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...Paris, the French Government surprised everybody by sending Marshal Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph Pétain to Morocco "to assure in the best possible condition utilization of the reinforcements sent to Morocco and confer with Marshal Lyautey on all eventualities and on measures to be taken in order to insure success...
Marshal Pétain is the third senior Marshal of France and as such outranks Marshal Lyautey, the French Resident General in Morocco, who will continue to be the supreme French civil authority in the Protectorate. "My duty," said Marshal Petain, "is to coordinate the reinforcements which are being sent to Morocco continuously. Those going from France will land at the Casablanca and those from Algeria will proceed directly to Taza. The question is to "use them actively in the area...
...funny situation without spilling it on his vest. 'The Night Club is an aimless burlesque . through which he wears a high silk hat. Though the plot is not vital, what there is of it deals with a will whereby the happy bachelor must marry a cer tain girl...
...This Act abolished some taxes, reduced some rates and followed in the main the recommendations of the Treasury as to administrative changes. In its failure to reduce the maximum surtax below 40% and in its increase of estate taxes to a maximum of 40%, the Revenue Act violated cer tain principles of taxation which I feel to be fundamental to any sound reform of the tax system. This may be tax reduction. It is not tax reform...
...they could not guarantee security to tourists in the desert-finis. Sadly, painfully, reluctantly, M. Citroën announced the abandonment of his scheme and presumably the greater part of the 15,000,000 francs that it has cost him. The King of the Belgians and General Pétain, who were to have assisted at the opening ceremonies, were notified that there would be no such ceremonies...