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FSY, NYC PEPORTeD: GURMAN RDS Cfficial announcement by American Military Government authori- ties in Frankfcert of the resumotion of mail service between Germany and the outside world as of Avril first, was Widely accla‘med in local German circles in this area. Yt i@ nointed out in theee circles that the e 7 average German dn the United States hee hed no hews from hia relatives and , friends in Germany since Pearl Barbor. The only excention are those r:tstively few to whom vord from their close relatives has been relayed f in recent months by some friendly GI or American officer who happened to run into some Gernans with relativos in Amcrica anxfous to hear from then. Expressing the views of th> average German-American, the "New York Staate- geitung™ says oditorielly thet the impending restoration of mail service with Germany ie good nowe indeod. Eowever, the "Stastere{tung” points out, thie can be only a first stco on the road to a more sensible avproach to the German problem as n whole, which sooncr or later must take the place of the prevailing distorted view of matcr*al and psychological conditions in present day Germany. Theo Socielist "Nove Volkszeitung" exprceses a similar view on the subject, stating editorially: "at the samc tine it 16 our opinion that this single meesure ie only the first step, and e ehort one at that, on the long and difficult road lcading from war-time psychology to true humanitarianism. We etill wokold the old social- democratic priactvles of liburty, brotherly love, and eauslit for all—including those who under Fitler heve sinned against civilized humanity, but who today are vrostrate and misorable beyond words. We consider ‘t our natural duty to keen fight- Sng for the anplication of those wrinctnlce to those ficlds where, unfortunatcly, thoy have not yet been generally accentod". of. Ff: Just whet the "Noue Volkezeitung® means by this Inst remark is made clear in a firet page editoriel 4n the sane feeuc of the paner in weich the *Volkezcitung's™ editor, Gerhart Hv Ssoger, ecverely criticizes we ZicanorfRoosevelt for having steted that the food situetion In Germany was not as bad as some quartors would have us §ellcve. Says Seger: "While in London, where she was a member of ‘the Aneri can delegation attend‘ng the UNO Conforence, re. Roosevelt wes taken to Frankfurt in an ermy plane. In Frankfurt she rode from the nirftel4 through ths deetroyod section of tho city to tho Park 7 H a]