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constant encouragement to this effort, and he has shown that he is ready to act quickly when improvement seems needed."
   The Atlantic Monthly, in its October Atlantic Report, also had works of praise for Military Government. "The success achieved by the American Commander's staff is explained by a steady improvement in the competence of the Military Government officials themselves," it said. "They have justified expectations in their ability to learn quickly. A high proportion were capable administrators and executives back home, and many have substantial political experience. As the role of the Army in the American Zone diminishes and that of the Military Government (manned mostly by commissioned civilian experts) expands, order is emerging from chaos."

German Crisis

   In a dispatch to the London Daily Telegraph from Berlin, Ossian Goulding warned that the four-power administration of Germany has now reached a critical stage, and that Germany stands on the brink of economic chaos." Decision on two matters, Goulding asserted, cannot be long delayed: First, whether Germany is to be treated as an economic unit, as provided for by the Potsdam agreement, or divided into separate states or zones of interest; Second, if Germany is to be treated as a unit, whether the barriers now existing around the various Allied zones of occupation are to be removed, thus permitting freedom of movement between them for all who travel on legitimate business, particularly officials of the four occupying powers. 
    "All realize that, if Germany is not to go over the precipice of economic ruin, a firm grip must be taken, above all, in t he field of finance, where inflation is staring the Germans in the face," the article declared, adding that the continued success of the four-power government of Germany through the critical times ahead would be a happy augury for the cooperation of the Allied nations in other fields of activity.

      Atom Bomb Control

    Curbs must be placed on German industry to prevent the future manufacture of atom bombs, according to several commentators. In a broadcast over ABC on October 27th, John Kennedy pointed out that in addition to a strategic air force, ground troops will obviously be required in the army of occupation "to inspect German industry, to make sure no atomic energy is being surreptitiously manufactured."
   Another radio commentator, Gabriel Heatter of MBS, drew attention to estimates that approximately 75 per cent of German industry is either intact, or could be set going once more in a comparatively short period of time. "Even 3,000,000 tons of steel will build an atom bomb," he said. "No civilized person wants Germany to starve, but there are people who would say she would starve with the capacity to build 5,000,000 or 10,000,000 tons of steel a year. We'll have atom bombs if she does."

           Berlin Politics

   The account given by General Eisenhower in his second monthly report of the political situation in the U.S. Sector of Berlin prompted the London Spectator to point out the differences between the treatment of Germany by the Russians, and that applied by the Western powers.
   "Events are demonstrating exactly what, after all, was to be expected," the

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