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...rear. Their places were taken by young, rugged backbenchers from among the party's 183 Deputies. A dozen of these charged up the red-carpeted steps toward the presidential tribune, plowed through a starchy cordon of dignified ushers in tailcoats. They installed young, good-looking Gerard Duprat on the rostrum. In the uproar none heard his speech, but when...
When the session was resumed next day, Duprat was still on the rostrum. The non-Communists left the hall again. Jolly General Maurice Marquant was ordered to eject them with a hundred Republican guards. After the guards marched into the chamber, reporters and Deputies waiting outside could hear cries of pain and anger and the screams of female Reds, who stretched out on the floor, forcing the guards to drag them out. One by one, the Deputies were ejected, noses bleeding, clothing torn. General Marquant mopped his brow. "What a scrap," he said, "and I'm such a kindly...
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