Word: franco
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Francisco Franco, El Caudillo ("The Chief") of Spain's Rightist Government which has functioned as a military Junta (TIME, May 3), last week assumed the title of President and formed a Cabinet. The President made no provision for elections or a parliament (see above), and the new Cabinet consists almost entirely of members of the old Junta, representatives in their own persons of Rightist political groups...
Vice President and Foreign Minister: General Count Francisco de Jordana, militarist veteran of the Primo de Rivera dictatorship, intimate personal friend of President Franco. Rightist Foreign Affairs have previously been handled by Antonio de San Groniz, dropped from the present Cabinet...
Interior: Ramón Serrano Suner, brother-in-law of President Franco...
Sensationally omitted from President Franco's first Cabinet was hoarse-voiced "Radio General" Gonzalo Queipo de Llano, the Rightist commander at Seville. Immediately after publication of the Cabinet list General Queipo went to the micro phone. "The Government is taking charge of everything, including the purpose of my talks," said he, "therefore it is nat ural that these chats cease...
...crude, super-blatant "chats" Radio Queipo has probably done ten times more harm to the Rightist cause than any Leftist propagandist. He is a typical, swashbuckling Spanish braggart of the old school, whereas the Rightist President is a serious, close-lipped cogitator of current Fascist theories of government. Francisco Franco started out with soldier simplicity to create simply a "Government of Order," last week obviously had not fully made up his mind what form of state Spain ought to have. If the potent British friends of Franco should have their way, and if he should win, Spain would be given...