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highly qualified, Chancellor Leopold Figl, leader
of the largest party in the country, the People’s
Party, is a forceful personality. He was known as
an active opponent of Naziism and had spent no
less than six years in concentration camps. Foreign
Minister Karl Gruber is also an imposing figure. He
is still a fairly young man, but one cannot mistake
his power and drive. Also he has, as acting member
of the Catholic youth movement, an Anti-Nazi past.
He is considered an optimist and a man with great
sympathy for the Anglo-Saxon democracies. If he
could choose, however, he would probably avoid
allying Austria with any particular great power,
since he is convinced that the future of the country
will be served best by good relations with all.
Relief work was very welcome and very
necessary here. This was easy to see when we drove
through Vienna to inspect various charitable
institutions and hospitals. It was pleasant to observe
the very warm and cordial atmosphere prevailing
among the personnel in the buildings where
Swedish food distribution activities, under the auspices
of the Save the Children Society, took place. It
was also particularly interesting to see the general
hospital. Its chief, the well-known Professor
Leopold Schönbauer, showed us around. This hospital
has a section for the care of a particular group of
war victims: people with spinal injuries or burns
resulting from bombings, They were lying in warm
baths at a temperature of about 90 degrees
Fahrenheit. Many of them had been in that hospital for
years and the professor explained that there was
no hope for their recovery. I could not keep from
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