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...Roosevelt's Governor General Robert Hayes Gore, father of nine, created a commotion by suggesting to Puerto Ricans that, as their New Deal, landed estates might be split up, rented to small farmers (see p. 14). ¶ To Havana, where U. S. Ambassador Welles was trying-despite continued dou-ble-crossing-to arbitrate bloody differences between Cuba's political ins and outs, the President sent President Gerardo Machado a pleasant but barb-pointed cable: "Restoration of political peace is a necessary and preliminary step on the way to Cuba's economic recovery." ¶ The President was happy...
According to French Custom the party leaders called, one by one, on President Gaston Doumergue, and "advised" him. Having barkened well, Bachelor Dou-mergue summoned Bachelor Briand and formally "charged" him to form a cabinet. A few moments later, as M. Briand left the Elysee, he said to correspondents: "In such difficult circumstances, I could not refuse the honor and charge...
...Joseph knew nothing of pigmentation or the chemistry of .colors. He had pronounced on the Lardoux painting without seeing either the painting itself or -a photograph. Once he stated his dou'bt that the Louvre Belle was by Leonardo, then he retracted and said he was sure of it. He could not find hatching strokes on the Lardoux portrait which he claimed to have seen eight years before; he apologized for his failing eyesight...
...Paris. President Gaston Dou-mergue pinned the cross of the Legion of Honor upon Captain Lindbergh, on the day of the modest remark: "It is much easier to fly from America to Europe than to fly from Europe to America...
...week opened, Finance Minister Peret commenced to juggle in earnest with the incredibly complicated fiscal problems bequeathed to him by Premier Briand's last two Finance Ministers, MM. Loucheur and Doumer (TIME, Dec. 7 et seq.). From the additional taxes voted during the Dou-mer régime, M. Péret figured that he might derive 1,600,000,000 francs. He estimated that by still further drastic governmental economies he could save 500,000,000 francs. There remained a deficit variously estimated at between 3 and 4 billion francs. To meet it, M. Péret proposed...