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Show Tuesday, August 17, 1948 WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Moscow Talks Provide Peace Hope; Czech Refugee Confirms Crocc in Iron Curtain Congress Eyes Inflation, Housing; Red Spy Scare Startles Country f By BAUKIUGE Nates Analyst and Commentator. ' WASHINGTON, Is the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub lics cracking? Thats an idea which is being toyed with by some wishful thinkers in Washington while others consider it one of the most dangerous playthings that ever got into the hands of unwary diplomats. In any case, the theory is worth examining. It appears to have been encouraged by some members of the htUe group of highly intelligent but also highly prejudiced people who form a constantly growing segment of Washington society the political refugees from the countries on the Soviet borders. One can, however, trust this group for certain basic facts. ? t Recently, I learned one of these facts which may surprise you. Of course, you recall that Soviet diplomacy always has explained what we call its aggression S3 simply a desire to surround itself with what it describes as "friend-- ) ly" countries. The refugees of whom I spoke are living proof that not all of the inhabitants of Russia's satellites are friendly. BAIKI1AGE However, most of us have been led to assume that at least the governments and the controlling Communist minoriUes which support them have been able to produce a degree of mfitual affection which satisfies the Kremlin. After Titos action we wondered. Wbat about the frontiers between these countries and Russia? The answer came from an anti- Communist, recently arrived from Czechoslovakia one of the many persons who are seeping out of that and other satellite countries every day. He was asked in my presence If the frontier between his country and Russia was open, in the sense that travel was permitted under the same conditions that obtain between norma Uy friendly nations. The Ceech laughed. He said: The border between my country and Russia is no tighter .than a dam would have to be to keep a drop of water from getting through. , 1 have beard the Russian frontiers of other satellite nations similarly described. My informant also outlined other significant conditions In Czechoslovakia, first reminding us of three important facts: I. Czechoslovakia Is the most " industrialised of all the sate!- litre. 3. It la alee the meet democratic la the reallatlo eenee we view demeeraey. In ether werds the ceuntrv Is thoroughly indoctrinated with the kind at demecratlo methods we knew. This Is due In part, ef coarse, to the fact that so many of the men responsible for formation at the Csech repo bile spent many yeara In the United States and were made thoroughly familiar with American methods. It Is also due to the fact that they had a long period at practical aaparlaaee la patting these method Into effect In their ewp country, 3. The Csechs had a very high standard af living compared t the ether satellites. These factors, taken together, made the Czechs particularly vulnerable to a Communist coup. When It came, because of their cratie training and high standard of living, the Czechs wera particularly unhappy aa an aftermath of Communist methods and Russian domination. In other words, the Csechs had more ta lose than any of the ether countries within the Red orbit 4 most of them would have flown eway. Many did anyway and Czech planes are turning up continually in Western controlled areas of Europe. This occurs in civil aviation too because many of the pilots are former member of the air corps. But if the Red government cannot trust the air corps, it has even less confidence in the Czech armored force. It has been necessary to immobilize it But the greatest friction censed by partial communication is felt In the nations economy. Everyone suffer, at least Indirectly, becanse ef this, but it can be sees1 meat clearly among worker. Recent figures, which were made available to the public. Indicate that In there la a sharp falling-ef- f Che man-hoproductiveness. This could be attributed either te conscious sabotage or to s feeling of Indifference and resentment caused by reduced a the pay and restrictions union labor increment. Before the Russians moved in, 75 to W per cent of Czechoslovakia's foreign trade was . with. non-Comimist countries,.-- Thia has been considerably reduced under pressure from Russia, but even now some 60 to 70 per cent of her exports go to Western Europe, . . Virtually the entire output of the great Skoda arms factory goes to Russia. The output is largely heavy artillery. Production of small arms for Russia also has been stepped up greatly. nr Chance of Revolt Termed Small. Czechoslovakia is not yet thoroughly eomrmmlzecL There is still a certain amount of opea criticism. There have been no wholesale purges. Undoubtedly, these will come, but when they do and herein those who believe that the Soviet position is weakening are encouraged the prospects are that the harder the Russians crack down, the greater problem Czechoslovakia will present t her Kremlin overseers. Before The coup that ended in the death of Masaryk took place. It was estimated that perhaps 30 per cent of the peopte had been Jndoctri-nate- d with communism. Another 10 per cent were sympathetic, chiefly from a theoretical point of view. My Czech informant declares that it