The violence outside the opera peaked as President Kurt Waldheim and his wife arrived.

The Government declaration was seen as a sequel to the announcement last month by President Kurt Waldheim that he would not seek re-election.

President Kurt Waldheim, who has been internationally reproached for concealing his war-time record, has not been invited to any memorial events.

An influential group within Austria's ruling Socialist Party today called on President Kurt Waldheim to resign.

- President Kurt Waldheim of Austria.

And "Does Mahler sound different to us in the age of President Kurt Waldheim?"

The reparations issue was sharpened by the 50th anniversary of the Anschluss and the controversy over President Kurt Waldheim's wartime past.

- President Kurt Waldheim.

Today's Columns Austrian executives and economists are worried that economic development will suffer if President Kurt Waldheim remains in office.