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Konrad Adenauer's decision to resign the German Chancellorship "may have been a Pyrrhic victory for Dr. Ludwig Erhard," Carl J. Friedrich, Eaton Profesor of the Science of Government, said Wednesday...
...Adenauer may use his position as President to keep Erhard out of the Chancellorship," Friedrich said. Erhard, Minister of the Economy, is regarded by many people as the one most likely to suceed Adenauer if the latter is elected President of Germany this summer...
BONN, Germany, April 7--Konrad Adenauer's decision today to surrender his West German chancellorship for the less important presidency stunned German politicians and world diplomats alike. Ludwig Erhard, 62-year-old economics minister and architect of Germany's postwar business recovery, was expected to take over next September the leadership laid down by the 83-year-old Adenauer...
...more flexible Social Democratic leaders in closer touch with the voters, and with a more pragmatic approach to practicalities. Above all, the reformers intend that the party shall not go to the people again in 1961 with Erich Ollenhauer, a two-time loser, as its candidate for the chancellorship...
Unless Adenauer changed his mind at the eleventh hour, Erhard had achieved his long-cherished ambition to wield overall direction of the West German economy. Should he also land the vice-chancellorship, Erhard would emerge as the top Cabinet officer, increasing his ranking as possible successor to der Alte himself...