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Shortly after midnight, Mayer returned to the rostrum with firmer assurances for the Gaullists. He promised there would be no division of France's armed forces. He also promised that he would not stake the existence of his government on a vote of confidence on the EDC issue. Both of these pledges were specific and circumscribed: internationalist Rene Mayer had not abandoned internationalism. But he had opened wide the gates for further changes. Voting began at 2:20 a.m., and less than an hour later gruff old Assembly President Edouard Herriot announced the result: 389 for Mayer, 205 against...
...good omen in Mayer's achievement was the breaking down of the blank and sterile opposition of the Gaullists to all participation in government. But there were still no Gaullists in the cabinet. By threatening to withdraw their voting support at any time they plainly hoped to extract further concessions from Mayer. Looking over the new government, a Frenchman cracked: "It is Pinay without Pinay and De Gaulle without De Gaulle...
Chosen to lead France's 18th government since the Liberation: Finance Expert Rene Joel Simon Mayer...
Born: Paris, May 4, 1895, grandson of a rabbi, son of Jacob Justin Mayer, director of a dynamite company, and Marthe Rose Simone Dupont. A cousin by marriage of the famous Rothschild banking family, he has often represented Rothschild interests on company directorates...
...Finance Minister in the first Schuman cabinet, he devalued the franc over Sir Stafford Cripps's objections. Becoming Finance Minister again in 1951, he angered France (and helped topple the government of Rene Pleven) by introducing, and sticking to, an austerity budget plan. Commented Mayer: "A good Finance Minister is always unpopular." In debate he is austere and biting: admired, not adored. Foreign Policy: Within his own Radical Socialist Party, he opposed the position taken by Leaders Herriot and Daladier against the European Army. Is a close friend of Europe's No. 1 internationalist, Jean Monnet, who heads...