can. ba reliably estimated that the taste of practical communism which the people have had now has reduced that communist scora to IS per cent. He also confirmed the recent statements about the army though he gave no figure made by Cen. Antonin Hasal who escaped to the American zone of Germany in the middle of July. Basal said that 70 per cent of the enlisted men and officers In the Czech army was My informant put it thia way: The air force, many of whose members fought with the R. A. F., is almost entirely If the Reds hadn't drained the tanks oTTfl' the planes before the coup. -- ' -- Britains labor government of Attlee and Bevin declared the dockers strike a national emergency, the first such proclamation since 1926 when Bevin himself was a strike leader. Proves how you can make the shoe fit, even when It's on the other foot If you keep on your toes you're not likely to get down at the Heave Ho s-- in Czechoslo- ll 1 heelj AUTOS, TRUCKS & ACCESS. G. I. TRUCK PARTS NEW an USED DEN'S TRUCK PARTS Lost. Academically Milton succeeded in providing that justification for -his own and an unknowable numBy Bill Schoentgen, WNU Staff Writer- Whaa plahu rt ti,rcir( la ih.aa -- lamas, lha, ara Ihsaa af ber of future generations of ChristNOTE: (EDITORS am aaalrsia aa aat aaoaaaaril, al Uia aawspapsr.) Waatara Nawape Lalaa'a a a ians. But since the 16th century days of Milton human society has MOSCOW: turned an increasingly cold cheek to the spiritual values preached by Conference every great Christian since Paul. Practically all that anyone knew Particularly since the outset of during the Initial stage of tba Mosthe 20th century mans attention cow conference between Josef Stalhas been claimed more and more in and the ambassadors of three western nations was that there was by the dramatic power of materialism' which has been brought a conference. into full play as a result of this The opacity of a thick censorship ban overlaid any details of wbat technological economy with its aswas happening. sembly lines, power politics and x Nevertheless, the impression was repetitive wars. that the talks, fathered by the Thus, the problem now is not so much how to justify God's ways to desperation inherent in the Berlin man as it is how to justify man's crisis, might be the first step in eassociety in the eyes of God. And if, ing off the strain between Russia as many churchmen believe, no such and the western powers. justification is possible, then how to Some information that slipped work a reasonable and beneficial Indicated wall the secrecy through change in the society which men that both sides might be willing have wrought. Whittaker Chambers, a senior to make some concessions In order It is that problem which the editor of Time magazine and to further negotiations between RusWorld Council of Churches, coman admitted former' member sia and the U. S., Great Britain and of the Communist party, got a posed of 148 Protestant and OrthoFrance. dox churches from 40 nations, will off hia told load chest he when Molotov The talks with Stalin and to meet squarely at its endeavor the activhouse were reported to have produced at first world assembly in Amsterdam ities committee the names of a least one new suggestion that prior few more higher echelon govAugust 22 to September 4. to another Big Four conference ernment officials who had parFour hundred and fifty church there should be a meeting of the leaders U. S., Russian, British and French ticipated In the notorious Washlaymen and clergymen alike are determined, among ington spy ring of a decade deputy foreign ministers. to other ago. His testimony Included Bssess the things, Such a conference would, theoforof namee the weaknesses and of presenHiss, Alger Strengths retically, be accompanied by a gradmer state department official ; t-day Christendom and "to deual relaxation of the restrictions Nathan Witt, former attorney fine a basis of common principle which the Soviets have fclamped for NLRB, and Lee Pressman, upon which Christians can coon the western areas of Berlin and former CIO general counsel. operate for world order. relawhich brought the East-WeUnder the conference theme, tions to their present boiling point. "Mans Disorder and God's DeAlthough It might be the height ESPIONAGE:. the delegates will attack sign, of optimism. Communist Russia besuch questions as: How to infuse ing what it is, there was some faint Dragon Seed more spirituality into our mechanhope that such a piecemeal lifting The dragon seeds of international ized society without of the Berlin blockade might bring advocating the sudsown during the war destruction of all mechanization? about a provisional meeting of .espionage to bloom with a What action can the church lake minds on the. subject of German denly had begun vengeance and the nationg capftaj among Us members to aid in esIand other currency irritating seemed to be overgrown with spies tablishment of world order and ssue. rumors of spies.. what is the churchs answer to the At the worst, such a discussion at and First stone was cast by Miss Eliza- amoral power politics of the presleast would tend to act as a brake beth courier ent Bentley, day? against a drift to war and provide a breathing space for talks with for Soviet agents, who revealed that 'If these are tough questions, the come of much her information had World Council of Churches Is likely Moscow on more basic controversies. from sources