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YORK RK June 14 R- R imo mo Francisco Franco east one ace he could save his face if the they cy y of the allies should to deal with them as asIs us Is axis friends or if mate victory should t e r n a 1 l resentment lis is regime dictator di or who has with an iron hand handan than an four years and displayed his skill might restore ish sh monarchy and work tf Lk a from Spain indicate lady there has been an from non non- icy ncy toward strict neu- neu co of Alms diplomacy anxious ton to Jiin n neutral has sought Franco that the defeat of the axis would wouldn n 11 overthrow of his gov gov- m j the e north African camen camien cam cam- ien en Franco had a good good- iny my in Spanish Morocco allied flank where flank where it irks Ambassador Carl Carl- Hayes said in Madrid deal leal and social thIs country undergo in future i t will ill be the work of td within Spain Spain not not of tes or of Spanish speech was described ast asto as inspired to t inspired axis rumors allied victory would of the Spanish which Franco aided by Y and Italy destroyed in I 39 I 5 civil war have dis- dis hat haf Franco has e generalissimo put out feeler declaring that the reached a dead point lither side able to win win trolled press raised an lIther against tg aerial bombings and has begun to present allied news s impartially Back in 1941 when the nazis were plastering Britain with bombs France accused the British British British Brit Brit- ish of prolonging the war which he thought the axis already had won Former leaders of the Spanish republic apparently hope that re the defeat of the axis will mean meana a comeback for them They are in England the United States Mexico and South American countries bi biding ling ing their time Whatever there is to Franco in Spain Spam is said by his critics to be kept alive and perhaps perhaps perhaps per per- haps strengthened by the severity severity severity sever sever- ity with which his regime has punished the republicans who fought him in m the long civil 1 war There were many executions of republican leaders and probably many thousands of the old re republican republican re- re publican Can C'an army still are in jail on political charges Build New Homes Franco has proclaimed a policy of reconstruction and national unity Thousands of new homes have been built for the poor but even Francos Franco's supporters do not contend that all unrest has been eliminated In event a serious counterrevolution counterrevolution counterrevolution lution were to develop Franco might bulwark his regime in the eyes of Washington London and the Vatican by restoring the monarchy and showing greater clemency to his defeated political foes He could also deal with the allies through the monarchy monarchy monarchy mon mon- archy without being forced to turn his personal back on the axis Don Juan prince of the Asturias Asturias Asturias Astur- Astur and heir apparent to the Spanish throne is in Switzerland awaiting the day jay when he may maybe maybe maybe be called to Madrid to take the crown yielded by his father the late Alfonso XIII under republican can pressure in 1931 Dashing handsome Don Juan who has been kept clear of Spain's political political political cal feuds is a great-grandson great of England's Q Que Queen u e e n Victoria speaks English fluently and served at one time in the British British British Brit Brit- ish navy Franco who is said to to be a monarchist at heart has put off pressure for an immediate restoration restoration restoration resto resto- ration by intimating that he e edid did not consider the time ripe He is on friendly terms with the Spanish royal family and has restored its properties pr in Spain which were confiscated under the republic At present Franco who has the impressive title 0 of f caudillo leader of the Spanish empire chief of the state and generalissimo generalissimo generalissimo general general- of the armies prime minister minister minister min min- ister and head of the military directorate and president of the political junta of the falange party occupies Pardo Fardo palace the former royal residence in the Pardo hills outside outside outside out out- side Madrid Franco Not Pompous Except for his colorful bodyguard bodyguard bodyguard body body- guard for state occasions of Moroccan horsemen with flowing flowing flowing flow flow- ing robes and swinging lances the generalissimo doesn't go much for pomp After state business business business busi busi- ness his chief interest is his family His wife and their pretty daughter Carmencita s sometimes accompany him on trips Senora Franco the former Carmen Polo y Martinez Valdes is a Galician like her husband Son of a navy paymaster Francos Franco's origin was considered humble compared to hers Her aristocratic family was said to have at first opposed their marriage marriage marriage mar mar- on the ground that an army officer could not maintain her in the manner to which she was accustomed Although Franco France had a brilliant brilliant bril bril- career and won rapid promotions promotions promotions pro pro- motions during the campaign against the Riffs in Spanish Morocco he remained largely unknown to the Spanish people His aviator brother Ramon who flew the Atlantic was much better known Ramon was killed in an airplane accident in 1938 Chance played an important part in skyrocketing Franco into power Gen General ral Jose Sanjurjo had been slated to lead the r re rebellion rebellion re- re bellion against the republic but he was killed in an airplane crash on his wa way from Lisbon to take command in July of 1936 Franco France won out over the theother theother theother other generals because he was energetic tactful and comparatively comparatively comparatively young After he had established a provisional provisional provisional pro pro- visional capital in m Salamanca his enemies jibed at him as the dwarf of Salamanca Slightly over five feet Franco was said to wear up built-up shoes to enhance his stature At 51 his black hair is fringed ed edwith with gray graysA 1 A stern disciplinarian of himself as s well wet I as of his soldiers soldiers sol sol sol- diers his vitality appears undiminished un- un diminished He doesn't smoke and in his wine drinking he is said to limit himself to one light sherry aperitif Devoutly religious like his wife Franco was said to have I gone to mass daily to pray for forthe forthe the success of his his' arms during the civil war One of his first of official official official of- of acts was to restore the Catholic church as the state re religion re- re ligion As an orator Franco is no spellbinder In private cOnversation conversation conversation conversa cOnversa- tion he speaks softly He dislikes making speeches Ches and sometimes gets help from his advisers in having them written But he can speak fervently and rapidly when he warms to his subject ct Francos Franco's friends resent having having having hav hav- ing him compared with Hitler and Mussolini They point out th that Hitler has a a. trick mustache and a slanted haircut and that Mussolini is a poser and bombastic bom bom- bastic things bastic things they call un Spanish that would subject any Spanish ruler to ridicule from his people They also emphasize that there has never been a a. breath of scandal about him F Franco's Francos ancos anco's chief hate is com com- He called his revolution a crusade against communism which he alleged made mad the re republic republic republic re- re public subservient to Moscow The charge was denied repeatedly repeated repeated- ly by republican leaders His ambition often declared in his speeches is to restore Spain's prestige of ot the golden age of Isabella and Ferdinand Visions K New w Spain This new Spain Spain Spain-he he declared will represent s nt a great national family one without masters or vassals without poor or potentate poten poten- tate Social justice will be the basis of our new empire We want a fraternal Spain an industrious industrious industrious in in- and working Spain Spam where parasites can find no lodging While maintaining in his foreign policy up to now Franco has kept a token division divisions on the Russian front the front the only military aid he heis heis heis is known to have given the axis He has refused to yield to axis pressure for a straight-cut straight military military military mili mili- tary alliance He did noe notable thing to improve diplomatic re relations relations relations re- re lations with the allies Last fall he ousted his fanatically pro- pro axis law in Ramon Serrano as foreign minister min min- ister And with growing allied military might the generalissimo appears to have nave become in increasingly increasingly increasingly in- in careful In what he says about Britain and the United States although he continues continues continues con con- to denounce soviet Russia as a menace to Europe What his next move will be if the final collapse of the axis becomes Imminent can only be guessed at But there have been persistent persist persist- ent rumors that the groundwork is being laid for restoration of the monarchy |