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Banishing the Censors. Dubček is swiftly putting into action a program that his supporters promise will shrink the role of the Communist Party and bring a semblance of democracy to Czechoslovak public life. Among the reforms currently being debated in the party Presidium is one that would make the Czechoslovak National Assembly a representative body rather than a party rubber stamp. Dubček, who has heavy backing among white-collar workers and young technicians, is also expected to further free the economy from bureaucratic controls...
...While most European firms depend upon American processes and patents, Siemens has sold $50 million more patent rights since the war than it has bought. If asked about the so-called technology gap between Europe and the U.S., Erwin Hachmann, 55, a member of Siemens' three-man ruling presidium, says: "Ach Quatsch!" (Ah baloney...
Siemens prides itself on being only in the electrical business. "But we cover its whole spectrum," says Presidium Member Dr. Gerd Tacke. His is no idle boast. As usual, Siemens promised its Argentine customers everything from a permanent school for technicians in Germany to aid in exploiting the Argentine's natural uranium...
...revolt against Novotný. Using Slovak grievances over their neglect and the bungled state of the economy as rallying cries, Dubček won the party's "liberal" faction to his cause. Back from the Soviet Union, Novotný quickly found himself outmaneuvered and outvoted in the Presidium, whose interminable meetings last month degenerated into angry personal clashes between Novotn...
...mechanically praised his accomplishments, the plenum fired Novotný as party leader, the country's most powerful post, leaving him only in the figurehead role of President. Into Novotný's place stepped the man who engineered the ouster. He is Alexander Dubček, 46, a Presidium member, lead er of the Slovak wing of the Czechoslovak Communist Party, and the first member of the country's 5,000,000 Slovak minority to hold the reins of power...