10 The Newt-Review, Roseb'urg, Or. Frl., Dec. 23, 1949
WHO WOULD SUCCEED HIM?
70-Year-Old Joe Stalin Now Takes
Life Easier, Said In Good Health
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
WASHINGTON UP) Western authorities hear that Joseph V.
Stalin, 70, Is taking life a little easier. He Is also said to be In good
health and presumably able to carry on as the big boss of the
Communist-world for several years more.
." But his anniversary Inevitably brings up the question of a
successor, and also what effect a change might have on the
cold war policies of the Soviet Union.
Since no one outside the Krem
lin has any facts on these points,
the answers to these and similar
questions have about the weight
of Informed guesses but guesses
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made by officials who are long
time students of Soviet politics.
Molotov Mentioned
The current belief among these
officials is that when Stalin
passes out of the picture his offi
cial position of leadership may be
occupied by' V. M. Molotov, the
former premier and foreign
minister. They think that his real
power may be shared by Molotov
with at least two other members
of the polltburo.
When that time comes, the be
lief here Is that Russian policy,
both Internal and external, will
remain unchanged while a strug
gle for absoluate personal power
goes on among the men who
initially divide Stalin's authority.
The two men mentioned most
frequently as likely to share It
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THEIR FIRST REAL CHRISTMAS Coggle-eyed with wonder, German children are fescinated
by the window display, of a toy shop in Frankfurt. Members of a generation that has known
nothing but war end its aftermath of privation, these youngsters and thousands of German chil
dren like them are seeing mechanical toys for the first time in their Jives. Germany, once one of
the world's largest producers of such toys, has been exporting all post-war production up to this
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with Molotov are Georgl M.
Malenkov, 47, who now controls
the Communist party machinery
under Stalin, and Lavrenti Beria,
50. another full member of the
Politburo, who is believed to be a
kind of super-chief of the Russian
police.
Politburo Powerful
The 12-man Politburo is the
powerful policy making commit
tee of the Communist party, of
which Stalin Is chief. Its members
may Include other personalities
who actually have a tighter secret
hold on the ladder to eventual
succession than any of the three
most talk about. But American
eovernment officials do not con
sider that likely. ,
II Stalin has made provisions
for his successor or If he has al
ready begun delegating final au
thority to some oi the men
around him, U. S. officials don't
know It. but don t think it prob
able. What Is known about Stalin
and how he lives today is rela
tively scanty. It Is said that he no
longer puts in the exhausting long
nights of work which were typi
cal during the war. In the war
years he would go to work at the
Kremlin In late afternoon and
not leave his office for his coun
try home until about breakfast1'
time the next morning.
In contrast to this strenuous
schedule, In recent years he has'
spent more time at the Black sea
resort of Sochi. Also, even when
he has presumably been In Mos
cow actually at' his "Dacha" -r
country home near the city he
has spent shorter hours at the
Kremlin.
Estimate! Change
American estimates of the
character of the Russian leader
have changed radically since the
v ar years. During the Roosevelt
administration and in the early
days of President Truman s re
gime, there was a dominant view
among government leaders that
Stalin was more ceoperatlve In
his attitude toward the United
States and the west than were
other Russian officials.
Out of this grew the belief that
difficult problems of Russo
American relations could be
solved If only Stalin's personal in
tervention in the workings of the
Soviet government could be
obtained. ,
Today, however, the State de
partment at least Is convinced
that there Is no real difference
between the basic alms and poli
cies of Stalin and those of the
men who help him run Russia.
President Truman once called
the Soviet leader a prisoner of
the polltburo, suggesting that the
rest of the world could get along
with "Joe" and that It was the
men around him who made all
the trouble. Mr. Truman's own
advisers, however, do not share
this view.
From time to time some State
department officials have played
with the speculation that if Stalin
died the repressions and strains
Built up In the Soviet Union by
dictatorship police methods would
become uncontrollable and In a
sense the country would "blow Its
top" In a new political explosion.
There are few It any who hold
that view now.
The belief Is rather that the
police Bystem is so powerful that,
no such explosion could occur.
