Dismantling in the Ruhr Valley : A Menace to European Recovery (ERP)

This volume is the condensed and revised Engllsh edition of Hasenadt: "Wirtschaftsgefahren an der Ruhr durdl Demontagen", published by Westdeutsdler Verlag, Cologne and Opladen, 1948, 171 pages. The preface has been written at a later date, after the " Agreement on the Ruhr" had been issued. For the translation into English 1 am indebted to Mrs. II. Dismantling Action and German Steel Capacity 78 a. Pig!ron Capacity 78 b. Ingot Steel Capacity . 79 c. Rolling Mill Capacity . 79 d. Tube Capacity ... 80 e. Capacity of Drop Forges 81 f. Wire Capacity ... 81 g. High-Quality Steel Capacity 81 Part IV: Effects of Dismantlings on the Tra- portation and Building Trade 86 A Railway Traffic ... 86 B Building Trade ... 90 Part V: Economic Claims at the Present Stage of Dismantling ...-. . . 94 1 A.S. = Number of American Dismantling List B.S. = Number of Brltish Dismantling List 5 PREFACE: Dismantling in Spite of the Authority for the Ruhr ("Ruhr-Kontrolle") Not long after the German edition of this pamphlet (end of November 1948) had been published, the London discussions of the Six Powers resulted 1 in the Ruhr Statute - Thc new situation arising through the creation of a Western Allied Ruhr Authority puts the old problems into the sharp relief again. There is need for an explanation of the relations between Ruhr Statute and dismantlings and so me fundamental observations are nc~essary. At present, Europe faces the problem of how a Front Matter....Pages 1-12 Introductory Remarks....Pages 13-14 European Reconstruction — Dismantling of German Plants?....Pages 15-23 Ruhr Economy Under the Influence of Dismantling....Pages 24-85 Effects of Dismantlings on the Transportation and Building Trade....Pages 86-93 Economic Claims at the Present Stage of Dismantling....Pages 94-96 Back Matter....Pages 96-100