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There was little questioning of Mendès' competence, but the pundits gave him almost no chance to get a majority. He vas ambitious and personally disliked by some. The M.R.P. feared his demands for an Indo-China peace and his unfriendliness to EDC. The proud, nationalist minded followers of Charles de Gaulle liked his reservations on EDC but suspected that he stood for ignoble surrender in Indo-China. In the press gallery, correspondents made up a pool. Only two guessed that Mendès-France would win a majority...
Peace First. In a tight, blue suit, Mendès-France stepped briskly forward and nervously began to speak in curt, matter-of-fact tones. It was a daring foray, lucidly drafted and powerfully put. At the center of France's illness, said Mendès-France, is the hemorrhage of war in Indo-China. "Peace negotiated with our adversaries is required by the facts, and such a peace in turn [requires] the putting in order of our finances, revival of our economy and its expansion." But peace first...
...rage, Communist Jacques Duclos cried: "That's unconstitutional!" Non-Communists roared with laughter. When asked in the lobby if his party would still vote for Mendès, Duclos shrugged: "Yes, one is not always free to do as he likes." At 2 a.m. the voice of the Assembly President droned out: "419 for, 47 against. Monsieur Mendès-France is invested...
...Mendès and his pretty wife, Lily, drove off to the Elysee Palace for the formal visit to President Coty, and finally, not long before dawn, the new Premier went to bed. But in less than four hours, he was up and beating the political bushes for men who would join him in his 33-day marathon. By week's end Premier Mendès had a Cabinet notable for its youth (average age: 47, the same as the Premier...
...feature: a Ministry for Moroccan and Tunisian Affairs, as support of Mendès' promise to ease the explosive North African problem, giving more independence to the natives of French North Africa...