Word: jouhaux
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Most vexed was paunchy old Léon Jouhaux, longtime French trade union superboss. On paper his Confédération Générale du Travail (General Labor Confédération) "represents without political leanings all workers aware of the struggle to make final the distinction between the employer and his employes," to quote its grandiose Charter. Strictly speaking, "Papa" Jouhaux had been supposed to represent the great bulk of employes in French large-scale industry. Soon after the new Cabinet took office fortnight ago he met French employers' representatives at a conference presided...