The Men Around Brandt

AS a campaigner, Willy Brandt relied heavily on the Socialist team that devised the party's successful strategy. As Chancellor, Brandt is expected to employ their talents just as fully. Key members of the team:

> Karl Schiller, 58, a former economics professor at Hamburg University. Schiller snapped West Germany out of its first serious economic slump in 1966 with his soziale Symmetric, a mixed economy combining features of the British welfare state with U.S. free enterprise. A shrewd campaigner who can explain complicated fiscal matters in a way everyone can grasp, Schiller might be considered for the chancellorship some day, despite his diminutive, unprepossessing appearance. Schiller is particularly pleased at having outfoxed the Christian Democrats, who opposed mark revaluation, by convincing housewives that a higher-priced mark would increase their buying power.

> Herbert Wehner, 63, the ex-Communist who masterminds the party's strategy. A terrible-tempered, pipe-smoking father figure, Wehner exercises absolute control over the ideological direction of the party. He will be Brandt's most influential adviser, and is likely to retain the Cabinet post of Minister for All-German Affairs that he held in the Grand Coalition.

> Helmut Schmidt, 50, the party vice chairman who has served for the past two years as the floor leader in the Bundestag. Because of the problems involved in operating with a slim majority, Schmidt may remain parliamentary leader. But he is also a candidate for the Defense Ministry, a field in which he has developed considerable expertise.

> Horst Ehmke, 42, a former law professor who took over as Justice Minister last July when the former incumbent, Gustav Heinemann, was elected Federal President. A levelheaded liberal, Ehmke is expected to continue in Justice, pressing for a complete revision of Germany's outmoded legal code and sex laws.

> Klaus Schuetz, 43, the governing mayor of West Berlin who often does the exploratory spadework when Brandt wants to break new ground. Early last June, Schuetz was welcomed as an official guest in Poland, which is now the prime candidate for new diplomatic overtures from Bonn. Schuetz will either stay in Berlin or become a key aide to Brandt in Bonn.

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