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Three men-a Socialist, a Gaullist and a Popular Republican-had each been asked to form a government, and failed. Now Radical Socialist Mayer (see box), sought a foothold by praising the economic achievements of the late Pinay government. The Pinay majority cheered. Then he turned to the Gaullists. the other group he hoped to win over in order to win office. The treaties binding the six-nation European Defense Community have been duly signed by France, said Mayer, but before ratification, his government would require 1) negotiation of the Saar question, 2) modification of certain clauses in the treaties...
Waiting Outside. His new cabinet includes 20 members of the previous Pinay cabinet, among them Defense Minister Rene Pleven. Biggest change was that of Georges Bidault for Robert Schuman as Foreign Minister. Both men are of the same party, the M.R.P. (Popular Republicans), but of very different character. A clandestine resistance leader, Bidault was De Gaulle's Foreign Minister in the Provisional government. Later he represented France at the San Francisco Conference, and vigorously pushed ratification of the agreements which are the basis of the present EDC negotiations. Premier in 1950, Vice Premier and Defense Minister in several governments...
...sterile opposition of the Gaullists to all participation in government. But there were still no Gaullists in the cabinet. By threatening to withdraw their voting support at any time they plainly hoped to extract further concessions from Mayer. Looking over the new government, a Frenchman cracked: "It is Pinay without Pinay and De Gaulle without De Gaulle...
Shortly after midnight, Pinay stepped to the rostrum and snapped, "I now ask the Assembly to note that it is impossible for the government to continue its task . . ." In the stunned silence, the Premier stalked out. It was all very unusual, to quit before being thrown out. Next day Pinay announced: "I'll never go back to that bear cage again." The black-market rate of the franc, which had fallen from 480 to a low of 390 during Pinay's save-the-franc administration, began climbing, and reached 420 only two days after his downfall. That familiar...
...Faces. After Pinay's fall, the traditional parade of would-be Premiers and ministers began. But this time something new was added. For six years Charles de Gaulle had refused tt> participate in any French government, holding out for a new constitution. Now he agreed to let his office-hungry followers participate in a new cabinet to keep more of them from breaking away, as did some 30 last summer to support Conservative Pinay. Aloof and disdainful, the general stayed away from Paris, while one of his most ambitious lieutenants, a young (40) anthropologist named Jacques Soustelle, accepted...