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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 21, 1952)
TT Opposition to Reds in East Reich Growing, May Prelude Purge Kdltor't Note: The SovlettxiUon of East Germany Is running Into ana ft, loth uulde and outside the Contmunlst Party. This appraisal of the- situ ation ay WlUiam l Ryan. AP foreign news analylst. Is the last of a series of articles on Communism In Germany. By WILLIAM L. RYAN BERLIN (;P)-Moscow, Apparently irritated at the continued stub borness of the population of the Soviet Zone, is snapping the whip on East German Communists. While the communists have been making headway with their propoganda drive in West Germany, they have Ywn losine cround steadily in the Soviet Zone. The Socialist Unity Party, the ruling Communist Party, and self-crticism ' and much wnip snapping under Moscow prodding. A new purge appears to ne in me offing. The party boss, Deputy Pre mier Walther Ulbrich, is laying down the law in menacing tones. A hatchet man like Czechoslo vakia's now purged Rudolf Slansky, he is making himself daily more hated. Opposition Heard The year 1951 was not a good one for the Communists, either in the factories or on the farms. Op position was open and pro nounced. Factory production is legging. Soviet administrators are fever ishly trying to catch up on steel, optical and electrical production but can not cope with a growing shortage of skilled labor. Many skilled persons have fled to the West. Soviet propaganda claims every body in East Germany is em ployed. But actually there is much unemployment due to shutdown and lack of materials. The German workers in many cases deliber ately contribute to these shut downs. Remembers Union Days The German worker, once a fer vent trade unionist, is tough and stubborn. He bitterly resents "col lective contracts" which he says rob him of gains made by his grandfather in trade union days. He is extremely skilled and the Communists can not do without him, much as they would like to. It is dangerous to oppose the Communists in East Germany, but there are slowdowns and even an occasional demonstration. Op position is expressed in many ways, more in words , and looks than actions. A Communist leader in Saxony made an admission at a meeting of Communists, which in substance went like this: "When I go to a large meeting I have only to look into the eyes of the audience to know the people are against us. This means we Communists must win the confi dence of the people by cooperat ing rather than commanding.' Deductions End One striking instance of the will to resist was given by East Berlin workers. Their resentment at a "voluntary" 3 per cent; pay deduc tion for the reconstruction pro gram was so strong ; the regime was compelled to end the pay de ductions. ( The farmers laugh' at reports of successes oJcollectrye. farms in the USSR. The German is an ex cellent farmer and has forgotten more than most Soviet collective farm officials have learned. But East German farmers live in dread of the day they will be collec tivized. They are being harshly criti Q)? rareinin PLANT THEM NOW PHLOX, field grown, 3-year 5 varieties, 70c each DELPHINIUMS, field grown, hand pollinated, 65c each BLEEDING HEARTS, field large crowns PRIMROSES, field grown, In color. 35c each ROCK GARDEN PLANTS A large selection, 65c each CARNATIONS, 5 varieties 25c each D0WMt0WM Ml SALEM MERCHANTS Association Free Parking GREEN TRADING STAMPS O) 0)o is undergoing a wave of "critism cized for failure to meet quotas of deliveries to the state. If col lectivization is decided upon it probably would have to be accom plished by force against a huge farm population. Full Sovietization If the purge develops it would seem to mean the Communists are about to drop the sham and pro ceed with outright Sovietization of the East Zone, long held off be cause of its political effect on West Germany. Outright Sovietization would seem to mean the Soviet Union considers permanent the split between East and West Ger many. There are some hints that dis sension is developing in the So cialist Unity Party. This talk cen ters about Wilhelm Zaisser, min ister of state security and Ul bricht's only serious rival. American sources in Berlin say Zaisser would have support from such politburo members as Franz Dahlem, Heinrich Rau and even Hermann Matern. Other members of the politburo are East German President Wilhelm Pieck and Pre mier Otto