Word: henry
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Philippine delegation had been hiding in the hills only a few months ago. Egypt's Makram Ebeid Pasha was a political prisoner until last fall. Yugoslavia's Foreign Minister Ivan Subasich had been a war exile in the U.S. Belgium's Socialist Foreign Minister Paul-Henri Spaak brought along an old parliamentary enemy, now a fast friend-Communist Albert Marteaux, Minister of Health...
These amendments seemed to amount to a bald declaration of "no confidence" in the Big Three design for peace. French Information Minister Henri Teitgen heightened this impression when he said: "France is in favor of collective security, but does not believe the Dumbarton Oaks plan, as changed at Yalta, comes up to France's requirements. . . . France's definition of collective security is the construction of a real international democracy,with an international government with authority to decide disputes and enforce decisions. France does not think Dumbarton Oaks-Yalta meets such conditions...
...prosecute the Government of Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, the Government of General Charles de Gaulle called from retirement the scourge of World War I's spies and traitors. At 75, famed Counselor Andre Mornet was tired, bent and heavy-eyed. His frayed red robe might have been the one he wore at the Mata Hari trial. But when he rose, red of face and white of beard, to open the case against Vichy, his years fell away, his old fire flashed...
...General listened. He had heard their complaints before. Justice Minister François de Menthon was too reluctant in purging collaborationists, too lax in setting up adequate tribunals. Food Minister Paul Ramadier was too slow in allaying hunger, too inefficient in building up a distribution system. Information Minister Pierre Henri Teitgen was too partial in distributing newsprint, too sluggish in breaking up the paper trusts. The Government had not removed these men. Gravely Assembly Speaker Felix Gouin observed: "Our deliberations are useless if no heed is paid to them...
Belgium's Socialist Foreign Minister, chubby Paul-Henri Spaak, journeyed to Paris last week to see what economic and political commerce was still possible between France and Belgium. He went back to Brussels with a trade agreement and a diplomatic understanding...