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...President, in a panic, told M. Reynaud he could not do this thing. France was beside the abyss, the danger was immediate and deathly. If Reynaud resigned, democracy in France would be finished; the only alternative was military dictatorship under Weygand or Petain. In the end Reynaud agreed to stay-providing he could purge the Cabinet...
...Reynaud has given Mr. Churchill a clear lead." If & when this was accomplished, the Era of Appeasement would be finally dead, buried and forgotten, if unforgiven. If defeat could be postponed, what would be the nature of the new Allied phase? Best clue to the answer was to be found in what followed last week's French purge...
...Reynaud's Hands. The communique announcing the fall of Daladier said: "The Premier becomes Minister of Foreign Affairs at the same time as Minister of National Defense, these two Ministries assuring the conduct of the war." Thus Paul Reynaud gave himself the authority of virtual dictator on the conduct of the war. But far more important was the strength and nimbleness of the helping hands he gathered around him. Four appointments in particular were striking: >As his Chief Assistant...
...help sweep the dust out of the Foreign Ministry, Paul Reynaud chose a brand-new broom: Paul Baudouin, 45, second from left on TIME'S cover. After a brilliant flying career in World War I, Baudouin picked up some political point ers as private secretary to Finance Minis ters de Monzie, Caillaux, Painleve, Lou-cheur, Doumer. Having married a Ma demoiselle Angoulvant whose father was a high muck-a-muck in Indo-China, he went to work for the Bank of Indo-China, made a beeline for the East. In five years he became general manager. Recently...
...Time is limited." Well might Reynaud and his hands hurry last week. The peril was immediate, for as this week began, not only was France at war with Nazi Germany, but with Fascist Italy. Perhaps France had a millennium of freedom ahead-but it looked more like a mere thousand hours, perhaps less. The length of French resistance, the rigid odds of mechanization being what they were, depended directly on morale-of the troops and of the populace. Over the radio, Premier Reynaud addressed himself to this intangible factor. The enemy, he said, had embarked on three enterprises...