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Laval appeals to French pub, radio s; text; Paris press comment; Wash reaction
U S note to Vichy protests alleged French merchant ships shift to Jap hands, Indo-China waters
McNutt plans voluntary priorities system with provision to curb pirating by competing employers; may pledge employers to hire through U S Employment Service; opposes compulsory drafting, favors group deferments by Selective Service if needed; notes skilled labor shortage
Roosevelt orders 4 Brewster plants seized; Capt G C Westervelt put in charge; White House Sec Early reiterates mismanagement charge; plants reprs comment
Repts on SS Normandie fire cause
1942Geoffrey Palmer, New Zealand politician, 33rd Prime Minister of New Zealand[†]
Sir Geoffrey Winston Russell Palmer is a New Zealand lawyer and former politician who was a member of Parliament from 1979 to 1990. He served as the 33rd prime minister of New Zealand for a little over a year, from August 1989 until September 1990, leading the Fourth Labour Government. As minister of justice from 1984 to 1989, Palmer was responsible for considerable reforms of the country's legal and constitutional framework, such as the creation of the Constitution Act 1986, New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, Imperial Laws Application Act 1988, and the State Sector Act 1988. He served as president of the New Zealand Law Commission, from 2005 to 2010.