Evening star., 1953-09-06

for a "vicious attempt to inter-
fere in the German election"
Mr.. Adenauer defended Mr..
Dulles but his supporters were
deeply concerned. A response
BILE German official close to the
chancellor said:
I'VE were Mortified by Mr..
Dulles action and so were many
American officials here. If this
endorsement had come a week
earlier, it could have wrecked
Adenauer's chance Of reelec-
ton"
OIlenhauer Lashes at Dulles.
Tonight Socialist Leader Erich
Ollenhauer in an election eve
statement laShed out at Mr..
Dulles again, saying.
"The intervention by Dulles
in domestic German affairs is
an insult to the German people.
They are mature enough politi-
cally to know for themselves
which decision serves their in
terest and the general interest
of the democratic and freedom
loving nations best.
"Only Chancellor Adenauer
even defends this intervention
and thereby acts more American
than many an American. But
there can be no doubt that the
German people will unequivo-
cally reject in tomorrow's elec-
ton this attempt at supervision
from Washington"
On the other hand, Mr.. Ade-
nauer's supporters voiced conf
dence that the chancellor
will maintain or increase his
strength in parliament. They
described the tough old Rhine
lander as undisturbed over the
outcome. He has left orders with
his staff not to disturb him to-
morrow night when the result
may be known.
Mr.. Adenauer will hear the
returns when he arises Monday
at the regular time of 6 am.
Mr.. Adenauer'S coalition gov
ernment is composed of the
Christian Democratic Union
(CDUD, the Free Democrats and
the German Party. On dissolu-
ton of the Bundestag in June
they held 225 seats.
Sunny Weather Forecast.
The Social Democratic Party
(SPD) which closely resembles
the British Labor Party in polit-
ical alignment. held 139 seats.
Sunny weather with scattered
showers was forecast. The polls
will open at 8 a. m. g a. m. EDIT
tomorrow and will close at 6 p. m.
Il p. m. EDIT. The trend should
be clearly established by early
Monday.
The elite federal border police
and 100000 regular police were
mobilized to repel threatened hit
and run raids by thousands of
Red agents who have poured into
the country from Communist
East Germany.
A special civilian army of four
million youths and athletes will
back up the police in keeping
order at the polls. The Federal
Interior Ministry thought that
the threat of serious election
violence appeared to be ended
but Officials of the big Ruhr state
of North Rhine-W WeStphalia pre-
dicted some trouble with the
Reds.
Over $500 Red agents and
saboteurs have been arrested in
a Nationwide hunt but thou
sands of others have slipped into
the country across the winding
600-mile frontier with East Ger
many.
Unlike France and Italy, the
Communists in West Germany
pose no threat in the election.
They won only Is of 402 seats
in the 1949 national election and
in every state election since then
their strength has declined. They
may be shut out of the new
parliament.
But on the extreme right, die
hard NaziS are making a bid for
a political comeback through
the Nazi-like German Reich
Party. Many observers believe
this party will roll up an impress
sive vote even though Mr.. Ade-
nauer's government has asked
the supreme court to outlaw it
as a threat to constitutional
order.
The extremist-inclined Refugee
Party. which represents the 10
million refugees herded into
West Germany since 1945, is
making it's first bid for national
power. Pledged to regain Ger
many's lost eastern territories,
this party may win enough seats
to help form the next govern
ment.