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o FOURTEEN MEDFORB (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday, October 23, 1355 Veteran Writer Tells Opinion On Moscow's 'Change of Heart' Editor'! note: How genuine Is the 9 look" in Russia? Does it extend tight down to the Soviet people? In an outstanding position to judge Is Henry Shapiro. United Press cor respondent in Moscow from 1917 to 1953. Shapiro has Just returned to Moscow after a two-year stay In the United States. The V. P. assigned Shapiro, as bis first task, to give his verdict on whether Russia has really undergone a change of heart. In question and answer form, here Is hit report. By HENRY SHAPIRO United Press Correspondent Moscow (U.R)Q. What it the single most striking change you hare noticed since your return? A. The moment I crossed the Finnish-Soviet border west of Leningrad, I was strtick by the extra-ordinary courtesy and friendliness not only of officials but of private citizens. They no longer avoid foreigners but in stead were eager to chat with me. And the first newspaper I read was refreshing. From the press have disappeared the phrases like "warmongering Americans, cannibals, hyenas." Q. When you talk with a Rus sian man-in-the-street these days, what is the first question he asks? A. He asks: "Does America really want war with the Soviet Union?" I believe, in his own mind, he now has become pretty well assured that the answer is "no." Then he inquires about American politics, living stand ards and foreign policy. Q. Suppose you should ask him: "Is the world predestined to become Communist?" A. He would say "yes" and he would believe it thoroughly. The younger generation of Rus sians has grown up indoctrin ated since 1917 to believe world communism is inevitable. Q. Have Moscow prices and supplies changed since you were there last? A. Prices of food and clothing have changed hardly at all in the last two years. But the stores do appear better stocked and there are fewer shortages. People in the streets appear better clothed. Q.' Has censorship for Ameri can reporters eased? A. Though formal censorship continues, foreign correspond ents are now able to report more freely than at any time since the war. Q. Has travel become more relaxed for foreigners? A. Yes. Formerly barred areas such as Siberia, Central Asia, the Volga regions and the Cau casus now are , accessible al- Around Hollywood y ALINI MOSIY Harted "rata Correipone'eat Hollywood (U.R) Betty Hut- ton thought her fiest television show was such a fiasco she quit show business r But Tuesday -the bouncy blonde will try for a TV comeback ."to prove to my self I'm not a failure." The down fall in the re views of "Sat waw one of TV's momenta a Aline Mosby ins and Spurs' most controversial year ago. Most critics frowned upon the show, a musical with new tunes written just for Betty. The program was the first color 90-minute "spectacular" and drew more sharp-eyed notice than future programs. Miss Hutton took one look at the reviews and retired fsora show business. But later she took another look at the good review of her "farewell" nightclub act and decided to stick around. Very Nervous NBC asked Betty to give TV a second chance, so she'll star in a variety show Tuesday with guest stars Bob Hope and Jimmy Durante. . , . .. "I'm very nervous," . bubbled the singer during a rehearsal to day. "I realize I have a lot at stake let's not kid each other." . The boisterous star gives hus band Alan Livingston credit for inducing her to try TV again. ' "Since I married Alan I've regained confidence," she said. "He felt I should do a show that I know how to do numbers from my nightclub act and my own songs. ' , "He '. wants me to feel I haven't failed. He felt I did not have the right material before, and there was no point in my leaving TV on a bad note. He wants' me to prove to the world that 'Satins and Spurs' wasn't all my fault" Seek Support ; As Betty points out, TV has mended its ways since that first "spectacular." Now tried-and-true ' musicals with familiar tunes are used. Or, when new tunes - are written for a show, such as "Our Town," they are released weeks in advance on records so the public can get used to them. . "I hope people will be pulling for me and be on my side,", said Betty. "I want , them to under stand this is not a 'spectacular' or in color. It's only an hour show, and not a big epic. "If I stink this time, I'll be awfully sick inside. I'm not the greatest singer in the world; I'm pretty hokey. But I give- my heart to the people so I'm sure the people, if not the critics, will enjoy my show." . Muscles make up 44.1 per cent of the weight of the average hu man body while the brain ac counts for 1.9 per cent of the weight. ; . . . ,ts) My) ooo is smart -he's thrifty bV ID you ever know a squirrel who didn't have a nut or two tucked away? When the pickin's are good, squirrels save a bit of every nut they earn . .. . Some people are) thrifty, too . . . they save as systematically - as squirrels. Then, if things get tough, or if they need money for something they need or want badly, they have it available. I HRIFTY people in Jackson County have found that it's smart to save money through Jackson County Federal ... where savings earn dividends at the current rate of 3 per annum.'. . And it's so easy to save, , once you get the habit. Why not stop in and talk savings tomorrow? SAVINGS 126 E. Main Medford P LOAN ASSOC SmM no. ATION - , "Where You Are Paid To Save" though many other still out of bounds. Q. Will the average discuss who is top jru country? A. Yes, he will discuss it. But the average unsophisticated Rus- areas are Russian n in his slan, a tax! driver or housewife, will say there is no top man. Vozhd the Russian word for leader has not been used! since Stalin's death. Q. From your own personal observations and conversations, who would you say is the No. 1 Russian now? Q. Under the Soviet system of Communist Party monopoly, Khrushchev as first secretary is unquestionably No. 1 of the 11 members of the Presidium who make basic policy. So far as over-all authority and prestige go, Khrushchev has . a slight edge on Bulganin. But power Is apparently shared with other members of the Presidium in cluding Molotov and Malenkov. I have heard no one call Khrush chev "khozyain" or "boss" as Stalin was frequently desig nated. Q. Are there evident civil de fense preparations? A. Nothing in the way of air raid tests or public shelters. Oc casionally newspapers publish guarded descriptions of the po tentialities of the H-bomb but there is no specific speculation, such as in American newspapers, about what It would do to a cer tain city. Q. Do the Russian people themselves seem to reflect a soft ening of their personal be havior? A. Unquestion ably. They smile, laugh and talk more free ly among themselVes and with foreigners. They exchange poli tical anecdotes and write in creasing numbers of critical let ters to the newspapers. Q. Is there any change in women's fashions or appear ance? A. Yes, women are becoming Increasingly more ' style eon- J Q. Do you lhlnk the liken, scion and oewsoaser editorials I hood of war with Russia has les- encourage them. Q. Should you go to a Russian Orthodox church on a Sunday morning,-' how many people would you see and how would they conduct themselves? A. Moscow's 50 churches are usually spilling over on Satur day nights "and Sundays. 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