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86 Semler, J., Wirtschaftslage und Wirtschaftsgestaltung, in: Fragen der Zeit, Schriftenreihe
der Christlich-Sozialen Union Bayerns, issue I, Munich, 1946. See also minutes of
the caucus no. 18 of 12 Oct 1947, in: Salzmann, R. (ed.), l.c., p. 86.
87 Minutes of the caucus no. 6 of 25 July 1947, in: Salzmann, R. (ed.), l.c., p 53.
88 Letter by Adenauer to the Kreistag delegate August Osberghaus, 2 Sep 1947, in:
StBKAH, NL Konrad Adenauer, 07.16.
89 Letter by Adenauer to then Director of the Administration for Nutrition,
Agriculture and Foresting, Schlange-Schöningen, 21 Aug 1947, in: Ibid., 08.61.
90 Pütz, H. (ed.), l.c., pp. 330-337.
91 Letter by Adenauer to Holzapfel dated 16 Aug and the writing to Schlange-
Schöningen dated 21 Aug 1947, in: Adenauer, K., l.c., 1983, pp. 45-54.
92 Morsey, R. (ed.), l.c., p. 77.
93 Minutes of the caucuses, in: Salzmann, R. (ed.), l.c., pp. 43-442, in particular p.
22. See also the statement by Adenauer in a speech delivered in Heidelberg on
21 July 1949, in: Adenauer, K., l.c., 1975, p. 141.
94 Petitions by various party members and the initiative by the Hessian CDU on
24 Oct 1947, in: BA, NL Friedrich Holzapfel, no. 269. See also the resolution
by Junge Union, 10 Aug 1947, in: AdsD, NL Gerhard Kreyssig, no. 62 and the
letter by Bavarian Prime Minister Hans Ehard to Adenauer in Aug 1947, in:
BayHStA, NL Hans Ehard, no. 1610. Even the editor in chief of the business
section of the Neue Zeit (Union publishing), Hans E. Roos, suggested an
economic association in order to coordinate the economic policy between the
party and parliamentary group; cf. letter to Paul Binder (CDU), 14 Oct 1947,
in: ACDP, NL Paul Binder, I-105-022.
95 Müller, G., l.c., pp. 278-282.
96 The former district administrator in Lower Franconia, Hanns Seidel (1901-
1961), succeeded the resigning Social Democrat Rudolf Zorn (1893-1966) on
20 Sep 1947.
97 Seidel, H., Zeitprobleme. Gesammelte Aufsätze und Vorträge, Aschaffenburg, 1960a,
pp. 38-41, 44 ff.; Klump, R., Historische Wurzeln, in: Vaubel, R.; Barbier, H. D.
(eds.), Handbuch Marktwirtschaft, Pfullingen, 1986, p. 139; Groß, H. F., Hanns
Seidel 1901-1961: Eine politische Biographie, edited by the HSS, Munich, 1992, pp.
68-72.
98 Wirtschafts- und Sozialprogramm der CSU, 31 Aug 1947, printed in: Fait, B.;
Mintzel, A.; Schlemmer, Th. (eds.), l.c., Munich, 1993, vol. 3, pp. 1723-1728.
99 Minutes of the meeting of the Council of Ministers on 24 Sep 1947, in:
BayHStA, Akten der Bayerischen Staatskanzlei (BayStKA), no. 111525/1.
100 Seidel, H., l.c., 1960a, pp. 28 f. Regarding his concern with public opinion, see
Seidel, H., Vom Mythos der öffentlichen Meinung, Aschaffenburg, 1961.
101 Speech by Seidel in the Bavarian Parliament on 5 Dec 1947, in: Verhandlungen
des Bayerischen Landtags, Stenographische Berichte (in the following LT SB), Munich,
1947, pp. 333-336. See also Seidel’s broadcast address on 28 Sep 1948, in:
ACSP, NL Hanns Seidel, no. 1. Further, Seidel, H., l.c., 1960a, pp. 107 f.
102 Minutes of the meeting of the Council of Ministers on 19 Jan 1948, in: Ibid.,
no. 111526.