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Twenty-four hours after he landed in Egypt he diagnosed Naguib's revolutionary land reform law (TIME, Sept. 22) as sound, contradicting many more hesitant experts who said it was politically smart but economically risky. He also declared that Naguib was a great man and Egypt's economy was basically healthy. His prescription for Egypt: work hard, increase production, avoid useless expenditures. It sounded simple, but U.S. economists and Point Four experts have also found that for the "backward nations" simple remedies are the best. At any rate, psychologically, Dr. Schacht's words had a strong tonic...
Last July when Egypt's Naguib led a revolt against his government's corruption, Lebanese wondered whether their country was not ripe for similar treatment. Two weeks ago 'Premier Sami el Solh turned on his boss in the most violent speech ever heard in the Chamber, then quit...
...brigade-sized army. The general politely refused. He added that the army could no longer be depended on to protect the President's safety. Just after midnight one day last week, El Khoury quit. At El Khoury's insistence, General Shehab became caretaker President and Premier. No Naguib, he made it clear that he does not want to stay in office. This week Lebanon's Chamber of Deputies will pick a new President. In the President's palace the Father of Belly spent the weekend packing, while old friends, remembering his glorious days, streamed...
...home, too, Naguib continued to prove a determined leader. On his first day as Premier, he presided over an all-night cabinet session (interrupted for prayers and sandwiches). At dawn next day, his government promulgated a code of reform laws designed to make sweeping changes in the ancient land of the Nile. The laws would: ¶ Expropriate all land holdings over 200 acres within five years, landlords to be compensated by the government. ¶Distribute the new land (some 700,000 acres) to peasants owning no land or less than five acres. Maximum to be allowed new peasant landholders: five...
Diplomats in London and Washington wondered out loud whether Naguib in his enthusiasm was pushing too far and too fast. Summary expropriation of land, for example, might dislocate the country's agriculture, cause food shortages. Strongman Naguib seemed prepared to take that risk...