Special Editorial
Hughes, Peter
for an early recess and most of the members have been waiting eagerly to get back to their constituents. Reelection jitters are widespread. But the Ford nomination had kept Congress in...
...The political turmoil in West Germany was the result of a visit to Moscow this past October by Herbert Wehner, the parliamentary leader of the governing Social Democratic Party...
...These sectors are occupied by" the Soviet Union (East Berlin), the United States, Britain, and France (West Berlin...
...Strauss' visit to Washington was consequently of major importance...
...Hahn had conducted an interview with Bahr in 1969, during which Bahr outlined his ideas for future German policy...
...This agreement supposedly gave the West German government the "formal" right to represent the residents of West Berlin...
...The man who controls the majority of the SPD is none other thanHerbert Wehner, a former communist who lived in the Soviet Union during much of World War II...
...In light of this, I'm confident that our Chairman would provide for early action on this bill if he were free to do so...
...stated the need for a new minimum wage bill in no uncertain poetic terms: _9 . . John Dent's (D-Pa...
...Thus rationing is preferred over marketclearing prices for gasoline, and further control of the wellhead price of natural gas over the deregulation of the product...
...P e t e r Hughes The Alternative February 1974 27 for an early recess and most of the members have been waiting eagerly to get back to their constituents...
...He knows the importance of compomise in the legislative process...
...While no one believes that the left wing of the SPD will be able to implement its policies today or tomorrow, Strauss warned of a possible gradual erosion process, and he indicated that the sentiment for such a policy is strong among the ever-growing radical factions of the SPD...
...And once again it was Brandt who acquiesced and permitted the question to be taken off the diplomatic agenda...
...His visit to the United States, which went by largely unnoticed, should serve us all as a reminder that America and its allies are faced with growing differences and very serious security problems, the glowing rhetoric of d6tente notwithstanding...
...In this article Hahn traced the origins of Brandt's Ostpolitik, the architect of which is Brandt's Special Minister, Egon Bahr...
...In light of this, I'm confident that our Chairman would provide for early action on this bill if he were free to do so...
...Thus Wehner's Moscow statement represented an attempt to weaken Bonn's claim to West Berlin and strengthen the Soviet position...
...And, if he won't, he's a real meany...
...Berlin, as a result of the post-World War II Four Power Agreement, lies one hundred miles within the Soviet-occupied part of Germany, and is divided into four sectors...
...West Berlin's status was also tenuous because the East German government, carefully controlled from Moscow, has made East Berlin its capital and it has always claimed to be the legal heir to the city's western sector...
...While no one believes that the left wing of the SPD will be able to implement its policies today or tomorrow, Strauss warned of a possible gradual erosion process, and he indicated that the sentiment for such a policy is strong among the ever-growing radical factions of the SPD...
...But we all know the great influence exercised by the leaders of Organized Labor on the majority of the Education and Labor Committee...
...Strauss' visit to the nation's capital, during which time he met with leading congressional figures and their staff assistants, as well as key Administration officials, inchiding Secretary of State Kissinger, and Secretary of Defense Schlesinger, came at a time when a political storm in West Germany had erupted...
...After all, our Subcommittee Chairman is an experienced legislator...
...After all, our Subcommittee Chairman is an experienced legislator...
...The political turmoil in West Germany was the result of a visit to Moscow this past October by Herbert Wehner, the parliamentary leader of the governing Social Democratic Party...
...In a letter to his colleagues John Erlenbern (R-Ill...
...Franz Josef Strauss, the leader of West Germany's opposition party, the Christian Socialist Union (CSU), "recently paid an informal visit to the United States...
...During this visit, Wehner had set off a trial balloon by arguing t h a t his (Bonn) government had '~pushed too hard" for concessions from the Soviet Union in its 1971 agreement on West Berlin...
...Nevertheless, his statement received no public response from the United States government (which under the Four Power Agreement is responsible for guaranteeing the integrity of West Berlin with its western allies), and with the exception of the New York T/mes, the Wehner statement received no press coverage in this country...
...Ode to Erlenborn' came across my desk last week . . . [and] a thought occurred to me...
...This fear is compounded by the fact that Brandt was unable to solicit Wehner to retract (or modify) his Moscow statement, even after popular opposition to his position became evident...
...Wehner's move was carefully calculated...
...Mandatory fuel allocation programs are discussed interminably, but Congress is still not too eager to meet some of the real sources of the problem...
...Strauss warned U.S...
...Ever wondered how your congressman justifies his existence...
...Dr...
...Berlin, as a result of the post-World War II Four Power Agreement, lies one hundred miles within the Soviet-occupied part of Germany, and is divided into four sectors...
