Jules Moch

Jules Moch (to pronounce " Mok") French is a politician, born the March 15th 1893 with Paris and deceased the 1985 with Cabris (the Alpes-Maritimes). He is the son of Gaston Moch.

Biography

Polytechnicien (Promotion X 1912) and naval engineer, it adheres to SFIO in October 1924 and is elected appointed as of 1928, initially of the Drome until in 1936, then, at the time of partial, in 1937, Herault. It is essential like one of the best technicians of the socialist party. Anticonformist spirit, it does not hesitate to write that a good part of the Marxist doctrines is exceeded.

General secretary of the government in the first cabinet Blum, then under-secretary of State to the presidency of the Council (1937), he is public Transport and Minister for Labor in the second cabinet Blum (March-April 1938). He organizes the assistance with the republican Spanish (sales of fictitious weapons towards other countries, who finds itself in Spain). In October 1938, he is opposed to the Accords of Munich, and votes them with the House of Commons only by discipline of party. It is then, with Leon Blum, one of the organizers of the tendency of the S.F.I.O preaching resistance to Hitler.

The July 10th 1940, it belongs to the eighty members of Parliament to be voted against the full powerss with the marshal Pétain. It for this reason is supervised by Vichy, which even makes it stop the September 25th 1940. He is imprisoned with Pellevoisin (Indre), in company of Vincent Auriol and Marx Dormoy, then transferred to Aubenas and Vals.

At the beginning of 1941, it is released. It enters then the Résistance and creates the movement 1793 , which is devoted to sabotages in the Aude and the Ardèche. It joined de Gaulle in 1942. Little filled with enthusiasm by the general, he prefers to engage in the naval forces of free France (1943) and takes part in the unloading in Provence, in August 1944.

He is member of the Consultative Assembly to Algiers and Paris (1944), then of the two constituent National Assemblies (1945 -46) then of the National Assembly (1946 - 1958 and 1962 - 67). With eight recoveries, he is minister during the IVe République: Public works and transport (1945 - 47), Interior (1947 - 50), Defense (1950-51). Jules Moch is vice-president of the council of 1949 to 1950. Its last ministerial position is the Interior in the Gouvernement Pierre Pflimlin in May 1958: after the Putsch of Algiers, it returns to try to save the Republic, but it notes that the coring of the police administration by the nationalist gaullists and their allies obstructs in a crippling way its initiatives; indeed, CRS that it sent fail to take again Corsica with the putschists.

As Minister for Transport, it contributes to the rebuilding of the railroads, the ports, the roads and aviation. As a Minister of Interior Department, he is confronted with the insurrectionary Grève S organized by the CGT in November 1947 and he shows a great firmness. October 9th, 1948: Henri Queuille, president of the council (of radical tendency) since September 11th, 1948 - it trains the fifth cabinet of the Third Force since the ousting of the communist ministers in March 1947 and the end of the three-party government -, denounces the “insurrectionary character” of the strikes in progress in the mines. These violent strikes, which took revolutionary forms in particular in coal mining of North, were started in October by CGT because of a wage lag on the prices of more than 30%, inflation being then a chronic evil in spite of the American assistance. They were severely countered by the Minister of Interior Department Jules Moch, which mobilized 60.000 CRS and soldiers against the 15.000 strikers cut off in the wells, and imposed the resumption of work at the end of November. With the favor of the lassitude of the workers and divisions of the trade unions, repression was severe, with more than 2.000 dismissals. The Communists insult it with an extreme violence. It creates the general inspectors of the administration on mission extraordinary (Igames), the first regional prefects. To the ministry for Defense, it contributes to the modernization of the army, sets up the French participation in the Guerre of Korea and contributes to the implementation of NATO.

It fights at the same time the gaullists (RPF) and the Communists (PCF) and is one of the leaders of the Third force. Delegated France to the Commission of the disarmament of UNO of 1951 with 1960. As rapporteur of the Commission of the foreign affairs, it fights the European Community of defense that the National Assembly rejects in 1954.

Beaten with the legislative elections of 1958, it becomes again appointed in 1962. In 1967, it is not represented and withdraws political life. It is devoted in particular to its books, scientific International Conferences and the project of bridge on the English Channel, more expensive but more profitable than a tunnel. Very marked by its ministerial experiment during the Cold war, affected by the death of his wife, it expresses her opposition to the Union of the Left, and resigns of the Socialist party on January 1st 1975.

Summary of its functions

Governmental functions

Delegation

  • Appointed (SFIO) of the Drome (1928-1936)
  • Appointed (SFIO) of the Herault (1937-1941, 1945-1958, 1962-1967)

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