Word: germane
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...German people, subject to the foregoing considerations, should have the widest freedom...
...There will be no German army or air force"; German security is to be protected by cooperation with the rest of Western Europe...
...will work with and support the efforts of those who honestly and sincerely seek to accomplish that purpose. On the other hand, we shall not hesitate to use all our power and influence to expose and counteract any subversive influences which condone or encourage the revival of Naziism in German life...
...other workers could not buy at high prices has gradually halted the trade spurt created in 1947 when Western Germany's Economic Director Ludwig Erhard removed many governmental price-fixing and other controls. Erhard, however, did not remove private controls exercised by more than 2,000 German trade associations. The associations have kept prices high to get all the profits they can. The associations tell the shopkeeper how much to charge. If he disobeys, the association can put him out of business by refusing to sell him goods...
...Bonn government has started encouraging merchants to defy the trade associations; last week many West German stores held their first bargain sales since 1939. The rush was so great that police had to be called to keep order. Results indicated that hope for Christian Vogel and his fellow unemployed might lie in an economy freed of the shackles of government and rapacious private enterprise...