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Show f OoFmnn I Uiouj " The German Government, J' now headed by the economist lU" Helmut Schmidt, is beginning lo put pressure on Washing-ion Washing-ion to restrain the Federal ! Reserve Board (headed by "hur Burns) from raising ' interest rates. i BURNS, WITH President i Ford's apparent agreement, 1 ; as recently been inclined to raise short-term interest j rates as a precaution against ! Ine inflationary danger. J' Burns acted in response to s'gns the recession is ending. But this Federal Reserve 'mi Policy has caused a reaction J m the stock market and I' worried other western na- i Hons, especially Germany, J1 wiere ihe feeling is that the J orakes are being applied too I i xm, and that if interest rates Id 80 up appreciably the ir economic recovery now in : V1e might be throttled. I IN HIS recent meeting with Wanrellor Schmidt in Bonn li a Helsinki Mr. Ford was ; anWi of these fears on the II ! '"'the Bonn Government, ; ign his response is said to "ave been conservative. A haf8? warnings, however, . Am! e SUPP of many 15 S"ian economists who aL gher interest ra'es now tmirma.ture' that they may f v8 lhe recession or the I sSJJJ Period unneces- I . |