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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON Kremlin Appears To Be Wooing Its Fellow-Communists, Not Commanding (Editors note: A major I "It dominates the eastern I Yugoslavs, as "revisinnUf i irnm .h k n .ji , ur .... ., " O THURSDAY. JUNE 14. 1962 cnangu m the relations of Soviet Russia with its satel lite nations and other com munist countries seems to be taking place. The Krem lin appears to be wooing its fellow-communists these days, instead of command ing them. In this dispatch a veteran Motcow corres pondent throws light on what may be one of the most significant communist political developments of recent years) By ROBERT KORENGOLD United Press International Moscow-H!Pl-A Balkan di plomat in Moscow gestured to the map on his office wall. "Here is Yugoslavia," he said, "Key to the Balkans. Applications Being Taken for Officer Young men between 21 and 30 years old who are high school graduates are eligible to apply for a position on th,e Medford police force. Applications are now being accepted, according to Chief ot Police Charles P. Champ lin. Starting Salary after July 1 will be S370 per month with periodic merit raises for 40 hour work week. Uniforms and equipment are furnished by the department. Other benefits include two weeks paid vacation annually, a minimum of two weeks paid sick leave, and retirement ben efits. Interested persons should apply in person at the police department in the city hall, Fifth st. and Central ave. Camps To Provide Outdoor Experience Boys day camps sponsored by the YMCA this year will be June 18 to 23 and June 25 to 30. The camps are oper ated to give boys in the first and second grades camping experience. Hours for the camps will be 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and from 2:30 p.m. Friday until noon Saturday for an overnight camping trip. The camp site is located on the Applegate river two miles west of Ruch. Programs are planned for each day. Further information may be obtained by calling the YMCA, 772-6295.. . - ... Kennedy Makes Quip About Ev Dirksen Washington IUPL President Kennedy quipped Tuesday that he would start taking Senate Republican Leader Everett Dirksen, 111., with him on trips around the world. The President noted at a luncheon for visiting Pana manian President Roberto F. Chiari that Chiari had brought with him Foreign Minister Galileo Solis, opposition lead er in Panama. "The bi-partisan position is strong here," Kennedy jok ingly observed, "and I will take Everett with me when ever I go out of the United States in an attempt to follow your example." La Prensa Printers' Strike Is Settled Buenos Aires -WPD- The il legal printers' strike that had kept the big independent newspaper La Prensa off the stands for four days was settled Tuesday night, and the newspaper reappeared Wed nesday. The strikers did not return to work until 8 p.m., not al lowing time to get out a com plete edition. Wednesday's paper earned the normal ed itorial content, but it contain ed no classified advertisements. AROUSES NATIVES Des Moines, Iowa - HTD -Albert A. Payne, a former Washington lobbyist who said he came here to "wake up the natives" to the "dangers" of federal aid, had them thor ouoghly aroused Wednesday. He told the local traffic com mittee Des Moines drivers were the "rudest In the world." STRIKE CONTINUES Eugene - UTIi - Two super markets remain closed here after a federal mediator failed in attempts to bring members of the striking Bakers Union and officials of McKay's Mar kets and the Rolling-Pin Bak ery together Tuesday. TO RESIGN POST Washington - tUPIi - Win throp G- Brown was reported today to be resigning as U.S. ambassador to Laos. Informed source? said he would be given a high post at the na tional War College in Wash ington. NO CUSTOMERS S;. A'.'oni, Vt. - 'tTt - John R Finn says business is so bad tha- hit e'aplit.nn:.t u eir.r'.y 'Vi--'iiy far the UA.m t, ; fit .' Finn ii jhtnf "in runt the ; u ,-rX.: .tnt ):;. in- shores of the Aegean sea. "It borders on seven differ ent countries Italy, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece and Albania. "Whatever the Russians want to do in the Balkans, they must reckon with the Yugoslavs." In the last year it has be come more and more appar ent that Soviet premier Ni kita Khrushchev is indeed reckoning with the Yugoslavs -Not only as a Balkan power, but as a voice of authority among the neutrals and an important moral ally in the Kremlin's conflict with China and Albania. To Sell Bulgars It now appears highly prob able that Khrushchev's trip to Bulgaria last month was de signed, in large part, to sell the Bulgars no great lovers of the Yugoslavs the new "soft line" toward Belgrade. His forthcoming trip this month to Romania w h i c h has similar, although less strong anti-Yugoslav views may well have the same ob jective. So far, this seems to be the most logical reason why the Soviet premier, beset at home by such problems as Berlin, atom testing, destalinization and a grave farm crisis, should suddenly take time off to visit .two of the most docile and apparently most uncon troversial of the Soviet satel lites. The premier may drop some hints about the real purpose of his trip during his ex pected series of marathon speeches in Romania, which he last visited in June, 1960. uave Indication It was in such a speech at Varna, Bulgaria, May 18, that he gave one of the best indica tions so far of the prevailing winds between Moscow and Belgrade. "At one time our relations with Yugoslavia were tense," he said. "Now," he claimed, "they are normal, I should even say good. Our positions coincide on many interna tional questions pertaining