The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-18

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in the interior of the State of Rio
Grande do Sui. in southern Bra.
zil, with great loss to farming.
am not so sure. A man may start
out with sincere intentions to
really serve his country, but
after he has had dictatorial pow
err for two or three years, he
hates to step down and give the
country back to the people"
LeBouanger, the subway tick
ct collector, lives with his wife
and six children (they are ex-
pecting another very soon) in a
Groom apartment in the heart OF
Paris. The kitchen-a fourth
space in the flats about as
large as a medium-Sized Ameri-
can clothes closet, and there is
no bath.
LeBoulanger is 38, his wife 80,
and they have been married Is
years. The eldest child died
some years ago. and the others
are aged 10, 9, 7, 5. 3 and l years
respectively, three boys and three
girls.
When l called at the flat with
representatives of the American
relief agency CARE, Inc, who
delivered a food package, LeBou-
LANCER was sick in bed. confined
for the past month. Two of the
children, aged 3 and l, had whoop-
ing cough. Two of the others
were in the country under French
government care through the
Colonie de VacanceS.
The husbands wages, 10000
francs per month, working 48
hours per week, day or night,
had been halved by his illness,
for under the French social in
stlrance system he receives. 50
per cent of his regular wages
while he is ill. The apartment
"a little bit better than average"
he said--was dirty, cold and din
gy, "but it is the best we could
find" 1t costs him 500 francs per
month.
The family considers the place
reasonably luxurious, for they
have been bombed out twice.
Originally, they had lived in Gail
lon, in the Eure district, when
their home was destroyed by the
Germans in June, 1910. They
moved to Billancourt near Bou-
lougne, and were bombed out
again when their house-near a
Renault factory, was destroyed.
In 1899 LeBoulanger had been
modified in Gallon, with an air
craft group.
From Billancourt, the family
moved to Paris, where the hus-
band worked in another factory.
The Germans, then in occupation,
sought to transport him to Ger
many, but through the conni-
vance of a French doctor who
supplied false health certificates
stating that his physical condi-
ton was poor. LeBoulanger eS-
capped transportation to Germany
9s Il captive laborer. =
He is now a 'member of C.GT.,
the transport workers union, but
he is not a Communist. He has
a permanent job in the Metro.
How about general living con-
dtions?
you have seen. of course, the
bread we have? Well, it is made
from flour produced from corn
that's why it looks yellow and
has occasional pieces of kernels
in it.
1T isn't good for you-the
children can't eat it-but it's all
we can get. Maybe if we lived
near the outskirts, where we
could get out into the country.
1--WE get nearly all the food we
use in the legitimate market, but
for some things we have to go
to the black market. In either
case, prices are far too high. The
package you have brought-Well,
VIC Invent had piece of choco-
late for at least five years. And
WHITE flour. And sugar these
are almost unknown in this fam
lily. We simply can't afford
them"
Again, as regards DeGa',lle, al
most the same answer: This
time translating the French idiom
literally: 'DeGaulle missed the
train"
What do you think of the pres
ent Ramadier government"
He rose right up out of bed
and pounded his fist on the wall
I'VE will support ANY govern
! ment," he said fiercely, (Which
will give us bread"
The grandeur of the past is all