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C.D.U. FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM, the sign read, clearly stressing the party's view that peace could not be taken for granted in the absence of the military strength that ensures a nation's liberty. By the time the convention ended, Leader Helmut Kohl, 51, had succeeded in appearing sensitive to the problem, while reaffirming his party's traditional support for a strong U.S.-linked defense...
...alternative," Kohl boomed as the 830 delegates applauded. A poll published on the eve of the convention showed that the C.D.U. had gained so much momentum that if a vote were held today, it would win a clear majority of 50.3%. That is a remarkable comeback for a party that suffered the worst defeat in its history only a year ago, when Schmidt's coalition trounced the conservative Minister-President of Bavaria, Franz Josef Strauss, 53.5% to 44.5%, in the national elections, winning 271 seats in the Bundestag, against a total of 226 for the C.D.U. and its companion...
...Philip Kohl, professor of anthropology at Wellesley College and a conference organizer agreed, adding that the Soviets had to satisfy many "local bigwigs, people who are powerful within their own local institutes...
...campaign had been marred by smears and name-calling; the election aftermath was marked by recriminations and a few gloomy second thoughts. "We suffered a heavy defeat," acknowledged Helmut Kohl, chairman of the Christian Democratic Union (C.D.U.). "The results are disappointing," said Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski, deputy chairman of the winning Social Democratic Party (S.P.D.). But not, clearly, to Wischnewski's boss, Chancellor Helmut Schmidt. Three days after the election he strode briskly to his chancellery office, and in an impatient, business-as-usual manner, presided over a meeting of his newly reappointed Cabinet as if nothing...
...bitter, dirty fight," commented Political Analyst Rudolf Wildenmann. "Unprecedented political mud-slinging," charged Christian Democratic Chairman Helmut Kohl. Munich's Süddeutsche Zeitung warned that "election polemics are producing poisonous blossoms...