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What ruffled the jurists was an ill-advised comment by a previously obscure politician named René Tomasini, 51. Elected secretary-general of the Gaullist party only last month, the outspoken Tomasini made his maiden appearance before the parliamentary correspondents' association last week, and he sounded like a Gallic Spiro Agnew. He lauded the French policeman as "the representative of liberty." He declared that any breakdown in law-and-order was not the fault of the police but was due to "the cowardice of the magistrates." He lit into the state-owned television networks for showing "the negative aspects...
...Tomasini's speech lit up switchboards all over France. Much of the reaction, he claimed, was support for his position from France's own Silent Majority. But judges, lawyers, journalists and most politicians were furious; Combat, a liberal anti-Gaullist newspaper, dubbed the Corsican-born secretary-general "Mussolini Tomasini." Angriest of all were France's students, who had already been demonstrating over what has become known as the "Guiot Affair." Lycée Student Gilles Guiot, 19, was arrested during a demonstration early last month for hitting a policeman; denied bail and access to a defense attorney...
Guiot's case, as it turned out, was dismissed at the urging of the state prosecutor, who pointed out that the police might have been mistaken. The appeals-court judges, angered by Tomasini's insults, seemed delighted to comply, reversed Guiot's conviction. Tomasini withdrew his charge of cowardice after meeting with President Georges Pompidou. "Perhaps 'misunderstanding' would be a better word," he said lamely. With Tomasini backtracking and the students appeased, calm was restored for the time being, at least...
...program is as follows: 1. Le Jardin des Amours (Divertissement) J. J. Mouret Quatuor des Violes et Clavecin 2. Suite pour Quinton L. Tomasini M. Marius Casadesus 3. a. Variations L. Mozart b. Sonata A. Scarlatti c. Fileuse H. Desmarest Pour clavecin Mme. Regina Patorni-Casadesus 4. Concert pour Viole d'amour B. Asioli M. Henri Casadesus 5. Un Fete a la Cour des Miracles J. F. Le Sueur