Word: menthon
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Cries. As the debate began, Georges Bidault and his Catholic M.R.P., professed friends of a united Europe, bided their time. "Don't get yourself worked up," the M.R.P.'s Francois de Menthon mocked Premier Mendes-France. "We've already decided to deal with you later." They have never forgiven him his share in the defeat of their...
...Long Night. At midnight Mendes asked a vote on the treaty provisions which authorized German rearmament and admission to the Western European Union. The M.R.P. demanded a recess. For three hours Mendes confidently sat on the front bench scanning newspapers while the M.R.P. conferred. de Menthon argued for an outright vote against, instead of abstention. Bidault agreed...
...chamber, De Menthon rose and told Mendes: "You need not be surprised that we are going to vote against...
Died. Jacques de Menthon, 24, engineer son of the Council of Europe's President François de Menthon; when he was buried by a landslide while working in a sand quarry; in Melun, France...
...jumped Britain's Alfred Robens with a suggestion to Assembly President François de Menthon: "Representatives will find themselves in great difficulty in determining which is better-Scotch whisky or Irish whisky.* Could you use your presidential influence to get both countries to send a case of their product to each representative so that we might have our views properly defined when we meet next time...