European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 27, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes monday february 27, jobless tied to German extremism Washington feb. S6 up Robert m. Hanes top Marshall plan official in Western Germany said Here that a revival of. Political unrest and extremist political think ing is inevitable in Germany unless the problem of 2,000,000 unemployed is  joined economic cooperation administration Mission chiefs from Italy France and Britain in reporting on Marshall plan goals to the Senate foreign relations committee which is considering the administration s request for "$2,350,000,000 in Ega funds. Unemployment in Western Ger Many was a potentially explosive Force and was worsened by an in flux of about 20,000 persons monthly from the russian zone and the countries behind the Iron cur Tain he said social problems the refugees who constitute about 18 per cent of Western Ger Man population comprise 35 per event of the unemployed. He added that they have brought a resent ment which poses tremendous so Cial As Well As economic  though reporting that a shortage of housing and unemployment posed difficult problems in German re covery Hanes said Western Ger Many was on the Road to playing an important and healthy role in Europe s economic life. Germany fee said must look to new sources of raw materials from countries behind the Iron curtain and South America As Well As in Western Europe. Berlin under the pressure of rus Sian transportation blockades has " lagged far behind the rest of West Ern Germany in economic recovery with Only one Quarter of its labor Force employed. To break Indus trial stagnation there Hanes said an All out Effort was being launched to stimulate capital investment and Teade.  by . Standards Industrial production although a a relatively higher level of efficiency than the agricultural instill inadequate and inefficient by american standards Hanes said. Western Germany s problem a fording to Hanes is to Export the right goods to the right places and to produce them at a Cost competitive in world markets. This Calls for readjustment and reorientation in German Industrial think ing which heretofore has developed within the confines of protective markets monopolies and cartels he explained. In my opinion the existing monetary situation would permit sub Stantial expansion of credit for Long term investment. The system of tax collections must be tightened and the tax Structure so devised As to discourage luxury consumption and provide More funds for in  Hanes said the Eca Mission in Germany was confident that the near future will see other european nations buying More from Germany which should arrest the existing trend and indeed Lead o re establishment of b German Export surplus with Western  2 ils. Was arrive for duty in Britain London feb. 26 . And French soldiers and other Allied nationals Hove been sent by Russia to work Camps in Russia the Ger Man social democratic party spa has charged. The spa listed names of for Eigners who had been held in soviet zone concentration Camps and said some of these were known to have been deported to Russia. The names were announced at a press conference called by the spa to denounce communist terror tac tics in the soviet zone. The party gave this account of three americans in Sachsenhause concentration Camp. Rudolph Frey american of Ger Man origin 66, was still i Sachsen Hausen last Jan 16. Hollins or Hopkins first name unknown american Captain charged with espionage deported from Sachsenhause to Russia feb. 24, 1949. Siegfried Siebur yens american Law student 22 parents live in Boston. Brother is chief of the Reemtsma cig Aret factory in Ham Burg. Sentenced to 10 years Force labor at Sachsenhause military authorities in Berlin said they had no records of a Missig officer named Hokins or to Phis the spa also listed six Swiss two italians two frenchmen three Bel Gians five greeks one South african and one Dane said to be. Confined in Sachsenhause. It also listed two dutchmen Anda Swiss confined in Buchenwald an other soviet zone concentration amp. The party based its report on in formation obtained by the fight ing group against inhumanity from German inmates returned fro the Camps. The russians announced in Jan uary they were closing the Camps. The spa said this announcement was deceptive because while some inmates were released others were transferred to Ordinary penal institutions and still others were sent to  party estimated that 30,000 in mates mostly germans had been Seni recent incidents in which smuggled Cigar ets were found in the cargo of Mats planes arriving at Rhine main air base from the . Have resulted in customs declaration changes affecting All personnel using military air transportation the air Force customs Section announced , each individual Riding military aircraft which Cross Ger Man boundaries will be required to initiate a customs declaration form certifying he is abiding by import and Export regulations. In the past such forms were required Only from travellers on com Mercial planes. Recently the customs unit re ported four instances in which a total of 226 Cartons of smuggled Cigar ets were selected on Mats planes. Allies delay de Cartel code Bonn feb. 26 up the Allied High commission told Chancellor Konrad Adenauer yesterday he should temporarily suspend plans for the submission of a German Decarte ligation Law it was officially announced. The three Power High com Mission explained it was about to revise an Allied Decarte ligation Law which will determine the final Structure of the big Iron and steel industries affected earlier this week in Frankfurt bad . Officials said Anglo american Trust busters Are pc it song French approval for a plan to smash the big Iron and steel combines in the Ruhr. Adenauer of the High  Mission late in january that his government was ready to go ahead with the Deconca Ellradon of these industries to create competitive enterprises and asked whether i would be appropriate to initiate German legislation to this end. High commissioner John j. My cloy answered Adenauer s inquiry with the information that a new Allied Trust busting Law will provide the general framework and proce dures for such  under these circumstances my cloy pointed out the High com Mission does not deem it necessary that the German government Ake any action on the subject now. The High commission expressed Hope however that the germans would Forward proposals on How to carry out the Allied Law and suggest other solutions on the subject. Gen grow named Aiache at . Moscow embassy Washington feb. 26 up maj Gen Robert w. Grow cd it. Devens mass., has been selected As military attache to Moscow the army announced. Grow will replace maj Gen John w. O Daniel who has been Mili tary attache in the russian capital since july 1948. Grow is scheduled to come Here about March 13 for conferences before his departure to Moscow. A cd Zach flee to West zone Hof feb. 26