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They also failed to count on the invigorated government of Premier Antoine Pinay. After a cabinet meeting, Pinay threatened immediate suspension and discipline for any government employees who answered the strike call. Said Interior Minister Charles Brune: "There will be no provocations on our part, but if the demonstrators act roughly the countermeasures will be even rougher...
...strike was a gigantic flop. There were some riots and train delays in outlying towns, but in Paris, ordinarily the showcase of Red agitation, the streets were quiet and transportation was almost normal. M. Brune announced that only 2% of the C.G.T.'s membership had answered the strike call. Of 240,000 postal and telegraph workers, only two walked out-and were instantly suspended...
...become, almost overnight, the most popular politician in France. "Everywhere I go," reported Minister of the Interior Charles Brune, ". . . Pinay is applauded in the newsreels. He is the first politician since De Gaulle who has received spontaneous applause...
Sales Talk. Of the tunes, two were tagged as likely hits: / Want to See the People Happy, the schmalzy theme song, and Let Us Go Down to the River, which was probably best described as a political love song. Of the girls, supercharged Gabrielle Brune (as a right young lady gone Left) was the surest showstopper, with her throaty male call: "Come to Britain! Our exports are three: racehorses, whiskey and women like...
Gris' appeal is more obvious when he uses brilliant colors, as in the vibrant "Violin et Guitare," or more imaginative, as in the melancholy "L'Arlequin," while his mastery of line work is demonstrated by a pair of fine lithographs, "Marcelle la Brune" and "Marcelle la Blonde...