Evening star., 1950-01-23
MeCIoyHere oReport
To President as Saar
Struggle Intensifies
BY the Associoted Press

John McCloy, United State
high commissioner for Germany
is here to report to President Tru
man, amid signs that the Franco
German struggle over the Saal
may grow more critical.
The future of this industrial
region seems certain to figure
largely in Mr.. McCloy's talk with
the President as well as his more
detailed discussions with Secre.
tary Acheson and other State De.
partment officials.
Mr.. McCloy had a busy weeks
schedule ahead. Tentatively it in.
cluded a visit to the White House
this afternoon, followed by news
conference and a broadcast to-
night. Tuesday he is to be on
Capitol Hill, Thursday he will see
some people in New York and
Thursday night he will speak in
Boston.
He will leave for Germany on
Saturday.
Three Factors Involved.
Responsible officials said that
Mr.. McCloy's conferences un-
doubtedly would not neglect the
growing need. as the Germans de-
velop self government, to strike a
balance among three major fac
tors of future development. These
are:
The danger that the West
ern Germans might fall under
Russian influence.
2. The need the United States
sees to integrate Germany into
Western Europe without giving ii
a dominant role.
3. The need to promote q
healthy German state while avoid
ing the risks of a resurgence oi
German power.
In Frankfurt, Germany, Ben
jamin Buttonwieser, deputy
United States high commits
sioner for Germany, described
nonsense reports published
abroad that Mr.. McCloy will
urge indefinite suspension of
Germany's prewar debts.
The reports said MI. McCloy
would suggest supervision in
order to permit a lifting of the
present ban of foreign invest
ment in Western Germany
Saar Involved in Policy.
Both the Saar and the rearm-
ament issues are tangled up with
these fundamental concerns of
American policy. If Germany
and France cannot resolve their
arguments over the Saar, for ex-
ample, it would be difficult for
them to work together in any
wider European system.
The United States has given
France strong backing in the
Saar issue, and Secretary Acheson
rather sharply reminded the Ger
man people last Wednesday that
they would not forget about the
war and its results.
Even more heavily, Mr.. Acheson
emphasized the American hope
that neither Germany nor France
will do anything to upset the first
faint hopes that they can work
out their postwar problems in a
friendly manner.
Repeatedly. however, the Saal
fight already has upset French-
German trade talks on which
American officials have been
counting heavily.
The industrial and mining bor-
der area was taken over by France
economically more than two years
ago. Britain and the United
States approved. Politically, the
Saar's future will not be determ-
ined, however, until the German
peace treaty is made.
This situation is ready made tc
provide a nationalistic German
issue over control of territories.
Despite American efforts to soft
pedal it, this seems certain to be-
come a source of bitter contro-
verSy.
The German rearmament issue
has been precipitated by Western
military leaders in recent months
American policy, as we'll as
French and British, is firmly
against reorganization of a West
German army, although talk Of
some such a move keeps cropping
up. especially in Germany.