...Washington Humor Even in the midst of crises, however, Washington is not without its humor...
...Unknown to most Americans is the fact that Brandt, the internationally acclaimed West German Chancellor and leader of the Socialist Democratic Party (SPD), is not much more than the figurehead of respectability for his party...
...As such, Europe would fall under the sphere of influence of the Soviet Union and would consequently be forced to coordinate its foreign policies with the Kremlin...
...This agreement supposedly gave the West German government the "formal" right to represent the residents of West Berlin...
...More recently the Wehner-Bahr coalition reasserted itself when Bonn rescheduled its normalization talks with Prague despite the deadlock over the status of Berlin...
...In a letter to his colleagues John Erlenbern (R-Ill...
...This, in effect, would mean the "Finlandization" of the continent...
...And, if he won't, he's a real meany...
...Thus rationing is preferred over marketclearing prices for gasoline, and further control of the wellhead price of natural gas over the deregulation of the product...
...A member of the German Bundestag (Parliament) since 1948, Strauss has held a number of major positions in the German government, among which were Minister of Finance and Federal Defense Minister...
...stated the need for a new minimum wage bill in no uncertain poetic terms: _9 . . John Dent's (D-Pa...
...Mandatory fuel allocation programs are discussed interminably, but Congress is still not too eager to meet some of the real sources of the problem...
...He knows that, as troubled as the American people are about matters which come under the heading of Watergate, most are still concerned about their pocketbooks...
...Wehner's wing of the SPD is composed of left-wing radicals who want nothing less than the dissolution of the western alliance system and neutralism for West Germany...
...Ode to Erlenborn' came across my desk last week . . . [and] a thought occurred to me...
...Washington Humor Even in the midst of crises, however, Washington is not without its humor...
...The agreement was considered necessary because the Soviet Union has consistently avoided any formal recognition of West Berlin's ties to West Germany...
...In retrospect, these ideas are notable because they are being translated into policy under the Brandt government...
...As such, Europe would fall under the sphere of influence of the Soviet Union and would consequently be forced to coordinate its foreign policies with the Kremlin...
...Maybe my pleas in poem and song for action on the minimum wage bill have been misdirected...
...During this visit, Wehner had set off a trial balloon by arguing t h a t his (Bonn) government had '~pushed too hard" for concessions from the Soviet Union in its 1971 agreement on West Berlin...
...officials not to get caught up in believing their own euphoric rhetoric of the ddtente spirit...
...These sectors are occupied by" the Soviet Union (East Berlin), the United States, Britain, and France (West Berlin...
...Strauss' visit to the nation's capital, during which time he met with leading congressional figures and their staff assistants, as well as key Administration officials, inchiding Secretary of State Kissinger, and Secretary of Defense Schlesinger, came at a time when a political storm in West Germany had erupted...
...He knows the importance of compomise in the legislative process...
...As Strauss pointed out, this is not a new goal for the left-wing elements of the SPD...
...He asked the government officials he met with to carefully question the motives behind the Soviet initiatives in bringing about a sense of relaxation to global politics, and he also discussed the implications of Wehner's statement...
...In this article Hahn traced the origins of Brandt's Ostpolitik, the architect of which is Brandt's Special Minister, Egon Bahr...
...Because of the city's geographical vulnerability, the Soviet Union has consistently attempted to undermine West Berlin's ties to the West and over the course of the last twenty-five years, Berlin has repeatedly been a pawn for Soviet ambitions...
...Wehner's wing of the SPD is composed of left-wing radicals who want nothing less than the dissolution of the western alliance system and neutralism for West Germany...
...Maybe my pleas in poem and song for action on the minimum wage bill have been misdirected...
...So again, resorting to simple rhyme, let me suggest: John, John, he's our man-If he can't do it, Geergie can...
...But the Ford nomination had kept Congress in session, as had the energy crisis...
...Since all of these goals have been accomplished, or are in the process of being accomplished, grave concern is being increasingly voiced by German opposition party officials that the next logical step in the Wehner-Bahr policy will be the dissolution of the NATO alliance...
...Thus for the city of Berlin, at least, d6tente has come to mean increasing apprehension over the integrity of its ties to the West...
...He asked the government officials he met with to carefully question the motives behind the Soviet initiatives in bringing about a sense of relaxation to global politics, and he also discussed the implications of Wehner's statement...
...P e t e r Hughes The Alternative February 1974 27...
...This includes the signing of the renunciation of force treaty, the de jure recognition of the two Germarries, the formal acceptance of the Soviet control over Eastern Europe, and the withdrawal of troops from both sides of the European alliance systems...
