European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 26, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Al if in i f ii of f i the Modem bundt of that Bouse. Pc & Ohio yer v i in Trieste i Rieste a picturesque port Cit of some 275.000 inhabitants lying attn head of the usually Calm Blue Adriatic and once the hot spot of Europe is relatively quiet these Days. The Tito co inform split has eased political pres sure in the City while timely marshal plan Aid has achieved wonders in Restor ing the prewar economic life of the controversial port  italian Dock worker recently reflected the current opinion of most Triestino. Asked what he thought of conditions in his City he exclaimed Well we have a Tittle wine to drink with our Spaghetti meat two and three times a week and heat for our Home. Where else in Europe do they have More one of the most modern seaports in the world Trieste relies on shipping an shipbuilding for its main sources of in come. It looks prosperous to visitors  stores Are filled with All essentials in clothing and food and Are also Well feature Section the Marshall plan Road s booms living standards Rise a Calm Over onetime hot spot in the cold War by Ernie Reed staff writer stocked with luxury items. Its Fine restaurants Are doing a flourishing business while the few night clubs do Little complaining about business. The people Are Well dressed with warm clothing for win Ter and for Trieste s traditional Bora an Gnu Suelly Strong wind which streaks across the City at speeds up to 80 Miles an hour. Municipal and Allied officials attribute the City s healthy state to a combination of factors. Not the least among them is the Marshall plan. They Point out that port activities the life of Trieste Are currently booming and have scaled prewar proportions thanks to Erp shipments which account for More than 95 per cent of the present port business. All of Austria s Erp shipments funnel through  Marshall plan has convinced even Hardin communists that the Trieste population will not starve. A recent report revealed that Trieste received three times As much Aid per capita during the first year of Eca As any other Erp  Trieste receiving approximately $18,000,000 in Eca goods in the first year of the program each tries to benefited by $60 other Marshall plan countries averaged Only about $18 per if1counterpart funds Are being used to rebuild and modernize the old factories. And plans Are under Way to build a Large Industrial zone Between Muggia and Althere is Little doubt that the Tito comin lorm break has done much to alleviate the worries of the the Semi. They longer fear that Tito win Send a troops into the City to take it by  reason that Tito is presently too concerned about is differences with the the r citizens feel that now is for the ., to which the Yugo Sav sve turned for Dollar Loans to Appy pressure on Yugoslavia renounce once and for All its claims on the Iti province of Venezia Giulia which includes Trieste they scan daily i paper in Hope that Washington and Belgrade have arrived at that conclusion. An Allied government setups by 10,000 crack  And in Tosh oops � presently supervising the City the Allied f continued of w m