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...middle is the confederation of centrist parties that is led by Jacques Duhamel, 43. Since there is a feeling among many French politicians that the right and left may fight to a standoff, the importance of the centrists has been greatly enhanced. They hope to add at least 20 new seats to the 40 that they held in the old Assembly, thus holding the effective balance of power between the two groups...
...wrong, at least for that day. Picking up eight votes from Jacques Duhamel's Centrist independents, the government of Premier Pompidou survived with eleven votes to spare. Socialist Guy Mollet discounted the results. "Outside this Assembly," he cried, "the censure has already been voted." In a way, Pompidou almost agreed. "Things will never be exactly the same again," he conceded...
Work for the Kitty. Textileman Duhamel, 56, who sold noodles before setting up his enterprise with $300 capital in 1935, is no philanthropist. His company's yearly sales of $5,000,000 are not going to suffer for "snow and sew." Before he built the chalet for $200,000, Duhamel made sure his workers agreed to his plan. Though there are no time clocks to punch in St. Sorlin, each group of 40 is expected to produce 10,800 toddlers' shorts during its four-week period...
Back in Harnes, all employees are putting in half an hour work per day without pay for the rest of the year. The proceeds from this go into a kitty to pay for transportation, food and ski lessons. The French government, too, has pitched in. When Duhamel explained the project, Finance Minister Michel Debré agreed to waive about $9,000 in company taxes and social security payments a year. Thus, with a snow-and-sew fund of $60,000, St. Sorlin is expected...
...Their Eyes. "We will need a year to judge whether the scheme pays off," admits Duhamel. If he had any doubts, the 40 young employees (the oldest is 24) who packed their gear to return to Harnes last week had none at all. Some were already planning next winter's work and games. "I'd like to spend the whole winter skiing and working in this chalet," says 16-year-old Annabella Zozzolo. "All my buddies want to come to work for Duhamel's. I can understand why," said one of the group's four young...