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Following up Mr. Chamberlain's unofficial hints, Home Secretary Sir Samuel Hoare conjured up an even glossier picture of peace prospects. He saw five men-Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin, Edouard Daladier and Neville Chamberlain-getting together to sit down at a disarmament conference table and "transform the whole history of the world."* Said Sir Samuel...
Most likely to be M. le Président No. 6 to finish the full term of office is the incumbent, Albert Lebrun, whose seven years as "prisoner of Marianne" end May 10. Last week, the Cabinet of Premier Edouard Daladier set the date for the next election. On April 5 the members of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate will, according to tradition, travel to Versailles, eleven miles from Paris, constitute themselves into a National Assembly and, in the Palace of Louis XIV, elect by majority vote the 15th President of the Republic...
Since it is considered indelicate to "run" for the Presidency, no man ever becomes an openly avowed candidate. Political tradition dictates that the President be chosen from the presiding officers of the Senate or Chamber. Jules Jeanneney, the Senate President, is 74 years old, however, and Edouard Herriot, the Chamber President, has decided not to allow his name to be put forward. French political observers believed last week that the best bet was a re-election of "Papa" Lebrun...
PARIS--Premier Edouard Daladier today presented to the French Chamber of Deputies a bill which would give him dictatorial powers, including those of mobilization, to meet the threat of Nazi expansion, the most sweeping powers which any French premier has enjoyed since the World...
Frenchmen admire the Ambassador's cultivated tastes in wines and foods. They call him "that spectacular American." He is on intimate terms with many a French statesman. He frequently visits Premier Edouard Daladier. He was one of the few foreigners allowed to visit the powerful French Maginot Line. He has made little secret of his French sympathies and it was he who persuaded President Roosevelt to approve of the sale of U.S. warplanes to France last month...