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Behind Europe's hopeful new mood is West German Chancellor Willy Brandt, who took office last month. As Foreign Minister in the old Grand Coalition of Christian Democrats and Socialists, Brandt had argued since 1966 that West Germany should attempt to normalize its relations with Iron Curtain nations. As Chancellor, he can now press his ideas even more vigorously than before. He is eager to increase trade, travel and communication agreements and establish normal diplomatic relations with Eastern European governments, which Bonn snubbed for years. Moreover, as proof of his realistic approach, he is believed ready to renounce Germany...
Late last week Indira lunched with Party Boss Nijalingappa in an attempt to avert the breakup of the Congress. Clad in what she considers to be her lucky costume-a pale yellow sari and a string of large black beads-she suggested that her deposed backers be reinstated. She refused, however, to reinstate the Syndicate members whom she had dropped from the Cabinet. "Not much was done at this meeting." admitted Nijalingappa. "No formula for unity has emerged...
SPRINKEL: There has not been, nor do I think there should be any attempt to interfere directly in individual price or wage decisions. Such efforts do not work. They have not worked in this country, and they have not worked abroad...
...growth. For the later 1970s, I am essentially an optimist. We will get back to a tolerable trade-off between unemployment and inflation, and we will again be growing in real terms at 4% a year. If we maintain our commitment to full employment and rapid growth, if we attempt to cope with the great social stresses and strains in our nation, it will be very tough to get the G.N.P. deflator consistently below 2.5%. We have to learn to live with something around 2.5% to 3% inflation. If we get down to 2.5%, we will be doing well...
...said, simply withdrawing from Vietnam without making some attempt to protect those who might otherwise be slaughtered by the Communists would be "too easy, too cheap." Such a course is one the American people would never accept, he added...