Show news THU BY PAUL LON released by western newspaper union POSTWAR PLANS FOR FOB GERMANY washington AU all officials have hav been more than a trine trifle timid in commenting on 01 the Morgen thou plan to cut the industrial segment out of the postwar german map as well as upon the earlier plans to divide her v into three or more parts congress however seems to bo be henry generally opposed Norge nthan jr to both as tar for as sentiment entime nt among the absentee lead CM rs has been canvassed briefly their average unexpressed thoughts run about like this there will be 30 to 40 million millio n people in germany or into whatever parts it Is divided and these people will have to live or be disposed of in some other way it they are unable to make an existence at home you could dispose 0 of f them by following nazi custom and nd allow them to be carted oil off to russia as slave labor or you could follow another nazi custom of shooting them things like that might bring on future wars they brought on this one they cannot or should not be considered the economy of germany was tied led to her industry ind u stry not to her agriculture she never raised enough on her farms to feed her people and had to import much of her grain fruits and other foods nut but she existed and largely through the resources of her industrial production in ili such a restricted way as to give hitler an excuse for being therefore I 1 believe the average congressmen congressman would have some plarl plan to a keep her at least on a self sus basis if she can be kept demilitarized assuredly so it would satisfy them it aill allied commissions fi s ions have access to inspection or lorhe some means of that nature is devised to guarantee no future revolts it could no doubt get gel congressional approval where an any 1 1 dimple dismemberment scheme would fall to stand the test of full debate another point you hear from congress oft off the record la in t his wo we will have to occupy ger many berha perhaps ps for ft a long time it ac I 1 shi she Is not to have any industry a will have to be created to feed her indefinitely pad presumably it at our expense j or at the expense of the allies these are the tha prevailing sentiments as I 1 get them and thoroughly s not in any way subject to a charge of sympathy tor for germany the rho is purely in our own sell self interest internationalization PLAN the scheme of republican bandl laa isle dewey dewcy for or International internationalize izi it on only y of the ruhr valley also might fall in congress to the same object allons although it seems to me to be in a different category especially it if the proceeds from ruhr industries were used to rebuild the damage which the germans have done in europe and thus help to pay the ost cost of reconstruction what to do da then aen about germany shall she be maintained in a reasonable separate coher ence as little burden to us as possible should she be all taken and divided and thus reach some same degree of economic sus 1103 for her remaining people ale or should the he indeed be built up our way economically and crushed only militarily no one here yet seems to have an answer to these questions which others will agreeably accept the inner debate on the morgen thau peace proposal has been advertised as a struggle of a harsh versus a soft peace but it was was hardly that the plan of the treasury sec rotary to germany as well as demilitarize her was harsh enough it Is t true no the no purpose was as to crush her completely so she could never rise again but no one around the cabinet circle in which the light revolved wants to be particularly light on the he nazis nails the plan vas nas resit resisted liy by state secretary hull and war secretary stimson for another reason how much more may be needed Is evident behind the final reports on the dumbarton oaks dealbera dell bera eions before publication of the lie agreement our people and presumably also britain wanted to prevent any of the big five united nations france is eventually to come coma into the big four which becomes involved in a war threatening co controversy antro from voting on whether to tako take action against an aggressor they wanted an objective and judicial decision by uninterested parties but russia objected so BO the plan was dropped |