March 1956

the éphéméride | all on March and 1956

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  • France:

    • a directive of the ministry for Finances states: “ the tax law must be applied. We cannot consider of measurement of leniency as long as the movements of tax opposition continue ” whereas the civils servant expect a recrudescence of the incidents during fiscal controls; small shopkeepers of UDCA making hunting for the general-purpose ones.
    • Of oil is found with Parentis and of natural gas with Lacq.
    • Creation of Funds national of solidarity to help the elderly. Its cost, estimated at 135 billion French francs, is covered by an increase of various taxes for 110 billion and by the creation of a label car, which irritates the motorists already heavily taxed by the automobile license and by the tax on the gasoline of an amount of 233%.
  • protectorates of the Morocco and of Tunisia are seen granting their independence without combat.

March 1st

  • France/the Vatican! By a letter, the pope Pie XII grants his apostolic blessing and a personal financial contribution for the construction of the underground basilica, church Saint-Magpie X of Lourdes, the building site opens as of on March 18th.

March 8th

  • France: Creation of association " Maternity heureuse" ancestor of the " Planning familial".

March 12th

  • France: PCF votes the special capacities with the Gouvernement Guy Mollet: “ the government will have in Algeria the widest capacities to take all the exceptional measures ordered by the circumstances, for re-establishment of the order, the protection of the people and the goods and the safeguard of the territory ”.

March 17th

  • France: The president of the Council, Guy Mollet Co-sign with the Minister for Defense, Bourges-Maunoury, that of Justice, François Mitterrand, and Robert Lacoste - general governor of Algeria - an relative order with the application of military justice in Algeria. This decree gives the full powerss to the army, which will be able to use torture on broad scale against all those that she suspects of helping the FLN. 250  000 additional men are sent in Algeria in order to ensure the “squaring” of the population that Robert Lacoste claimed since his arrival in Algeria.

March 20th

  • Tunisia: declaration of independence

March 21st

  • Algeria: Setting in production of the oil of Edjelé.

March 23rd

  • France: Outline law Removes iron on overseas.

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