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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...
...sponsored international conference at Vienna drafted an immunity-restricting treaty, which has already been ratified by 21 nations. Under the treaty, diplomats will be accountable for property they own or private business they transact in the host country outside the bounds of their diplomatic duties. Embassy employees will retain immunity only while they are on official business...
...even with an equal-population rule, state legislatures play a large part in deciding what kind of representatives an urban area will have. Until the composition of most state legislatures is changed--and the Supreme Court has not yet ruled on their apportionment--Congressional representation from most states will retain some rural bias. Because the courts and legislatures move slowly, the Court's recent rulings will probably have little effect until after the 1970 census. By that time, most central cities as well as rural areas will have lost large numbers of people, and suburbs will make most...
Under the bill being discussed today, the Council would be stripped of all powers granted it by the legislature, including those of vetoing the Governor's appointments and state contracts and leases. Even if the bill is passed, however, the Council will retain jurisdiction over judicial appointments, commutations, and pardons...
...director will retain his present position as assistant curator of Far Eastern Ethnology in the Peabody Museum...