Word: doumer
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Dates: during 1925-1925
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Next President Doumergue, presumably at the suggestion of M. Briand, asked the latter's friend, Senator Paul Doumer, to form a cabinet. Senator Doumer has had a long and honorable political career* and has not been greatly embroiled in the recent political struggle. He could come forward without stirring the animosities which spring up about every man recently in power. He might succeed in conciliating Blum. He failed...
Finally, M. Briand stepped again into the limelight, while many an observer declared that he had deftly made use of both Doumer and Herriot to split the cartel, When President Doumergue called upon him once more to try to form a cabinet he was ready. After two days of dickering he got together a government, representing a slight swing to the Right from that of M. Painlevé, which it is hoped can command a majority without the Blum faction...