The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-04-02
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Poss-Wsr Fundamentals
What 10 Dc With Germany
A Fundamental Issue
leo Many Tub Thumpers
Use Atlantic Charter
Some Issues Have No
Place in War Program


~ 81 . general meeting Of
mlnds On some fundamentais,
- H. direction In which We
want 10 20.
Dor instance. with regard ts
Germany. there are two broad
courses that might be followed
when the defeat comes.
One course would be 10 try the
same policy used after the last
war and set up a new German
republic. That course IL not IA.
vored on the basis of past expert
ence.
The other course Is to divide
Germany up. That is what we
favor. II Is what the British
favor. II is what Germany's
neighbors. such as the Dutch, IA
vor. II is what Stain has indicated
he favors.
That was one of the big SUBJ
jects of the Eden conversations
here. AS q result of the general
consensus that this was the line
of approach TO follow, work can
now 20 forward on tentative
studies of how such a policy might
be applied.
Obviously dozens of diff
cult questions arise instantly.
What h 10 be done during the
first three er four months
after German resistance col
lapscs: What h 10 he done
about German heavy indus
try. Shall II be broken up, or
allowed 70 exist under polio
ing 10 So that II IL not used
- the foundation for German
rcarmausent What are 10 he
the trade relations between
the various states. What
currsacy controlse What kind
Of supervision BY the United
Nations:
AS President Roosevelt says. no
advance decisions can be made
with finality. Nobody knows what
the conditions win be at the end
Of the fighting. We can only pre-
pare for some of the possible con-
ditions. and have our general direc-
hon definitely in mind.
The allies are determined
upon . complete victory over
Germany. Last time there was
no march To Berlin. This time
the United Nations armies
win march into Berlin.
While the postwar conversations
and studies 60 forward. it is
emphasized here that President
Roosevelt is still spending most of
his time upon what he considers
by far the most urgent task-that
Of fighting the war. He considers
that far from completed. Talk of
what is to be done with the VIC
tory. important as il is. yet falls
far back in second place.
Above all this government
n not interested at this time
In the boundary claims Of va
rious countries They are only
Of secondary interest In Amer
fca anyway. Our main interest
h In having . stable Europe.
We want some arrangement
over there that will not ex-
plode again and draw us In n
third time.
We decidedly are not going out
10 crusade for every minority In
Europe Some Of those countries
are using their leverage among
their foreign-born populations in
this country To put on political
heat through senators and repre-
sentatives. The Poles are very
active in this regard.
There 10 some feeling here
that TIE Atlantic charter IL
being usde . stick now with
which 10 bcas . drum for any
case that one may wish to
mako Higk In the admins
trn&tss . good deal Of apprey-
~ was voiced this week ever
m editorial In TIE New York
HeEnId- Trihune entitled "a
Fake Issune-s Il took eKeep-
ton TO the views expressed In
= rsosnt spsech By William C.
BuIliff, former American am
bassalor to Russia and 10
Frnnce-
The editorial said there was an
irresponsible tendency among
some people to raise the Atlantic
charter as a means Of creating an
Issue with Russia over the lat
ter's claim to the Baltic states,
eastern Poland and Bessarabia.
Ths editorial stated that il
would be absurd to argue from
the Atlantic charter that the
United States 10 committed 10 in
sist upon keeping inviolate every
pre-1D3s boundary in Europe or 10
reconstitute every governmental
regime, dubious or otherwise,
which then existed.
Emphasis here af the mo-
ment Is on driving the Ger
mans cut Of those oserrun
csunfries. rather than trying
70 unfanEfe the age-old and
hopeiessiy mixed-up boundary
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