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Typical Frenchman Dismayed At His Country's Prospects
Pierre J Huss reports Gustave Leroux a veteran Paris barber at Victor and Fernand No 5 Rue Edouard VII near the opera decries postwar hardship. He notes low living standards, government ineffectiveness, black market concerns, and fear of another war while praising experienced leadership and modest reforms. Leroux compares French and American workers and laments prewar better living conditions for the common people.
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