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n TV Friday, April 1. 1955 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE Visiting Newsmen See Warsaw; Tell of New Construction; Unrest (Editor's Note: Ohio new sua tier man Robert lix and Texas radio station owner Marshall Formby are among a rronp of American editors visiting Czechoslovakia. Poland and Russia. The following dispatch sizes up their reactions after a visit to Com munist Warsaw.) By ROBERT DIX And MARSHALL FORMBY Wrilten For United Press Warsaw, Poland (Delayed) (U.PJ This i3 a city of construc tion projects, music and politi cal question marks. In this city of nearly a million souls, which was 80 per cent de stroyed during World War II, the reconstruction miracle goes on speeding to a conclusion that will make it a show place. There have been 250,000 flats built here since the war. And still th effort goes on, with of ficials hoping for housing enough in 1970 for 2,000,000 persons. Russians Build "Symbol" In the center of Warsaw is a symbol which reminds the Poles on whose side they are. It is the huge peace Palace of Science and Culture designed by Soviet architects and built with Soviet material by Russian labor as a gift for the Polish people. It will be completed in July. Politically, a person can't tell much from a surface look. Ex cept for the fact that we Ameri cans are definitely on the other side in this competitive effort, the official press is not as vicious as it once was, those who live here say. In the last two years there has been a definite "easing" of the situation. There is no question about where those who have a vested interest in this , project stand. But those who ought to know say the natural leaning of most of the Poles is still to the West. That's hard to believe with the intensive "russif ication" pro gram that has been and is going on. . At a reception given us by the Warsaw press, we editors dis cussed the French ratification of the Paris treaties dispassionate ly. The hope of Warsaw news men is that, Russia and the United States will find a modus vivendi a peaceful solution to their many problems. Churches Crowded In this land where about 90 to 95 per cent of the people are Catholics, the churches are over flowing with people. Interest in religion is on the increase. Prices are extremely high. It is difficult to figure them out exactly for the exchange rate is so artificially high that we can't buy anything. In their effort it takes a la borer from 20 to 40 days to buy an ordinary pair of shoes. But food is somewhat cheaper and seemingly plentiful. Eighty per cent of the farms are still in private hands, but Thief Lifts Payroll During Stop on Street Pusan (U.R) A thief lifted a $7,426 U.S. Army payroll from a jeep when it stopped at an in tersection, i Jeep Driver, Pfc. Gary C. Basst, Arnold, Neb., and Capt. 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