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By BILL JENKINS
The flying saucer, are still with
us. And will continue to be, I'm
efrald, despite a lot of doubting
1 nomas' who are Inclined to scoff
and Insist that what people are
saying is hogwash and what they
are seeing Is even worse. Nothing
but spots before the eyes, high fly
ing pelicans, Venus at an odd angle
and all the other explanations for
the curious phenomena,
But I'll still continue to believe
in 'em until someone proves other
wise. And I'll have a little com
pany in the person of one W. B.
BUI" Trusty of 839 Klamath Ave
nue. BUI', a conductor for the
fcouLiern Pacific and spotted an ob
vious and plain flying saucer on
July 10th as his train was pulling
in from the Crescent Lake run. Just
south of Chelsea he spotted this
. Baucer at about 9000 feet, and
watched while It banked and turned
Into the nun, where it disappeared
from view. Bill Jtrotted across the
, train and tried to spot it again but
It had disappeared by then. N. H.
Hansen, who I believe Uvea at 121
Mortimer, and Is also a conductor, 1
CAUGHT IN
By DEB ADDISON .
RETAIL MEMO:
.- Predictions for record retail sales
- in July received support last week
when the Department of Commerce
reported total retail sales were up
six percent through May setting
another record. -
Hggest gainers were motor ve
hicle dealers (new and used) up
2S percent. Oas station, were up
6; men's stores up 5: food, de
partment stores, family . clothing
stores, furniture and appliance
stores up 4; eating and drinking
places, the general merchandise
- group, and drug and proprietory
' stores up 3.
These figures are for the coun
' try as a whole, remember, but a
clue as to what local business
should be doing is seen in another
Department of Commerce report.
Personal Income was up 7 per
. cent In the first five months of
195S. If retail sales were up 6 per
rent and nersonal Income was up
1 percent nationally, then the same
ratio, should hold good for the
Klamath Basin,
with radio and TV competing for
the relaxation ear In much of the
country, with (the entertainment
free for the tuning (after you pay
for the sets) Jt nugni ne a sur
prise that sale of phonograph rec
ords set a new high in 1952 and
is going on from there this year.
And, from the type of musical
offerings on the air (radio, we
rinn't know about TV). It should
be more of a surprise that 40 per
cent of all records soia are ior
classical music. Just a few years
ago, classical records took only 15
percent of the record business.
(We'll pass this on as a tip to
those stations which aro competing
for the musical ear.)
HOW MUCH IS a July '53 dollar
worth? Without making any ref
erences to the 1939 greenback, you
can be sure or this: Today's dol
lar will buy a lot more goods than
it did Just one year ago, according
to a Wall Street Journal roundup.
The trend is not evident In the
official cost-of-living fiisures but a
- trip to the markets tells a differ
ent tale from hambuigcrs to
houses the WSJ said.
On the food front, average price
of chuck steak In New York City's
retail markets is 45 cents a pound,
down 28 cents from a year ago.
Sirloin steak goes for 8 cents
against $1.15 last year. The big
puller-downer on the cost of eating
la hefty production.
It's production In other thlnES,
too Averace used car prices are
down 20 percent. Houses, and the
things that go Into them, are lower.
On production; Since the start of
1946, makers have turned out 27
million washing: machines. 23 mil
lion vacuum cleaners. 88 million
BILLBOARD
THE DOCTOR SAYS
By EDWIN P. JORDAN, M.D.
The thyroid Is a gland of inter
nal secretion which lies in the
front of the neck, sometimes ex
tending down under the upper nor
tlon of the breastbone. It does
not have a duct or passageway to
empty Its secretions and therefore
its hormone is absorbed directly
into the blood.
When behaving normally, the thy
roid produces Just the right amount
of secretion for the needs of the
body. Among other things. It helps
to regulate the action of other In
ternal glands and also to keep the
heart beat regular. If the thyroid
gland starts misbehaving It may
produce either too much secretion
or a secretion which Is abnormal.
The result Is the development
of a condition which is known as
toxic goiter of which there are sev
eral kinds. Other names ior this
condition are Graves' disease and
von Basedow's disease.
