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Union. Although the C.D.U. was the direct descendant of the former Center party, there was a big difference. The Center had been almost entirely Roman Catholic; the C.D.U. broadened its base to include Protestant elements. A somewhat unwieldy conglomeration of religious groups, of Ruhr industrialists and Christian trade unionists, the C.D.U. owes its political effectiveness to Adenauer. Dignified and charming in a stately sort of way, he smoothed party crises with the silk-gloved infighting tactics he had used with his city council in Cologne. Political friends and enemies alike call...
...Kind Gentleman. In the homestretch, the campaign had been spotted with Zwischenfälle (incidents). A tear-gas bomb drove Communist Max Reimann from his rostrum; bullets breezed past Socialists in the Ruhr. Some swastikas appeared, some Sieg Heils resounded...
...year ago, the West's economic experts wiped out 90% of West Germany's inflated currency and clamped tight restrictions on credit in order to guard against a relapse into inflation. Many industries, notably the Ruhr mines, lack funds to replace badly worn-out equipment. Businessmen, without long-term risk capital, are forced to seek quick profits; they build nightclubs and theaters rather than homes and factories...
Beyond the Policemen. Shortly after crossing the muddy Elbe near Magdeburg, we began to see evidences of the blockade's end. On sidings were long strings of freight cars with glistening loads of Ruhr coal and machinery. There was a stir of excitement-we were pulling into the Soviet border town of Marienborn. The station swarmed with dark-uniformed, Soviet-zone police and Tommy-gun-bearing Russian soldiers. First, two German Soviet-zone policemen came into each compartment, scrutinized interzonal travel orders, noted down names & addresses. Next, two more entered and asked how many westmarks and eastmarks each passenger...
Russia, thought the best guessers, has two ways in which it can seek its end. The first is to press for a four-power control setup with a Russian veto over German affairs (including the Ruhr). The second, and far more effective way, is to win German sympathies and establish conditions favorable to Communism. The Russians can warble a Lorelei song to woo German nationalism, as they have consistently done since war's end, by passing themselves off as champions of German unity...