Word: democratic
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Germany," he says, "must declare herself wholeheartedly for the Christian world of the West and all it stands for." Adenauer is a devout Roman Catholic, but his party and his cabinet include some Protestants, with whom he works well. Politically, he is a Christian Democrat. He was a firm anti-Nazi and is an equally firm antiCommunist. He has a profound distaste for socialism. He has told Americans: "To many people, socialism is all right, only national socialism is bad. I say socialism-if it runs its course-must ultimately become national socialism...
...that does not work, Adenauer slowly undermines their prestige-sometimes by subtle press attacks, sometimes by carefully planted parliamentary questions about their conduct of office. The Bundestag elected him Chancellor by only a one-vote majority, but that did not worry Adenauer. In his 13-man cabinet, eight Christian Democrat ministers (of the remaining five, three are Free Democrats, two are members of the German Party) always assure him of a working majority. When he is asked if he can get cabinet approval of a particular measure, he is apt to say bluntly: "Don't worry...
...pounding the table; he uses men by flattering them, charming them with silky good humor, or freezing them with quiet contempt. His political pliability sometimes leads him to weakness. Recently, the Socialists introduced a bill in the Bundestag providing cash Christmas gifts for refugees. A Christian Democrat spokesman pointed out that this was a purely political bill designed to win votes, and that the government had no money to spare for the bonus proposal. But when the Socialists forced an open roll-call vote and Adenauer's name was called as the first on the alphabetical list, the Chancellor...
Died. Baron Reijiro ("The Archer") Wakatsuki, 83, Japan's democrat, onetime head of the old Minseito (peace) party, twice prewar Premier, helpless opponent of the army's 1931 march into Manchuria (he resigned shortly after); after long illness; near Ito, Japan...
...high-ceilinged Senate caucus room, a Senate-House subcommittee headed by Illinois' Democrat Paul Douglas last week tackled three enormous questions: What is the fiscal policy of the U.S.? How can the U.S. manage its money better? And why will there be an estimated $5.5 billion deficit this year during the biggest boom in history? As a start toward getting the answers, the subcommittee got the views, in comprehensive questionnaires, of upwards of 450 U.S. economists, bankers and federal officials...