The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-22
Disunityof Germany sEconomic Zones Defeats U.S.'s Occupation Purposes

S>S~SA~ deadline for making some kind of economic arrangements among the British, American, Russian and French zones into which Germany now is divided.
 Clay Differs On Deadline
 Failing that, Pollock believes the Potsdam plan for economic unity will have to be scrapped for some new approach 10 German problems
 Lt.-Gen. Lueius Clay is McNar- ney's deputy in charge of the office of Military Government. Clay could not agree with Pollock that there was a Sept, deadline coming up.
 He said that as stocks of material on hand in the American zone are exhausted the area would come to rest on an economic dead center.
 We all dread Winter, Clay added. But we do have an agree ment directly with the Soviet Union for the exchange of S5 100000 worth of goods annually between our two zones. If we are able to work out other agreements we could get through the Winter. The situation is improving but very slowly"
 Unable To Feed Self
 That S5,000000 is small potatoes. The American zone is the size of New England with population of l7,000000. The American zone and the American taxpayers suffer most from the delay in the economic uni fication of the country.
 Our zone has practically no in- dustrial raw materials and it is un- able to feed itself It's export re- sources are limited. The United States must feed it or the 17,O00,- 900 will starve
 Pollock described the zones this way: The Russians have food, the British have coal, the Americans have scenery. and the French have objections
 Another angle is that Germany must be lifted up to democracy or she will sink to totalitarianism by choice or default. The Germans do not know any better
 See Possible Dictatorship
 Repeatedly, American officers told me withdrawal of occupation forces would lead quickly to anoth- CT party dictatorship in Germany
 A colonel governing small area in the south estimated that it would take not more than 20 min utes for the Nazis to resume power if we left. And if the Nazis failed, the country probably would become communiStic.
 At headquarters here in the one time main office of the great Ger man I. G. Farben Industries, Me Narney and his military staff and a dozen visiting newspapermen sat around four huge tables arranged to make a square.
 Choosing his words with obvious care McNarney said: We must car ry out the unification of Germany to create an economy which will re- lieve the people of hunger and give them some place 70 i've.
 Lays Blame With French
 The movement toward a reason able standard of living to be reach ed in 1949 has been blocked by the French position on the Ruhr the Rhineland and the Saar.'
 By some place to live" McNar- ney meant some place other than the sewers, damp afraid shelters and desperately crowded basements beneath the rubble where tens upon tens of thousands of Germans now are living in the countrys blasted cities.
 By relieving the people from hunger McNarney meant giving the Germans something more to eat than the average normal ration of 1,183 calories daily.
 On l,183 calories here is what the average German gets for his ration tickets:
 coffee tit is terrible stuff). One slice of dark bread (pretty good eating). One half a pat of butter dnch square and very thinJ. Three small potatoes
 LUNCH: One bowl of soup QS grams Of flour and some greenS) :. One thin slice of beef weighing II ounce tone bite). Four small pota- toes.
 SUPPER: One glass of skim milk. A small dish of cereal with dried egg and milk mixed One slice of brown bread. One-half pat of but ter. Cheese @ 1-2 inches long by inch by one-half inch).
 Army EnvieS Greens
 That is the country and small town diet. In larger cities the ration is 1889 calories of rations in any area depending on the type of work done.
 The skim milk mixture in the lunch contains about one table spoonful of powdered milk.
 In Summer the Germans supple ment their rations with green vege- tables which are not rationed. The Army envies the Germans their greens.
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