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MEDFOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUWE JTVB Agreement Upon Raising of Iron Curtain Expected at Big Four Conference Thursday. July 21, 1935 Matter of Fact Stewart Alsop I i 1 .AIL- Stewart Alsop grandchildren, AT GENEVA Geneva Even more than usual on these occasions, the great central question here is. of course, m "What are the Russians real ly up to?" Com m u n ist party secre tary Khrush chev has bab bled happily to" President Eisenh o w e r about such matters as weddings and while Premier Bulganin, in his formal remarks, has sung an old familiar song as regards all the really import ant issues. The fact is that there is as yet very little really solid evidence as to whether there has been a genuine and important change in Soviet foreign policy. But at this early stage it is at least encouraging that the most experienced observers of all three Western powers, both here in Geneva and in Moscow aro unanimous on one DOint The Soviet rulers really do want to lessen tensions. They Teally do want to reduce the risk of world war. Interpret ing Soviet policy, according to one who has interpreted it suc cessfully in the past, is more a matter of the sense of smell than of assessing hard evi dence. And the best smellers all smell the same thing a real if temporary and tactical, change. The best smellers also agree rather closely on the reasons for the change. These may be listed about as follows: First, the Soviets, having ex ploded their own hydrogen bomb, have had time to ponder the nightmare meaning of hy drogen warfare. In Moscow there are reports of course impossible to confirm that the Russian experts, like our own underestimated the power of the bomb; and that as a re sult large numbers of Soviet scientists and soldiers were kill ed in their first test. In any case, there is plenty of evidence that the Russians, having had a good first-hand look at the new wea pons, take them far more ser iously than in the days before they broke the American mono poly. PARADOXICALLY, the fact that -the Chinese have not had the same sobering exper ience is one reason why ex perienced observers here believe that the threat of general war now lies far more in China than in Russia. Second, the Soviet leaders also want a breathing space from external danger in order to clean up all sorts of messy situations within the Sov iet empire and the Soviet Union itself. Here it should be said, hastily and flatly, that the Sov iet system is not "on the point of collapse," or anywhere near the point of collapse. The Sov iet rulers face a serious agricul tural problem and a serious problem of inflation. But a sys tem which has survived deliber ate mass starvation and history's most terrible war is not going to founder overnight because of a drought. In fact the internal problem is really less economic than political. The political problem con fronting the Soviet leaders has been defined as the problem of running a dictatorship without a dictator. But it is even more complicated than that. It is also a problem of trying to run a dictatorship without even a clearly defined number one man here in Geneva, for the truth is, no one really knows who is the Soviet number one sometimes it looks like Bulgan in, and sometimes Khrushchev. Just before this reporter left Moscow last Saturday, there were widespread reports that the question of a number one had been finally settled, and that after this conference Khru shchev would take over from Bulganin as Premier. But no one believes that the wiley Khrushchev is within striking distance of wielding supreme power. And the Soviet system absolutely requires a dictator for it is a system which by its very nature must dictate every aspect of life, from the average of corn planted to the design oi ladies' summer print dresses. Yet the present Soviet rulers, probably even including Khru shchev, are united on one point they do not want to repeat the unpleasant experience of the Stalin-Beria period, when they themselves lived in con stant, deadly danger. Strange as it may seem to 'Western minds, those who know Russia well are profoundly convinced that this problem of running a dictator ship without a dictator is one of the gravest and most insolu ble problems the Russians face, and a major reason why they want a real breathing space. TY the same token, the Soviet rulers have also failed to find an efficient way to run their empire without an emperor. In a recent chat with the Indone sian Ambassador in Moscow, the always talkative Khrushchev frankly admitted that the satel lites were proving trouble some. In the old days, he re marked nostalgically, when Rus sia was the only Communist country, the Communist parties elsewhere did what Moscow told them without question. But nowadays, with Communists actually running the govern ment in the "people's democra cies," they had begun to de velop a regrettable habit of put ting their own national inte rests first. The satellites are not going In The Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Chairman Lewis Strauss of the Atomic Energy' Commission made a fascinatingly interesting little talk in Schenectady, N. Y., on the future of atomic power. It is fascinating because in it he said: "There is hope for the day when the atom will serve ONLY AS THE SERVANT OF MAN and NEVER AGAIN as his destroyer." HE SPOKE at a ceremony at which a trifling amount of power generated by the working model of an atomic engine for the atomic submarine Sea Wolf was channeled into a public util ity system at Schenectady, where the Sea Wolf's engine was built. The event is significant be cause it was the first atomic power ever sold for commercial to liberate themselves over night. But satellite restlessness is certainly a greater problem for th present formless junta than for the all-powerful and greatly feared Stalin. There are even serious observers in Mos cow who are convinced that the Soviet policy of populating the "new lands" in central Asia is motivated more by fear of Chi nese expansion than by the need for increased food sources. This by no means exhausts the list of reasons advanced by the experts for the Soviet change. There is the real fear of a rearmed Germany, and the hope that honey may succeed in preventing German rearma ment where vinegar failed. There is the heavy expense of equipping the huge Red Army with tactical atomic weapons. And there is the development of a new, conservative middle class in Russia in the fac tories, this new class wears clean linen smocks, to dis tinguish its members from the lesser breed of manual work ers. Some observers would put this last phenomenon at the top of the list, rather than the bot tom. At any 'rate, there are plenty of reasons why the Sov iets may want to reduce the international temperature. But there are no sound rea sons to support the favorite American theory that it is sim ple weakness that causes the Russians to smile so coyly and continually at President Eisen hower here. On the contrary, in