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President late in August to surve
the general subject of relations be
tween the American forces of occu
patton and the German people" S
Mr.. Truman might get an objectiv
view of the situation.
Based on Trustworthy Data"
In presenting his findings, tn
Presidents representative said tina
his statement is based on trust
worthy information" gathered owe
a l0-Week study and the "conclu
sions and recommendations are en-
tirely my own"
! Parenthetically. he added, con
sidering all the difficulties involved
Gen. Eisenhower and his staff hat
done better than a good job govern.
ing the German population of thu
American zone" He conceded tha
some mistakes have been made ant
that certain amount of confusion
exists but in general, relations with
the mass of Germans are on a Sounc
basis"
/ Gen. Eisenhower has alread,
recommended that the United
States, Great Britain, Russia ant
France, which jointly occupy Ger
many, should replace military with
civil government before June I anc
Mr.. Price goes along with this pro.
! posal.
! New Issues Arising.
Mr.. Price explained that "oul
ranking military leaders feel tina
the administrative machinery in tn,
Army is not we'll adapted to tn.
tasks of governing foreign pop.
ulation." He stressed that new issue.
must be decided, involving ''ques.
tions of high national policy" anc
responsibility for this, he said, rest!
on Washington.
Explaining that the approach O.
/ winter has complicated the situa
ton, Mr.. Price said the new few
months will be critical and will de.
termine whether the American gov.
eminent, in its first large scale at
tempt at governing a conquered
| people, is to succeed or fail O.
abandon the effort"
Getting down to specific cases il
his charges against the French, MI
Price said that repeated attempt.
have been made to set up common
) policies SO that the German rail
ways, the German postal servic,
and other essential facilities coult
: be operated as integral nationa
systems" but that the efforts hav,
) been nullifled. almost entirely be
cause of the rigid opposition O
the French"
Dark Outlook Seen.
i The necessity for breaking tn,
present deadlock in the contro
:! council at Berlin is so important
that use of the full force ane
prestige of American diplomatic
power TO that end is fully war
ranted,' he declared.
Along with the Price report. tn,
White House made public the tex
OF Identical letters which the Presi
dent sent to the Secretaries OF War
Navy and State. calling on them tt
take whatever joint action may b,
Indicated"
| Mr.. Price foreSaW q dark OUTLOOK
for the civil population this winter
/ Ii starvation comes, as now seem
likely, epidemics and rioting will no
be far behind the report said. Mr.
Price earlier had made the sam,
i observation to newsmen.
Millions Lack Heat.
AS cold weather begins" he said
millions find themselves housed
against the raw climate in rubbl,
heaps and caves, without fuel fol
heating and with a food suppI,
rated by medical standards wei
below the level of subsistence"
AT present, he added, the people
are quiet and lawlessness is negli-
gible although epidemics are begin.
ming to threaten the health oi
Western Europe.
There is plenty of evidence. how.
ever" he warned, that the German.
are nursing old and new hatreds
with mounting bitterness as theil
situation becomes more desperate
that they are listening hourly, with
traditional credulity for the voice oj
whatever type of new leader des.
peratlon may produce"
Along the same line, he said man,
OF the Germans who first hailed tn,
American people as liberators HAY.
since shown surprise and depres.
sion at our stern policies of denazi.
f1cation, and our inability to find tn.
key to the four-power deadlock
which hamstrings SO many i'm.
portant policies"
No Organized Underground.
He commented further that in nj
other place in Germany have tn.
denazification clauses of the Pots.
dam declaration been interpreted sc
literally or applied so rigidly.
The Presidents representative said
that up to now there is no evidence
OF organized underground resistance
in the American zone "but caution
cannot be relaxed"
Despite the handicaps unde,
which Gen. Eisenhower has been
forced to operate, Mr.. Price said the
american occupation authorities
have made what seems to him "a
notable record of progress, whatever
may be said by noisy, backseat
drivers"
The situation confronting Gen
eisenhower and his aides would have
been difficult enough had the Amer
lean ofnc1al been free to deal with it
as he pleased, Mr.. Price added.
He had not had, and has not,
that opportunity" the report said
The necessities of the military situ-
alton required, on the one hand,
fhot tho m :,