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...been heard to observe that European politicians have a lot to learn from Spiro Agnew. But outside conservative Bavaria, Strauss's approach has met with little success. Another measure of the country's relaxed approach to the issue is the fact that West Germany's Bundesrat only lasl week gave final approval to a new law aimed at preventing the police from restricting demonstrations. The law prohibits random arrests of people merely for being present at a violent demonstration; only those directly involved in violent actions will be subject to imprisonment...
...unanimous vote, the Bundesrat, the upper house of the West German Parliament, last week passed a law clos ing the legal loophole through which as-yet-undetected German war criminals would have escaped punishment. Under the old law, war criminals who had not been caught and indicted by next Dec. 31 would have been immune from future prosecution. The new law renders them liable to prosecution for another ten years. It also lifts entirely the statute of limitations on genocide, thus subjecting the perpetrators of the most heinous Nazi crimes to possible punishment as long as they live...
...bill will now go to the Bundesrat, the upper house, where it probably will have swift passage. In the Bundestag, there may be some opposition from the Bavarian affiliates of the Christian Democrats, one of whose ministers cast the sole nein vote in the Cabinet session. But the majority of the Bundestag seemed prepared to endorse the Grand Coalition's plan to shift the guilt in Germany more specifically upon the shoulders of those who actually committed the crimes...
Only the Beginning. In a unanimous gesture almost without parallel in postwar Germany, the Bundestag last week passed a bill that does not abolish investigative arrest but will certainly curb its abuses. The bill now goes to the Bundesrat (upper house), where it is certain to be quickly approved. Once the new law is in effect, before a judge may permit a suspect to be jailed the prosecutor must submit concrete factual evidence that the suspect intends to flee or tamper with testimony. A suspect will be guaranteed the right to refuse to testify against himself, the opportunity to refute...
...usual, the West Berliners were the least intimidated. For fear of an incident, the Bonn government nervously canceled plans to hold a symbolic meeting of the Bundesrat (upper house) in West Berlin. Chancellor Konrad Adenauer grimly called on West Berliners to "hold firm on the certain hope for reunification, peace and freedom." Needing no urging, tough West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt defied Ulbricht's warnings, addressed a mass rally at city hall to mark the eighth anniversary of the East German uprising. At dusk, thousands gathered to hear Brandt cry: "We will survive because we have good friends...