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o 0 Sunday December II 19S5 MEDFOHD COBrOOK) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE o Western Observers Agree Collective LeadershipVorking Shapiro Gives Views (Pn Return to Moscow (Editor'i Note: Henry Sha piro. United Press chief cor respondent in Russia, return ad to Moscow recently after two-year stay in the United States. With his background of many years of experience at a UP reporter in Moscow, he reports the situation in Russia as he sees it after his absence. By HENHY SHAPIRO Moscow (U.R) The meet ing of the Russian Parliament on December 23 is expected to give further indication that a relatively smooth consolidation of the Soviet regime has taken .,-piace in the post-Stalin era. Speeches to be made during Q the session are expected to show also that there has been gener al progress in the major fields " of national activity. Nearly three years after Josef Stalin's death, Western observ- ers agree that the new principle of coltive leadership appears to be working efficiently. Top Russian leaders are now mare accessible to foreigners than at any time since the Bol shevik revolution of 1917. The leaders display increas ing confidence in themselves and growing awareness of their Eower and sense of security, eaders in Full Control The liqitedation of Secret Po lice Chief Lavrenti P. Beria fail ed to result in the anticipated major shake-up. The security or gans, as well as the armed forc es, now appear to be entirely under the control of Communist party leaders. The bloodless ousting of Georgl M. Malenkov as Premier and his succession by Nikolai A. Bulganin, did not create a ripple on the outwardly calm surface of Soviet national poli tics. This switchover established the policy of continued priority of heavy industry without a ma jor acceleration in the produc tion of consumer goods. At the same time, Malenkov remains one of the topmost 11 rulers of the Soviet Union. He exercises an important role in the Communist party leadership. As minister of elec tric power stations he plays an important part in tns expanding electrification of the country and in the building of new vast . hydroelectric , enterprises. He supervises atomic industry. Most Leaders Absent One of the shrewdest Western diplomats, who has had intimate experience of the Soviet Union for 25 years, recently observed that most of the top-ranking rulers were absent from Mos cow at the same time. They included Bulganin and Commchist Party Chief Nikita S. Khrushchev visiting in SouthT east Asia, and Malenkov, Lazar M. Kaganovich and Mikhail V. Pervukhin, vacationing in the Crimea. This observer said that these men would not have absented themselves, and left other cab inet-members to run the Krem lin, "unless they considered the internal political situation in good shape. It is noteworthy that Stalin rovoi- loft the Snvipf TTninn dur ing his 0-year rule except for brief wartime visits to Tehran and Potsdam. The present year has marked a continued relaxation of cult ural life, greater latitude has been allowed to novelists, play wrights and composers. There is more comedy and jazz. There are more restaurants and cafes. Foreign plays, films and music are beginning to become reg ular fare in the Soviet Russias. Tourists Another First For the first time since 1917, a foreign theatrical company the Paris Comedie Francaise came here last year. They have been followed this year by a British Shakespearean troupe and by an American company of "Porgy and Bess." The appearance of groups of Soviet tourists in foreign coun tries was another 1955 first. More Western newsman have received ' Soviet visas this year than ever before under Com munism. It is indicated that the number will increase in 1956. Russia is expected to make a big attempt, to win first place in the Olympic games to be held in Australia next year. French, British and West German soccer teams have played in Moscow this year, Russian soccer teams have played in these and other Western countries and Russian hockey teams, wrestlers, boxers and weight lifters have toured them. Criminologist May Take Stand Monday In Abbott Trial Oakland (U.R) University of California criminologist Paul L. Kirk will face further cross examination by defense attorneys Monday in the kidnap-murder trial of Burton W. Abbott. Kirk's testimony provided a strong link between Abbott, a 27-year-old U. C. student, and 14-year-old' Stephanie Bryan whose decomposed body was found buried in Abbott's Trinity county mountain cabin. . District Attorney J. Frank Coakley is expected to rest the state's case when the crimin ologist's cross-examination ends but there was no indication when that would be. Found Clues In Car Kirk was on the stand all day Friday while defense attorney Harold Hove took him over everv sten of the tests by which he linked Abbott to the disap pearance oi me jeserKeiey scnuui girl.-"- ---""j Kirk had stated that he found by scientific examination: Washed-out bloodstains on the rear seat and mat of Abbott's car; several hairs "identical" to Stephanie's; fiber from the slain girl's clothes; and mud from the girl's, grave on Abbott's boots. However, under cross-examination Kirk conceded there are other substances besides blood which give similar but not, he insisted, identical ' reactions under the chemical tests. Henry Ringling Dies; Famous in Circus Baraboo, Wis. (U.R) Henry E. Ringling, a member of the famed circus family who left the big top for a political career, died Friday night. He was 49 years old. 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