With only a few days left before the French Chamber reconvenes November 15, Premier Edouard Daladier, whose decree powers expire on that date, last week cut a poor political figure by suddenly swapping one basic economic program for another.
He had permitted Finance Minister Paul Marchandeau to draft a program for extracting France from her financial difficulties by drastic measures of "exchange control" and "guided economy." Former Premier Leon Blum cracked: "I would laugh if it were the time to laugh!" For what Paul Marchandeau had not wanted the Blum Left to...
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