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...sucessor to Dr. Adenauer, it seems most likely that Ludwig Erhard, burly Minister of Economics, will inherit the mantle, although some have speculated on Finance Minister Franz Etzel's chances. In the years since Adenauer took office there have been several contenders for the succession: Schaeffer, the original Finance Minister was the first, but too unsavory a connection with past scandals descredited him. The present foreign minister Heinrich von Brento seems unable to generate enthusiasm; Franz-Josef Strauss, Defense Minister, not composer, was also in the running for a time...
Friedrich cited personal and policy differences between the two which might lead Adenauer to by-pass Erhard for Franz Etzel, Minister of Finance. Friedrich added that Erhard lacks administrative skill...
...want to be a giant; we want to be friends." countered Mikoyan. As the portentous raillery went on, a crowd gathered. Addressing himself to Finance Minister Franz Etzel and pointing to Strauss, Mikoyan said: "You must give no more money to this man." Replied Etzel: "Fine, you set East Germany free, and I will cut him off the budget...
...Economic Committee. Erhard, as engineer of Germany's postwar prosperity, was clearly being rewarded for providing Adenauer with his best election issue. The coincidental fact that he is Protestant would also restore the Catholic-Protestant balance in the government. As the new Finance Minister, Adenauer named Franz Etzel, hitherto vice chairman of the European Coal and Steel Authority at Luxembourg, who is expected to work with Erhard far more cooperatively than Schäffer ever...
...FRANZ ETZEL, 50, German lawyer and chairman of the Bundestag's Committee on Economic Affairs, vice president...