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Au t 526 - page four Gross-Gerau factorg themselves fought the orders of the etall=Labor Union, that had dictated a stiike for the purpose of increasing wagese Kwen concentrations of large masses of Union members, mobilized by the Trade Union in the entire district and shipped to Gross= werau could not break the emplgyees' decision. Finally the Union leadership was forced to give up ond even was sentenced, by order of the Darmstadt Labor vourt, to pay a sizeable compensation to the firn, as it coulda be established that the whole action and the resulting losses for the company had been ordered and organized by the official Trade Union Officese Fundament@aly different is the at itude shown by the Miners’ Unions, that equally represent labor interests, but openly criticize an attituae that undermines governmental initiatives and the es tablished order, «ith the sole purpose of serving marxist aims. as to the Socialist sarty, the SPD, it is feverishly preparing its general meeting to be held in September in the city of Dortmund. at that time, the party platform and the basis for the future electoral campaign will be published. un the basis of the latest evolution on the German labor front, it is not too difficult to foresee what this party program will likely present. For the first time, the socialist larty has be n given official and full support by the SZZÍxáuZ Trace Union leadershipe It is evident that the Farty will fully continue in that line, viz. the fight for a "new social order" and against the "forces of reaction" that today are leading in the Bonn regime. Such fight, as explained above, is likely to be backed, by extra-parliamentarian action, that is by increasing strike orders and labor unrest. _-—_—— — — The new electoral groups: the refugees and the extremely nationalistic elements. The increasing influence of expellees and of their new party, the BHE ("Bund der Heimatvertriebenen und Entrechteten") has been dealt with at length in a previous report from Bonn. They will form a decisive group in the outcome of the future election and above all in the formation of a future majority coalition. With the ending of the whole denazification procedure, an important group of previously “politically unreliable" elements are now accepted as voters and as candidates. The neo-nazi Party, the SRP ("Sozialistische Reichs Partei) pf Major Remer was based on strongest propaganda and stormy meetings among these elements of the extreme nationalistic right. A recent order, issued in July by the Constitutional Court, declared the party guilty of contempt of court and banned all its meding and publications, until such time that a final decision would be taken as to the legality of the SRP itselfZ. The practical consequence of this court ruling is that the Neo-Nazi Party is excluded from the coming electoral campaign. This explains also the attitude of other groups in the right ~- especially the FDP and the DP - s Coming forth with clearly nationalistic declarations, they hope to,capture the favor of those electors who would have casted their vot9) or at least would have been in sympathy 991
