European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 11, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                March 948 the stars and stripes Page 3 friends shaken by Masaryk death March 10 and associates expressed deep sorrow Over the death of Jan czechoslovak foreign who is reported to have taken his own Dean former assistant Secretary of commented Masaryk was an Friend for whom i had the deepest i am saddened not Only by the tragic circumstances which about his but by the sorrow which must have preceded Juraj resigned As czechoslovak ambassador to the rather than serve a communist i am sure that Masaryk sacrificed his life to show what has really happened to Czecho he had no other Chance to express his death seen evidence of betrayal9 March 10 British foreign office today termed the suicide of czechoslovak foreign minister Jan Masaryk evidence of the country betrayal by a Small minority taking its orders from a foreign office spokesman volunteered that opinion at the regular midday news Consul Calls death Plain murder March 10 czech Consul said Here tonight the death of Jan Masaryk is not it is Plain ins reported Tokoly resigned refugees say Masaryk was killed March 10 who fled to Germany after the communist coup in Czechoslovakia asserted today their belief that Jan Masaryk was a Tough who fought with the French and the British armies asserted he was just As ready to fight today against and he added i knew Masaryk personally and never would have committed the russians killed suicide shocks French office March 10 French foreign office was shocked at the news of Jan Masaryk suicide in but the spokesman declined comment ilk have to speak to Monsieur Bidault George French foreign minister the official spokesman said Masaryk life was devoted to service of czech nation Jan one of the Ablest and most widely known Small Power diplomats of the postwar was the son of Thomas Mas founder and first president of the Republic of and his american Charlotte born Masaryk left Czechoslovakia for the in he returned to Prague 1913 and shortly thereafter was conscripted into the Austro Hun Garian world War i when czech dreams of Independence were realized at the end of the Jan Masaryk became a prominent figure in the political life of the nation headed by his famous his in Terest always entered on foreign always avoided by the United press he in czech political affairs and membership Long in London he was appointed czech Ambas Sador to London in a Post he held until the 1938 Munich crisis sounded the for the czech after Munich he lectured in the Masaryk returned to Britain shortly after the outbreak of world War h and became a member of the refugee czech National in 1940 Eduard Benes named him foreign Masaryk was a close Friend of president Franklin Roosevelt and this Friendship seeded american recognition of the exile czech a Good natured with a fund anecdotes to Point up Hia Masaryk was a prominent figure in the hectic diplomatic Maneu vers of wartime London where plans for postwar of a dozen european states took he ably championed the soviet in Iron when the Western Powers first became suspicious of their wartime and Long argued that his country could remain in close relations with Powers of both East and he returned to Prague after its and began the most Active part of his career As Czecho Slovakia strove to solve the acute postwar problem of world rela he was Active in the foundation of the United and represented his country at the Paris peace signed Russ treaty Masaryk went to Moscow to sign the Russ czech which was the first firm indication of the path Czechoslovakia was to diplomatic observers abroad said Masaryk exercised Little influence on his government in the last months of his a communist Secretary of Vladko de was the real Power in the foreign office As communists took Over the in the Early part of the was interned in Britain As an opponent of War against Masaryk absence from Prague for protracted International conferences left Cle Mentis in actual charge during period when czech relations be came More firmly oriented toward the Many of Masaryk friends abroad were puzzled by his acceptance of the portfolio in the communist government of Klement particularly in View of the purging Many of close they believed his final acceptance was to his close Friendship with and admiration for Benest retained common touch a suave International Diplomat at Home in All major capitals of the still retained enough of the common touch to remain extremely popular with the common people of anticommunist czech leaders in London were Quick to see Polit ical implications in his they he wanted to demonstrate to the czech people that the new pro communist Czechoslovakia had nothing in common with the he democratic Masaryk tradition of finst czechoslovak Henry Ford meets the press Henry Ford ii was optimistic about the Export prospects for Der manmade Ford trucks As he talked with reporters on his arrival at Khin main air base from Stockholm photo Ford arrives in Frankfurt by aether Noyes staff correspondent March 10 Henry Ford ii landed at Rhine main air base today with the head of the German Volkswagen company As a guest aboard his chartered Ford said he did not plan to produce Volkswagen in the the Volkswagen would not sell in he Heinrich Volkswagen Plant was flown to Stock Holm two Days ago for conferences with Ford and returned Here with him Ford said he was optimistic about production plans for the Ford motor Plant in there is not much Competition Here and Germany needs trucks which can he Ford said he was not concerned with the the British have purchased new trucks f r o m his Cologne Plant in Marks instead of what Good Are Ford i would just As soon have Ford said he had not talked with any government officials about exports from Germany but we Hope to be Able accompanied by his wife and a company left for zone permits czech entry continued fro Page 1 Ifould Hava no objection to the formation of czech refugee Aid groups but we certainly do not propose to allow political activity other than authorized German Polit ical activity under the czech the general must live in the zone As any other visitors to he said they would receive no special privileges and would have to provide their own Clay doubted that the British announcement of a Rise in the internal Price of Coal and steel in the British zone would have any effect on cur rent fou Power currency Reform he said the Allied control Council talks on financial which he said were proceeding might be the Means of arriving at a common Price asked what action my was taking against illegal Border Crossings by policemen from the russian Clay the constabulary has been notified that people not supposed to come across the Border Are not to be permitted to Cross no time limit on Ruhr the military governor stated that no time limit had been set at the London conference on Western Germany for the establishment of International control Over the control on a permanent he would have to be provided for in a German peace he declared presumably any agree ment on Ruhr control reached by the Western Powers would be sup ported by them at a peace con Clay expressed the Hope that the conference of european nations participating in the Marshall plan would invite representatives of the Biz onal Allied administration As Well As the French he said if invited he believed the Allied would for permission to take along German asked Why the Friendship train Laden with american Relief supplies was not coming to he said that Berlin gets its food equally from All four occupying Powers and he considered it Only fair that tie Relief food go to Vizonia which is already supplied America he said it never had been tended to Send the train to potatoes arrive for Austria March 10 tons of certified see potatoes which were obtained for Austria under the foreign Relief program have arrived in the seed potatoes will be sent Here As soon As snipping liabilities Are v tax experts due in be March 10 the pcs touring tax Allman and Are due Here March 18 to Pope stresses importance of Italy vote Vatican March 10 a Pope in his annual lenten address to the Rome told them today it was their right and duty to Point out to catholics the extraordinary importance of Italy elections on april that was the pontiffs reply to his bitter critics of the com munis dominated popular front who for weeks had been charging that the Church was improperly and illegally intervening in his the most forthright pontifical pronouncement placed his personal prestige squarely behind the of Italy Bishops and Ortesta to mobilize Catholic votes for the lefts defeat in the parliamentary above political the Church outside and above political the Pon Tiff but How can it Boha to the makeup of the republics first if it if to legislate in which so directly affect the highest religious interests and Condl tons of the life of the Church itself in soldiers banned from alluding to soviet As threat March 18 army Secretary Kenneth Royall has ordered All officers and men to refrain from referring to Russia As a potential enemy or threat to this the army said the army permitted publication of Royalis order in response to a United press the order Secretary of the army desires that no army personnel who write or speak on the record on military problems confronting the United slates today refer to Russia or the Union of soviet socialist republics by name As a potential enemy or threat to this prefers outsiders to speak it is the feeling of the Secretary that it is More appropriate for individuals outside the army to Dis cuss the matter and that the army should refrain from so Royal issued the order on a spokesman said it does not apply to to ranking overseas occupation commanders like Douglas Macarthur in Japan or Lucius Clay in Nei he does it apply to any member of the army testifying before a