Oldal 4 [4]
X.Al4 Nov. 52.
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ís Viee-Chaneellor Blüeher., A tall, good looking man, he is the type
ef the prosperous, successfull industrialist. He is a fair ecenomist,
a man whose inters:-ts are deminated by the econemic philosophy ef
his group. He is by eenvietion an internationalist, has a good
grasp ef both the British and American econemie problems, He is a
great supporter ef the European movement. His henesty is above sus¬
pieion. On the other hand he is long-winded, talkative and is accused
ef lack of efficieney. He alse is far frem being a true po.itician,
As it is felt that his greup has passed the high yater mark, his
fertunes are declining. The second man of the FDP, almost the exact
epposive ef Blücher, is Attorney General Dehlers Rather Prefessorial
leoking, Dehler is a man ef firm and hard eenvictions. He has seme¬
thing extremely rare : absolute deceney in everything and a meral
eourage admitted even by his worst enemies. Everybody always knews
yhere ene stands with him, He never misses te make his ideas elear.
He is at heart a political man, but ene ef these rare types that
never will become eynieal s: he is te straightferyard for that. He is
a real asset to his party. In the Nazi times, he was the atterney whe
defended all Jewish intersts against the Third Reich. His Jewish
wife, a person of similar qualities as her husband, survived by a
mirawie. Still Dehler is te straightforward a personality te beceme
the Chancellor, though he weuld be well fitted. - The second coa¬
litien Party is the German Party. It is headed and represented in
the Cabinet by the Ministers Hellwege and Seebohm. Originally the
Hannevarian Reyalist Party, the German Party new is trying te get
away from its sectional meorings and te become the gathering point ef
all Christian Menarehist ferces, The Party is efficially Monarchist,
and efficially deeply religious ; The programme is mostly the work
ef Under-Secretary Meerkatz, a censervative Prussian. Beth Hellwege
and Seebehm are able men, who are defintely rising en the po!itieal
herizen. Nevertheless their Party is still te small te give them a
ehance at gaining the first position before at least 1957. But they are
likely te gain great prominence if the present majority is returned.
In that case it will be important te watch them most closely.
This then is the team with yhieh Adenauer will meetthe Se¬
cialist challenge.
On the Socialist side the array of forces is impressive.
There is net only the Seeialist Party under Ollenhauer, its new
leader. There is alse the support ef the Trade Unien Couneil, the
DBB, which, since its recent Cengress in Berlin, has gone te the
radical side. Moderate leader Fette was replaced by the radical
Freitag, a man who is ready to threw all the Unien force into the
battle against the gevernement. This may split the Uniens and eall
the emergence ef a Christian Trade Unien. But undeubtedly, now,
the Uniens will enter the poiutieal arena, whieh they shunmed till new,
SF.