Word: gaston
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...assure the peace of the world. . . . But if good international work is to be done there must first be good national work, and that can only be secured by union. Disunited peoples are weak, and weak peoples are a prey and a danger." With his voice breaking, little Gaston reached his climax: "To desire peace is not to obtain it. Let us oppose to passion our will for peace, but let us support it with an unbreakable resolution to hold force in check whenever it is not in the service of right." Reporters who have seen many state funerals...
Last February when the first crisis of the Stavisky case had Frenchmen rioting in the streets, Gaston Doumergue picked white-chinned old Henry Cheron for his Minister of Justice with the reputed remark, "He is a funny old bore, but at least he is absolutely honest...
...atmosphere strained as the inside of a tiger cage, France last week held its first election since Gaston Doumergue took over the Premiership during the bloody riots which followed the Stavisky disclosures (TIME. Feb. 19). At stake were local provincial offices everywhere except in Paris. Month or so ago any political prophet would have said that the public's never-ceasing indignation at the corruption revealed by the "Stavisky affair" would be the major issue in any French election. But fortnight ago Papa Doumergue, in a drive to push through his proposed reforms of the French Constitution (TIME...
That set-to in Marseilles was small but significant. The political temper of France was stretched no less tight throughout the Republic. And that same night Premier Gaston ("Gastounet") Doumergue sat down before a microphone to give another of his Rooseveltian broadcasts. Shrewdly, his first move was to attack the Reds. Cried the Premier...
Paris, Oct. 7--Overwhelming defeat for the Socialist and Communist "common front" and a complete victory for Gaston Doumergue's National Union Government were indicated today by returns from France's cantonal elections...