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Troubles have been piling up for Ludwig Erhard ever since his Christian Democrats suffered a severe setback in July's state elections in North Rhine-Westphalia. Critics inside and outside his own party have blamed him for everything from a revolt within Germany's top military command to the sinking of an overage U-boat in the North...
...even a mission to the White House seemed to stem the anti-Erhard muttering. In fact, as he stepped from the Lufthansa jet that brought him home from Washington a fortnight ago, Erhard was greeted by a blaze of unsettling headlines. They spoke of closed-door meetings among politicians anxious to get his scalp. His own deputy party chairman, Rainer Barzel, had huddled with former Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, Erhard's severest critic. In a hunting lodge in the Vierherrenwald, Bundestag President Eugen Gerstenmaier had canvassed powerful C.D.U. state leaders on Erhard's strength in their regions. It remained...
Merge Verge. In Washington, handsome George squired Lynda to the White House state dinner for West Germany's Chancellor Erhard. Another dinner guest, Beauty Columnist Arlene Dahl, wondered how George could "bring out all that beauty in one woman." Part of the answer, of course, is that he introduced brown-eyed Lynda to Hollywood makeup artists and jet-set couturiers. But her new look does not disguise the rare effulgence of a girl in love. Diagnosed Dahl: "She's mad about...
...offset" agreement by which West Germany helps compensate the U.S. for the cost of maintaining its forces there by purchasing American military equipment. The Germans have fallen $600 million in arrears on their commitment to buy $1.3 billion in U.S. arms during a two-year period ending next June. Erhard's argument is that West Germany needs no more equipment at this time, and cannot really afford to keep to its contract...
...back down on their agreement. His unspoken threat: if Bonn does not ease the U.S. balance of payments burden by continuing the scheduled purchases, American forces might be substantially reduced in Germany. The prospect of U.S. troop reductions is a nightmare for any West German politician, and especially for Erhard. Nothing would bolster his standing in Germany quite so much as a resounding pledge from the President that U.S. troop strength will remain close to current levels. Presumably, Erhard also wants to try again for a commitment that the U.S. will help West Germany achieve some sort of eventual participation...