European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 24, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Communist menace spurs German recovery continued from Page 5 based on the theory that those Plant surplus to Germany s peacetime needs must be awarded to the neighbouring countries whose own factories were destroyed through German , it is said that if Germany s plants Are taken away now the Speed required for the activation of the Marshall plan May be lost. It is further added that these plants May never be reconstructed effectively. The requirements of the economic program being fashioned in Paris May spell the final decision on these  Coal situation too is undoubtedly being re examined. The germans have asked the Marshall plan countries to reconsider the sliding scale program to ascertain once again whether they can not get Coal elsewhere and leave Ger Many s production within the Biz onal area. And if this cannot be done therein the question of a rectification in Coal prices. Then Germany would not be required to pay More for imported Coal at the same time that she exports the  Sticky political question hovers Over the Paris conference which until settled will slow up Germany s Active participation in the plan. This deals wit the ultimate effects of internationalization of the Ruhr. A decision to place the great Ruhr Industrial Complex under the control of an International commis Sion was decided in the first tripartite discussion. This is purely a political measure designed to take away from a notably aggressor nation her potential War machinery. However if the Ruhr is to be a successfully productive operation the overseers must yet find a common ground of agreement the United states and great Britain for example Are still at loggerheads Over the socialization of the industries. The member nations of the com Mittee for european economic cooperation at Paris will Trade among them selves. Britain has staged a dramatic comeback in Coal production and now once More is ready to Export this Vita fuel. In the meantime however United states Coal exports have entered the european picture on a Gigantic scale Sweden s Iron Ore is sought everywhere. So is her Timber for newsprint. Oil Mustbe obtained and that brings in the troubled Middle East a of Hough the alms of the United states Are to see that the Economy of Europe is so restored that goods May be freely bought and sold to highest Bidi Sers for the time being the inter National controls on exports and imports Are to be  the total amounts of dollars in each slice of the a Hall plan May fade. The original figures May become meaningless As actual production Dur ing the first six months of the plan induce modifications. For those who in. Sist upon figures it has been suggested that the $5,310,000,000 break Down May look like this  sl.500,000,000  1,100,000,000. Benelux 800,000,000western Germany 800,000,000 Italy 700,000,000scandinavia 200,000,000 Austria 100,000,000. � Greece 100,000,000iceland 10,000,000 Switzerland. Portugal and Turkey Are considered Able to get going on their own. But if Western Germany including the French zone is to get 800 million dollars Worth of imports and the Mili. Tary government is Correct in estimating the  the Biz onal area  700 million dollars not to speak of the 873 million dollars asked by the zonal German administration there would be Only one Hundred million Dol Lars left for raw materials. The proffer of 730 million dollars Worth of German.,exports As contribution to the Marshall plan was based on an import require ment of nearly two billion dollars. These Are cold facts and they must be Deal with at Paris. In each country there Are countless but very definite problems a similar to if not As great As those in Western Germany. The Money is not a handout. It. I offered by the United states with cer Tain conditions. The recipient nations must stabilize their currencies and re Duce Trade barriers. They Are expected to p Rove that investments of capital Are indeed in the interests of the european recovery program. They must Guaran tee investments by putting up equivalent amounts in their own currency to match the initial costs of the products they receive and guarantee As Well against use of the Money for the manufacture of War materials for shipment to rus Sia and her satellites if such shipments Are prohibited in the United states. Finally they must encourage the employment of displaced persons. In the Case of countries whose Politi Cal character has changed for example if a country should turn communist Aidamay be suspended As inconsistent with the Aims of the recovery plan. For i must not be forgotten that the Marshall plants now part of an economic War against the things which Breed com monism. Whether or not Secretary of state Marshall had this in mind when he first postulated the plan it would never have gotten through the America Congress As. Quickly As it did were it not for the communist Issue. In Germany such considerations Are vital to the political leaders embarked in the direction of a provisional government for the West. Any such govern ment must continuously guarantee against communism. The United states to say nothing of other Western allies would not Long tolerate a government which showed signs of turning communist. To those German politicians who Are leery of the future haunted by the possibility of a soviet Advance. To the Rhine the allies have Given Assurance of Mili tary Security. In the economic struggle this is a Paramount consideration. I France the germans Point out a fight is against communist frenchmen. I Germany they add the soviet Union itself sits in the Eastern zone perched on the Elbe. The occupation armies of the West Ern allies Are still Veryn Nuch in Evi Dence the germans Are reminded. Furthermore general sir Brian Robert son British military governor made it Plain that Western Germany could count on the benefits of the Western Union a military treaty signed by France England and the Benelux coun tries if the germans would join a com Mon cause for Prosperity and Security against communism. Books historian Charles Beard takes a critical View of Roosevelt s conduct of foreign policy Dumas Malone lairds Jefferson president Roosevelt and the coming of the War 1941. By Charles a. Beard. 614 up. Yale University press Connecticut. �5. C concurrent with the third anniversary of the death of. Franklind. Roosevelt one of America s most noted historians has published along analysis of the late president s foreign policy. Or. Beard s thesis seems to be that Roosevelt worked for War under the cover of a peaceful  Only trouble is that the study is not by any Means As thorough As it might have been. Some readers May feel at times that nothing Short of a veiled per Sonal Bias could have led such a noted historian As or. Beard to set Down Roosevelt s actions and intentions in the critical 1941 year with such misleading incompleteness. There Are curious omis Sions in reporting historical events particularly regarding american and Japa Nese relations. He is also highly Dis Turbed by Roosevelt s Lone sallies in Thiesfield during and after the War. The late president claimed  to have made an Strong commitments during his mid Atlantic meeting with Winston Churchill though As it was later disclosed he had done so. At Yalta too the author feels he acted beyond his constitutional rights. And although there is Matte for thought in his Contention that a president of the United states has it in his Power to swing the balance Between War and peace without full support of the people his data to prove that Roosevelt did so is questionable Jefferson the virginian by Dumas Malone. 484 up. Little & Brown boston$6.another great american statesman s birth is celebrated this month that of Thomas Jefferson who was born 205 years ago. As a tribute to his memory Dumas Malone has produced a Long thoughtful study of the virginian whose political integrity earned him the name i m sorry Madam but we simply cannot accept Wampum. Of Liberal Democrat. Much that. Has been criticized previously in Thomas Jefferson is favourably interpreted or glossed Over in or. Malone s study of the philosopher statesman. His work. However presents a convincing and amiable portrait easy to accept a genuine. Certainly it is one of the most comprehensive books yet written about Jefferson. 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William Morrow new York. $2.50.five members of the Wilder family Are literally carried away into eternity Bya mysterious Force. Perhaps it was the supernatural or some naughty mania who just does t like the name Wilder. Maybe the Reader won t either by the time he s had to follow them through this Bjk but in parts it s fun. Weekend april 24, 19-18