Selling is a 1949 magazine article about: Post WWII Germany Title: With Uncle Sam and John Bull In GermanyAuthor: Frederick SimpichAll about the goings-on in USA and Britain controlled Germany following WWII. There is a bit of history and political stuff but mainly deals with the every-day people. Quoting the 1st page “What are we doing in Germany, with our Army, Air Force, civilian officials and their staffs, and thousands of Germans who work for us? What are the British and French doing there, with similar forces, in their Occupation Zones? Why has hard-pressed London already spent, for all purposes, more than 2 billion dollars, to help Germany and western Europe? Who gets all the money Uncle Sam is putting up? I went to Germany to find out, then came home and talked with William H. Draper, Jr., our Under Secretary of the Army. This is the answer: Uncle Sam and John Bull are working there to get Germany on her feet again. They're there to feed her, keep order, rebuild her industries, increase coal and steel output, set up sound currency, and restore transport and foreign trade, so she can stay on her feet. By the Hague Convention victors in war can't let the vanquished starve. So Uncle Sam and John Bull vote funds to prevent hunger, disease, and unrest in the occupied areas. These funds are added to by millions from ECA, or the Economic Cooperation Administration. It implements the Marshall Plan, under the general name of European Recovery Program (ERP). A 3rd source of cash for Bizonia-meaning the American and British occupied areas-comes from export of goods made by Germans. Only by increasing these exports can the cost of German aid, now borne by British and American taxpayers, be reduced. But all this is not just to get Germany off the backs of British and American taxpayers. Infinitely more is involved, including aid to sixteen other lands in western Europe. Weak as she is, Germany just now may be the most important country in the world. The course of history may depend on what happens in and to her. Particularly is our own destiny, and that of the French and British people, involved. For decades Germany was the heart of western Europe's trade and industry. Besides aiding Germany, we Allies-and particularly Uncle Sam-are also sending vast sums into other nations, from Denmark south to Greece and Turkey, to help restore their farms, factories, and foreign trade. But all this centers around Germany. If we do not aid her and her old trading neighbors to cure their ills, that would suit Russia. Then she could push her Soviet way of life west to the Atlantic coast, and hold dominion over all European civilization. To Russia, also, rich Ruhr coal mines and steel works, and Germany's technical "know-how," are of infinite potential aid. Since German revival is the master key to all west European recovery, feeding her comes 1st. Bulk of food comes from the United States. It includes such foods surplus to our needs as potatoes, dried fruits, dried eggs, peanuts, soya-bean flour. We also send countless tons of bread grains, shiploads of Cuban sugar, whale oil from Japan, dates from Iraq, copra from the Philippines; and 1 consignment included 12,000,000 gallons of fruit juice for hospitals! Such odd items, too, as 26 tons of frozen pork stomachs and twenty tons of frozen beef livers. In 1 recent month more than 100 ships were hauling food to Germany from all over the world. About 60 percent of all food is shipped in American vessels, to Bremen, Emden, and Hamburg. From there it goes to storage in scattered warehouses, where Germans receive it for distribution. It is charged against them, on the books, on the theory that some day they may pay for it! Just now, about $800,000,000 a year is being spent to feed Germany. We and the British learn, through reports made by Germans to our Military Govern¬ents, what kinds of food are most needed, and where. Most bread grain goes over whole. Millers here urge us to send flour, so they can get the job of grinding it. But Army wants all grain ground in Germany, so she may get the wages for her millers, and retain the bran and mash. Also, this is cheaper than sending flour. It's the same with cottonseed and soya beans; when the Germans grind them, they…” 7” x 10”, 12 double-sided pages, 24 B&W pictures. These are pages from an actual 1949 magazine. No reprints or copies. 49A2 Please note the flat-rate shipping for my magazine articles. Please see my other auctions and store items for more old articles, advertising pages and non-fiction books. Click Here To Visit My eBay Store: busybeas books and adsHundreds of items!Anything I find that looks interesting! Please see my other auctions for more goodies, books and magazines. I’ll combine wins to save on postage. No postage charge for the ads or articles if you buy a book that I can mail the ads/articles inside. Thanks For Looking! Matthew 7: 7-8 Powered by eBay Turbo Lister
