Word: socialists
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...socialist coalition that forms the present French government is rapidly being squeezed to death. In desperate scrimmage with the Communists on one side, the government this week saw Charles de Gaulle rip off considerable yardage through the broken field of French politics. DeGaulle's heavy gains in the advisory Council of the Republic have greatly strengthened his bargaining position, although the voting was indirect--done by local and Departmental councils--and the Council itself is a body with very limited powers...
Many Americans have taken a quick glance at de Gaulle, and figured that he is the leader France must have in order to escape chaos and Communism. They minimize his authoritarian tendencies. The socialist center groups have failed, the argument goes, and it is high time the General came to power. He will straighten out the economy, make the most efficient use of Marshall Plan aid, and run the Reds into a back corner...
...reversal of French leftist sympathy, grew out of the recent coal strikes which tied up more than 16 percent of the French Labor force. Socialist and Catholic Labor movements withdrew their support, Grabar added, when they became convinced that the stoppage was prompted by Communist hostility to the Marshall Plan, and not wage demands...
Grabar and French Club President Vicas were wary of predicting what the future holds in French politics. "If De Gaulle could get a working majority with the Socialist and Radical Socialist parties, an unlikely situation," said Vicas, "he would call for a general election which undoubtedly would sweep him into power...
Brought before the Circus Saints and Sinners as their 100th "fall guy," Socialist Presidential Candidate Norman Thomas took it from 1,200 guests, but he also dished it out. Handed a "diamond-studded" soapbox and a microphone (marked WIND), Thomas cracked: "I think I know why you gave me this-I'm the only man in America who can stand on a platform. In fact, I'm the only one with one to stand on." Introduced as "the man everyone loves and nobody votes for," the veteran of six campaigns admitted that he would "settle for more votes...