnet said last night in an interview with the CRIMSON that he is confident a unified European federation as complete as the United States will be formed, probably within the next two years...
...Bonnet spoke last night before the World Law Club on "Current Trends of French Foreign Policy." "France," he said, "wishes to follow the principles of collective security to achieve peace, the ultimate goal of all Western powers. Collective security can best be realized by a strongly integrated Europe...
...Bonnet, who has been ambassador since 1944, served as a captain during World War I. He received the Croix de Guerre and was made a Knight of the Legion of Honor...