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...victory for the French. For a loss of a few hundred men, the Communists had gained control of a piece of land almost the size of New England. In Paris, criticism of the government's conduct of the war was harsh. Leading French administrators, e.g., Saar Ambassador Gilbert Grandyal, were shying away from service in the crumbling Associated States. But last week Premier Rene Mayer nonetheless found a new and promising commander in chief for Indo-China: General Henri Eugene Navarre, oldtime cavalryman and armored-force officer...
Nancy H. Goldring will speak on "The Saar as a Contemporary International Problem," and Catherine L. Rubino will discuss "The Apostate as Rodeemer: William Faulkner's Study of the Hero in Relation to the Curse on the Land." Martha M. Nicely will present a description and demonstration of a research project on the effect of drugs...
...were not all smiles. The U.S. was mainly interested in getting France to approve the European Defense Community treaty (TIME, March 30). The French, reluctant to commit themselves on a treaty that is far from popular in France (although it is a French creation), insisted that questions concerning the Saar must be settled first. At one conference, President Eisenhower reminded the French leaders that they had an external as well as an internal public-relations problem. A citizen of Texas, said Ike, had a hard time understanding why disputes over the Saar, an area half as big as a Texas...
...majority cheered. Then he turned to the Gaullists. the other group he hoped to win over in order to win office. The treaties binding the six-nation European Defense Community have been duly signed by France, said Mayer, but before ratification, his government would require 1) negotiation of the Saar question, 2) modification of certain clauses in the treaties by protocol, 3) closer association of Britain with...
...dreams of five years ago, let their stomachs-and memories-decide. In 1935, after voting-90%-to rejoin the Reich, the Saarlanders heard Adolf Hitler promise: "In ten years' time, you won't know your city of Saarbrücken." Hitler was right: by 1945 the entire Saar basin was a heap of smoldering ruins...