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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
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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
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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,
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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.
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oia ouiton, wnose crimes won him
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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
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the assassination of Arnold Schus
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pointed out Sutton to his police
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