Word: reynaud
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Thus the Reynaud Cabinet was simply the Daladier Cabinet revamped, although it had a broader political base. But it was a Cabinet headed by an oldtime foe of appeasement, a man who had always distrusted the Nazis and demanded action against them...
...would stand or fall. Seeking to warm up the Deputies, he hailed "the flame of Jacobin patriotism which animates Daladier and which is the soul of the country." Daladier meanwhile was being cheered in the Senate, but neither house showed enthusiasm for the short, characteristic Cabinet declaration of Paul Reynaud which he read in four minutes flat. Keynote: "My government has but a single aim-to conquer...
...voting urns again were passed. Result was 268 votes supporting the Reynaud Cabinet, 156 opposed and 111 abstentions. Following the Daladier innovation of adding opposed & abstentions as if they were the same thing gave Premier Reynaud a majority of just one. Later five abstainers redirected their votes in his favor...
Fortunately the eleven-day Easter recess of Parliament was just about to begin -and that gave France a breather. After consulting President Lebrun, Premier Reynaud & Cabinet decided not to resign, to try over Easter to pacify partisan passions and negotiate a solid Chamber majority...
...Jimmy." In 1932 at the final Herbert Hoover campaign rally in Madison Square Garden, sprightly, dapper, top-hatted Paul Reynaud was mistaken by the crowd for ex-Mayor Jimmy Walker of New York City, drew cries of: "What are you doing here, Jimmy...