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...helping U.S. and British flyers escape from France). So great was his success that he was appointed prédicateur (preacher) at Notre Dame. Since then, half of Paris has come to hear him-including Communist Chieftains Maurice Thorez and Jacques Duclos, as well as middle-road Premier Schuman...
Friendly Gesture. As Schuman's shaky government floundered, René Pleven, unofficial leader of the U.D.S.R., stepped up with a life preserver-with a long string to it. Pleven's proposition: if Schuman would promise to hold early elections (which the Gaullists would probably win), then the Gaullist R.P.F. would support him as an interim, anti-Communist premier. No longer would Schuman have to squeak by with dwindling majorities...
...chir (we'll think about it)," replied De Gaulle. He then added a sentence to his Compiégne speech (TIME, March 15) which startled French politicians. De Gaulle, who has never had a kind word for the Schuman government, said: ". . . What has to be done is too much for the potentialities of the present regime, however great the value and good will, which are undeniable, of some...
...Strong as Possible. The reference to "some men" in the present government was enough to start Pleven on the second stage of his search for a painless transition. He called on Robert Schuman. Over an austere Schuman dinner of soup, omelet, vegetables and mineral water, Pleven proposed his deal. Schuman was undecided...
...consider it is in the interests of France, Europe and peace that there should be as strong a government as possible in France. By strong, I mean reposing on the biggest possible majority of the French people. . . . National interest demands an understanding . . . between General de Gaulle and Robert Schuman...