Wednesday, 4 January
Twenty-second day of the eleventh lunar month
Cold
I discussed with Kitty that we would send Lehua to Leclerc to live with for a while. But she still does not agree.
The day before yesterday there was a general election in France. The Communist Party increased its share of the vote by fifty-two, the Poujadists got fifty-one votes. The Algiers Party failed. The allocation (of places) is as follows: (Six hundred and twenty-seven representatives in total, of which, thirty for Algiers were not filled.)
| 1956 | 1957 | |
| Communists | 145 | 93 |
| Socialists | 88 | 94 |
| Various Leftists | 4 | 6 |
| M.R.P | 70 | 83 |
| Poujadists | 51 | 0 |
| Radical Socialist
(Mendès-France,) |
34 | |
| UDSR (M-Fr.) | 4 | 82 |
| Radicals R.G.R (M-Fr.) | 15 | |
| R.G.R. | 18 | |
| Social Republicans (Gaullists) | 16 | 57 |
| Independent Peasants | 94 | 122 |
| Others | 3 |
Overseas Seats
| Communists | 8 | |
| Socialists | 3 | |
| Radical Socialist | 1 | |
| Social Republican | 5 | |
| Independents | 5 | |
| UDSR | 5 | |
| R.G.R | 3 | |
| Overseas Independents | 8 |
The alliance of Europe and the United States were quite disappointed with the results of this election. They think that French politics is even more unstable and unreliable than before. At its lowest point, the franc reached 395. (The official price was 350. Two days ago, it was 375.) Furthermore, the price of gold has soared. This is not a good omen.