Word: flandin
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Plebiscite Procedure, Since the thing called Nazi does have marked appeal for the majority of Germans; since the majority of Saarlanders are Germans; and since the French are realists, Premier Pierre Etienne Flandin was entirely resigned last week to the prospect of a vote by the Saar to go German and thus Nazi...
Almost unable to believe their ears, long-suffering French radio listeners heard with joy last week a characteristic order from the government of tall young Premier Pierre Etienne Flandin: After Jan. 1 no more broadcasting of advertisements by any French station...
Under new Premier Etienne Flandin's energetic drive for a freer French economy, the Chamber before adjourning for the holidays last week passed bills empowering the Government to unpeg the price of wheat in France. Zump!-the price dropped from a fictitious pegged price of $2.01 per bu. to $1.44. In stern orders to prefects all over France, Premier Flandin demanded and largely achieved last week a nationwide cut of about 12% in the price of baker's bread...
Meanwhile rising French unemployment crossed the 400,000 mark for the first time. Admittedly M. Flandin-younger than Roosevelt, Mussolini or Stalin*- faces a titanic task in attempting to bring French economy back to an even keel without invoking some spectacular "ism." Interviewed last week by the New York Times's smart Anne O'Hare McCormick, the tall, big-boned, broad-browed Premier declared...
This amounted to a hint that President Roosevelt is trying to force the franc into devaluation, caused U. S. Treasury officials to smirk that uncertainty as to the future of the franc appears to exist. From Paris French Premier Pierre Etienne Flandin crisply volleyed the issue back by declaring that the franc would stand its ground until the pound and dollar got together...