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...Gold. In the U.S. and British zones, democracy has a fingernail hold, and production is rising. Ruhr coal- precious as black gold for all of Europe-increased last week to 274,000 tons a day, a postwar high...
...Russians are afraid of Ruhr coal production, not because they fear Germany, but because Ruhr coal can revive Europe, which the Communists want to keep in want and disorder (see FOREIGN NEWS). What the Kremlin would like most out of the London Conference would be to hang on to eastern Germany politically and still get a veto over the administration of the Ruhr. The U.S. and Britain are not likely to fall for that. So, for a while after the London Conference, there will probably be two Germanys, one working for European stability, one working for Russia. After a while...
British achievements in Germany have been overshadowed by their great failure: to get a Ruhr coal production anywhere near normal. Steel production is less than 20% of the prewar peak...
...Sooner or Later." To sum it up, the Russians have got the most out of Germany, but they have not been able to put in their ideology. If the Marshall Plan goes through, Western Germany will be included, because Western Europe cannot recover without the Ruhr and its related industries. If Germany does not get some such U.S. aid, chaos and then Communism are almost sure to follow. If the aid does bring German recovery, the not too pressing threat of German Communism will subside and Germans may have a fair chance to choose, as sooner or later every people...
...smelt down Alsace Lorraine ore. France must either pay $22 per ton for American coal or do without the fourteen million tons her industries lack this year. Meanwhile the wisdom of building up German industry at this time becomes increasingly doubtful as each new report comes in from Europe. Ruhr miners, on a 4,000 calorie per day diet, are only producing half their pre-war output, though Saar miners on 3,800 calories maintain an 80 percent production rate. The fact that many of the heads of the coal as well as the iron and steel industries are known...