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Second, the O.A.S. opposes de Gaulle because of profound contempt for the man himself, not just his policy. They consider him a traitor because of his policies, yes; but they reserve their strongest feelings of dislike for his autocracy and pomposity. In this, they are curiously close to the political regulars of Paris; but the differences are naturally more striking. In helping to bring him to power three-and-a-half years ago, the extremists in the Army hoped to end what it considered the futile game of French parliamentary politics. They considered France's indulgence in that game...
...antipathy to them which Larteguy laments, for the French do not feel bound to such "mercenaries." The soldiers themselves, however, consider themselves literally "new blood" in an Army whose traditional leaders, drawn from the social elite, had all but run to the ground. Far from deserving the contempt of the French, they feel that the citizenry should appreciate how ideally suited they are to undertaking the work of reconstruction...
Crisscrossing the city, Menon sound trucks blared out the theme that Menon was a modern Marco Polo, spanning oceans and continents to defend India's interests all over the globe. But Menon himself scarcely concealed his contempt for constituents. At one gathering in a slum area, he stretched out on the platform behind the party functionary who was eulogizing his accomplishments and fell fast asleep. Awakened by applause, he scrambled to his feet and spoke a few words in English, which sailed right over his Hindi-speaking audience...
...underline his contempt for U.S. public opinion, President Sukarno, then sent his air force chief of staff to Moscow. There he urgently requested speedier delivery of Soviet jet planes, subs and a battle cruiser so he could get on with the "liberation" of West New Guinea...
Carl Braden, white integrationist leader released two weeks ago after a prison term for contempt of Congress, charged yesterday that progress in civil rights and integration in the South will halt unless the House Committee on Un-American Activities is abolished...