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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
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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. The
patriarch's Epiphany Cathedral
congregation numbers up to
2,000 while the smaller churches
draw several hundred each. On
Sunday morning the two-hour
services are repeated past noon.
sened? .
A. Definitely yes. World ten
sions have gradually been re
duced since the end of the Kor
ean War. culminating with the
Geneva conference. Aside from
the progress toward normaliza
tion of East-West relations in
the last two ' years, there is
growing realization there is a
military stalemate as the result
of nuclear weapons which make
war mutually suicidal. "The H
bomb is probably the strongest
single deterrent to war. . -
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