Word: democratics
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Ever since the Weimar Republic, with its short-lived Cabinets and chronic crises, collapsed in the face of Nazism, Germans have worried about their ability to build a stable, democratic political system. The latest political crisis to confront the Federal Republic should do much to allay those fears. Less than two weeks after Willy Brandt stunned his countrymen by suddenly resigning as Chancellor, a new government was functioning smoothly in Bonn. Last Thursday, in the modern and austere Bundestag chambers, Social Democrat Helmut Schmidt, 55, took the oath as West Germany's fifth Chancellor...
...enmity of the Jusos, who make up about 25% of his own party. Last week Juso Chairman Heidi Wieczorek-Zeul called Schmidt "the worst possible choice" as Brandt's successor. Schmidt has also recently been at odds with the S.P.D.'s coalition partners, the Free Democrats. He favors a little more inflation rather than more unemployment, while the Free Democrats want tighter measures to control inflation even if that means a little more unemployment. Despite his reputation as a political toe-treader, Schmidt has long been rated in public opinion polls as the most popular Social Democrat...
...recent weeks, however, the uneasy alliance of the Liberals and the New Democrats had shown signs of coming apart. Trudeau's legislative concessions were all but exhausted and many New Democrats were tired of being identified with the Liberals. Five weeks ago, the N.D.P. demanded an excess-profits tax on the windfalls of "corporate welfare bums" -New Democrat Leader David Lewis' favorite term for big corporations. When Trudeau and Finance Minister John Turner rejected the demands, Lewis flashed a bridge-burning signal: "We've concluded that there doesn't seem to be very much more that...
Members of the House Judiciary Committee agreed that Nixon had not satisfactorily met the terms of their subpoena. They also resented the fact that he had replied to it with a public speech. Democrat John F. Seiberling of Ohio complained: "To respond to a lawful subpoena by going on television was not a decent thing to do." But the committee members split over what their reaction should be. Republicans urged another attempt at negotiation. Michigan Congressman Edward Hutchinson, the committee's ranking Republican, argued: "In our system of government, it was never contemplated that the separate branches should confront each...
...year and was expected to become president. But he wanted to get into public service, and when he was recruited by the Office of Management and Budget in April 1973, he not only cheerfully took a $60,000 salary cut but also changed his voting registration from Democrat to Republican. Seven months later, Simon chose him as deputy FEO chief...