...The man who controls the majority of the SPD is none other thanHerbert Wehner, a former communist who lived in the Soviet Union during much of World War II...
...His visit to the United States, which went by largely unnoticed, should serve us all as a reminder that America and its allies are faced with growing differences and very serious security problems, the glowing rhetoric of d6tente notwithstanding...
...Strauss warned U.S...
...A member of the German Bundestag (Parliament) since 1948, Strauss has held a number of major positions in the German government, among which were Minister of Finance and Federal Defense Minister...
...This fear is compounded by the fact that Brandt was unable to solicit Wehner to retract (or modify) his Moscow statement, even after popular opposition to his position became evident...
...Strauss' visit to Washington was consequently of major importance...
...Thus Wehner's Moscow statement represented an attempt to weaken Bonn's claim to West Berlin and strengthen the Soviet position...
...Thus for the city of Berlin, at least, d6tente has come to mean increasing apprehension over the integrity of its ties to the West...
...To illustrate his point, Strauss discussed an article by Walter Hahn (an Associate Director of the Foreign Policy Institute at the University of Pennsylvania, who is currently residing in Bonn doing research), which appeared in the defense and foreign policy journal Orbis this year...
...West Berlin's status was also tenuous because the East German government, carefully controlled from Moscow, has made East Berlin its capital and it has always claimed to be the legal heir to the city's western sector...
...This includes the signing of the renunciation of force treaty, the de jure recognition of the two Germarries, the formal acceptance of the Soviet control over Eastern Europe, and the withdrawal of troops from both sides of the European alliance systems...
...So again, resorting to simple rhyme, let me suggest: John, John, he's our man-If he can't do it, Geergie can...
...He knows, too, that men and women at the low end of the wage scales deserve the time it would take for Congress to pass a good minimum wage bill...
...More recently the Wehner-Bahr coalition reasserted itself when Bonn rescheduled its normalization talks with Prague despite the deadlock over the status of Berlin...
...But the Ford nomination had kept Congress in session, as had the energy crisis...
...Since all of these goals have been accomplished, or are in the process of being accomplished, grave concern is being increasingly voiced by German opposition party officials that the next logical step in the Wehner-Bahr policy will be the dissolution of the NATO alliance...
...But we all know the great influence exercised by the leaders of Organized Labor on the majority of the Education and Labor Committee...
...And once again it was Brandt who acquiesced and permitted the question to be taken off the diplomatic agenda...
...Ever wondered how your congressman justifies his existence...
...In retrospect, these ideas are notable because they are being translated into policy under the Brandt government...
...He knows that, as troubled as the American people are about matters which come under the heading of Watergate, most are still concerned about their pocketbooks...
...officials not to get caught up in believing their own euphoric rhetoric of the ddtente spirit...
...This, in effect, would mean the "Finlandization" of the continent...
...Nevertheless, his statement received no public response from the United States government (which under the Four Power Agreement is responsible for guaranteeing the integrity of West Berlin with its western allies), and with the exception of the New York T/mes, the Wehner statement received no press coverage in this country...
...And he knows that, as a subcommittee, we have had nothing at all on our agenda for the past two months...
...As Strauss pointed out, this is not a new goal for the left-wing elements of the SPD...
...Because of the city's geographical vulnerability, the Soviet Union has consistently attempted to undermine West Berlin's ties to the West and over the course of the last twenty-five years, Berlin has repeatedly been a pawn for Soviet ambitions...
...Dr...
...And he knows that, as a subcommittee, we have had nothing at all on our agenda for the past two months...
...Wehner's move was carefully calculated...
...Unknown to most Americans is the fact that Brandt, the internationally acclaimed West German Chancellor and leader of the Socialist Democratic Party (SPD), is not much more than the figurehead of respectability for his party...
...He knows, too, that men and women at the low end of the wage scales deserve the time it would take for Congress to pass a good minimum wage bill...
...To illustrate his point, Strauss discussed an article by Walter Hahn (an Associate Director of the Foreign Policy Institute at the University of Pennsylvania, who is currently residing in Bonn doing research), which appeared in the defense and foreign policy journal Orbis this year...
...The agreement was considered necessary because the Soviet Union has consistently avoided any formal recognition of West Berlin's ties to West Germany...
...Hahn had conducted an interview with Bahr in 1969, during which Bahr outlined his ideas for future German policy...
...Franz Josef Strauss, the leader of West Germany's opposition party, the Christian Socialist Union (CSU), "recently paid an informal visit to the United States...
Vol. 7 • February 1974 • No. 5
