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Nevertheless the Chamber supported Premier Laval's budget policy by a majority of 52. Next the Chamber, for the third time in 13 years, approved giving the vote to Frenchwomen who have never gotten it because of die-hard opposition from the greybeards of the French Senate...
Premier Pierre Laval of France showed friends a copy of TIME with its story about him as "man of the year" (TIME, Jan. 4). When he proudly pointed out the observation that his surname spells itself backward, Leon Noel, new head of the Sûreté Générale, cried: "I'll double you. Chief...
Just as everyone expected, the Cabinet of Premier Laval fell and was reassembled last week; former Premier Andre Tardieu was pushed into the post he was far from anxious for, that of Minister of War; and M. Laval himself took on the duties of Foreign Minister as well as Premier. Suddenly the Surete-General clamped down a strict press censorship. International cable messages were delayed for hours. Though nothing drastic happened, there were numerous incidents in the week's news that might have been misinterpreted...
...Though he had been forced to hand in his resignation, sick old Aristide Briand clung to his Foreign Office desk at the Quai d'Orsay until the last minute. Premier Laval called personally, begged him to accept an honorary Cabinet post. Brer Briand issued an acid statement: "M. Briand would prefer to study the juridical and diplomatic form in which he might contemplate eventual collaboration...
...important newcomer to the reorganized Laval cabinet is Pierre Cathala, Minister of the Interior. Unemployment and languishing business are two of the problems he must face. Even more meteoric than that of M. Laval is the career of Pierre Cathala. Thirty-eight years old, he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies at the last general election. This is his great chance. French politicians call the Minister of the Interior "king maker" for he appoints and controls the prefects, and the prefects are the Government's agents in the provinces...