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...knowledge that the resignation of Faure, a member of the moderate Left, might compel the right-wing parties to form their own government. This in turn would probably consolidate the non-Communist Left (Socialists, left-wing Catholics, some Radicals) against them in a coalition led by ex-Premier Pierre Mendès-France. Whatever happens in Morocco, or anywhere else, the right-wingers are determined to keep energetic little Mendès from climbing back to power. The right-wing game is to use Faure (a fellow Radical of Mendès, and once his Finance Minister) to hold...
...formidable Marshal Juin, Resident General in Morocco, De Latour in 1951 commanded the French occupation forces in Austria, then was sent to Tunisia to put down the fellagha rebels. He smashed the rebellion ruthlessly but managed to keep political talks going at the same time. When Premier Mendès-France dramatically flew to Tunis with his offer of home rule (TIME, Aug. 9, 1954), De Latour was made Resident General, partly as a reward, partly to appease the fears of the French colons, who thought Mendès was going...
...country's "economically feeble," i.e., paupers, sick people over 60, everyone over 65. The Cabinet also recommended that the Defense Ministry increase by 50% the army's ration, now a pint of rough red pinard a day. In doing so, the government neatly canceled out former Premier Mendés-France's campaign to cut down on winebibbing among the soldiery. By Mendés-France's order, the serving of milk is obligatory at army messes: soldiers will continue to fight France's dairy overproduction by downing a glass of milk instead of coffee...
...Assembly adjourned with him still in control, he could-and did -boast of a six-month record of achievements that few would have dared predict. For this he could in part thank the man who wasn't there-his old friend and now bitterest rival, ex-Premier Pierre Mendès-France...
...earliest conference dinners, Faure had warned Khrushchev that France could not be split off from the Atlantic alliance. But he made no secret of his ambition to take home some achievement to match Mendès-France's, with whom he anticipates a political battle next year. He was impatient with Quai d'Orsay experts. "I use modern formulas that do not correspond to diplomatic traditions," he said expansively. He added privately: "What do my people in the Jura [his home district] know about NATO? But if I tell them that we can build irrigation canals for their...