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Within 15 minutes of the Assembly vote that felled them, Premier René Pleven and his cabinet ministers sped to the presidential palace in their official black cars and submitted their resignations to President Vincent Auriol, getting into their usual traffic snarl in the courtyard. Then they rushed back to carry on their cabinet assignments as before, until a new cabinet emerged...
...Paris last week, Premier René Pleven gave French deputies a lesson in elementary economics. "I am amazed," he said, "that no one has pointed out the real reason why prices have risen more sharply in France than elsewhere in Europe. The coal price influences the cost of almost everything else...
Fallen after five months in office, several stays of execution: Premier René Pleven's French coalition-of-the-center government. His was the eleventh French government (usually with the same ministers changing chairs) to fall during the lifetime of the Fourth French Republic...
...typical summer weather last week as the South African gliding meet began on the broad plateau at Baragwanath. All morning thick cumulus clouds built up in the hot, dry air over the Rand. At noon, Swiss Engineer René Comte folded his wiry frame into the cramped, rubber-cushioned cockpit of his sleek Moswey (Buzzard) IV glider, fitted the bubble canopy in place and took off, towed by a sturdy little Tiger-Moth. With good luck he hoped to fly to Bloemfontein, 200 miles away...
...weeks ago, Premier René Pleven proclaimed austerity for France, and a Slash in imports of U.S. coal, ore and raw materials, in an effort to brake the run. But devaluation rumors had French capital badly scared...