HARDING DETERMINED TO KEEP AN AMERICAN FORCE IN OCCUPIED GERMANY
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On May 5, 1921, Carter Field wrote in a front page story for the New York Tribune that President Warren G. Harding "is determined to keep an American force with the Allied Army of Occupation in Germany," and that opposition to that idea in Congress "is narrowing."
Field reported that "certain Senators, knowing the President's desires in the matter," had been working to see that an American force remains in Germany.
According to the news report, the President was not the only party interested in the troops staying. Field writes that "the boys" are "getting very good beer and getting it very cheaply."*
*Pilsner (coming from the city of Pilsen) is the most common beer found in Germany. JFK's favorite was a pilsner produced by the Dutch brewing company Heineken N.V. It is described as a pale lager beer with 5% alcohol by volume.
SOURCE
"Harding Firm For Keeping Army on Rhine," by Carter Field, The New York Tribune, May 6, 1921, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
