Article June 14, 1969 Issue

An Interview: with a Manufacturer

with contributions from Marcel Fossier

Regardless of the ups and downs suffered by the French economy throughout, the years, the business of Marcel Fossier, Paris manufacturer, has grown steadily stronger. For sixteen years he served as a judge on the Court of Commerce in Paris. Then he was elected first vice-president of the Chamber of Commerce of Paris, an official organization that not only represents the interests of trades and industries but also studies the laws concerning the economy, giving its opinions to the Government and sometimes to the National Assembly itself.

A businessman in your country has had to face many crises in recent years, hasn't he?

A main disturbance was in 1956—the war in Algeria. Then there was social disorder at the creation of Workers' Committees in manufacturing plants when de Gaulle became head of the Government. After the war there was the devaluation of the French franc and the loss of Algeria and Morocco, two important customers in overseas trade. More troubles came in the events of May and June, 1968, the almost revolutionary upheaval that brought most services and industries to a halt.

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