France's slick Communists make few mistakes; last week they made a lallapalooza.
The party leadership has been under pressure from the rank-&-file, millions of whom are so new to the party that they still think for themselves. The militant members did not relish the idea of tame Communist participation in a government headed by moderate Georges Bidault. To appease this sentiment, the party's legislative leader Jacques Duclos (who knows better) permitted an all-out Communist effort to prevent the seating of certain Rightist deputies elected by the people.
They accused Frédéric Dupont, a Paris city councilor for 13 years, of "intelligence with...
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