Word: m
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Communists like a raging lion. The tide of battle between Schuman's government and the Reds, who were trying to paralyze the nation, turned suddenly in Schuman's favor. It was the legislative measures he proposed against them that really staggered the "Cocos"; but the newly leonine M. Schuman showed himself not averse to a little personal action as well. When Communist Jacques Duclos called him a dirty name in the Assembly, Schuman started right down the aisle. Ushers held him back...
Then Schuman buckled down to work out something really stiff. At 10 a.m. last Saturday he bustled into the Assembly carrying a black briefcase. What was in it? someone asked. Said M. Schuman: "Vous verrez ce que vous verrez" (wait and see). What the Assembly saw amazed it; nothing so strong had been expected. What the Communists saw goaded them to a maniac pitch of fury...
...extra with two-inch headlines in red ink: "Alerte! Ils Veulent Assassiner la République!" The paper screamed that "the American party tears up the constitution. . . . Workers, democrats, patriots, you have the strength to prevent the crime ordered by the exploiters and imperialists of New York." Pouncing quickly, M. Schuman charged L'Humanité with criminal incitation to revolt. Police invaded the newspaper's plant, smashed the plates...
Beans & Whiskers. M. Schuman said he wanted a showdown; that he would push for "unconditional capitulation." The Cocos were already cringing. They asked a 1,500-franc payment for each striking worker to tide him over the Dec. 1 payday. Schuman refused...
...M. Mayer," said the Premier. "If the government does that, it admits that nothing can be done in France without Communist consent. It would mean the wrecking of our foreign policy. It would not only mean that I might as well go back to planting beans in Lorraine-to which I have no objection-but also that the recovery of France would be indefinitely postponed...