Ordinarily. In a toxio goiter the
thyroid becomes somewhat en
larged. The other symptom, very
but the most common besides en
largement are a rapid heart rate,
bulging eyes, trembling of the
hands, nervousness and loss of
weight. Bometimes these symp
toms .lone are enough to make a
diagnosis. Almost always, 'however,
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saw the same thing at the same
lime.
Who says there aren't any fly
ing saucers I claim there have
been too many eye witnesses of a
trusted nature report In for the re
ports not to be something. If that
last sentence seems a little in
volved just put It down to the fact
that I believe strongly in em
Big doings up at Port Klamath
the other night when they held their
street dance festival. Our corres
pondent up thataway, Myrtle Wl
mer, writes me that the affair was
a huge success, that everyone had
fun and that already they are look
ing forward to next year and an-
otner one. She also sent down a
flock of negatives taken by a fella
name of Jim Watson. As soon as
we can get them printed up we'll
print one or two along with Myr
tle's story of the affair. That's the
sort of thing there should be more
01.
If we hadn't been strapped down
in Klamath Falls waiting for an
out-of-town guest to show up we'd
have been right up there among
em. .next year w. will, by gollyl
THE ROUNDS
radios, 28 million TV sets, 29 mil
lion refrigerator, and I million
lreezers.
Checking: the Herald and News
advertising pages for last week and
the corresponding week a year ago
brought out some sharp differences.
Here are the meat prices tor one
store, with this year's first and
the '62 prices following: Swiss or
round steak, 69 cents and 98 cents;
rib roast, 55 and 85: ground beef,
39 and 69: fillet of sole. 59 and 69.
Another .tore; sirloin .teak, 69 and
.
The moral Is to buy your beef
and catch your own fish . . . and do
It In the Klamath Basin, not New
York.
CONSUMER SAVINGS Is one of
the first ejementa business peo
ple talk about when they consider
th nosslbllltle. oi mat - rainy
day." one barometer of savings Is
that deposits in the nation's saving
bank, rose $117 million in May to
set another record oi $23.4 nimon,
Mlr-e hacklotrt .
Another thing that business peo
ple talk about Is Installment buy
ing, installment ouyers are tne
main pillars of the country's econo.
my, according to S. Coleman, pres
ident of the Gas Appliance Mfg's,
Assoc., in the NY Herald Tribune.
He criticised economists who claim
that consumer debt has reached a
dangerous level. Coleman holds
that such conclusions are based on
obsolete statistic, and obscure cir
cumstances. "The ratio of consumer credit to
dlsoosable income lnvariaoiy aa-
Justs itself In the normal course
of business; It Is lower now than It
was In 1941 . . the annual savings
ml a of 1951 was three times the
1949 total and nearly eight times
the 1939 figure."
Tnn Sloan the Portland Invest
ment man not Don Sloan the Klam
ath real estate man told Klwan
lans and Rotarlans last week that
'm vrenlnir our economy souna,
the U.S. Treasury Department,
ir,- 104S has sold over (41 bil
lion worth of savings bonds. This
has been done with no salesmen
and very largely as a result of the
efforts of banks ana oanaers ana
the advertising media ot me coun-
In,
In addition to plugging for the
sale of U.S. savings bonds, he
ni,,oi,i for the American wav
nf rtnin business. "In Europe, if
a manufactured article costs a dol
lar it will be retailed at two dol
lar.. Here, a dollar cost article will
be sold at $1.10 and 10 times as
many will be sold."
Ten times as many will be sold
because they're priced at $1.10
they can be priced at $1.10 Because
throunh advertising, ten times a.
many can be sold at $1.10.
doctors wish to have a metabolism
test taken which measures more ac
curately the degree to which the
thyroid is overactive. Tnts is done
early In the morning before eating.
It Is entirely painless,
Toxic goiter should be discov
ered as soon as possible before it
has produced damage which may
be difficult or slow to overcome.