Yoncalla
By MRS. GEO. EDES
Mrs. Roy Brant was pleasant
ly surprised Friday, when on ar
riving home from town, she found
a new Chevrolet sedan in her
?arage, a Christmas present
rom her brother, Jim Schosso.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Davis and
family and Mr. and Mrs. Blodgett
spent . Sunday visiting at the
Beach. They returned home with
15 nice sea perch.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Helss
of Page, Nebr. left Wednesday
for California after spending two
weeks visiting their nephew'and
family, Mr. nad Mrs. Jean Cul-lin.
Golda Woolman, Mrs. Percy
Applegate and Eddie Vest were
guests at a turkey dinner and a
premier of "Battle Ground"
guests 'of the M. B. M. studio of
Hollywood, who entertained thea
tre owners of Oregon. The party
and premier took place In Al
bany, Monday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Julius Hytrek
and baby of Eugene spent sev
eral days this week visiting at
the McDonald home In Scotts
Valley. , ; v
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Booth, at
tended a reception in Eugene,
Sunday honoring his father, Roy
Booth and wife.
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Still Seized in Benton
County; Three Arrested
CORVALLIS, Dec. It
had been 15 years since sheriff's
officers here had had anything
to do with a case of this type,
but they made the grade, and to
day a moon-shine still rested qui
etly in the Benton county Jail
and three arrests had been made.
The still had been operated at
a secluded farm In the hills south
west of Philomath, officers re
ported. Held were Mr. and Mrs. Harry
T. Hardy, both of route 4, Al
bany, and Frederick N. Lynn,
Portland. The Hardys were
charged with operating an unli
censed distillery and Lynn with
possession of untaxed liquor.
At the time the arrests were
made, little of the finished prod
uct of high-powered "mountain
dew" was on hand, but the 30-
fallon still was percolating and
00 gallons of corn mash also
was found.
Plane Wreckage Found
Three Occupants Dead
McKINNEY, Tex., Dec. 23
OP) Wreckage of a Tulsa plane
missing since Monday on a flight
to Dallas was found six miles west
of here Thursday. Bodies of all
three Tulsa men aboard were
louno at tae wrecKage site.
ThA nlflnA fall In a KlQiL-lan
farming area, fairly level and
wim umy a tew irees.
The three victims were H. 'J.
Construction Co., Tulsa; C. W.
Healey, an engineer, and W. J.
Crawley, the pilot
Slayer, 18, Given
Life Sentence
JACKSON, Miss., Dec. 23. UP)
An 18-year-old boy la under a
life prison sentence for a mur
der that culminated the high
school romance ' he says was
highlighted with sex orgies and
nude photography.
The high school junior, Ronnie
Pitts, was sentenced Wednesday
for the murder of Perry Hender
son, vacuum cleaner firm exe
cutive.
Henderson was the father of
sophomore sweetheart, Anna
Pitts' 17-year-old high school
Henderson.
Pitts' attorneys gave notice of
appeal to the State Supreme
court when Circuit Judge Earl
Thomas denied a new trial.
A Jury convicted Pitts Monday
night but disregarded a state de
mand tor tne oeatn penalty, in
stead It recommended life impri
sonment, making that sentence
mandatory.
During the trial the courtroom
was packed with Bobby Soxers,
many of them schoolmates of
Anna and Ronnie. At one time
they packed the balcony so tight
ly an engineer was called to as
certain if it would stand the
strain.
Henderson's body, shot through
the head, was found in his home
here June 25.
Tax Levy Election May
Be Called In Portland
PORTLAND, Dec. 23. UP)
Mayor Dorothy McCullough '.oe
said Wednesday a special tax levy
election may be called to Kelp
bolster treasury revenues.
It was a tentative proposal
made following- her success in de
feating financial Commissioner
Ormond R.' Bean's motion to
slash all city budgets 10 percent
effective Jan. 1.
Bean had argued personnel
would not be affected, but Mayor
Lee and Commissioner William
A. Bowes said the savings Bean
anticipated could not be achieved
without dropping- police and fire
men and other workers from the
payrolls. .
Earlier, yesterday, a delegation
of city employes asked the council
for a pay boost of $25 a month.
A spokesman argued it was no
fault of the workers that the city
was in financial distress.
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