Evening star., 1940-12-19
By IRA WOLFERT.

man, reported from SOpellHdsell
He said that ''at a suggestion, let us
put it, from the Germans who have
taken over large building in
Copenhagen for an economics board
that makes suggestions which seem
to be followed, all unemployment
insurance and relief payments to
Danish jobleSS have been suspended.
There are many jobless because of
the dislocations in raw materials
and transportation. The jobless are
offered work in Germany at reason
able pay. The minimum is $50
marks $500 a month. A friend OF
mine, employed in an alrplane fac-
tory where all foreign workers are
closely guarded by troops in uni
form, gets $50 marks ($l00) a month.
No Alternative Except Starving.
About 10000 Danes, as of the
middle of November, have accepted
Jobs in Germany, having had no
alternative really except starving.
Most of them are employed in brick
works at Kiel.
The food in Denmark consists Of
plenty of meat because Of the way
the farmers had to kill their stock,
due to inability to get fodder and not
much OF anything else. What will
happen next. no one knows.
Mrs. Helena Scharien, a British
citizen who emphasized that her
mother and father live in Germany.
reported from Coblentz. She said
she spent "55 nights in AFRAID
shelters between September and No
vember. A bridge over the Rhine
was hit, the deserted wing of hos
pital and a few houses.
The food is not abundant, but 1t
Is enough not to be uncomfortable.
Hitler gave every one present for
Christmas, allowing them to buy IS
grams of real coffee enough to
make about three cups).'
Food Situation in Berlin.
Mrs. Emile Blumenthal, Jewish
refugee, reported approximately the
same food situation existing in Ber-
lin. NO fruit is obtainable. no but
ter. no coffee, no tea. Milk is for
children and invalids, not Jewish
children, of course, or Jewish lnva-
lids. Real coffee can be obtained on
a black bourse for 35 marks (Sl4) a
pound, Jews are not allowed to buy
ANYTHING except between the hours
of 4 and in the afternoon, and are
not allowed ON the streets after at
night Because of the labor short
age, Jews, whether skilled or not,
have been pressed into work gangs.
They are paid little less than the
prevailing rate
report from Northern France
was made by Frances Eddy of Anne
Morgan's American Friends OF
France"
THE food situation where was,
region full of gardens, was not bad
vet" she said. People could get
along on what they were allowed.
Railroads have resumed operations
and things have an appearance OF
normality, although they are not
actually anywhere near normal. We
had one epidemic of dysentery that
was very bad 1t came from the
cadavers left unburied on the bat
tlehelds.'
Stand in Line for Food.
Lady Elizabeth DecieS, the former
Mrs. Harry Lehr who once was the
social arbiter of New York and the
international set. reported on Paris.
"As far as I could see, things were
orderly. We had to stand in line Tor
food When one was invited out Tor
dinner it was good form to send over
ones ration card in the morning SO
that ones host could buy food for
YOU. There is no motor transporta-
ton. Mrs. James Corrlgan mas
taken out an old horse and carriage.
I went around on bicycle taXl-tWo
men in tandem pulling a wooden
cart on which seat has been built
Mrs. Waitstill Hastings Sharp
of Boston, an official OF the Uni
tartan Service Committee, told OF
the situation in Southwestern or
Vichy-governed France, where she
worked on food relief in conjunction
with the American Red Cross.
"Iavettes for newborn babies are
in enormous demand" she said. mo
cloth for them is available even
when one has money. Milk OF all
kinds is badly needed. There is no
sign of an improvement in the food
situation. 1t is getting progressively
worse"
Germans Removing Food.
It was learned that the Germans
are Systematically removing food
from unoccupied as we'll as occupied
France Up to August, German Off
GERS were stationed at all markets
in all the villages of Southwestern
France, buying whatever was avail
able as it came in. Later, this sys-
tenn of communicating without ad-
herence to the rationing laws of
Vichy was put on a more orderly
basis. with German control officers
being stationed directly in the offices
of wholesalers, buying direct from
him as supply became available. In
the case of canned goods, they are
taking one-third of the total pro-
duction regularly, stating they are
entitled to it because they make the
tin available for the cans.
Two passengers reported thaC dln-
ing in restaurants in Madrid has
become a painful experience. Niels
Elleskov of Copenhagen told of Or
dering half chicken and finding
small group coming in from the
streets and gathering around his
table. They watched silently and
with large eyes. One was a young
woman carrying a child. He asked
what they wanted and they said
they were waiting for him to finish
with the bones.
Niels Clausen, also of Copenhagen,
had similar experience. When he
asked the proprietor why he per-
mitted the people to enter, the pro-
prietor explained, They would make
trol,hle If I didn't"