Word: gaullist
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Hero. His amnesty proposal provoked the most serious opposition. Self-righteous Communists denounced it as "immoral"; Gaullist Deputy André Diethelm called it "a pact with the devil." Pinay fought back. From his notes in a big cardboard folder he drew some startling statistics. Example: French peasants and the petit bourgeois have hoarded more than 15 times as much gold as there is in the Bank of France. The obvious reasons: 1) Frenchmen distrust their own paper currency, which seems to buy less every day; 2) many wealthy Frenchmen have avoided paying taxes for so long that they no longer...
...proposition-to a Frenchman-was absurdly simple: if the French army is not all it once was, it is due to the fact that the French soldier is not getting enough wine. "Wine," explained Gaullist Deputy Gabriel Seynat, a physician and winegrower himself, "contains phosphates, glycerine, iron, minerals and vitamins. It furnishes the organism with tissue and energy. It aids digestion, increases cerebral activity, appeases fatigue and creates the strength to work." Moreover, continued the deputy, wine "induces a state of euphoria that gives one confidence...
Then it happened. As his party caucus met to discuss France's latest attempt to form a government, there were rumblings of revolt in the Gaullist ranks. His followers thirsted for the plums of office. At the height of the caucus debate, the general turned on his loyal lieutenant, Edmond Barrachin: "Without me, sir, you would not be a Deputy." Snapped Barrachin: "Without you, mon Général, I would be a Minister." When the showdown came, Barrachin toed the party line, but 27 other Gaullists bolted. They were still right-wingers, but they felt that...
...tain at Vichy in 1940. But Pinay managed to avoid collaborationist charges by his excellent record as wartime mayor of Saint-Chamond in the Loire. He operates a tannery in the Rhone town of Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise. It was the conservative look of Premier Pinay which attracted the Gaullist right wing...
...World War II's end. Its mines and foundries supply 20% of France's coal, 15% of her iron and steel. Yet its people are primarily German; in the 1935 League plebiscite, 90% of them voted for union with Germany. French High Commissioner Gilbert Grandval, an ardent Gaullist, was not content with tying the Saar to the French economy, with which it has a natural industrial affinity. He was also determined to de-Germanize the Saar's inhabitants. Children of German-speaking parents must study French in grade school. The franc is the medium of exchange. French...