Word: tardieu
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...Tardieu v. Blum. Amid the good and ill-natured hubbub, henchmen of Prime Minister Andre Tardieu adroitly slipped through bill after vital bill. When he refused to allow further debate on several measures, Socialist Blum taunted...
...these past nine months," shot back M. Tardieu, "you have been doing nothing but trying to prevent my projects from succeeding and now you want to go on talking...
...last, during a lull, M. Tardieu by raising an eyebrow signaled one of his Deputies who quietly proposed that the Prime Minister make the next vote one of confidence. He did so, won by a majority of 48, not astounding but sufficient. Quick as a magician producing a rabbit, M. Tardieu drew from his pocket and read to the Chamber an executive order signed by the President of France, genial Bachelor Gaston ("Gastounet") Doumergue, adjourning Parliament until November...
...France generated an atmosphere of intense expectancy. Was his story of the usual diplomatic kind that conceals a secret mission of high international import? He insisted he would see no French officials ?and then he waited over 24 hours on the chance of conferring with Premier André Tardieu. A mysterious appointment was made for 5 p.m. The French Premier waited two hours for Mr. Mills to arrive, only to learn that he had already departed for Monte Carlo. The Mills household was amazed, for Mr. Mills had been waiting, it said, to hear from M. Tardieu! Said...
...Mystery. Whatever Mr. Mills's mission, France permitted no mystery to envelop her feeling about the new U. S. tariff. Neither did Italy. Neither did England. At a political meeting in Paris, Raymond Poincaré, four times Premier and a party colleague of present Premier Tardieu, flayed the "blind economy and selfish nationalism" of the U. S. He warned: "There is a crisis in the friendship of the two nations which if it is not remedied promptly will grow worse." At Rome the Italian Government upped the duty on automobiles, prime U. S. export, by 167% (see p. 24). In Washington...