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...Premier, Foreign Minister and Chief French Delegate, darted zip back to Paris and again zip to Switzerland. No U. S. traveling salesman travels harder. Frenchmen (most of whom are only as busy as bees) call their hornet-premier "Tardieu I'Americain." Pals are Andre Tardieu and Pierre Laval. They may sooner or later cease to be pals, for French politics has a way of rupturing personal friendships.* But up to last week Senator Laval and Deputy Tardieu had kept the Premiership of France bouncing back and forth between them for 26 out of the last 28 months...
...Affairs-Andre Tardieu. Vice President of the Council, Minister of Justice and Controller of Administration-Paul Reynaud. Interior-Albert Mahieu. Finance-Pierre Etienne Flandin. National Defense-François Pietri. Public Instruction-Mario Roustan. Public Works, Communications and Merchant Marine-Charles Guernier. Commerce and Posts-Louis Rollin. Labor-Pierre Laval. Public Health-Camille Blaisot. Agriculture-Dr. Claude Chauveau. Colonies-Louis de Chappedelaine. Pensions and Liberated Regions-Auguste Champetier de Ribes...
...them Premier Laval took the electoral reform bill (containing not only women's suffrage but broad electoral reform). In the Chamber it had passed by a vote of 278 to 0; but due to the absence of Left Wing Deputies, there was doubt of a legal quorum. Nevertheless Premier Laval thought the Senators might as well talk about the bill, offered February 19 as the date on which talk should begin...
Vexed, the Senatorial greybeards, who wanted to vent their angry words at once, promptly overthrew the Laval Cabinet by a vote...
Since the Cabinet was overthrown in the Senate. President of France must ask a Senator to try to form the next Cabinet. Last week Paris guessed that President Doumer would ask Senator Laval to try to succeed himself...