The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1962-07-26
Washington
News Notes
WILL AoENAuER PREvAiL7
INSIDE GERMANY
McNAMARA'S BAND
OFF THE BEAT


WASHINGTON, DC. -Specu-
lation in government circles con-
Germs Germany and the tenure of
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer in
his present post.
The aging Chancellor was Civ
en- a kings reception and a la
wish wooing-by President Char
les de Gaulle Of France recent
ly. but that did not conceal the
fact that trouble was brewing for
the veteran Chancellor back in
West Geramny.
Many members of the Free
Democratic Party, the other
party in Adenauer's coalition
government, are deeply dissatis-
fled with many OF the Chancel-
lor's remarks and. attitudes re-
Gently. Some disagree with him
on his approach to Britains en-
try into the European Economic
Community.
Others disagree with him on
the question of wages and labor
policy. Others oppose his new
policy of following Paris rather
than Washington, in the field of
foreign, and even, to a degree.
military policy. After the Chan
cellor returned from his French
trip. Free Democratic leaders
put il to him straight.
Leader of the Free Democrats,
Erich Nende, went so far as to
hint that his party may be fed up
with the coalition government.
He used the words deep crisis"
and these were not missed in
Washington.
The State Department, and
Secretary of State Dean Rusk,
might come off better with a
new Chancellor in West Ger
many. Rusk alienated Bonn with
an angry letter some months
back letter Adenauer took as
an insult-and this just about
removed the last hope that Bonn
would follow Washington's IA
Their than Paris call.
But, officially, the United
States is strictly out of this in
ternal German affair. The best
guess is that Adenauer wants to
remain on the scene until well
into 1864, the year Great Britain
Is to be permitted, by De Gaulle
and Adenauer, to enter the FEC.
But whether the aging Chancel.
lor can survive this crisis and
the next two years, is a good
question, and one which will
have a very close bearing on
German-American relations.
Secretary of Defense Robert
McNamara's recent speech, in
which he blasted the doctrine OF
separate nuclear forces, turned
into a foot-in-the-mouth, so to
speak. The Secretary had in mind
only France, but the speech of
Tended some in Great Britain
and accomplished nothing else.
where.
II was taken as a pretty blunt
word from Big Brother. by many
Europeans, who saw the hand OF
the State Department in the
speech. As a result, the British
have politely reaffirmed their
faith in their own nuclear force
and the French have reiterated
their intention on going ahead
with plans to build their own
force.
A London cartoonist won wide
acclaim with his cartoon show
ing Mcnamara as the leader OF
band composed Of De Gaulle
| Adenauer and Prime Minister
Harold Macmillan, all playing
their instruments in solo fash
ion - sending their notes in diff
ferent directions. Mcnamara was
saying: my name is McNamara
and I'm the leader of the band
Washington's effort to discour
age independent European nu
clear forces Is at the crossroads
and there are those think that
il will have to be quietly aban
doned. Already there is talk
creeping into some exchanges
about the possibility of altering
our position regarding aid to the
French in the nuclear field.
II seems almost certain that
the kind of blunt warning recent
ly issued by Mcnamara is of Lit
tie value, not likely to be sue
cessful in the US. effort to hall
the spread OF nuclear weapons
even among our allies.
4 Mr. and Mrs Len DupiaS and