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Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Extended Allied Control Faces German People; U. S. Shifts to One-FrontWar Against Japanese : Released by Western Newspaper Union. ' (EDITOR'S NOTE: When opinions Are expressed in these column, thy are those of ' Western Newspaper Union's news nnnlysls and not necessarily of this newspaper.) Numbered In the thousands, New Yorkers gathered In Times Square to joyously celebrate German capitulation to Allies. V-E: Ends in Schoolhouse Almost sbc years alter the German army had struck Poland like lightning, light-ning, Inflaming the world in the most destructive war in all history, two men met in a little red schoolhouse in Reims, France, to bring the European Euro-pean phase of the conflict to an end. With Germany's mighty whermacht ripped apart; with its cities lying in rubble, and with its railroad system a heap of twisted and scorched steel, Col. Gen. Gustav Jodl had come to offer his country's unconditional uncondi-tional surrender to the Allies on order or-der of Fuehrer Karl Doenitz. It was 2:41 o'clock in the morning morn-ing when Lt. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith accepted the capitulation on behalf of the Supreme Allied command. com-mand. Later, the surrender was ratified by the Russians in Berlin, with Marshal Gregory Zhukov rep resenting the Reds at his headquarters headquar-ters in the charred German capital. No Delusions Having levelled western Europe and run deep into Russia before being be-ing compelled to recoil under the weight of the combined Allied juggernaut, jug-gernaut, the Germans suffered no delusions as to the severity of the terms to be imposed. Addressing the German people after Fuehrer Karl Doenitz had ordered all the country's armed j forces to cease firing, Foreign ' ; Minister Count Ludwig Schwcrin von Krosigk said: "Nobody can be in any doubt that the future will be difficult for each one of ' ns and will exact sacrifices from .' ns in every sphere of life." Declaring that Germany sought to mobilize all of Its human, moral and material resources to help heal the wounds of the war, Von Krosigk said that by following the simple path of justice in both domestic and foreign affairs the country could yet dispel the hatred against it and return to the family of nations. Operating on their own power, without need of direct assistance of each other, the end of the war found the U. S., Britain and Russia Rus-sia controlling the German territory it was originally planned for them to occupy. In the U. S. zone alone, 400,000 American troops will be retained re-tained to stand watch. From the development of Allied policy, it appears likely that military mili-tary occupation of the country will be extended to permit close supervision during the rehabilitation period, with control over all phases of German life. In addition to dismantling war factories fac-tories and maintaining a watchful eye over other heavy industry, the Allies are expected to closely control con-trol the press, radio and motion pictures. pic-tures. Because the country occupied a key spot in the European economy, Germany's civilian manufacturers may be allowed to resume large scale production to assure the distribution distri-bution of finished goods In surrounding surround-ing rural areas. Japs Next . For America, the end of hostilities In Europe means no slackening of the war effort, though the army plans to cut its total strength down to 6,968,000 men from 8,300,000, and civilian production Is scheduled to return to the prewar 1939 level within with-in a year. Though the army intends to release about 2,000,000 men in-, in-, . eluding 1,300,000 vets with extended ex-tended battle service within one year, of V-E Day, the navy Intends to retain most of its personnel per-sonnel because of the major role the fleet will play in Pacific operations. op-erations. In undertaking the gigantic task of moving men and material to the Pacific from the European theater, it is estimated that six months will be required for accomplishing the greater part of the shift. Because of the need of establishing bases and supply facilities in the east for the big push against the Japs, service serv-ice forces will be among the first shipped throuah the Suez or Panama canals. Shift of the war from Europe to Asia also will result in unavoidable unavoid-able delays occasioned by the necessity neces-sity of troops to await the arrival of heavy equipment on slow moving cargo ships and the need for readjustment re-adjustment to new weapons and accessories ac-cessories for tropical warfare. Though the army recently announced an-nounced that little retraining of combat troops from Europe would be romiirpfJ for war nirainst thf Japs, some specialized instruction will be needed. Because the west coast fronts the Pacific theater, its ports and rail lines leading thereto will handle the bulk of shipments outward, with Atlantic At-lantic and Gulf ports absorbing the excess. Because of the relatively undeveloped nature of the Pacific territories, unloading of and storage of supplies there will constitute a No, 1 problem. Production Plans Although the conflict will be reduced re-duced to a single front, war production pro-duction still will dominate U. S. industry with certain material and manpower controls retained, and rationing ra-tioning will be maintained to continue con-tinue to equitably spread short supplies. sup-plies. Nonetheless, cutbacks in war contracts will free sufficient resources re-sources to permit the gradual resumption of civilian production produc-tion up to where many items like electrical appliances, washing wash-ing machines, radios and stoves will become available within six months. Other articles like shoes, clothing, lumber and . chemicals will remain in tight supply, however, though the government gov-ernment plans priority assistance assist-ance to help these industries increase in-crease their output. Because of the need for extensive retooling and readjustment of facilities, facili-ties, the automobile industry will require re-quire almost half a year to start civilian production, it was estimated, esti-mated, and rationing of cars will continue until manufacture reaches about 100.000 a month. With the end of the European tfar relieving 'demands of fuel supplies, gasoline rations are scheduled to be increased, with A" card holders' allotments raised from four to six miles daily. Although more tires will become available, rationing will be retained since demand will far outrun out-run supply. Food Needed Meanwhile, heavy domestic demand de-mand and European relief requirements require-ments will provide a big market for American food producers. Europe alone will need 12,000,000 tons of Imported food in the 12 months beginning in August to improve im-prove diets in liberated areas and prevent starvation in enemy territory, terri-tory, the U. S. department of agriculture agri-culture reported. Though the total could consist largely of wheat, of which this country coun-try has an abundance, it should include in-clude substantial quantities of fats, meats, eggs, dairy products and sugar, sug-ar, USDA said. However, supplies of these products are short in this country, too. |
