Editorials.

This article focuses on several socio-political issues. Success in coping with the financial and economic crisis will be the touchstone of the new French government headed by Felix Gouin, Socialist leader, That crisis is, reflected in the growing scarcity of necessities on the legal market, in the continued rise in prices, in the difficulty of arranging for urgently required imports. China's political consultative council has apparently made considerable progress in bridging the political chasm between the Kuomintang Party of Taiwan and the Communists. The problem of nationalizing the Kuomintang and Communist military forces seems well on the way to settlement as a result of the agreement to create a joint command.