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...late for other papers to copy, he broke the news that Franklin Roosevelt was "seriously considering," if and when reelected, calling another world conference. Those to be invited: Britain's Edward VIII, Russia's Stalin, Italy's Mussolini, Germany's Hitler, France's Lebrun, tiptop representatives Japan and China, "a few others." Their object: to discuss Disarmament and Peace without any diplomatic folderol...
...Canadian War dead at Vimy Ridge. The King crossed the Channel on the Admiralty yacht Enchantress escorted by a Canadian and a French destroyer. With utmost solemnity 20,000 persons witnessed the ceremony, heard an exchange of friendly and feeling speeches by King Edward and President Lebrun of France...
King Edward later told President Lebrun that the Spanish crisis and the recent attempt at assassination (see above) had caused him to cancel all plans for his widely heralded vacation at the Riviera villa of old-time U. S. Actress Maxine Elliott...
...Rockefeller & family drove back to Paris to the Elysée Palace where President Albert Lebrun promoted him to the top-notch rank of Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor. Replied U. S. Citizen Rockefeller, 62: "The praise should go to my father for two reasons. The first reason is that in early youth I learned from my father, who is approaching his 97th birthday in the best of health, that the greatest satisfaction comes from rendering a worthwhile service. . . . The other reason is that it is only because of my father's unprecedented generosity...
...French Foreign Minister who represented France at the London and Geneva parleys on the Rhineland problem was (1 Albert Lebrun, 2 Pierre Laval, 3 Pierre Etienne Flandin, 4 Pierre Cot, 5 Eduard Daladier...