Evening star., 1945-06-09
Reich 10 Be Stripped
I0f Some Industries
In Reparations Plan
BY the Associated Press,


By the Associated Press.
SUPREME ALLIED HEAD
QUARTERS, Paris, June 9.-Ger-
many will be stripped of various
industries to destroy her future
war potential through one of the
principal functions of the repa,
rations program, Ambassador
Edwin w. Pauley, President Tru-
mans personal representative or
the Allied Reparations Commits.
sion, announced today.
Mr.. Pauley said it was the view
Of the United States that any Ger.
man industries Of war nature which
could not be removed should be
destroyed.
I'VE do not want another war te
take place." Mr.. Pauley said, "ano
we are anxious to see that type OF
equipment taken out Of Germany
even though we don't want 1t our
selves"
Mr.. Pauley heads the American
delegation en- route to the initial
reparations conference to be held
in Moscow under plans laid down
at the Yalta Conference.
Survey Completed.
Mr.. Pauley indicated that the
American delegation, which has
completed lengthy survey in the
American-occupied zone OF Ger
many, was going to Moscow with
a definite program in mind, but
virtually in the dark as to the de-
Sires of Russia and Britain. the only
other powers to be represented at
the initial meeting.
He said there had been no ex-
change of views.
Mr.. Pauley and i8 to 20 others
of the 35-man delegation will leave
Monday for Moscow, while the re-
mainder, all technical representa-
tives, will continue studying the
possibilities Of reparations in Ger
many.
Speaking strictly as an American
representative and principally on a
basis Of preliminary observations
made in Germany during the past
few weeks, Mr.. Pauley told corre-
spondents that the United States
realized mistakes were made in
reparations after the World War
and I'VE don't intend to make the
same ones this time"
Cost Is Stressed.
Damage to property and cost of
effort and enegy in defeating the
enemy form the principal basis for
reparations, Mr.. Pauley said, point
ing out that the United States was
short on the former but long on the
latter.
ut would be futile for us to seek
repayment for the total cost of our
war effort" he said. Both money
and lives are gone"
But he declared the United States
would assert a claim, although "aS
to what it will be I am not pre-
pared to say"
Disclosing that the United States
is feeding 100000 persons in Ger
many, including its troops, prisoners
Of war and displaced persons, Mr..
Pauley said 1t seemed like false
economy to consider reparations
until after that burden was lifted.
He and his staff found that Ger
many's transportation system was
so wrecked by Allied bombing that
it would take an inestimable time
to repair it; but her industrial ca
pacity-with few exceptions, such as
fuel production-could be restored
in up to eight months.
He said the German gold hoard
uncovered by the United States Sd
Army would be considered by the
Reparations Commission as means
OF restitution and disclosed that
certain countries-which he did not
name-already had advanced in
formal claims to portions of it.
Mr.. Pauley lives in Beverly Hills,
Calf. He and his associate, DR..
Isador Lubin OF Washington, D. c.,
who holds the rank of minister, are
top members of the American dele
cation on the Preparations Commits
sion.
Other American delegates are:
Moses Abromovitz, Francis v. H
Adams, DR.. Luther H. Gulick, Au-
berry w. Nelson. Richard B. Scan
drett and Solomon Trone. all OF
New York City.
Richard C. Durham and Josiah
Dutois, both of Washington. D. C.
Robert I. Couck, Detroit; j. Berger
and Abram Bergson, both of Airing
ton, Va; Col. Richard Burleson, San
Antonio, Tex; Chris Clasoyau.
Berkeley, Calf; Maj. Gail S. Carter,
Santa Fe, N. Mex; Mrs. Katherine
Hyde DarraSh, Phoenix, Ariz.; Miss
Carrier Berby. York, Ala; Capt. Van
Harvey English, Greeley, Ohio; Capt.
John E. Faigle, Dayton, Ohio; Col.
E. E. Fogelson, Dallas, Tex; George
H. johnson, Madison, Wis; Charles
A. Karl, Scranton, Pa.
George Lutheringer, Petersburg
ILL.,; Ernest Mailer, Neenah, Wis; j.
Howard Marshall, Ashland, KY;
Capt. N. Loyal McLaren, San Fran
cisco; Benjamin c. Olsen, Salt Lake
City; Maj. j. r.. Parten, Houston,
Tex: Lawrence Richardson. Boston
Alex Rosenson, Oakland, Calf; Sey-
mour Rubin, Chicago; DR.. Arthur
Saul. Pittsburgh, Pa; DR.. Robert
Gordon Sproul. Berkeley. Calf; and
Thomas w. Wilson, jr., Baltimore.