Word: reichstagers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...bring his famed "Liberty law" to the official attention of the German Reichstag (TIME, Oct. 28) bristling Dr. Alfred Hugenberg, fiery nationalist, "Hearst of Germany," needed to obtain the votes of 10% of the German electorate. Last week, aided by a heavy vote from truculent Pomeranians and East Prussians, he squeaked through with...
...Plebiscite. According to the Weimar Constitution of the German Republic, a law can be passed by popular referendum in the following steps: 1) A vote of 1/10th of the entire German electorate (4,000,000 ballots) assures the immediate consideration of the law by the Reichstag. 2) If the Reichstag refuses to pass the law, it may still be made effective by holding a second referendum in which the ballots of 50% of the electorate (20,000,000) are necessary for ratification. "Liberty Law." Because the Treaty of Versailles postulates Germany's sole War guilt and then lays upon...
...Hindenburg reasserted his neutrality: "I declare herewith that I have given nobody authorization or cause to make known my personal opinion on this problem." To the old Feldmarschall went Chancellor Müller. He recalled that the President is in duty bound to promulgate such measures as the Reichstag's ratification of the Young Plan, pointed out that this act of promulgation might render even Paul von Hindenburg liable to be clapped into jail under the clause of the "Liberty Law" which provides penal servitude for officials who pledge Germany to her Reparations payments. Striking result: Hero Hindenburg dropped...
...many a year will Germans find a statesman to take the place in world politics of Gustav Stresemann. But last week they found a man to take the late famed Foreign Minister's vacant seat in the Reichstag...
Housepainter Havemann, a faithful henchman of Dr. Stresemann's People's Party, failed to get into the Reichstag when he stood for election a year ago last Spring. Therefore he was on the panel of defeated candidates from which Reichstag vacancies must be filled under German law. The party of him whose seat is vacated is allowed to choose his successor from the panel. Last week it merely chanced that lucky Housepainter Havemann stood first on the People's Party's list of disgruntled gillies slated for easy honors...