Word: western
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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...
...other hand, the German people know how important the state of their country is to Western Europe at this time, from an economic or a military point of view. The fact that a political rupture within Germany is a constant headache to the West, is a good bargaining point for Social Democrats at Bonn. The growing hope among many of the German people for complete unification can also be exploited. In fact, Russia, in an effort to take advantage of those hopes, has already established a "People's Congress" in the Eastern Zone, which is ready to announce...
...course called Humanism in the West will replace Professor I. A. Richard's old Humanities 1, and another elementary Humanities course has been added. Social Sciences 1, which replaces History 1, will cover all Western tradition instead of just five periods...
...When Western Nations gathered to sign the Atlantic Pact, another meeting of importance took place in Washington. After months of debate on both sides of the Atlantic, France, England, and the United States finally wrote all occupation statute to serve in lieu of a treaty for Western Germany. The French objection to the proposed Western German state that has held up Allied agreement on policies toward the defeated nation was satisfied, enabling the three Western occupying powers to take a definite, united stand on the type of government they want in the constitution for Western Germany...
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...