| Show I 1 OP tae B BLACK headline headlines the past few day days told this story EAST BERLINERS REVOLT BATTLE REDS and under the headline was the story wry of communist anticommunist anti antl revolt how worker workers storn fed east german government headquarter headquarters and how they were repelled by R russian us stan tank tanks and troops who fired into the mob mobs similar anti corn com munis uprisings have been reported from czechoslovakia and bulgaria for some time western observer ers have been watching this we want to be tree free movement with mingled hope and rear for they have watched it grow with the hope that it might bring the russians to their senses and pave the way for or an honest and lasting world peace and pie oe western world has ha eared feared that an uprising would lead to bloodshed which it has and an on even greater degree of i slon sion by the russian russians on the occupied people of europe most observers in the tree re world believe the revolts revolts will be quickly and ruthlessly suppressed the bitterness that will survive the clash clasil however will linger unger into future year years this bitterness may well be the final factor that will mean western victor victory in the ultimate battle between freedom and communism there an are only a few low alive today who still believe the final climactic struggle between communism and democracy can be avold avoided edt most of the world believes it a inevitable including the communists communist who preach that communism and capitalism cannot live in 14 the same world it BOW now appears that freedom has millions of friends and nd allies behind the iron curtain now Is I 1 the time to cultivate thi friendship washington observer observers are ore saying economist economists end and observer observers it the eisenhower Eden hower administration are eyeing the 04 8 cents hourly pay increase by U S steel and the resulting 4 a ton increase in steel price prices which came come five day days a ctet the wage contract was wa sig n ed with silent but obvious distaste dl it could send the nation nations living costs spiraling this certainly is 1 not the lime time for or another battle with inflation the no result will tie be an industry wide price boost for or the mani man thousands of items which are made of 0 steel this includes farm arm n ma a chinery at a time when farm arm prices are anything but stable and the hi fu ture tore does not hold promise of 0 any thing better it Is unlikely that tast manufacturer will absorb any of this price in create crease and that beani mean the con turner sumer ultimately may have to pa pay more for or everything from rom pint to refrigerators to keep the economy in balance on segment of industry cannot in crease prices without wages in other segment being increased it the consumer cannot buy higher priced automobile automobiles refrigerator refrigerators tractor tractors and pin pins then a crisis arise arises that can be solved only by control of wage wages and price prices the american people have h had d en enough 0 ugh OS of controls control to lait last them a un til U eternity it may be up to the eisenhower administration to come up with another solution if the trend persist persists control controls are after al 11 better than inflation and an u I 1 cimato collapse col laps of th the nations nati nation ont economy |
