Word: rebuilding
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Endless Chain. Reparations aside, the economy of Europe rests on the Ruhr's coal. If Ruhr coal is not mined in immense quantities, France and Belgium cannot rapidly rebuild their economies. Starvation in the Ruhr will not produce coal. The policy which many a coal expert is now considering is just the opposite: make the life of the coal miner so pleasant, with plenty of food, clothing and a comfortable home, that he will have the energy and incentive to mine the coal needed. (High wages are almost meaningless in Germany today...
...bare room, playing Mozart on a violin. I remarked that it would be easier to abandon the present site of Essen and go into the open country and build there. No, he said, they had considered that. But they had decided that it would be easier to rebuild Essen on its present site: electricity conduits, gas and water mains were already in the ground...
...meeting of Italians he pledged himself to do "everything possible to rebuild Italy," added that he was "interested" in the San Francisco conference...
This German is an expressive, voluble man, and he grasped his head with both hands and said: "When I start thinking about the problem of reconstruction alone my head swims. How in God's name are we ever going to rebuild this city? And it's not only this city, it's practically any city of any size in Germany. How are we going to rebuild our industries? What are we going to do about food? Where are we going to get clothes, furniture, anything people need to live...
...this? We won't. We will be a nation without rnoney-our money is no good anyway. We will all draw the same rations, all do our share of work, all draw the same kind and amount of clothing-gradually then perhaps we will be able to rebuild our cities, industries, what we need to live. But it makes my head swim...