A Fresh German Election

Guring refused to recognize him and recognized instead a communist deputy who moved for an immediate vote of no confidence in the government. The idea here was that the decree would give poppin leverage. He could demand the reichstag support, or at least tolerate his government and ratify its ees. Or else he could pull out the red folder and dissolve it on the spot. As matters played out, though he never got a chance to use his leverage. Only the people's party and the national peoples party, the fifth and sixth largest parties, supported poppin. But neither was a fresh election good news for the n s d a p. A four % drop in support