European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 26, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Viii Viii in x1 3 the Saars which will be exploited by prance for 50 years under terms of a is one of the Basic causes of dispute Between France and Here miners shown leaving a Saar whose output for 50 years will fuel French France continues to control the Saars French customs officials and troops guard the Saar Border with the Border Between the Saar and France has Only a passport the and not the is the sole Legal the Saar focus of franc German friction i flip Goto it ant id i of in Rudd once again the Saar for generations a focal Point of Franco German has become a subject for diplomatic situated athwart the historically uneasy Frontier Between France and the Young West Ger Man Federal the with its Rich Coal its steel Mills and its manufacturing is a Rich Coal makes the Saar an important ele ment in French less vital to Ger Many whose other Coal resources Are More than adequate to Supply its industries at the level of production allowed by the to the Saar spells the Dif Ference Between economic sufficiency for its heavy and the dread Specter 6t seeing Germany Rise once again As a major military threat to her after world War France established the Bonn government seeks a new plebiscite to determine future of wealthy Little Valley an economic Union with the it moved its customs posts from the Franco Saar Borders to the Saars Borders with it abolished the Mark As Saar currency and replaced it with the it dug deep into its own limited supplies of luxuries and necessities to Stock the shops of the to such an extent that even before the Marshall plan had brought recovery to the Saar x was a Veri table shoppers then in set up a Semi autonomous state in the tied to France economically and with France controlling its foreign with the new Saar France recently signed an agreement by which she will exploit the Saars Coal Fields for 50 paying the Saar a Royalty of 30 francs per ton for the right to dispose of the produce of its Rich the Bonn government Rose in bitter protest against this even it was left subject to final decisions to be reached in the signing of a peace the wily politicians of Bonn know a fait a comply when they see Bonn wants a plebiscite to allow the people of the Saar to determine their own but once before the Saar held a Plebs in 1920 it was put under a league of nations commission with the provision that a referendum would be held within 15 years to allow the people to speak for the plebiscite was held in with Hitler already in and with hitlers storm troopers playing an Active the people nine to to return to Germany and the Saars Coal and steel played an important role in rebuilding the German army for world War the impasse bears directly on american and British efforts to create a United Western Europe first line of defense against russian whatever the High commissioner John Mccloy said it must not stand in the Way of Germany participation in the organization of Western iter i lib Othen i in ont s Edn Ograda f Fen sub oldies aah by a m learn he Feinel ills per cent of the Saars food is though there Are some Small steel and manufactured goods pay for the heavy imports of most of which comes from above Are two typical Saarland Farmers at their steel is another important item in the Saars these Mills will add tremendously to the productive capacity of French heavy shown is a Saar worker removing slag from molten Metal from the Roechel tit wast feature Section