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Sunday December II 19S5
MEDFOHD COBrOOK) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE
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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.
Ringling, the son of one of the
five Ringling Brothers of circus
fame, occupied many Republican
party posts, including the na
tional committeemanship from
Wisconsin.
CASH DIVIDENDS UP
Washington (U.R) The Com
merce Department has reported
that cash dividends paid by cor
porations issuing public reports
during the first 10 months were
9.5 per cent above payments in
the same period last year.
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