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Broken Hold. Though he wants to oust De Gaulle, Defferre has no intention of returning to the late unlamented Fourth Republic, with its dreary succession of ephemeral governments. He concedes that French voters now prefer a strong President and promises to retain the Gaullist constitution, but without De Gaulle's self-assumed special powers, which Defferre considers a breach of that constitution...
Desk-Thumping Applause. Last week, a board of trustees appointed by the Canadian government finally decided to oust the 54-year-old Banks. Rising in Parliament, Labor Minister Allan J. MacEachen drew desk-thumping applause when he announced: "It is not in the interests of the union, the shipping industry, Canada or the public at large that Mr. H. C. Banks remain in office." The trustees then named a temporary union president for Canada's S.I.U., and the government continued to press two separate criminal actions against Banks on charges of conspiracy to beat up union foes...
...certain sense, of course, Mann is right. As the futile ten-year struggle to oust Peron demonstrated, American attempts to unseat Latin American dictators have been largely ineffective. The danger of a policy of supporting dictatorships, however, is that they eventually fall. At that time, those who supported them become targets for legitimate resentments aroused by the dictators...
...last week the loyal servant turned against his master: Gibbons not only resigned as Hoffa's aide but joined a move to oust Jimmy from the Teamsters' presidency. Turning in their resignations at the same time were four other Hoffa assistants...
Calling in ambassadors of the hemisphere nations, Venezuela's Foreign Minister accused Castro of "an act of aggression." He announced that Venezuela would demand an emergency OAS Council meeting, and President Betancourt proposed a concerted hemisphere campaign to oust Castro from Cuba. "Joint action will be necessary," he said, "to finish with this bridgehead of Communism in Latin America...