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The article discusses the efforts by British Prime Minister Clement Attlee to convince the French of Great Britain's support for the Schuman Plan. It mentions Prime Minister Attlee's embarrassment at the British Labor Party's publication of a propaganda against the Schuman Plan, and immediate action to silence its author, Ministry of Town & Country Planning Hugh Dalton. The article also notes that French newsmen were advised by British Embassy officials to distinguish the opinions of the Labor Party from the opinions of British cabinet ministers.

The article focuses on how Italy, Belgium, The Netherlands, France, Germany and Luxembourg are planning to adopt the Schuman Plan and the Pleven Plan. The Schuman Plan aims to unite the six western European nations into a single coal and steel community while the Pleven Plan involves the merger of the armies of the six nations into a single European armed forces. The author believes that the Pleven Plan is a test of Western Europe's intentions.

The article reports on the hesitation of the British government to sign a joint communiqué concerning the goals of talks about the Schuman Plan, which focuses on Western European integration. British officials argued that signing an advance joint statement would mean committing to the plan prematurely. The French revised the wording of the communiqué but the British still refused to sign the document.

The article reports that the six member nations involved in the Schuman Plan approved by the European Coal-Steel Community (ECSC) have started to surrender control of their coal industries to the ECSC High Authority. The member nations include France, Germany and The Netherlands. Remarks from ECSC head Jean Monnet regarding the proposed coal and steel production capability of the industrial empire being planned under the said treaty are presented.

The article reports on the approval of the Schuman Plan to pool West Europe's coal and steel resources by Italy. The plan has been ratified by several countries, including France, Germany and the Benelux nations. It is noted that the plan benefits Italy as it depends on neighboring countries for nine-tenths of its coal.

The article features the Green Pool, which aims at creating a Europe-wide farm cooperative by pooling farm and dairy products.

The article reports on the voting of the Bundestag chamber in Germany in January 1952 for the ratification of the Schuman plan, which would allow the expansion of the coal and steel industries in Germany, France and neighboring countries into a so-called super-government until 2001. It cites several measures that can liberate the economy in Europe such as combining the annual coal and steel outputs, and allowing fluidity in labor. Other countries that need to make such ratification are Italy, Belgium and Luxembourg.

The article reports that the French National Assembly ratified by a vote of 377-233 the plan of Foreign Minister Robert Schuman to unify Europe's coal and steel resources. According to the author, the Schuman Plan was championed by Premier Rene Pleven who made it a vote of confidence in his government. The Schuman Plan reportedly aims to bind six West European nations into a single coal and steel community.

The article reports on the draft treaty for the Schuman Plan created and finalized by representatives of six Western European nations including France, West Germany and Italy in Paris, France in March 1951. It notes that the draft treaty is yet to be approved by the parliaments of the member nations. According to Jean Monnet, French economic planner, the Schuman Plan can replace the barriers that have separated and impoverished the member nations. The U.S. is cited as having played a major role in persuading an agreement over the draft.

The article discusses the challenges facing the Schulman Plan, a scheme for pooling the coal and steel resources of Western Europe. Western Europe's industrialists, especially the Germans, rejected the fact that an international High Authority will get all the powers which were once wielded by industrial cartels. The French sponsors and U.S. cartel-busters note the need to break the coal and steel cartel before the plan's implementation. The Germans defended the efficiency of the old cartel.

The article focuses on the formulation and introduction of the so-called Schuman Plan in December 1950. The plan is reportedly the most important postwar act of statesmanship by Europe and it is prepared to approval by technical experts from countries including France, Italy and The Netherlands. The proposal, announced by France's Robert Schuman, will integrate French and German coal mines and steel mills. It will also remove the rivalry over the Ruhr's heavy industries as well as lay the foundation for continental cooperation.