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MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUlfE-FXVS Indicates Power tread 0m4, Mhorities OlaiM Tuesday February 8, 1933 -3 Bulganin Election Being Move Would Be Less Dangerous To World Peace . Washington U.R) Ameri can authorities said today, the surprise elevation of Marshal Nikolai Bulganin to the Soviet premiership indicates that the real power in Russia is being "spread out" among several top men in the Kremlin. That, they said, could be "less dangerous ' to the West and to world peace than concentration of supreme authority in one Stalin-like dictator." When word of Georgi Malen- kov's resignation first reached this capital, the initial reaction of diplomatic experts and con gressional leaders was to inter pret it as an ominous sign "that Russia would adopt a tougher policy in world affairs. This ap praisal was based on the almost universal expectation here that Nikita Khrushchev, secretary of the Communist party, would suc ceed Malenkov. Political Background The subsequent announce ment of Bulganin's election brought expressions of marked relief from authorities who are intimately concerned with Sov iet affairs. They said Bulganin, despite his army background has not been regarded as a par ticularly "strong man" or mili taristic type. Rather he has been the "political commissar" type of general whose role in the Kremlin has been to maintain Communist party control over the army. One expert said it is possible that Bulganin is primarily a "front man" for a ruling junta and that, "ihp rpal lparipr nr loari. ers are standing in the back ground." ' Khrushchev, who nominated Bulganin for premier and For eign Minister V. M. Molotov doubtless will remain "highly important' in the Kremlin hier archy, he said. . Division of Authority In any event, authorities said, it appears that with Bulganin as premier there will be a spreading out of power, with the army and the Communist party both represented at the top, rather than a clear cut em ergence of one all-powerul rul- j er like Stalin. ' , ! U. S. leaders feel that this kind of multiple leadership is less likely to take radical ac tions that might plunge the world into war than would be a single unchallenged dictator. Congressional leaders were guarded in their appraisal of the sudden shift of Soviet lead ership. Chairman Walter F. George (D-Ga.), of the Senate Foreign Relations committee, said it is "very difficult to tell" just what the change will means in terms of Soviet policy. "In anv upheaval of this kind there is always the pos sibility that something better (from the Western view point) may result," he said. "But would think it more likely indi cates a tougher policy if anything." Sen. John J. Sparkman (D Ala.), a member of the Foreign OUT A glum Pierre Mendes France talks to reporters in Paris after submitting his resignation as premier of France. He was ousted from office after IVz months when he lost a "vote of confidence on his North African policies. His defeat plunges France into political crisis that threat ens West European unity. Memorial Rites Set For Hoover's Brother Stanford, Calif. U.R) A me morial service will be held at Stanford Memorial Chapel today for Theodore Jesse Hoover, 84, brother- of former President Hoover, and dean emeritus of Stanford University School of Engineering. Hoover's body was buried yes terday in a private ceremony at his Cas Del Osa ranch where he died last Friday. Eight mem bers of 'the immediate family made the 1000-foot climb up a single-path trail to the grave where Hoover was buried beside his wife who died in 1940. The former President did not attend the burial service, but was expected to attend the me morial service today. TO RAISE SALARIES Portland (U.R) The Port land school board voted last night to raise the salary of Supt. J. W. Edwards from $17,000 to $18,000' a year and salaries of his four assistants from $10,000 to $11,000 annually. Relations committee, said "we 1 can't aff prd to assume that any ! change will be favorable to us." The smoothness and lack of violence with which Malenkov was eased out of office confirm ed the belief of Russian experts here that he had never held the reins of power very tightly in his own hands but had ruled since Stalin's death on March 5, 1953, as a front 'man for a tri umvirate in which Khrushchev and Molotov were of comparable rank. It is that same kind of .multi ple leadership ,that the experts now expect to continue under Bulganin. . One theory expressed here was tnat Khrushchev and Molo tov may have given the premier ship to Bulganin as a "reward" for his part . in securing the army's aid in bringing about the downfall and later execution of former Soviet Policy Chief La vrenti P. Beria in 1953. for extra enjoyment ! J izzz $4J65 PT. KENTUCKY STRAIGHT $Aio BOURBON WHISKEY " 45 QT. ;y' THIS WHISKEY IS 4 YEARS OLD. 86 PROOF. THE HtU HJLL CO, LOUISVILLE. KY Less War Danger Seen by Former Russian Leader New York j(U.R) Alexander Kerensky, who headed Russia's first brief revolutionary govern ment in 1917, said today the So viet change of leadership makes him "more optimistic that there will not be a war." Kerensky said he believed the Soviet would be less inclined to plan aggression because of the internal problems attendant upon the change of government. Reliant on Deputies Kerensky said new Premier Nikolai Bulganin was less a mil itary man than a politician re liant on his top professional deputies, Marshals Georgi A. Zhukov and Alexander M. Vas silevsky, for military advice. . Kerensky said he did not be lieve resigned Premier Georgi Malenkov would be purged or liquidated. He said he believed the deci sion to replace Malenkov was made last month and that the reference to his inexperience as a national leader, rather than to agricultural problems, was the true reason for his resignation. Mendes-France Offered ': Job as Milk Salesman Portland U.R) Pierre Mendes-France, the milk drink ing Frenchman who lost his job as premier, had an offer of a new job today. Tony Larsen, manager of a local dairy, cabled Mendes France offering him a year round job selling milk. So far Larsen has received ho reply. Labor Council Balks At State Surtax Plan Portland (U.R) Opposi tion to a surtax on the present state income tax was expressed by the Portland Central Labor Council last night. The council proposed elimin ation of the federal income tax exemption rather than a surtax to help the state solve its fi nancial problems. A proposed increase in the beer tax was attacked. Teamster union members told the coun cil that five breweries have gone out of business in Oregon be cause of high taxes on beer and that an increase might drive the last brewery from the state. Soviet Experts in Lopdon See Tougher Policy Tova rd West London (U.R) The resigna tion of Premier Georgi Malen kov of Russia means a return to the policies of Josef Stalin and a probable "get tougher" line with the West, Soviet ex perts said today. Experts predicted an all-out Soviet drive for heavy indus try and arms ; production, a tougher line towards the West in the Kremlin's foreign policy and probably closer alignment with Red China. But above all, the experts be lieved the struggle for ultimate power in the Soviet Union was behind the unprecedented resig nation of the Soviet premier. Signs had multiplied in re cent weeks that a behind-the-scenes struggle for power was progressing with Malenkov los ing ground fast to vigorous and leader Nikita Krushchev. Government quarters were taken completely by surprise in London. They learned the sen-; sational news from Moscow Press dispatches. Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Foreign Secre tary Anthony Eden . interrupted their commonwealth prime min isters consultations to study the stunning news. Fires Probed as Link In Safe Burglary Portland (U.R) Authorities today investigated two small fires here to see if they may have been, set to mask burglary of a wall, safe at a furniture store. Firemen early yesterday were called to a truck blaze at 7710 SE 82nd avenue. Shortly after wards a blaze broke out at the Marcus Whitman school in a pile of building materials. The state arson squa.d roped off the area and began an investigation. 'The burglary at Holman's Furniture store was discovered shortly after 8 a.m. About $2700 was taken from the firm's wall safe. The fires and burglary oc curred in southeast Portland. . TO QUIT OFFICE Portland (U.R) R- L. Clark, president of the Portland Chamber of Commerce, said to day he is resigning as president of Pacific Wool Growers. Clark cited a heavy load of civic ac tivities as the reason. He has been head of the regional wool marketing cooperative since 1941. 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