Evening star., 1952-06-12
Reds Fail 10 Expand
Army on E|be Despite
Threats 10 West
By Don De Luce
Assoeioted Press Foreign Correspondent

Associated Press Foreign Correspondent
BERLIN. June 12.-Russia is
waving the big stick at Europe
without a buildup Of her armed
forces on the Elbe River line that
would portend war this year
Western officials say.
No reinforcements have ap>
peared in East Germany for Gen.
Vastly Chuikov's command, which
Western experts put at 80 divi-
sions approxim ating 100000
troops. Immediately behind these
men are only two to four divisions
on lines of communication through
Poland.
Gen. Chuikov has a super mod
ern air arm of jet fighters and
light bombers. But they are re-
ported slightly less in numbers
than the $50 jets he had in 1851
Some were withdrawn to be fitted
with more powerful engines
Others may have been transferred
to the North Korean front.
Red Goals Seen Limited.
Allied intelligence analyses the
absence of new Russian forma-
tions during summer maneuversI
on the East German springboard
as evidence that Moscow is atI
present aiming at goals more linn
tied than the lightning conquest
Of this continent.
The western forecast, however,
Is for bitter developments in Rus
sia's struggle to wipe out Free
Berlin as show window of the
West" and to frighten West Ger
many from rearming in the Eu-
ropean defense community.
The Soviet licensed news
agency ADM charged yesterday
that Americans are daily shipping
20 tons of war material" from
Berlin to West Germany in the
air corridors through the Soviet
zone.
The agency said the war ma
terlaP' was manufactured in West
Berlin factories on secret Amer
lean order and loaded on cargo
planes at Tempelhof Airbase by
German workers pledged to
silence.
2 Steps FOreSeen.
This Communist distortion of
the American airlift for Berlin
machinery and other products de-
MED Soviet papers for land ship
ment added to the concern here
that two drastic steps may be
IN the of1ing: !
New pressure on Allied air traf-
fic.
A blockade of West Berlin ex-
ports as war material" The
Allied sectors desperately need
more export markets to maintain
employment here.
Beating West Germany to the
gun in the remilitarization race.
the 2-mlllion-strong Free German
Youth FDJ) announced yester-
Gay a zonewide competition for
volunteer enlistment in the mill
tarlzed Peoples Police, the basis
Tor future East German national
army.
AT the same time, the FDJ barred
program of rifle training to be
established in September in every
East German high school for stu
dents of both sexes.
FJD Chairman Erich Honecker
called on Soviet zone teachers to
increase the defense readiness of
our youth and rear them in un-
reconc1able hatred of the imperi.
allSt war-kindlers."
Must Fill Police Cadres.
The black-booted Communist
Peoples Police have 10000 officers
and men ready in cadres for Is
army divisions. The FJD is being
called on to begin filling out the
CadreS.
Inc Communists are pointing
toward the formation of a national
East Germany army eventually to
number 375,0OO men.
West Germany is due to provide
100000 for western defense under
her peace contract and a European
army treaty, but recruiting has to
wait until those documents are
f1naly ratified by all the nations
involved some months hence.
Kurt Schumacher, leader of the
West German Socialists, contend
ed in a broadcast from Bonn YES
terday that rearming West Ger
many will not strengthen Western
defense because the Russians will
raise an equal number of East
German divisions and ''in the long
run there will be no change in
the military situation"
Mr.. Schumacher called on the
German people to join his partv
in opposing ratification of the
pacts. which Chancellor Konrad
Adenauer hopes to get through
Parliament before the lawmakers
recess for the summer next month
The Socialist chieftain contended
ratlf1cation would end forever the
chances OF reuniting Germany.
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