MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON
THURSDAY. MARCH 28. 1963
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Soft:
Chinese Feel Hussions Aire ieconnomig
By WILLIAM D. LAFFLER
United Preii International
New York IUP1) The man
with the gray hair was asked
why the leaders of Red China
are so angry with Nikita S.
Khrushchev.
"The Red Chinese feel that
their revolution isn't over
and they re willing to make
many sacrifices," he said.
"And they feel that, under
Khrushchev, the Russians are
getting soft by wanting lux
uries. They think Khrushchev
is not setting a good example
of Communism."
The speaker was Edgar
Snow, author of "Red Star
Over China" and the recently
published and controversial
"The Other Side of the River:
Red China Today" (Random
House).
Snow was asked why, in
Red China's latest blast at the
Soviet Union, Khrushchev
was openly denounced as a
"coward."
Lost Face
"They feel that Khrushchev
should never have put mis
siles in Cuba unless he intend
ed to keep them there," -Snow
said. "They feel that Khru
shchev lost face when he, took
the missiles out of Cuba."
Sitting in the overseas
press club, Snow, who had
just returned to New York
from a countrywide lecture
tour, spoke in a hoarse voice.
But he was willing to talk at
length about his recent tour
of the Chinese mainland and
replied to questions in the
measured sentences of a col
lege professor.
Snow inferred from his con
versations with the Red Chi
nese that, while they distrust
ed the West, they realized
they had much to learn from
Western methods.
When Snow left China
about two years ago, the com
munes appeared to be work
ing successfully. But in recent
months reports from Peking
as well as from travelers into
Hong Kong or refugees have
reported the communes re
failing.
More Red Tape
"They may be failing be
cause authority has been
transferred from the villages
to the counties," Snow said.
Such a move means more red
tape, he said.
Snow sees no early change
in the form of government
now ruling China. Even so, he
said, there should be some
"regional recognition" of Chi
na from a geographical stand
point if for no other reason.
Chief of State Liu Shao
Chi and Premier Chou en-Lai
differ in their thinking, he
said. Liu is a scholar and
theoretician but has not had
the benefit of traveling to
other countries. Chou is fa
miliar with other lands.
Mao Tse-Tung, who as chair
man of the Chinese commu
nist party is still the No. 1
man although Liu and Cho'i
are titular heads of the na
tion, is "more reasonable"
than some of the other lead
ers, Snow said. Mao has ex
pressed a desire to retire.
Snow said Mao wants to write
a history of China and per
haps some poetry. Running
Red China Is a big headache,
Mao told Snow, because it is
still a backward country.
Auiterity Mode
Austerity is the mode of
living. But Shanghai has not
lost all of its old ties with the
West. "The women there
wear lipstick," Snow said
with a smile.
Snow, a native of Missouri,
went to China at the age of 22
and lived there 12 years, dur
ing which time he learned to
speak the language and made
acquaintances with young
people who now are the lead
ers of the Communist regime.
When Snow decided he
wanted to go back to China
a few years ago, he had to
wait two years to get a visa
and needed the help of influ
ential Americans to obtain it.
With permission of the U.S.
State department and the Pe
king government, he traveled
more than 12,000 miles in
China gathering material for
his latest book. He talked
often with Mao and obtained
long Interviews with Chou.
Snow also talked about China
with hundreds of Chinese in
all professions.
Books Reviewed
His book, published late
last year, received good and
bad reviews. The most un-
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chael Lindsay of the Ameri
can university in Washing
ton. Lord Lindsay, writing in
the Sunday book review sup
plement of the Dec. 9 issue
of the New York Times, com
plained that "Mr. Snow
comes to grips with the evi
dence, suggesting that his
general estimate of the re
gime may be seriously
wrong."
On the other hand, the New
York Times' own specialist
on Russian and Chinese af
fairs, Dr. Harry Schwartz,
called Snow's new work "The
most informative book on
Communist China ever pub
lished in this country. He
said that "For some years to
come no American can hope
hold a serious opinion
about Communist China un
less he has taken Into account
this important book's con
tents." z
Some interesting excerpts
from Snow's book:
Nof Indispensable
Even if I were licensed to
record everything I heard
from Mao it would not "ex
plain China,' however. Mao
himself does not believe that
he Is indispensable. Anyone
who has seen a little history -made
knows how impossible
it is for one man to turn the
wheel all by himself."
"Everything is subject to
revision except Marxism, the
changeless Maw of history.'
But Chinese Marxism, like all
dynamic legal doctrine,
makes laws to fit its own history."
Raoul Levy, the French
producer who discovered Bri-
gltte Bardot. tried to persuade
the Peking authorities to let
him bring B.B. over to play
in Marco Polo, in the role of
the Mongol princess whom
Kublai Khan entrusted to
Marco Polo to ferry back to
Shah of Persia. (The foreign
office turned down the offer.
which shows how little cc
existance there is in Peking'."
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Timber Operators
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