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Premier Pierre Mendèes-France had only a week to go on his promise to get peace in Indo-China or quit. Even those who considered him merely resolute for surrender could not help admiring his energy and decisiveness...
Nobody yet had the answers. If Mendès succeeds in all his aims, France might be in sounder, if more modest, circumstances than it had been in years. And if Mendès-France fails? Said a cynic: "The old gang will come back. Indo-China will still be lost, because as a nation we aren't really ready to fight for Indo-China, and our allies aren't ready to fight if we aren't. EDC might scrape through, more likely be blocked. The Americans and British will rearm the Germans anyway, which we will...
...Mendès himself thinks he will probably not last a full year, and may go down much sooner. "But by that time the logic of Mendès' views will be clear to the country," explains a disciple earnestly. "There may be dissolution and new elections, or we may have to wait longer. But people will see to it that Mendès-France eventually gets back...
...Will Mendès bring off his gamble? The country was for giving him a chance, and while it was, the Deputies dared not vote against him. He has until July 20, and all the while the clock is ticking...
Federal court dockets are crowded; that fact plus possible delaying actions by United Fruit lawyers could postpone trial for a year or two. In the interim, the fruit company might see the light-or feel the heat-and agree to mend its ways...