The Press: Casablanca Crusade

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While he was gone, Publisher Walter tired of the paper's losses, sold control to Lemaigre-Dubreuil, a peanut-oil manufacturer, who was encouraged by Premier Edgar Faure to take over the paper and support the government in the more autonomous rule it planned for Morocco. Mazzella returned from Paris and was named editor in chief. After Lemaigre-Dubreuil was murdered, Mazzella was again warned of an attack on his life, and he fled for the second time. He returned to Casablanca on Bastille Day, kept Maroc-Presse publishing while mobs rioted outside his plant for two days.

Now Editor Mazzella lives like a moving target. He has no permanent address, changes his residence every few days. "I'm a prisoner," he shrugs. "Either I stay in the office or in my room." Though his life is in constant danger, he refuses to carry a weapon. Yet Editor Mazzella entertains no thought of giving up his crusade. In fact, he hopes he may DC winning it. New Resident General Gilbert Grandval (TIME, Aug. 1) is already beginning to give Moroccans a start toward the moderate rule that Maroc-Presse has been demanding all along.