Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-05-05
Letters to The Star
Advocates Federal State
Including Germany

To the Editor of The Star:
The momentarily expected defeat of
Germany and the SAM Francisco Con-
ference pose important questions as
to the peace terms as we'll as the future
position of the leading world powers.
especially England. The two questions
are closely related.
Punishment of Nazi leaders, Gestapo
members and others as war criminals
If they can be discovered and identi-
fed. is proper duty of the. United
Nations, with the aid of judges from
the liberated countries and from Ger
many. The question of reparations only
can be solved by the movement of
German workers to devastated areas
for reconstruction work at subsistence
wages, plan now Endorsed by Russia.
However. peace terms which give the
German people as whole sense of
war guilt will cause resurgence of
Naziism. Continued suppression by out
side powers will make impossible any
thing like democratic government with
in Germany since it will make central
lied power essential to resist it, 1t is
possible to crush German power to
make war, to control her industry and
her trade with that end in view, with
out producing such an unwanted final
result.
| I suggest that Germany west of the
Oder River be incorporated in West
ern European federal state to include
Bohemia "a progressive people,, Austria,
Scandinavia, Finland, France, Italy,
Spain, Portugal and Great Britain. The
central government of such group
could control antidemocratic tendencies
within Germany and at the same time
gradually return her to the family Of
nations.
With American cooperation in
world organization, such an organiza-
ton would also afford England chance
to exert effective leadership in Western
Europe based on political democracy and
progressive capitalism. The central
government would control ornaments,
airways, military forces, transportation,
,ublic education, interstate trade, mi
grations of populations, health social
security, cartel organization and COM
municationss within the whole area.
The area would have abundant and
diversified resources supplemented by
trade with other possible world federal
states. 1t could act as unit in trustee
ships over some colonial areas.
1t may we'll be that quick and effective
American economic aid now to this area
in return for security agreements which
include such an organization, will be
our chief guarantee of future peace and
security QUINTIN M. SANGER.
State Department Criticized
To the Edito- of The Star:
At a time when Americans are fight
ing and dying all over the world in the
holy cause of mankinds liberation from
the cruelest oppression it ever has suf-
fered, our State Department has brought
our moral prestige to new low
Shades of the League of Nations, Of
appeasement, of Munich! The entry of
Argentina into the San Francisco Con-
ference is a menace from the recent
past which made this war inevitable.
Our reservoir of good will is emptying
fast, indeed. SOUTH CAROLINIAN.
Discusses Austrian Situation
To the Editor of The Star:
Your editorial of May 2 seems to make
necessary few remarks regarding the
political parties and the persons men,
toned. DR.. Karl Renner, who headed
the Austrian delegation in st. German
after the World War certainly Is we'll
characterized. A right-wing Social
Democrat, he may as we'll be termed
left-wing Liberal. He has always been
a dignified and conciliatory politician
and also prominent scholar
I am not familiar with all the per-
sonalities mentioned in the list of the
provisional Austrian government, espe-
cially not with the names of the other
Social-Democrats and of the Commun-
lists. DR.. Eduard Heinl Industry, trade
and transport and Rudolf Buchinger
(agriculture) however, are oldtime Chris
-Social-not Socialist Cath
Ollie, politicians who had been members of
the Austrian Parliament and of several
governments in the time of the Aus
UTldn republic. AIlOtIleT prominent Ola
Christian-Social politician is Leopold
Kunsehak who always has represented
the numerically rather weak Chris
tian-Social tCatholic) trade unions.
There existed only one Catholic
party in Austria, the Christian-Social
party, founded by DR.. Karl Lueger in
the '90s, and no distinction there
fore can be made between Christian
Social and Catholic. The Christian
Social party was made up of the little
man-in-the-street, tradesmen, grocers,
ETC., but also of lower later higher and
high, government officials, finance and
businessmen, and of the peasantry in
the open country. Only very small
fraction of the working classes belonged
to it. MAX LEDERER,
Formerly ministerial councillor in the
Austrian Ministry of Education.
De Valera Criticized