Federal State

This week Austria ceases to be a republic. A dictatorship in fact for a year, the Government of Engelbert Dollfuss announced that henceforth the official title of the nation will be the Federal State of Austria.

Under the new Italian-model Constitution, effective April 1, all power will "emanate from God the Almighty." The Head of State will be advised by four councils (political, ecclesiastical & educational, commercial, provincial). He, his Chancellor and Cabinet will initiate all legislation, allow or refuse plebiscites, change the Constitution at will; and he may dismiss his Chancellor and Cabinet at will. A Federal Chamber made up of members of the four councils will accept or reject his laws, without comment. The Head of State will control all universities and schools, newspapers, theatres and broadcasting stations. He will maintain the Catholic Church as the privileged and established church.

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