Blithely the Deputies of the French National Assembly returned home for the weekend. The cerements were laid out, the casket prepared for a routine political burialthis time of Premier Edgar Faure, his eight-month-old government and his policy of reform for Algeria. But in their villages and provincial towns, the Deputies made a disconcerting discovery: their constituents were sick and tired of government crises. Worse, with elections scheduled for next year, the voters seemed ready to vent their displeasure on the Deputies themselves.
Suddenly, all France rang with voices warning the politicos to mend their ways. President René Coty himself joined in...