European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                9 a i i i i b b t i it d Germany new defense minister doily Magazine Hant ape Chon cullor Helmut Cost lot by John Vinocur new York Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and his new de sense Hans come from the same Hamburg enjoy turning on a local accent that some people say sound u if it were trained through mud from the Elbe my share a sometimes North Oman approach to people and n i am a line in Taw minister and defense now who dunce minister from 1674 until seems to be the pattern on the strength of schmidts am Tusca widely accepted in Bonn is that Ali years la preparing As his Succes a the nun who friends have called the second lord of a reference to the  god in Hamburg that both men came from have been elevated to the level of to get Apel has not Only relied on his cwt i for a Quick study and As an aggressive defend West German monetary policy in International hit also on obvious Devotion to the i Itea by called on u become finance t Jib made Pacrem tingly difficult by Wett in Riff lateral financial Apel in Only doing Tui Eis Gottilly out of Tay  the same could be said about apes acceptance of the defense ministers an Active protestant and the son of a Man who campaigned against the atom Apel never served in the armed forces and conceded that the Only reason he joined the social democratic party in 1955 was to Block West Germany As recently As two Yean ago he wrote in a Book thai he could never accept the defense ministers Job because it was totally foreign to he he refused to be one of those politicians who acts As if he knows everything thus Apel s acceptance of the chancellors request thai he take Over the which has teen embroiled in a spying and bugging scandal has reinforced the impression that he is schmidts Apel said in an interview before changing Helmut Schmidt is the coach and Trainer at the but he cant Tell me How to Clear the Ball away from if he did id Here Are my discipline and a sense of Apel i privately i being extremely Bard n big bid his Public Lime i Folksy and sunny us goes with his rather by German Apel comes across As direct arid on a  radio a the of called a woman who Hung up on him a Nice old and on another occasion won an award for being Able to sing an old communist rallying Hans Eberhard Apel was bom in Hamburg on his father was a White Collar worker and the who played soccer and was Active in the protestant youth seemed to be heading in the same direction after his graduation from High he worked As an apprentice Salesman in an import Export business and then at an Oil company before becoming bored and enrolling in Hamburg Apel received a degree in political economics in 1957 and a year later became Secretary for the socialist group in the european an Agency of the european common this he brought him into the inner circles of West Gennan and european politics and created the contacts and friendships that opened up political he was elected to the bundestag in 1965 and became a member Al the social democratic party executive com Mittee five Yean at the same time he became parliamentary slate Secretary in the economics in he joined schmidts the defense minister met his through Church the couple has two daughters and lives in Apel commutes Between Home and youve got to have some place to Retreat Apel a place where youre completely where youll be loved and respected and where you hear the absolute when you dont have youre a very poor at my of photographed in february 197b the stars and stripes Page 13