Word: sociale
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...that England, France, and the United States have written an occupation statute for the Western German State, a satisfactory constitution must be drawn up by a convention of German politicians at Bohn. At this convention the Social Democratic Party has refused to accept Allied proposals on the constitution because it thinks the directives make for a future weak central government. While Social Democrats claim that a weak state cannot be economically successful or properly defend itself against aggression, their opponents at Bonn, the Christian Democrats, want the weak central government as proposed. This dispute has deadlocked the convention...
This constitution is supposed to come from the German people themselves, according to an agreement made last June. 65 German politicians (representing the Social Democratic, Christian, Democratic and smaller parties) met at Bonn last September to draw up a satisfactory form of government. Their instructions were to make the future government relatively weak, leaving much of the power in the hands of the eleven separate states. Disagreement among the Allies themselves, however, affected the council's deliberations all along, and the Bonn group has presented no acceptable document to the Military Governors...
Whether Germany should have a strong or a weak central government is the dispute between the Social Democrats and the Christian Democratic party, just as it was among the occupying powers themselves. While the Socialists have argued for centralization, the Christian democrats, who have the same number of votes at Bonn, have fought for a weak, federal government. Since neither side will compromise its position, the split has deadlocked the convention's latest attempts to draft the constitution...
Without the Social Democratic Party behind it, no constitution could get the majority of German votes needed to put it into effect. Thus Socialist opposition could mean that the Western German State would not be established at all. If the Bonn deadlock is to end, the occupying powers had better change their minds or do some fast persuading...
Miss Mary Small, new Dean of Residence, will also live in Moors next fall. She will handle the dormitory social calendar, leaving technical details to Miss Annin. As newest Annex dean, Miss Small's main job will be handling all-college residence problems...