some ways-the Russians are stronger than ever before, as anyone who witnessed their re cent air show would agree. Nor is there anything to suggest that the Soviets are now pre pared to alter their basic doc trine, or to make really major concessions to the West in order to win a settlement. . Copyright, 1955, New York Hearld Tribune Inc. Dead line Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday; 10 a.m. Monday for Monday: other days 5:30 Drevious day. use. The sale, of course, was a mere token. IS HIS hope (that the time will come when the atom will serve SOLELY as the servant of man) a vain one? Not necessarily. Let's go back to poison gas. In destructive capability, it is only an infant in comparison with the atom bomb. But it was (and still is) a weapon capable of depopu lating whole cities if used in heavy concentrations in a sur prise attack by air. TT HASN'T been so used. Chiefly, it hasn't been so used because the horror of it has prevented man from attempting to use it as an instrument of wholesale destruction. Ever since World War I every body has had poison gas in suf ficient quantity to destroy hu man life in whole cities, but no body has used it in such an at tempt. Let's be realistic. The big reason why it hasn't been so used is that everybody has been afraid of RETALIATION. That could be true in the case of the atom bomb. BUT let's get back to atomic power for peace. The first actual sale of it for commercial use (a mere token sale) was made the other day. Atomic energy, as the CHIEF source of power in our economy, will come more rapidly than electric power has come because the world moves much more swiftly now than in the past. But it won't come in a day. THERE are difficulties in the way of its use. And dangers. There is the problem, for ex ample, of disposal of the ASHES of atomic fuel the radioactive residue left after the power has been extracted. That problem is already receiving much study. The present idea is to carry these "ashes" out to sea in special containers and sink them. But ; It is presently estimated that with use of the atom as the chief source of power for peacetime industry and human living these ashes could POISON ALL THE OCEANS WITH DEADLY RA DIOACTIVITY. And Suppose an atomic reactor in your town should BLOW UP. . THESE problems, of course, will be solved. In TIME. But the time won't be day after tomorrow. 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Understanding Almost Certain To Be Reached Geneva (U.R) A four-power agreement on raising the Iron Curtain between East and West was confidently expected today to result from the Big Four sum mit talks. The conference scheduled for mal discussion of "development of contacts between East and West" as one of the four main items on the agenda. Conference sources predicted that an understanding was al most certain to be reached on this point. But it would be done by slow stages. Observers said the talks would set only the broad outlines of the scope of future contacts be tween the East and West which have been divided for nearly 10 years. Relax International Tension Behind the move lies the as sumption that direct contacts be tween the two camps might prove one of the most effective ways to relax international ten sion. East and West still have widely differing ideas on the nature of such contacts and on how they could usefully be set up and developed. But both President Eisenhow er and Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin have indicated that they attach importance to easing the barriers between the two worlds. Harmful Consequences Mr. Eisenhower warned in his opening policy statement at the summit conference. Monday against the harmful consequen ces of keeping people isolated from the outside. He pointed specifically to the "artificial bar riers such as now interfere with communications." "It is time that all curtains whether of guns or laws or regu lations should begin to come down," the President said. Bulganin called for "a broad development of international contacts and cooperation in the field of culture and science, for the removal of obstacles imped ing intercourse among nations." Britain, France Back U.S. Both Britain and France stand solidly behind the United States and are prepared to go along with any moves for the raising of the Iron Curtain and easing communications between East and West, conference officials emohasized today. The West has most prominent ly in mind an understanding with Russia which would enable Western diplomats and press representatives to move more freely in the Communist East. Russia has in mind, in addi tion to cultural contacts, a loosening up of the West's trade embargo. Ike Gives Easy Lessons To Russ Geneva (U.R) President Ei senhower has given the Russians some-easy lessons in the art of propaganda by doing what comes naturally, and it appeared today the Soviets are apt pupils. The newly-affable Communists suddenly threw open the gates to their villa late Wednesday and posed agreeably on the lawn for all photographers who wanted a crack at them. This move came a day after Mr. Eisenhower had tied up traf fic in downtown Geneva by walk ing on the spur of the moment into a toy store to buy presents for "my kids" his grandchil dren, Barbara, Susan and David. In the conference chamber it self on the first day, Soviet Pre mier Nikolai Bulganin used his position as last speaker to bid for the headlines with his new two-stage security program. But the President smothered a lot of the propaganda effect by giving his enthusiastic cheers to Bulganin for saying his piece in such a nice way. On the second day of the par ley, the President again collected the headlines. He also won Bul ganin's tribute when he turned, wide-eyed and open-faced, to So viet Marshal Georgi Zhukov to be his witness that he hated war. Pilot Avoids House To Save Eight Persons Lepanto, Ark. (U.R) A cot ton duster pilot saved eight per sons from possible death Wednesday by swerving to avoid their house before crashing to his death. The pilot, Roy E. Craven of Lepanto, was killed when the plane crashed 10 feet from the home of E. W. Adams of Lepanto. Adams, sitting on the porch, said he sat "frozen" as the pilot' "looked me in the eye" then swerved the plane. Seven mem bers of the Adams family were inside .the house. . . Still without appearing to try. the President, who is not a great phrase maker, came up with the third day's best catchline when he urged Russia to join the West in finding a "bridge to peace." Mr. Eisenhower also has shown a nice public relations touch in countering the few crit icisms against him without ap pearing . to notice they were there. Some critics were saying un kind things about the fact he stood on protocol as the only head of state here and declined to attend the round of dinners given by the three premiers. But he took the steam out of any suggestion that he was a stuffed shirt by inviting Zhukov in for a man-to-man lunch be tween old war comrades Wednes day. 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