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Show U S GENEROSITY SURPRISING Since the end of the war, the United States has turned over an estimated $1,000,000,000 worth of army goods and equipment to the German government, according accord-ing to a summary prepared by a military government official. of-ficial. This does not include appropriations of food and other material, to prevent disease and unrest, or a considerable consid-erable volume of goods turned over to the Germans at the end of the war. Those chiefly charged with the distribution of the surpluses, according to a press report, do not believe that the Germans have any understanding of the magnitude of American aid. This includes the distribution of large quantities of supplies scattered about the countryside and freely handed out, when the struggle ended, to prevent disease and unrest and get local industries going. What has happened in Germany is but a miniature of what the United States has done for the world as a whole. Never in history has any nation been so generous gener-ous in spending its money for the benefit of other peoples, j Literally billions of dollars have been used to prevent suffering, suf-fering, , disease and death and to assist the victims of war devastation to get their economy on a stable basis. |