European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 4, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Konrad Adenauer face West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer makes his head quarters in the he has held the office since West German Leader looks pensive during a press by Omer Anderson staff writer Chancellor Konrad Adenauer will be 77 old the Chancellor enters his 78th year fac ing the climactic political contest of his three and a half years of leadership of the fledgling West German a showdown is at hand on ratification of the peace contract and the european army the interlocking pacts which will liquidate the occupation in return for a German contribution of men for Western for who has emerged in a scant three years from a provincial Rhine land politician to a statesman of world the outcome of the treaty ratification struggle will probably decide his Niche in former High commissioner Walter Donnelly has assessed the spare Chancel Lor As one of the great of All if Adenauer gets the treaties if he is Able to integrate the Federal Republic with Western and if Germany echoes the chancellors demands for a Federated history will probably be Only slightly less charitable in its judg ment of him than was Fate of the historic treaties now rests with the Federal constitutional Adenauer says they Are co Tutu need be ratified Only by the bundestag lower where he wields a Safe majority of the chancellors powerful social demo cratic opposition claims the treaties Are unconstitutional and require a two thirds majority in both bundestag and bundesrat upper House for renegotiate the say the social who claim they do not Grant Germany full a court decision is expected this if the Chancellor he apparently will have no alternative but to come to terms with Erich Ollen Hauers social even new elections will probably not help the if voting patterns of the past three years relative strength of the government coalition parties and of the opposition will not be altered and Adenauer will have no alternative but to take democrats into the gov when he became the first Chancellor of the new German Federal Republic in Adenauer declare that the Federal Chancellor must be both a Good German and a Good european and i want to be As the chief German architect of european Adenauer appears to be within sight of his although the obstacles ahead Are still the Chitman plan pooling Western eur ropes Coal and steel has been ratified and is now a reality the peace contract and european army treaty have been signed and Are in the ratification now the Chancellor is looking ahead to the creation of a european far from regarding this statesmen dream of the Ages As the Chancellor whose government faces its Stoessl says there is a possibility elections foal wit the parliament May take place next the Chancellor relaxed for 45 minutes in the Middle of his usually schedule and talked about his Job and old acc his Hopes for Germany in the new euro he is helping to Adenauer Hopes that the draft of Constitution for a european parliament will be completed by next March flu by then the draft must be then it is to be sent to the if the governments act quickly the elections Shollot take place next Ary the Chancellor Doest think in j his Mafte Roffat Way Adenauer As i think it of to say that once a development like this1 is initiated it is carried along by of Whf Asj if the path ahead to european seems Long and the Chancellor one need Only glance behind to see far Europe has come in so Short a a scant three West was still under military government the Schuman and pleven european army plans did not t m what about the cold War Adenauer or looks at it this Way Dpi when the West is Strong enough Anan when soviet Russia realizes that it can not accomplish anything by Means of tha no cold then it will be time to a1 is to cd upraised Arm emphasizes Point during or smiling jovially at he twists a bit of Adenauer uses paper As Pointer during the stars and