Evening star., 1940-06-19
Outward Appearance
OF Normal Conditions
Quickly Restored
Thousands From Poland
And acknowledgements
Work in War Industries
By the Associated Press.

France-must find place for itself
in Germany's totalitarian economic
and industrial scheme as result
of German expansion and war vic
tories.
For the nations already absorbed
world trade has disappeared, and
business is upside down as It tries
to adjust itself to the German sys-
tenn of barter and planned economy.
The countries which Germany has
taken over. in turn, are Austria,
Czecho Slovakia (now Bohemia
Moravia), Poland, Denmark. Nor
way, Luxembourg, the Netherlands
and Belgium.
Austrias economy apparently has
been absorbed completely in the
Reich. Luxembourg, occupied in a
day, has valuable agricultural prod
ucts as well as an iron industry
to add to German resources. The
Luxembourg iron industry was DOM
mated by German capital before
the World War.
In many of the lands through
which the "blitzkrieg" has passed, at
least the outward appearance OF
normalcy is being restored in a sur
prisingly short time.
In Bohemia -Moravia, which got a
pre-war taste of German economic
management, fields are being titled,
factories are operating and people
are working.
Many People Put to Work.
An effort IS being made to make
the same conditions prevail in Po-
land. where there is demand for
all the food that can be produced
although that country was severely
hit by last autumn's war.
In Denmark, Norway and to a
lesser extent in Holland and Bel
gium, too, the Reich is eXerting
every nerve to keep the people work
ing. the fields producing. the fac
tories turning. But terrific prob
lens of reaojustment remain to be
worked out.
Germany herself avoided any sud-
den increase in unemployment at
the start Of the war. War indus
trv and the army absorbed work
ers whose jobs disappeared as the
production of luxuries and unes-
sential goods was curtalled.
Now war industry is so busy that
thousands of workers have been i'm
ported from Bohemia -Moravia and
Poland
The Reichs great need for every
conceivable product gives natural
market for countries successfully oc-
cupied by the German Army.
Denmark Least Affected.
The easiest adjustment probably
Is being made by Denmark, where
no physical damage to industries
or the countryside occurred to in
terfere with the normal processes
of industry.
Denmark's biggest jolt was the
sudden and total loss of the British
market for bacon and dairy prod
ucts.
Germany, to an increasing extent,
Is taking these supplies, but the
problem of payment has not been
completely worked out.
Denmark also was threatened with
a shortage of feed, which she largely
imports, for her cattle, but the Ger
mans say they managed to supply
enough until summer pasturage be-
came available and now the problem
Is solved until next winter.
An adequate supply of corn and
barley for Danish chickens was a
more troublesome problem, because
these supplies must be obtained from
the Balkans, and the long rail haul,
when railroads are busy with war
transportation, is a factor.
Rehabilitation in Norway.
German intervention in domestic
affairs has been more energetic in
Norway, where there was consider
able property damage and unem-
ployment as a result of the prostrat-
ing blow by the German Army.
Under German direction, Nor
wegian administrative council estab-
lished a voluntary work service to
rehabilitate the regions where fight
ing took place.
The volunteers received their keep
and pay up to IS cents day. The
council emphasized the need of in
creasing food production. Conse-
quently loans were made available
to land owners and soldiers were
urged to turn to farming when de-
modified Considerable numbers of
unemployed we're set to work telling
trees.
The Norwegian pulp industry
seemed to face special difficulty be-
cause Germany does not need to
import much paper but hope was
held out that process to convert
pulp into food for animals might
be feasible.
Holland was confronted by wide
spread unemployment by the Ger
man occupation. 1t is estimated
that 100000 now are without jobs
and that figure may be raised to
100000 when demobilization is COM
pleted.
A German economic commission
at the Hague has proposed that
hundreds of thousands of these un-
employed be used to carry out
great reconstruction program. Ar
rangements also are under way to
bring Dutch workers to Germany
under contracts which, it was said,
will permit them to remit their
earnings to their families.
Belgium and northern France
still are under the close control
Of the German military admins
tration, which, it was explained,
has set out to achieve two aims:
Establish and preserve order.
2-Care for refugees.
Germans said that preserving
order was surprisingly easy because
the population was inclined to CO.
operate. especially after learning
that the administration of every-
day affairs was to be left in their
hands.
The same policemen remain on
duty in the streets, the same post
men deliver the mail and the same