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...civil-war Spanish Cortes is more than welcomed by the Leftist Government if he has never actually taken up arms against it and last week 170 of the original 473 Deputies gathered in Barcelona. A newcomer, who has never before attended sessions in Leftist territory, was Rightist Deputy Pedro Rico who was Mayor ("The Fattest Mayor in Europe") of Madrid when the war began...
...keep the Rightist spies in Barcelona from tipping off Rightist bombers where the Deputies would meet, Leftist Premier Dr. Juan Negrin first announced "indefinite postponement," then bundled the 170 into motor cars which streaked 30 miles out to the monastery of Montserrat, where once the Holy Grail was hidden, according to Spanish legend...
Francisco Franco, El Caudillo ("The Chief") of Spain's Rightist Government which has functioned as a military Junta (TIME, May 3), last week assumed the title of President and formed a Cabinet. The President made no provision for elections or a parliament (see above), and the new Cabinet consists almost entirely of members of the old Junta, representatives in their own persons of Rightist political groups...
Vice President and Foreign Minister: General Count Francisco de Jordana, militarist veteran of the Primo de Rivera dictatorship, intimate personal friend of President Franco. Rightist Foreign Affairs have previously been handled by Antonio de San Groniz, dropped from the present Cabinet...
Sensationally omitted from President Franco's first Cabinet was hoarse-voiced "Radio General" Gonzalo Queipo de Llano, the Rightist commander at Seville. Immediately after publication of the Cabinet list General Queipo went to the micro phone. "The Government is taking charge of everything, including the purpose of my talks," said he, "therefore it is nat ural that these chats cease...