Show i Britain jire C The United States and It in Germany An Ideological War Over oney the the United United States BY DICK COTTAM Today most of us are thinking in terms of our ideological struggle with Few realize that an equally intense ideological battle is in p r o g r e s s between the capitalist United States of America and the socialist The struggle is centered in the future of the industrial regions of The United States and Britain agree that the economic revival of the Ruhr is vital to the re covery of western We also agree that the economic recovery of western Europe is our main weapon in combating the spread of But here agreement The British are insistent that the great industries of the Ruhr be Our occupation officials oppose immediate They claim such a course would throw German industry off balance at a time when Europe is in vital need of capital we want to retain the old time nazi minus one or two of the most and head production into high With Great we have a great bargaining The British can no longer afford to use precious dollars in Thus the United States take over the financial we can pretty well dictate how German industrial areas are to be The blueprint for Germany to make that barren soiled land into a pastoral state was clearly Continuance of that policy would oney have entailed our we are gang But by Germany tf core allowing to- to n of a Save Even if retaining e men Una greater ond this is harm to our hope be doing great of keeping Europe Stroke we will restore At one clique that we fought the verv and for three and a half years lose great prestige time at the same who with those Europeans suffered most from the This policy of ours is like giving communists west European a shot in the It isn t hard for the leaders of the newly reconstructed to the the United United States and revival of German fascism A high standard of living- proof enough for most America 13 i that our capitalistic is the best form of Our economy has serious but we can probably iron 3 Then why doesn't EuS keep good old capitalism The answer is that much Europe did not have a democracy in the same W that we Uncontrolled nS and cartels were dominant These were the nazis in many the collaborationists eW Europe doesn't want them America should cognize this social can't save capitalism in Euro Our one hope is to save We will never do that by backing |