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...Queuille came in at a good time, when turmoil was dying down. His predecessor Robert Schuman had already blunted the main Communist attack; in his first weeks in office, Queuille dealt effectively with Communist coal strikes. Schuman had started a wholesome drive for deflation, which Queuille continued. The Marshall Plan helped. Last week the franc was stronger, the national debt was slightly down, and industrial production (115% of 1938 when Queuille took office) was up to 130%. M. Queuille's critics call him "The Immobilist" because he so often finds it expedient to do nothing. Last week he attributed...
...Vishinsky turned down the West's proposal for a Germany united on the basis of the Bonn constitution. He took two days and a lot of his beloved Russian proverbs to do it. Britain's Ernie Bevin grunted impatiently as Vishinsky hammered away: France's Robert Schuman fidgeted in his chair. But Dean Acheson, knowing that Vishinsky was talking-and had to talk-for the record, coolly waited till the Russian had run down. Then he submitted a proposal for settling the Berlin dispute...
Clearly this meant trying to revive the corpse of the Potsdam agreement. U.S. Secretary of State Acheson called it "turning the clock back." French Foreign Minister Schuman said it would mean "returning to the point where our paths diverged . . . whereas what we are trying to do is find a point where our paths can converge again." Vishinsky retorted: "Until the peace treaty, Allied control of Germany must be as inevitable as the sun. You cannot prevent the sun from rising." Countered Schuman: "No, but you cannot return to the dawn once the sun has risen...
After four days' debate on his proposals, Vishinsky asked the Westerners for their ideas. Acheson, Bevin and Schuman hammered out a proposal. Highlights: unity under the Bonn constitution, no more reparations out of current production, no Russian ownership of German industry, four-power control through a High Commission bound by majority decision "save in exceptional circumstances...
...Paris, where Dean Acheson had been meeting over the weekend with France's Robert Schuman and Britain's Ernie Bevin, the West announced complete solidarity. Acheson, who is in his first major encounter with the Russians, will presumably carry the ball for the West...