European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 20, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes March ifs nationalist forces held potent by Richard Organ Frankfurt germans with nazi tainted May be laying the groundwork today for a future German these Are West Germany hating and undermining the Newborn democracy of the West German Federal they represent about 12 per cent of West Germany Eli Gible lacking a Leader and a common they constitute Small potential danger at the pres ent their diversity of their selfish striving for personal and their conflicting Reg ional interests prevent them organizing As a solid Given a Leader and the Fertile soil of unemployment and eco nomic they might find another economic if this is the opinion of intelligence but the Western allies Are confident that the Day of a new Fuhrer will not come As Jong As West Germany remains economically of its feet should any crisis the Neo nazis of today will have Laid the ground for a new Hitler who As it May his fascist followers into soviet the Neo nazis have two com Mon Aims disparage democracy and create cynicism and build a militant beyond these they have scarcely a single idea on which More than a few Hundred of their ranks will find today nationalists Are people in All strata of German there Are industrialists with secret de sires for a authoritarian state forcing the worker to slave labor there Are professors with Feudal Rab ble rousing former generals the anti semites and Haven ots of every variety who blame their distress upon the Western Mccloy statement recalled they Are school mail tax who be came party members under Hitler and now Are Back at the old As High commissioner John Mccloy declared in the actual membership of each party or group ranges from 200 to several the total registered membership of All is prob ably not More that the remaining Are nonmember user is trying to make a Deal with these righting Dic Tator and Etive extremists of Many complexions Are beginning to believe they can do business with the the secret Hope for doing Busi Ness with the russians prompts righting Mke rally for action in the French to we must maintain a position Between East and or to propose a German economic sys tem Between capitalism and com appeals to industrialists appeals to industrialists Are an important part of the russian plan to try to entice the capitalist enemies into the web that finally would kill Allied officials although Chancellor Konrad Adenauer is dedicated to Trade with Western Strong voices within his government recently have been calling for More Trade with Eastern they claim Germany cannot survive Long without the which was one of her richest pre War Market but despite democracy in Western Germany is holding its own against the onslaught of Hitler Type in West germans revealed in a recent poll that an overwhelming majority would rather Stop communism than see their country the struggle of budding democracy versus authoritarianism be put to a real test this year in West elections set tentatively Are tentatively scheduled in six of the 11 West voters will elect their state Par in last years Federal there were 16 Only three had decided Ultra rightist Tenden eleven were or and two were left since last 13 new Polit ical parties have come into sex plus several pressure groups which May later decide to formalize themselves As political All of them Are this makes a total of 29 parties which May take part in the com ing Allied political look ing for evidence that nationalist parties Are unlikely to gain much further find these fur ther factors it favor of demo racy most West germans look on the new hitlers with scorn and amusement they laugh at the Way they mimic their deceased imitate his Wear his Black wave their hands in gestures reminiscent of the nazi the Trade numbering Are a militant anticommunist and Antinazi German newspapers daily gain vigor and the Power to criticize and expose undemocratic influences in government and Public nazi minded which appeared when anybody again could go into the have made no the West germans Are in the to any form of demilitarization and to new Hudson Commodore Sedan this is the 1950 Hudson custom Commodore Only five feet the car has a 124inch wheelbase two models Are photo by John Cutter Washington bumper crop of House members apparently will be bidding for Senate seats in novembers of year con Gressional election a Survey has several representatives already have announced this oth ers May announce their candidacy California leads the list two House members Are actively seek ing the seat of Sheridan who will seek reelection on the democratic ticket Helen Gahagan former is opposing Dow Ney in californian june 6 Pri while Richard Nixon is seeking the Republican congressmen from South Florida and okla homa already have announced for the while House members May run i Colorado and those who make the Grade will receive no increase in sea actors and congressmen both get the same a year plus tax free expense account of but the title of senator carries far More prestige and exposes the Holder to the whim of the voters Only once every six years instead of every Here is the present picture John in Frel is seeking the Republican nomination in the May 16 primary i for the Seal now j held by Francis Democrat South j Francis Case is trying 1 to wrest the re i publican nomination from Chan Gurney in the june 6 Pri Thomas George Asma thers is running against Claude Pepper for the democratic nomination