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Devaluation had been long overdue. The franc's official value had been far out of line with its actual purchasing power in foreign markets; French imports and exports had suffered. But Minister Pleven, fearful lest domestic prices soar, had held up the remedy until the last possible moment. Once a country entered Bretton Woods, it was pledged not to devalue...
Looking ahead to the Constituent Assembly elections next spring, the right wing feared lest it lose prospective votes by remaining in an unpopular coalition. First the Liberals, then the Christian Democrats and Labor Democrats walked out on the Actionists, Socialists and Communists. The six parties seemed irreparably parted. Cried Benedetto Croce's Liberals: "The era of antifascism should end, giving way to a new, peaceful constructive era of post-fascism. . . ." Protested Christian Democrat leader Alcide de Gasperi: "Fascism will never happen again. Never." Growled Pietro Nenni's Socialists: Italian reaction, egged on by Anglo-American capital, was plotting...
...gratitude for all those who paid the price of victory we now ask Thy guidance as we dedicate ourselves to that cause for which they gave their last whole measure of devotion. Lord of Hosts, be with us yet, lest we forget! Amen...
Guglielmo Giannini, ex-theatrical producer, was deeply gratified. Expansively he placed the number of his followers at 2,000,000. Disavowing all parties ("We look to them to control our doings with never-ending vigilance lest we too make fools of ourselves"), Uomo Qualunque looked as though it might become one of Italy's biggest parties itself...
What this meant, said Mr. Gauss, was that Sino-American business relations were on a new-and as yet largely unknown- basis. Until the new basis is clear, he warned: the U.S. should go slow in making loans lest it foster "projects which cut across lines of our own interests." Nevertheless, he concluded: the manner in which those new relations are worked out will determine how many U.S. companies will want to invest money in China. "[While] mistakes may be made . . . the climate for American participation in the development of China will be ... healthful and encouraging...