to securing and consolidating peace." If the message was clear for the Bulgars, it was apparent ly a bit hard to swallow at once. Noticeably, no reference to the Yugoslavs was made in the Soviet-Bulgarian commu nique issued at the end of Khrushchev's trip. The premier may find simi lar reluctance on the part of the Romanians. But :it is doubtful if any foot-dragging in Sofia and Bucharest will slow down the move toward tighter Soviet-Yugoslav co operation. ' Invites Tito Khrushchev was scarcely back from his Bulgarian trip last month when it was re ported on fairly good autho rity from Belgrade that Mar shal Tito had been invited to spend his vacation in the So viet Union, possibly next autumn. It appears probable that even before then Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev will visit Yugoslavia. Techni cally Brezhnev will be pick ing up an eight-year-old invi tation given by Tito to for mer Soviet president Klimen- ti Voroshilov. The invitation was accept ed at that time but put in cold storage when relations between the two nations' com munist parties worsened in 1957. Other indicators of the changing Soviet-Yugoslav climate are Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko's recent trip to Belgrade (in re turn for a visit to Moscow last summer by Yugoslav Foreign Minister Koca Popo icv), and the visit of a high level Yukoslav parliamentary delegation to the USSR this month. Presumably one aim of the new Russian line is to ensure Yugoslavia's role as a non aligned buffer lying between NATO-member Italy and such Socialist bloc nations as Hun gary, Romania and Bulgaria. And Russia's leaders also may want to make sure Tito does not swing too far into the western camp. Doubtful It is highly doubtful that the Kremlin expects of the Yugoslavs would accept a realignment of Belgrade with the Moscow-directed socialist camp. Significantly, in this re spect, the current Soviet Yugoslav thaw in state rela tions has not ended the quar rel between the two nations' Communist parties. On a party and ideological level the Soviets still criticize the Yugoslavs "revisionist" views. The impact of the "soft line'' toward Belgrade goes, nevertheless, far beyond the Balkans. Not only in the West, but certainly among the Socialist Bine nations both in and out of the Balkan. Soviet effort f. pprochmnt with the Yevtitfi have been viewed direct ila? at (he Chi lli Peiping i th Yugoslavs, as "revisionist" heretics, are to be shunned and condemned. Oddly enough, Khru shchev's wooing of Yugosla via is almost the mirror image of Peiping5s support of Tito's Balkan Neighbor. Al bania, in that tiny nation's dispute with the Kremlin. Now Muted The violent Russian attacks of last fall on Albania have now been muted, perhaps as part of an agreement between Moscow and Peiping to cease publicly aggravating their their quarrel. But silence from the Kremlin is no indi cation there is any lessening of the enmity between Khru shchev and Albanian Premier Mehmet Shehu and party leader Enver Hoxha. If Khrushchev can swing Bulgaria, Romania and Yugo slavia's other Socialist Bloc neighbor, Hungary, to the path of friendlier relations with Albania's arch-enemies, the Yugoslavs, then he will have isolated even further the leaders in Tirana. Despite its feud with the Soviet leadership, Albania apparently still retains its formal membership in tlu Warsaw pact and the Social- ist bloc "co u n c i 1 for mu t u a 1 economic assistance" (COMECON). Khrushchev may have dis cussed during his Bulgarian trip, and may discuss in Ro mania, the possibility of ex pelling Albania from both organizations. Diplomats in Moscow are inclined to be lieve, however, that he will let the matter lie. In Bulgaria, Khrushchev noticeably abstained from any mention of the Albanians in public, although it would have been the perfect plat form for a new attack on had choosed to them if he make it. Day Ii Gone "The day is gone when the Kremlin can dictate internal policy to the Albanians or any other bloc country," said one western diplomat based in Moscow. "And Khrushch.-v knosvs it better than anyone." While Yugoslavia is be lieved to hold the key to Khrushchev's apparent new interest in the Balkans, there are other factors at play. One appears to be genuine Russian concern about bolstering the unity of the Warsaw pact alliance's southern flank. When Khrushchev last went against what the Russians re gard as continued danger from NATO bases in Greece and Turkey. The destalinization cam paign relaunched at the 22nd party congress undoubtedly has produced the same adjust ment difficulties in the bloc nations as it has in the So viet Union. So it is not ex cluded that Khrushchev's Romanian and Bulgarian trips are designed in part to check up on progress and if necessary explain to just what lengths destalinization should properly be carried. to Bucharest in June, I960, it was ostensibly to attend the third congress of the Roma nian workers parlies. Actual ly the meeting was major con ference of European and Asian Communist party lead es minus the Yugoslavs at which Khrushchev tried to rally support for Moscow in the then still hushed-up struggle with Peiping. When Khrushchev goes back to Romania this time, he may well be looking again for support this time for the new "soft-line'' toward Yugoslavia. 3 Corporation Notes Record Sales Year Portland -. IUPD - The U. S. Plywood Corp. achieved its top sales in history in the 1961-62 fiscal year, it was an nounced here Wednesday. . The announcement was made by S. W. Antoville, chairman of the board. Antoville said the sales for the fiscal year ending April 30 were 5301,898,000. 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