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...France- Judge, Henri Donnedieu de Vabres, Professor of Law at the University of Paris; Prosecutor, Minister of Justice François de Menthon (detained by politics in Paris...
Politely the General listened. He had heard their complaints before. Justice Minister François de Menthon was too reluctant in purging collaborationists, too lax in setting up adequate tribunals. Food Minister Paul Ramadier was too slow in allaying hunger, too inefficient in building up a distribution system. Information Minister Pierre Henri Teitgen was too partial in distributing newsprint, too sluggish in breaking up the paper trusts. The Government had not removed these men. Gravely Assembly Speaker Felix Gouin observed: "Our deliberations are useless if no heed is paid to them...
...lamp post!"-the French Revolution's cry for summary justice-was heard again in modern form in France last week. Mild-mannered François de Menthon, French Minister of Justice, reported to the Consultative Assembly on the purge. Thus far, 60,000 prosecutions, 7,053 sentences (including 574 death sentences) have been carried out. Minister De Menthon was interrupted by fierce heckling. Cried resistance delegates: too many reprieves-"danger to the nation in a policy of weakness and evasion on matters of repression...
...Menthon faltered, spoke of all that the Liberation Committee had done: the accused had been arrested, a court of three military men and two civilians had been...
...Menthon's voice broke; he fell to the floor. Stricken by a heart attack, he was carried from the room. No sound, no gesture came from the assembly; in silence it adjourned...