Evening star., 1948-07-19
Western Governors Meet
ON Plans for Government

BERLIN, July l9 (P).-The three
Western military governors met for
four hours in blockaded Berlin to-
day discussing plans for the por-
jected government in Western. Ger
many.
An American spokesman said the
Russian land blockade, now in its
second month, was not discussed.
The commander in chief in Ger
many of the United States, Britain
and France discussed French objec-
tions and German counter pro-
posals to plans for the Western
Germany government. The Western
powers plan to establish a separate
regime is one of the underlying
causes of Russian action in stopping
rail, road and barge traffic to Ber-
lin, which lies deep in the Russian
occupation zone.
Gen. Pierre Koenig, French mill
tary governor, came from headquar-
tiers in Baden Baden for the meet
ing. 1t was reported reliably that
French objections to the proposals
for Western German government
had stiffened Germans in their at
tltude toward the plan.
Fear of Splitting" Charge.
French objections were rooted In
the old French fear of giving the
Germans too much power through
political and economic unif1cation.
The counterproposals of Ger
man leaders were based on fears
that they would be accused of split
ting Germany" by setting up a
Western German government. Their
aim is to modify the London recon-
mendations for the Western state
by substituting an organizational
statute for the proposed constitu-
ton and eliminating other charac-
teristics of the plan which would
label Western Germany state, OF
government.
The governors will meet again to-
morrow.
American air operations officials
said the blockade busting air lift is
running smoothly in the finest
weather American and British
pilots have experienced in recent
days.
RAF Starts Flying in Coal.
The Royal Air Force started fly
ing in desperately need coal from
Fassberg, near Hanover Planes
were switched from the food run to
carry coal at an estimated trans
port cost of $50 a ton.
The Russians warned American
and British pilots as usual through
the Berlin air safety center that
numerous" Soviet fighter planes
would be training in the 20-mile-
wide air corridors which are Berlin's
lifelines to the West
The Russians said their planes
would be operating from the Perle-
berg air field in the British cor
ridor, and from Schoenewalde, near
Berlin. in the American skyway
Both American and British officials
said the Russian activity is not
affecting the air lift.
5000 Berliners Demonstrate.
Five thousand Western Berliners
demonstrated yesterday against the
Russian blockade. The crowd cheered
as speaker after speaker denounced
the cold cynicism of Communism
that blockades innocent women ano
children
Cert H. Theunissen, an author
declared:
This is a blockade on the women
and children of men who refused
to sell themselves as informers fol
the new dictatorship.
I'VE are ready to risk our lives
in our fight for personal and spirit.
ual freedom because without it WI
know there will never be peace anc
freedom again"
Mrs. Louise Schroeder, Berlin.
Socialist loro mayoress, said: Der.
lin fights for Germany. Germany
will not desert Berlin. Berlin fight.
for the world"
The rally in the American sectol
of the city was sponsored by Western
Berlin cultural and student organ.
izations. Many in the crowd were
aged people who hobbled long dis.
stances on canes because of trans.
v,orf e,1rf ailmentS