Word: ruhr
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...Western powers occupied southeastern Europe, containment of Russia would now be that much farther along. The fact is forgotten that by stabbing as they did, directly at the heart of Hitler's power, the West got a prize far more important than the Balkans. It got the Ruhr...
Until last week, however, the West made little serious effort to use the Ruhr for what it was-the key to Europe's recovery, the key to control of Europe. First the British alone occupied it, although they did not have the resources needed to get it going again. Then it was brought into the joint U.S.-British economic administration called Bizonia. The French refused to enter any arrangements for the rehabilitation of the Ruhr, because they wanted assurance that the area would be separated from Germany and placed under international political control. Britain and the U.S. knew that...
...began the conference with a sensible and long-delayed step-admission of the Little Three (Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxemburg). The Benelux countries depend so closely on German industry that they insisted on a settlement. France yielded along the logical lines of compromise. The agreement in principle looks toward a Ruhr that will be politically part of Germany, but an international control of its economy will see that its products are available for Western Europe's needs...
...Dewey's. In Boston, in a speech on foreign policy, he laid low once & for all the charge that he is unwilling to take a stand on crucial campaign issues. He endorsed the Marshall Plan to the "full sum which has been requested," called for internationalization of the Ruhr and the immediate economic unity of Europe. He also blasted the Democrats for "the policies which resulted in surrendering 200 million people in Middle Europe into the clutches of Soviet Russia and are rapidly delivering 400 million people of China into the same hands...
Crossed Fingers. There were some drawbacks to the fine weather. German floodwaters had put the Neckar, Weser and Ruhr canals out of business and closed the Rhine's Düsseldorf bridge. In Venice, the Adriatic had risen to cover St. Mark's Square and the Rialto. Torrential rains and melting snow in the mountains of France had sent Nancy, Epinal and Metz their worst floods in more than a century. In the Vosges 33 bridges were washed out. And with a month of winter still to come, there was always the chance of late frosts that might...