Word: flandin
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Good fellows, these guests from Paris, the Britons thought. Short, witty, cigar-chewing French Premier Andre Tardieu had never turned up in more engaging fettle. He and his huge, long-boned Finance Minister, Pierre Etienne Flandin, not only pleased Scot MacDonald by the crystal lucidity of their plans for rescuing Danubia from near bankruptcy but provoked him at a midnight session over Scotch and cigars to roars of midriff mirth which did his morale a world of good. Facing newsfolk just before M. Tardieu dashed back to Paris, dignified Scot MacDonald beamishly confessed, "We did overflow a bit at times...
Significantly the French Premier was curt as he caught the night train for Paris. With French elections looming May i, he left his big Flandin to attend to what was going to happen in London, spent a bad night on the Channel and was up at 6 a. m. to dictate the whole way to Paris...
French Plan, To Mr. MacDonald's extreme discomfiture France's Flandin leaned his large elbows on the Cabinet table, rested his massive jowls upon his fists and left the defense of France's plan for saving Danubia largely to the British. The plan: 1) loans to Rumania, Czechoslovakia, Jugoslavia, Hungary and Austria totaling $40.000,000 or about 65� to each Danubian man, woman and child; 2) exclusion of Bulgaria (Germany's ally 1914-18) from this rescue party, although Bulgaria is on the Danube and in dire straits; 3) lowering inter-Danubian tariffs by 10% to 20% all round...
...Very well, Gentlemen," said big Flandin, "if you think 10% is not enough. France consents to a 50% tariff...
...Cabinet: President of the Council and Minister of Foreign Affairs-Andre Tardieu. Vice President of the Council, Minister of Justice and Controller of Administration-Paul Reynaud. Interior-Albert Mahieu. Finance-Pierre Etienne Flandin. National Defense-François Pietri. Public Instruction-Mario Roustan. Public Works, Communications and Merchant Marine-Charles Guernier. Commerce and Posts-Louis Rollin. Labor-Pierre Laval. Public Health-Camille Blaisot. Agriculture-Dr. Claude Chauveau. Colonies-Louis de Chappedelaine. Pensions and Liberated Regions-Auguste Champetier de Ribes...