in official government to prove itself spiritually tough and realistic enough to go a long way toThere was, however, still another portions. namno in She showed hesitancy ward providing some of the ansInterpretation of the discussions between Stalin and the three western ing names, among which were those wers. ambassadors: Russia, having car- of Nathan G. Silvermaster, board ried ita Berlin blockade virtually of economic warfare and war assets W. to the ultimate point short of war, administration official; 'William former commerce might be thinking that it had brought Remington, official, and Alger Hiss, the western powers to a position acwhere they would have to accede to former State department official v v Unitin of the the establishment tive i 'i Soviet .demands if they wished to ed Nations. avoid conflict. There was no visible proof that of the persons she Implicated any CONGRESS: i - .V ever had furnished information to the Soviet Unwilling espionage ring, although ,V A Probably the only accomplishment tome had Communistic backgrounds. 'Vv As a of the matter FBI of fact, of the special summer session reported that more had it than three spent congress called by President Truman was to provide both parties million dollars in an .investigation with a bigger and better supply of the same matter months prior to the current excitement. The of political ammunition for the elecvF v finally gave it up because of lack tion campaign. ' Democrats would be able to say of documentary proof. But congressional investigations that the GOP congress simply sat were under way In both the senate ' nothback on Its haunches and did and house. the included Testimony ing about the pressing problems of ususl Despite the impression yon flamboyant accusations and reInflation, housing and other nationfrom might have received criminations to but failed produce al Issues. reading newspaper accounts of any concrete evidence. the Olympics, American athRepublicans could counter with Rep. Karl Mundt (Rep., S. D.), the assertion that, within the bounds letes were not the only ones of house chairman the of their political beliefs and judgwho took part in the games. ment of what is best for the na- activities committee, added to the This straining gentleman, far f the affair by astion, they did all they could under national impact Instance, is Imry Nemeth of to that is reason there "good the circumstances. To that they serting who won the hammer Hungary a believe Communist spy ring is opprobably would add the stock arguthrow with a heave of 183 feet, ment that the whole thing is the erating in Washington right now. UK inches. His was committee investigating, fault of the Democratic he the public hearings regime and that the ultimate solu- so said, although far had dealt only with the testi- HOLY LAND: tion must lie in the election of a that a Red espionage system Optimism mony this administration Republican was at work in the U. S. during the November. Although the. July 18 truce In war. One result of the special session Palestine put at least a temporary end to the military bloodshed bethat might be classed as favorable COTTON: was that It served to sharpen the tween Jews and Arab3, the struggle for rights and power continues berough edges of the wide cleavage Mechanized between the two parties over doLast of the great American farm hind the diplomatic scenes in the mestic problems and give the voters commodities to remain essentially Near East. a more clear-cu- t, definitive idea a man-mul- e However, there is some reason to crop, cotton finally is of wbat they will be deciding on becoming mechanized, thus elimibelieve now .that many of the November 2. nating the necessity of maintaining troubles in the troubled spot may Despite President Truman's la- vast armies of laborers to meet the be smoothed out when Count Folke borious diatribes against congress two peak labor periods of the crop Bernadotte, U. N. mediator, propose his next peace plan in Sepand his repeated warnings that con- cycle. Mechanization is one of the ma- tember. trols alone will curb the now danOne of the reasons for such optigerous Inflation, in the final analysis jor steps in the effort of cotton it remained foolish to believe that people from Virginia to California mism is the attitude of King Abdullah the GOP congress ever would take to achieve lower production costs. of Trans-Jordamost powerful of Rethe action he recommended. To the 124 million people in 18 the Arab league states. publicans simply do not approve of states who derive all or a substanAbdullah has asked for fuU and that method of handling the nation's tial part of their income from cot- eareful consideration of any future ton It is of paramount importance economy. proposal for permanent peace In Republican congressmen agreed that they keep their crop competi- Palestine. tive cost-wisonly to string along with legislaAnd, he eaid, his "Arab nation The answer lies, to a great ex-- . doeo-no- t tion. serving to Telmpose consumer exclude possible com" -credit controls, with someTImiU-- ' fenl,ln" mechanization. Thinning promise that secures justice and tion on bank credits, and to speed and weeding equipment and har- prevents bloodshed. unnecessary action. on a watered-dow- n "We would like that the efforts bousing vesting machines are revamping program which doe little except the farm picture in the South. of Count Bernadotte in the refugee ease