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Tuesday February 8, 1933
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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.
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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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being treated for a minor
stomach ailment. Durante, ad
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night after suffering cramps,
was under observation until
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