Word: premier
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...decision had not been easy for Benes. Last year, Czechs believed, he had suffered from a partial stroke; he had largely recovered from that, but he was almost alone, and very tired. In his letter of resignation to Communist Premier Klement Gottwald, Benes thanked the people of Czechoslovakia for "their trust and love." Then he said: "I believe in the good sense of our people, and I believe in a beautiful future for our beloved republic...
...Chips Are Down. Such Frenchmen feared that, in the end, it came down to trusting in the still remote and uncertain U.S. power, and events like Congressman John Taber's hatchet work on ERP (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS) did nothing to increase that trust. Premier Schuman's government might be gambling its existence (see FOREIGN NEWS) when the French Assembly debates the six-power recommendations soon...
...Premier Robert Schuman, who had started and stopped the tempest in the model harbor at the French government's new hydraulic laboratory at Maisons-Alfort last week, was pleased. "What control! It's uncanny," he remarked...
...first gale blew up when Socialists suddenly bucked at the idea of firing 150,000 surplus government workers-though Socialists in the Schuman cabinet were committed to the economy. The Premier demanded a vote of confidence and got it, 402-183 (his ninth in nearly seven months). Only the Communists voted against him. The size of his majority seemed almost a promise of sunny weather...
...When Premier Alcide de Gasperi's Christian Democrats won the elections last April, the West sighed with relief and turned to other concerns. Indifference was premature. Last week the Communists were renewing their campaign of sabotage...