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...mein Gott," said Erhard in mock terror. "I hope with me you will work faster. What will you paint...
...Good," laughed Erhard. "The rest of me is not so paintable...
WHEN Italian Portraitist Pietro Annigoni met Germany's new Chancellor, Dr. Erhard said: "I have seen some of your paintings of the British royal family. And I remember the one you did of President Kennedy. Tell me, how many sittings did they give...
West Germany's eagle symbol loomed on the wall behind the speaker's stand as Erhard rose to deliver his two-hour acceptance address. "My policy is a policy of the middle way," he declared, making clear that he planned no major departures in West Germany's domestic or foreign affairs. To the U.S., he gave assurance of the closest friendship. To Europe, he promised his strongest efforts to strengthen the budding ties of integration. There would be no disavowal of Konrad Adenauer's Franco-German pact, and he hoped Bonn would remain on warm terms...
Stronger Reality. Erhard gave qualified blessing to the further exploration of an East-West détente, with the admonition that both sides remember a cardinal need: a solution to the problem of divided Germany. "We are told that division of our country is a 'reality' which has to be accepted," he declared. "Of course it is a reality, but it is an unbearable one. An illness, too, is a reality, but no one would think of blaming someone who tries to cure the disease...