in the May 2 Mike Monroney is seeking the democratic Nomina Tion against incumbent Elmer Thomas in the july 4 other House members discussed As potential Senate candidates this year include John May run against Eugene Compton May run for one of two seats up in that they now Are held by Henry Republican and Glen years March 1946 hungry German women in Ham Burg attack shops and Railroad cars containing March 1947 the rejects russian claims of in reparations from Germany at the Congress of foreign ministers in March 1948 tornadoes in East Missouri and Southern Illinois kill nine people and injure More than March 1949 Secretary of state Dean ache son brands As a lie soviet accusations that Hie North Atlantic treaty was aggressive in intent f doctors need patience London Britain socialized health each of London doctors had an aver of potential patients on his list last officials in Bavaria see no nazi rebirth by win Munich Iso lated incidents of Neo fascist expression there Are no indications that an organized nationalism is rising in experts on the staff of the land commissioner for Bavaria have agreed that whatever deplorable incidents May be there has been no actual rebirth of nazism in one Long connected with the explained of course there is an increase in criticism of the occupation and a More outspoken expression of Pride in country and but if one remembers american Pride in our it would require a double Standard of judgement to condemn the German on this ground it he Only when this understandable Pride in country leads to a feeling of personal superiority As a member of a Mas Ter race that there arises some reason for the rapidly improving economic situation was cited As one cause for increased outspoken criticism of the occupation beaten militarily the germans in 1945 were beaten militarily As was no other people in the expert pointed they Are just begin recover from the stunning blow and to speak their the fact that this increased Freedom of expression has included the Neo fascist mouthing of such persons As Karl Feiten fatherland Union party and Alfred eco nomic party widely known As the Blond hit provides no cause for the Hico spokesman one expert pointed out that More than 45 per cent of bavarian civil servants Are former nazi party he we have reason to believe that a Large majority of these people in Antinazi in he expressed the that the Bond which holds Germany civil servants together u far stronger than any political party which demands their nominal civil servants in party More than postal and rail Way workers in Bavaria were party members and had to be de nazi fied either service could resume even limited serv it was pointed there is no democratic heritage in one spokesman it would be fairer to ask what democratic principles we instilled in the bavarian than to ask what Are signs of rising the same spokesman said thai every instance of genuinely democratic action is Worth far More than a dozen he fraid he believed the above not interested in staff correspondent supporting any party which will Lead the nation into another a political affairs official classified bavarian a 1 j e g de Neo fascists As follows Alfred Leader of the strongest rightist party and now a Delegate in the Federal Assembly at Bonn is one of two rightist political leaders who have the qualities of actual not to be feared As a Man who would revive the Hitler Ian system despite his demagogic Appeal to the Karl German Block party who split off from the Loritz Drew a per cent of the vote in j948 and did not even bother to run in Meissner was recently bodily out of the bavarian Parlia ment alter reports of his Neo a Sustic speeches reached the other delegates open Antis life he is one of file few openly Antisemitic super race spokes men in the Block party has Only a handful of members and is not gaining Karl Feite Hansl is considered sincere and1 dangerous if s Ever gets a while gust German Union party who has mated 17 to 20 Loyal i with Bis fighting attract a fair number of grunted August newest of the bavarian rightist leaders established Headquarters of his f German Republican party in his private Home in Nurnberg and there is Little indication the group will need any crore an Ujj expert Foj warning against a smug a spokesman Point out that a Sharp decline eng economic Well being and a Rise in Germany unemployment to the 20 per cent level of the 1830s might we create a Fertile Field for the at it was a Varie has a definite separation St which is explained by its but despite their strongly conservative Middle of the Road thinking the people of this state Are not showing any alarming tendency to support the i Federal employment 3 drops to postwar Low i Washington Civ service commission Maya Federal employment has dropped to the lowest Point since Early in world War in the persons working for the governments executive Branch Here and at the beginning of was the lowest since March the com Mission it was below the the stars and stripes Vel 331 managing editor sports editor maws it col William Summers Ken Zumwalt Phil Taylor executive manager chief of distribution Maurice a Kirkwood Louis Brown news bureaus Frankfurt shia Isussi us Amfin s466m Bremerhaven Munich the european edition is published Dally at Germany for the occupation under the auspices of the armed forces information and education Tel Frankfurt the stars and Darmstadt correspondence should be addressed to the stars and Apo mail to the 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