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...schemes to leave his money to an illegitimate son in return for the love denied him by his family. When the son conspires against him, the old man discovers that love cannot be bought, then gives the money to his greedy legitimate children as a sort of franc-for-franc payment of their grudging affection. In giving up his wealth he experiences an insight into godly love, but apparently too late for him to be saved on earth...
Cried the leftist Franc Tireur: "Ramadier does not govern; he compromises. He does not act; he maneuvers. He does not decide; he parleys. He cuts the pear in two, gives the worse piece to his friends and the better to his enemies...
Comforting thought for Americans: U.S. money (frozen in France) was largely responsible for the French prizewinners. RKO put up half the money for the 100 million franc ($840,000) Silence; Universal, four-fifth's of Diable's 52 million...
Empty Comfort. Even leftists had their eyes opened. Wrote France's often pro-Communist Franc-Tireur: "In this sad adventure . . . Russia has wound up creating the very [Western] bloc she wanted to avoid. . . ." Wrote London's Laborite Daily Herald: "Russia's present policy is aimed calmly and deliberately at preventing European unity...
...last week, Roman citizens had a field day with the first batch of pilgrims they had seen in years. One old Swiss woman with a strange silver headdress covering her huge bun of white hair got a 100-lira note from a moneychanger in exchange for her 100-Swiss-franc note (worth more than 20,000 lire). Postcard peddlers got rich...