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...George, dynamic Liberal elder statesman and great British friend of France, arrived carrying two large military maps. He lunched and conferred, it came out last week, with this curious assortment of Right and Centre French politicians : Georges Bonnet, until recently Finance Minister and before that Ambassador at Washington; Paul Reynaud, also a former Finance Minister and frequently mentioned as a future Rightist Premier; Georges Mandel, the famed "Tiger Cub" disciple of the late Georges ("Tiger") Clemenceau; and Jean Ybarnegaray, a lieutenant of Fascist Colonel Count Frangois de La Rocque...
...want a durable settlement with Germany and the maintenance of Peace!'' interjected leading Rightist Deputy Paul Reynaud. "Despite the deplorable exhibition of herself that she sometimes makes, France is still strong enough to ... help keep the balance of power in Europe!'' Surprisingly, his was the only speech applauded last week by every Chamber group, from extreme Right to extreme Left...
...Paul Reynaud is often called "The Most Traveled French Statesman." He makes frequent trips to Mexico to look after property he inherited from his grandfather. Before he took up politics he practiced law. In Indo-China, where Communists have had notable success in fomenting native unrest, M. Reynaud helped restore order when he was Minister of the Colonies (TIME, Nov. 2, 1931). Aged 58, he looks younger, annoys the earnest Left with his barbed Gallic wit, his habitually ironic mien. The Moderate Left acknowledged him the leading exponent of the moderate Right. Excepting Bonnet, no Premier cared to form...
...much longer. Logical next move would be dissolution of the Chamber with an immediate election. First party to come out with what could easily become an electioneering broadside were the Communists: "Formation of the Cabinet which M. Blum had envisioned was rendered impossible by the demands of Paul Reynaud who wanted to impose the presence in the Cabinet of elements linked with terror and Fascism...
...Reynaud was immediately asked by M. Chautemps to enter the Cabinet as Finance Minister, as it was thought his presence would steady the franc and impress England. At the Coronation of King George VI dapper little Paul Reynaud, although only a private citizen, was accorded by His Majesty's Government, among whom he has many friends, one of the very best seats in Westminster Abbey. It was really he who last week gained most in France, if only in kudos...