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Hiedwm bre woe der C4piriM, LOCed im B MLPOTA VY FOGAUAUIL wa ebidis vee Christian Den. Cer Party, tas decided to res from his position ss Minister-Presi Schleswig-Holatein. mC ision appears to bring to sn end the crisis which started one year ago a! the Christiun Democratic Party of the Land, “7 MAb that time Dr. Bertram had accused Schroeter, reginnal president cf the . -+. Farty and vice president of the CDU group in the Bundestag, of having commit’ ———__——- 9 fraud ageinst a former Nazi owner of 0 newspaper and of having denownced his 'viotim' to British outhorities, "A court of honor of the Christlan Democratic Party recently repudinted Dr. Bartram after having found that no proof of the accusation had becn found and that the transfer of property, which had bencfited ceverel + --+-+-.journalists at the expense of a former editor, wos perfectly legitimate, -Intervening in his turn, Chancellor Adenouer invited Dr, Bertrem to resign. S- * «The latter agreed to do so'at the very lutest at the time of the next _ session of the Diet--June 25--and as soon as the election of his successor appears to be certain.'" ~ . BRIEFS LABOR UNIT3~--In reply to a query introduced by the SPD perliamentery prop, ~ Adenauer stated in,o letter to the Bundestag that the German labor servicer ' sop <.- companies employed with the Occupation forces are purely civilien units. The Chancellor stressed that the Allied euthorities have explicitly oe Tphasized this and disclosed that in the event of on armed conflict, the German labor service companies will enjoy the protection of internations lew like any other civilians. They are not a part of the Allied forces, but merely civilian auxiliary orgonizations. (Hamburg, DPA, June 13, 1951-- ZEITUNG STATUS--Referring to a recent statement by SPD Bundestag Delegate Trwin Schoettle, according to which Adenauer had declared that the FMANKFLRT: Suse as.» 4 MALGEMEINE ZEITUNG had forfeited the right to call itself a semiotficial Ss - Joverument organ, the Federal Press and Informetion Office stated on : — tune 13 that the newspaper has never been considered or ealled semiofficirl oy the Federal Government. (Hamburg, DPA, Juné 13, 1951--G) ry ne ME EOE PT se OTE LAE Sie