Grotewohl, both regard ed as figureheads; East Berlin Ma yor Freidrich Ebert and Fred Oelssner. Ulbricht Favorite It is not safe to project Com munist fortunes far into the future, but it appears that at present Ul bricht is the favorite of Moscow. Paul Wandel, minister of edu cation, recently felt safe enough to extend his enthusiastic criti cism and self-criticism all the way up to UlDricht himself He criti cized the politburo and Ulbricht for not giving definite orders to produce new history books. Wan del may pay for his temerity. He appears to be -high on the list of SCHAEFER'S All Vegetable Laxative For Quick Relief of Constipation : Try it 50c SCHAEFER'S DRUG STORE 135 N. Commercial clumps, 3-year clumps, 3 for 3 for $2.00 $1.75 $1.25 $1.00 $1.75 $1.00 grown, Each large clumps, 3 for 3 for 5 for Salem's One Stop Garden Center IMS 415 South High 3 Blocks South of Stat Ph.2-0117 on cash purchase: CAPITAL DRUG STORE 405 Stat St. Corner of Liberty 7 those titer already purged .or about to be. Oelssner, who has been party theoretician, also is among: those snarled in the mass of criticism and self-criticism. He was accused recently by Ul bricht of "Talmudism." That is a sin invented by Stalinists to cover the defects of Marx and Lenin. When the party wants to depart from their teachings it departs. Those who want to follow the dog ma out the window ar "Talmn. dists." Oelssner said recently the com rades lower down the scale were afraid to criticize higher ups and this should be corrected. LOG CRUSHES WORKER COTTAGE GROVE (JP)- A log fatally crushed Benton G. Stulken, about 45, Cottage Grove, at the Bohemia Lumber Company, where he worked, here Wednes day. r' r T -1 r. y- x' YOU'LL MAKE NO MISTAKE SfiffoiTsTaT Ready to Help Convict Robber NEW YORK UP)-An old pal of Willie (The Actor) Sutton turned against the master bank: robber Tuesday as his trial opened. The state announced that a star witness against Sutton will be one of the men who allegedly helped him loot a Queens bank of $64, 000 in 1950 John de.Vehuta. The 37-year-old Venuta report edly has made a clean breast of his part in the Manufacturers Trust Co. holdup and is ready to help the state convict Sutton. The room was guarded to the very hilt against any gun-toting r n r f. ..$f Hi VAV D n p P : ' - x, $ N, r i..l...i.i.- it is piioir The well-being of growing children (as well as adults) is uppermost in our minds s we produce FRANZ Enriched Bread. The ingredients used in baking this FRANZ product are widely acknowledged by nutrition specialists as essential in the diets of growing children. FRANZ En riched Bread is the perfect food to use in the daily prep aration of balanced meals for children and adults, too. nrwiiils or wdnrfi ersef the frl-year oia ouiton, wnose crimes won him a sort of glamor in the eyes of some perverted hero-worshipers. On trial with him is Thomas Kling, 45, a tough jail breaker, accused as the third man on the Manufacturers Trust job. The heavy guard one of the most extraordinary in local court history was an outgrowth of the assassination of Arnold Schus ter, the young pants salesman who pointed out Sutton to his police captors. SEWING BOYS NEW YORK (INS) Sewing classes for boys only first of their kind ever conducted have been inaugurated at the Madison Square Boy's Club. Purpose of the novel sewing course is to have boys help their mothers by doing their own sewing of rips and tears. C when you use y. A 'ft .-A i S-A A , A ' -:r-. ' ; ' . w ' ; - - -s - r ? , - v eUQICEifiD BQOAD! Maj. Johnson' ' Wins Medal Maj. Paul C. Johnson, formerly of Salem and now in command of an engineering battalion at Fort Lewis, has been awarded a Bronze Star medal for meritorious service in Korea. Friends here learned Wednesday in 'Bonded Repairs' By Men from Marr's For Your Radio & T. V. Sets Ph. 2-1611 2140 S. Coml. ' " f t V U. K n y : "S' I II II I III V I II lllllllll II II II Th Stqlewnq Salem, Oregon TtiUj. Mardah JM2-r3 of the award which cited Johnson for "tact, skill and judgment as an adviser to Korean Army engi neers. He served in Korea from October, 1950, to August, 1951. Johnson commands the 9th En uT7amfleGGS LAND CLEARING WITH 9-TOOTH CLEARING BLADE . . OR STEADY LOGGING Large Cat. H. D. 14 . Ph. 2-2095 WW SM ' I) gineer Battalion of the I34th fca gineer Group. His wife and men, are with him at Tort Lewis.: In Salem he was an army reservist and was employed by Burroughs Adding Machine Co. 4 7 : i : i ! 1 !
