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Adolf Hitler — Part 2

179 pages · May 12, 2026 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Adolf Hitler · 179 pages OCR'd
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J Fi ——— ] A ' 7 ae a i a* J) )d? 10 z THE NEW. YOr FRANGE, 100, 10 GET! Truman Asks No V-E Celebration |(HURCHILL REICH SURRENDER! But Re-Dedication to Task Ahead |{T WEEK-E \He Will Make Radio Talk to Emphasize Thankfulness When Germany’s Defeat Is Announced Big Three Agree to Her Joining Them in Accepting Final German Capitulation By HAROLD CALLENDER By Woargiers lo Taz Kew Your Timea. PARIS, May 1—The French/dent Truman wants no celebration have just been assured by theiof the coming victory in Europe British that France would join theland hopes that Americans will Special to Tut New Youu Trans. tic economy to the prodiction of peacetime gooda and services. The tasks which lie ahead are no less ie Mess im eassieine Carmonwel oi. . t2. fhe mee fn hatara iB SF eR ee AR eoiiaihiaeiad “VC UILIGUS ait ble wri weer wULYST canitulation, whatever its form.'them, Jonathan Daniels, Presiden-jimportant, no less urgent, no Jess authoritative quarters said today| tial press eecretary, aaid today. after Gen. Charles de Gauite had) jn an announcement on behelf discussed the question with the/or the President, Mr. Daniels said: inet. “In event of the cessation © But high Allied authorities be-! hostilities in Europe, the President Heved that there might be novwill speak by radio to emphasize armistice with any (German indi- the necessity for thankfulness and vidual or group bul instead simplylror the continuance by all Amer- . " Ml-ijjes before us. mander in Chief would proclaim, “He hopes there will be no cele- the end of hostilities and the begin-ipration but a national under- arn ont, Some qua rare thocent ending of the importance of the . , u uf rt iob ich 2 ins.” this a better proc. dure than any) Later. President Truman set negotiations, however limited, wilh forth his desire that the war be Heinrich Himmler or anyone ¢ls* carried on with undiminished vigor for in this wey there oud be Moy the home front after Germany's shadow of ¢cub. of Germany's) defeat in a ictter to Fred M. Vin- complete c~leat. —_ tson, Director of the Office of War Regardless, whether there 4 syobijization and Reconversion. In a ain cieenantrovern-!_. 48 ¥7E Day approaches, many) to finish the task, When the heads there would be no German govert-| or gur wartime agencies will face | of the agencies have done this, I ment for an indciinile period bull. ost critical personncl problem.'shouid like to re to aAtrictly Aled rule. There will be!ery gee ine personne! Propiem. should i for them | port, +0 - sera eat ta CW Se if ua =. kinds of miliary goverrmant vital to the fulure stability of our free institutions than the tasks which are behind us. © “In the months ahead our Gev- ernment simply cannot afford to lose the servicea of its key person- nel. Through you, I am calling upon thesc men and women to siick to their posts until the battle is won and the Ship of State Is safe in the harbor again. “E want you to write to the head of each one of our important home front agencies and ask him to can- vass his key personnel, informing him of my request that these key workers stay on the job. “T want the head of each agency, in so far as possible, to secure @ Pledge from thesc essential em- ployes that they wiil not go home smacth 2 aft war i th Us impact ef war, y tir succes . i 2 ia i egencies Rave recruited many| “These patriotic citizens who maarea rin ny-— British, Armericnn 25ene" executives. from private! have’ devoted themselves unstint- ‘ey. ee and French—and a fi" |ife, In every grade and rank to-;ingly toe the nation’s welfare in eee nternational government " iday the Government is served by] tine of war, have earned the last- £27 Gi—in Berlin and eventually) spiendid personnel. These men and ing gratitude of the American peo- fe Ruhr as well as in Austria.tyomen have rendered faithtul,|ple. They have helped to pay that phi Difficulty Anticipated |patriotic and effective service forjdebt which every citizen in the In view of the interiocking prob- ihe country in meeting the critical| democracy owes to his country and Jems of transport and administra-|ninblems of war on the home front./its institutions, But that debt is tion, and cf the expectation that| says We Cannot Afford Relaxation: unpaid at least until we have fin- the Germans in the Russian and)” “pose agencies cannot afford tofished the war and solved those French zones will try at any cost)rolax their efforts or to disband|urgent problems which war leaves to get into the British or Americ? }| thoir trained staffs efter V-E Day.|in {ts aftermath. I reiterate with SORES, SODIE EAC BAS TS SVS ye still have a tremendous jod/ail the emphasis at my command ahead in bringing the entire war to|that the nation cannot yet allow will be complicated and difficult, Others describe it as a huge eX-lq victorious conclusion. Beyond]any man to leave his post af duty.” periment whose cutcome no one can predict. ” There iz no fixed lime limit lee in their administration If it is[auch a creative achievement also the Allies’ occupation. Hencelinternational, as it is expected to|exiat peated ts lone scinielice s ened be in the Ruhr. Theoretically, the| It France is ta be a great power, gS permit the aolution of poltewat | Western Allies will enjoy a similar|she must become a great industrial problems will in effect be realized. {Voice in political and economic de-| power, and this will be possible During this eccupation periad—|cisions touching the Silesian indus-)Only if she gets a steady supply some talk of five years—the Allies/trial region, which will presumbly | of German coal and if the German must decide the extent of controi[be annexed to as Poland under|industrial potential is held in of Germany that will continue | Russian iniluence, lFrene Wie ALIGN BS Well as Hit after the occupation and the rela-; Thus it is believed there exiatal French experts agree. The Ameri- tion of German to European in- at least the judicial prerequisite|caus seem keen for such control of dustry. of some measure of planned econ-;German industry — going beyond ussia, ee a member of thr Hu-lomy fer al] Germany in relation to) merely control of arms production ropean Ad-isory Commission, has! Furope’s economy. But many here|—-though the British seem heai- the right to participate in de- | doubt whether the polities] pre-|tant. The idea exists elsions on the Ruhr and the Saar j;requisites or the enilective will, for WASHINGTON, Mey 1—Presi-,that, we must reconvert our domea-|Senuine A for announce: i still — or sgain—in Britain and other coun- 7 Continued Fr new offer from B abate Britain's pes In any onse th powers will make tain that Himmier and ‘tote military surrender | any offer from him Mr. Churchill r that the political is guided by the miuits in this matter. “1° He also -hinted nouncement, whicl cern ell enemy for point was given to night when the,» thet Admiral Bos acting independent! petition “with, Him: try to keep some including the -Nav} Reports of. the German troops froz lent support to | that the German su still be a plece-meal Yet Britain ‘had : peace \.as on the wa live quarters ‘preps! for the inevitable de upon signing any i ment and consultat) three major phwere fig’ the ities, YG ‘Two-Day Celebrati Mr, Churchill jet t today that he wou Prised at an unoffi: —— tries that German) to European mab think that. control dustry is @ surer gu ropean peace than. Germany may som democratic and pea: The Saar is now J 5,000 tons of. coi French have askec this coal to help fi It is estimated . ths tons Gaily could be pre-war average.- 4 fighting is over, ti et this coal, Mea liex’ wuthoreties res: The Saar will be zone and its coal French for years . But the future of Westphalian ‘coal larger economic pir yet taken shape. Ww font Gotan oman "a ie * Ss
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