The Generation Gap-WHY? - Herbert W. Armstrong

ADVANCE
S REPORTS
TODAY.'
A N ominous note out of West
n Germany: Th e house of Krupp,
wh ich renounced weapons production
after W orld \X!ar II, has voiced
a desire for a greater role in its nation's
manufactu re of military items.
Krupp to " Rearm"?
A Kru pp spokesma n told a lead ing
American newspaper on October 7
that the gia nt concern 's new policy is
"mo re arma ments industry - items
that go bang ."
The spok esman con fi rmed a report
in a leading W est German magazine
that the company has already infor med
the Parli ament's Defense Committee
that it wan ts to " intensify" its activities
in the armaments field.
K rupp , accordi ng to the company
executive, will continue to ref use mak ­
ing weapons "such as guns or rockets,"
but will have no hesitation abou t trying
to land more orders for military
hardware such as armored vehicles or
hu lls for warships.
Th e original Kru pp pledge never to
pro du ce arms aga in was made by the
last member of the family dynasty,
Alfred Krupp von Bohlen un d H albach,
when the allied pow ers retu rned
his con fiscated holdings in 19 51. H err
Krupp died in July, 1967. His whollyowned
empire, wh ich had been experiencing
finan cial difficulties, has
since been
corpo ration.
turned in to a shareholding
A larger share of W est Germany's
military budget is obviously looked
upon by K rupp officials as an economic
shot-in-the-arm.
Krupp's b ;