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Chancellor Franz von Papen of Germany took his first evening off since entering office in June to go, one night last week, to Berlin's great Philharmonic. Thither also went Poet Gerhart Hauptmann, Albert Einstein and many another notable. Unlike U. S. bigwigs, Germany's first, citizens make a practice of attending important concerts. The scene, the air of suspense were similar on this occasion to one three years ago when the crowd interrupted the concert with 20 minutes' cheering and Dr. Einstein rushed backstage afterwards with tears in his eyes...
...Herr von Papen then served notice that his Cabinet proposes to revise the German constitution. Berlin rumor said that the word "republic" will be omitted. Conceivably the von Papen Cabinet, acting by presidential decree, could so alter the fundamental law of Germany as to prevent the Hitlerites, who won 14,000,000 votes in the last Reichstag election (TIME, Aug. 8), from scoring further gains. Said Satevepost correspondent Isaac Marcos-son, returning from Germany last week: "Chancellor von Papen will disenfranchise 50% of Adolf Hitler's followers if he raises the voting age, as he may, to 25 years...
...Hitlering Hitler. Since President von Hindenburg continued to back Chancellor von Papen to the limit last week, Germany's largest parties (Fascist & Socialist) were faced with the alternative of attempting a coup d'état or filing weak protests...
Fascist Speaker Wilhelm Goring of the Reichstag sued Chancellor von Papen, branding as libelous the Chancellor's assertion that the Speaker acted unconstitutionally in permitting the Reichstag to vote censure after the Chancellor had flourished a presidential decree dissolving the Reichstag. This famed decree, when scrutinized last week, proved to be in the Chancellor's handwriting except for the signature of Paul von Hindenburg. It was dated at Neudeck, the President's country estate, but von Papen had scratched out "Neudeck" and written in "Berlin," evidently feeling that he thus made the decree more legal...
Significance. Obviously the von Papen Cabinet's moves last week were those of an uneasy but resolute group of men, scrambling by fair means or otherwise to fortify their power. Perhaps the Government's "military sport camps" will entice young voters away from the "private armies" already maintained by Germany's Fascists, Socialists and Steel Helmets. Perhaps Germans will obey for a while longer the absolute will of Paul von Hindenburg who celebrates his 85th birthday next fortnight. Commented Karl H. von Wiegand, No. 1 German Hearstman: "There is one man in Germany who, like Gandhi, wants...