Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-12-01
Suggest Postwar
Control of Enemy

Suggest Postwar
Control of Enemy
What shall we do with Germany
and Japan?
Who is "we"?
have looked over a sheaf Of
books and pamphlets, listened to ra-
dio broadcasts including one by
Vansittart (the number one Ger
man-hater) and several apologies Of
the appeasionists, who think all we
need to do is to kiss and make
up. If l am part of that "we,' l
must say that part of US is pretty
confused.
There have been many negative
arguments offered to propositions
proposed.
There have been many bold and
conflicting affirmative statements.
know you have to have mega
tive and an affirmative argument to
make a good debate and that is
why l am glad to see two men sit
down and produce document,
stripped of all emotion, based on
hard cold facts put together scien-
tifcally, which knocks down and
builds up, too. One of the authors
is scholar, man who has devoted
most of his life to long, cold,
analytical studies. The other is
man who has an engineering educa-
ton as foundation, and a success
full industrial career as back
ground.
The booklet comprises only III
pages, succinctly summarized, writ
ten in simple, straightforward Ian
guage, like the title which is 1.-The
Control of Germany and Japan"
The authors are Harold G. Moulton,
a trained economist, head of the
Brookings institution, non-parti-
san, scientific research organization,
and Louis Marlio, French bust
nessman, who has constructed half
dozen industrial plants in Europe,
served on committees of the League
of Nations.
This is book which everyone
ought to read. Briefly. the plan il
offers is military control mot com.
plete or permanent occupation) with
"supplemental economic devices"
This would involve disarmament
of enemy countries, with mainte-
nance of substantial allied armed
forces at key points only as a last
resort; otherwise withdrawal of mill
tary forces as soon as possible and
the use of a system of detection,
to learn of violations of conditions
and punitive measures if necessary.
1.-The United States" say the
authors, "is faced with two plain
detectives: either to join with
group of nations in a collective pro-
gram for preventing German and
japanese rearmament and in gen.
eral developing a universal collec-
tive security system; or to rely on
an independent defense system ade-
quate to preserve its freedom"
And they conclude that ''only by
the first means can this country
hope to maintain its national indie
pendence, or to preserve its system
of free enterprise"
Since everybody, even the Vansit-
tartists, who represent the extreme
English supporters of a punitive
peace against Germany, agree that
the peace must be such that it will
work best for the whole world, the
Moulton-Marlio, which holds strong
| ly to this tenet, is interesting.
l have had many requests con-
corning the return of war prisoners
when Germany collapses. So has the
Red Cross This is what it says:
1.-THE military authorities, of
course, are looking forward to the
protection of the men as soon as
they can be reached in Germany;
but the Red Cross will assist the
military authorities in every way
possible. For this purpose, spe-
cial representative of the American
Red Cross has been assigned to
work with the military authorities
in europe and with other Red Cross
organizations there which are no
less concerned about the welfare of
their nationals.
1.-THE stocks of standard prisoner
of war packages amount to over
5. 600 ,0O0,"