credit terms for bom builders. The mechanical cotton picker is problem be successful, and afterThe anti-potax measure, blocked capable of performing the work of wards that any new proposals which for a week by a droning filibuster 40 to 50 human pickers, varying he will make should not be rejected with weather conditions, land sur- outright, but be fully discussed beby southern Democrats, finally withered and blew away in dust. face, and other factors. fore they are put In final form." Typical result of mechanization TAXATION: was the experience of a Mississippi That Old Oil farmer who used a flame cultivator 125 Billion to control weeds at a cost of 50 By the end of this year Individcents an acre at the same time huOil is being consumed in the ual taxpayers in the U. S. will have man were costing $5. U. S. today at a rate exceeding choppers paid nearly 125 billion dollars in Of course, complete mechanizathe total world consumption of only direct personal taxes, according to tion of cotton will not materialize 10 go, according to an years a survey entitled "Domestic ConNational Cotton council, article in e recent issue of "Busisumer Markets" prepared by the overnight. bulletin of the representing the entire industry, ness Comment, National Industrial Conference reports that In 1947 less than 3 per Northern Trust company in Chicago board. e cent of the crop could be classed Demand for all oils in the first Last year, the report says, Amer- as entirely mechanized. A considquarter of 1948 averaged 6.3 milicans paid more in personal taxes erable portion of the lion barrels daily, an increase of 7 remaining than they spent for new homes, crop, however, was In various per cent over the corresponding ears, furniture and medical care. stages of mechanization. oeriod of 1947. fjf et j "Paradise -- vakia, is about to fail from-Sovigrace for the same reason Tito fell. Gottwald is a lifelong Communist who was won over to the Marxian philosophy before be had an opportunity to see it put Into effect in his own country. Ha was an apt and willing student in Moscow, but be apparently cherished the illusion that his own country could accept the commuhist form of government and still maintain its identity and Us Independence. The utter domination by Russia hat become not only distasteful to Gottwald but also to at least two other members of his cabinet, including the minister of justice. Gottwald is not the leader that Tito la and he probably can.be brushed aside. But the viewpoint ha has come to represent is pointed out as one of the weaknesses of the Russian system. There Is one ether fact which cannot be hidden from tba eyea af any careful observer with soma military kntwledge - of CaechoslQvakla. That la that the In the military preparation country which the Ruslans . have carried out are almost 1M per cent defensive. Apparently, the Ruslan fear, of Invasion from the West 1 greater than their rgetlre r ability te pre-- , para far .effensdye warfare Aa proof ot thisrny inform a nt told me that although one of the scarcest consumer products in Czechoslovakia is paper, two of the biggest mills manufacturing R were limiting their output to blackout paper only.. These are some of the reasons back of the theory which the people who believe In the old military axiom that you mustnt under estimate the enemy say la dangerous. Greater Probleme Are in Prospect To Justify the ways of God to man was John Miltons expressed purpose for writing his monolithic epic poem of the Reformation, 4s. blood-lettin- right-hand-ma- n DEPARTMENT World Council - Objective observers admit that there is small chance of an open revolt. That isn't the Czech method. They are great underground workers. but they havent the enthusiasm g for that people like the Yugoslavs have. If, however, the Soviets beesme involved in war, undoubtedly the Czechs would join heartily with those they consider their liberators. Those persons who predict a crack in the iron curtain base part of their argument an on attitude among Czech leaders which is said to parallel that of Tito's supporters in Yugoslavia. That is this question of nationalism. Thera have been recent reports from Europe that Czech Premier Gottwald, who always has been considered Moscows RELIGION TACOMA, WASH. T hawt t While Yahning: Ho, ho, have a switch: Japan now PH. 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MISCELLANEOUS The Wall St. Journal occafisionally seasons its stodgy nancial folderol with zany puns 24 PASS; CHEVROLET like this: Once upon a time there was a little bee and it was SCHOOL BUS very happy because It got a bumble from heaven! (Onow-lookaher- PRICED RIGHT The Show Shops: Critic George Jean Nathan probably doesnt even suspect that in Houston, Tex., its against the law to sleep in a theater. . . . Ted Saucier is conferring with MGM on a proposed sequel to It his "Weekend at the Waldorf. ranks among the first 10 screen Im. . . mortals as a top money-makeAnnie Get Your Merman is this kind of humdinger: It opened durseason but topped ing the 1945-4- 6 all the 1947-4moneymakers. . . . The first variety show on television has showmen worked up into a pitch of breathlessness that mebbe vaude can have a big revival via the new medium. Wouldnt that be the irony of the ages? If Vaude came out of the Tomb and slew its murderer, the Talkies? Call, Write, Wire to W. R. HUBBLE, Gen. 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