In Paris last week, members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, having doggedly toured the neat Norman farm country and held long conferences with Premier Paul Ramadier and Foreign Minister Georges Bidault, relaxed at a party given by U.S. Ambassador Jefferson Caffery. Over cocktails, one Senator's wife asked an English-speaking Frenchman:
"Is it true that the French haven't got any more dollars?"
"That is true."
"No dollars at all?"
"Not a single one."
"Gee," said the Senator's lady, "that makes you think, doesn't it?"
Back in Washington, Administration officials were doing a little more than just...
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