The working out of a balanced economy throughout Germany to provide the necessary means to pay for approved imports has not been accomplished, although that too is expressly required by the Potsdam Agreement.

Important as economic unification is for the recovery of Germany and of Europe, the German people must recognize that the basic cause of their suffering and distress is the war which the Nazi dictatorship brought upon the world.

The conditions which now exist in Germany make it impossible for industrial production to reach the levels which the occupying powers agreed were essential for a minimum German peacetime economy.

What we want is a lasting peace. We will oppose soft measures which invite the breaking of the peace.

The American people want peace. They have long since ceased to talk of a hard or a soft peace for Germany.

The nearest approach to immortality on earth is a government bureau.

Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life.