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...also spouts advertising in Continental tongues. Now that the French Government has banned all blurbs from its state stations (TIME, Jan. 7), private French stations like Poste Parisien on the I. B. C. chain are cleaning up with such appeals to patriotic Frenchmen as "Hear the temple bells of Saigon, French Indo-China, in your own home with a Philco...
...visit was best viewed after a flashback to last March, when Il Duce unfolded before the Fascist Quinquennial Assembly of 4,000 prominent Blackshirts his 60-year plan (TIME. March 26). After making his favorite ironical remark "Our relations with Switzerland continue to be friendly." the Dictator challenged Frenchmen thus: "Reality demands that I state that none of the problems which have existed between France and ourselves for 15 years has been solved...
...just been kicked upstairs from Governor of the Bank of France to Honorary Governor. He was going to receive the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor, and soon a lesser tightwad would replace him, hélas. To the fusty servants and to millions of sou-pinching Frenchmen all this was decidedly bad news...
...whom own only one or two shares, have almost no authority, almost no function except to receive dividends. They receive a yearly dividend of some 300 francs on their 1,000 franc par shares which sell on the Bourse for some 10,000 francs. To the heirs of Frenchmen who bought a share at par and tucked it away in the family stocking when Napoleon I founded the Bank of France, the return on investment is thus at the rate of some 30%. Such shareholders would never have fired Governor Moret. They, too. gloomed as brisk Premier Flandin popped...
...France, thus getting funds with which to appear to balance the budget without having, to ask the Chamber to vote higher taxes. By this fascinating maneuver the State also avoids another long-term Government bond issue which would badly clog the Paris bond market. "It's clever," Frenchmen agreed, "but is it inflation...