THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 23. 1961
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. ORE.
Collectives Cause Problems
Frankfurt,' Germany (OPD -Communist
forced collectivi
zation in East Germany Is
paying off with increasing dit
ficulties in bringing in the
harvest and bolstering already
low supplies of foodstuffs.
Of the 19,366 collectives In
East Germany, nearly 10,000
were established only during
the first six months of 1960,
When this drive began many
independent farmers left all
their property behind and
headed for the West. But Com
munist officials successfully
gambled on most of the farm
ers clinging to their native soli
- at least for the time before
the harvest.
The wet summer, however,
combined with the chaos
reigning after the completion
of the collectivization made
the number of fugitive farm
ers go up again. From January
19S4, to April, 1960, 19,139
farmers left the "workers and
farmers paradise" with their
families. .
Those staying behind lost
all interest in hard work
when it was no longer for
themselves but for the state.
They often signed the collec
tive contracts for themselves
only, while their wives and
children, who formerly work
ed on the farms stayed outside
the collective.
Voluntary Helpers
In consequence, party func
tionaries and newspapers con-
stantly had to call for "volun
tary" harvest helpers during
the summer, cancelling all
rural festivals and fairs and
bringing townspeople by the
busload into the countryside
to lend a helping hand on Sun
days, while East German
armed forces supplied trans
portation. Despite the all-out effort
and newspaper reports proud
ly announcing that the bad
weather and the difficulties
foreseen by the West had no
effect, supplies of fruits, vege
tables, grain and potatoes are
still insufficient.
The official Communist
party newspaper Neues
Deutschland recently criti
cized the potato supply situa
tion. The District of Neubrad
enburg alone was short 11,700
tons, the paper said. Potatoes
are one of the basic foodstuffs
in Germany. Newspapers from
rural districts have for weeks
lamented the small output of
potatoes and grain.
Following the usual pro
cedure in Communist coun
tries, "Adversive forces"
among the peasants were
made responsible for the fail,
ure of the party collectiviza
tion plan. In self-critical meet
ings party officials lined up
farmers to talk them out' ol
their intention of leaving the
collectives.
Government Preisure
Theoretically the farmers
have the right to dissolve the
collective and restart private
farming. But with all the gov
ernment pressure behind the
party drive, for the farmers'
own security it is not ad
visable to do it.
Information Bureau West,
a private lact-nnaing organi
zation in West Berlin, reports
an increasing number of "in
formation meetings" held by
higher ranking Red party offi
cials, criticizing the farmers'
belief that the collectives will
not last.
In the meantime, the num
ber of refugees rose to over
129,000 in the first 10 months
of 1960 against 90,862 for all
12 months of 1959, a possible
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quarters during the worst flood in the city in years.
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ed another touch.
The airline now claims to
be the first to serve Metrecal
instead of the meal to those
passengers on diets.
: The company said the 900
calories food substitute was
added at the request of its
regular passengers who had
added pounds eating the regu
lar fare.
Medford Man May Be U. S. Marshal
Portland- IUPD -Wasco Coun
ty Dist. Atty. Harry J. Hogan
may become solicitor for the
Bonneville Power . Adminis
tration instead of U. S. attor
ney for Oregon in the new
administration, the Oregonian
said today in a story from
Washington, D.C.
Attorney Sid Lezak of Port
land was mentioned as a pos
sible appointee for U.S. at
torney. Hogan earlier had
been reported in line for the
attorney Job. Charles Luce,
new Bonneville administrator,
was expected to go to Wash
ington this week to confer
about policy and . personnel
matters.
Paul Hanlin of Medford was'l
reported among leading con
tenders to be U.S. marshal
for Oregon.
Telephone Cable
Severed by Bulldozer :
Cascade Locks-OIPll-A tele
phone cable for 300 long dis
tance channels was several
Wednesday by a bulldozer
working to clear away poten
tial slides along a Union Pa
cific Railroad right-of-way. .
It took about eight hours
to repair the damage. The
long distance lines served
The Dalles, Pendleton, Boise
and Salt Lake Cily. However,
operators were able to re
route calls around the break
in most cases.
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