The most common form of treat
ment has been surgery. This in
volves an operation In which part
of the thyroid tissue Is removed,
leaving only enough to supply the
normal needs of the body.
Now some other methods besides
surgery have begun to be used for
toxic goiter. Drugs of the thlouracll
family have been used with suc
cess In some cases. RadloaoMve
Iodine is also a uselul medical
treatment. Not ail patients with tox
io goiter can be successfully treat
ed medically, however, and sur
gery probably will continue to be
used for at least aome patient, for
a long time.
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By Ken McLeod
The man whose Job I do not enw
Is our new Reclamation Commis
sioner, Wilbur A. Dexhelmer who
faces the monumental -task of mak
ing over the bureau of reclama
tion into an organization of pub
lic service instead of an organiza
tion of self service. The eye. of
a great many sceptical people will
follow his actions closely as he
works to bring back the public
confidence that should be due this
important department of our Fed
eral Government but whose for
mer leadership wantonly sacrificed
In their pursuit of an ideological
future.
There Is no denying that the
reclamation service hag tumbled
greatly in public prestige since it
departed from the ideals upon
which the service was first found
ed. The fact that the reclamation
has grown large and powerful due
largely to pork barrel politics and
not to service for the public good
appears to have been a factor that
former leadership of the Bureau's
policies accepted as public ac
claim for their, program: how
ever there have been a lot of en
gineers within the service itself
who have looked upon the rapid
growth and expansion of visionary
horizon, with much concern and
dared not speak their mind lest the
axe descend upon their person.
The state of the bureauthax fal
len so low that even the engineers
joint council cnarged the bureau
with Incompetence and the Hoov
er commission made the charge
mat the bureau would ".toon to
deception In furtherance Of their
efforts to take out claims on nro-
Jects." Conservationists have sound
ed warnings against the ambitious
schemes of the bureau with mo
notonous regularity. ,
We have been well awar Ihnl
me bureau has been undergoing
an overhauling ever' since the
crash of the "Pair Deal." A lot of
old line engineer, have been pulled
up from the basement and dust
ed off and placed in positions of
command. Dexhelmer appears to
have been one of these career men
who have been rescued from ob
scurity. Dexhelmer'. first statements
have made some favorable Impres
sions. He believes that his "big
problem" Is developing "a nation
al water policy that will benefit
all the people." Dexhelmer stat
ed. "If we can get such a deci
sion out of Congress, it also would
go a long way toward ending the
conflict of Interests between the
armv engineers and the bureau
nf reclamaton."
"Anv nrolect must be aeveiopea
so that Its full potential reserves
nra available for the troort oi ine
malorltv of the people," Dexhelm
er said, "both private and public
Interests should be allowed to de
velop in full anything there is need
to develop. I would not like to see
anything built that would destroy
the ultimate use oi our
ru.haimar m. has been em
ployed by the bureau of reclama
tion since ivm, euciv
.. . .inf wiiH the armv corps oi
engineers in World War II Since
1941, he has been assistant chief
of the Denver reclamation office
in charge ot conswucuui..
, ..u .,.r that the conser-
vatlona of the nation will waUh
Dexhelmcr's actions -with the keen
est of interest and perhaps wltn
the usual degree of suspicion as
they no longer trust bureau state
ments but will have to be shown
r atatement: by sincer
ity of action. After all Dexhelmer
comes up from the ranks of an
organization whose top flight of-flclals-the
policy makers - have
on, thir hest to obtain a firm
grasp upon the natural resources
of the West, so that they might
Annmi tiia rRnurcea a. they
saw fit and proper In the light of
their Interpretation of the needs
of the nation.
A mod. headlona- rush into
reaimented economy, whose end
result call It whatever you may
was National Socialism, apparent
ly for the time being has been
haltrri hv the change of adminis
tration. The aincere planners and
those not. so sincere who believed
that the people were not competent
to handle the prooiema concern
ing their vital resources and hence
must he reaimented into author!-
ttr to prevent us from destroy
ing ourselves by heedless acts
have been taken from the driver's
seat. But their voice, are still
loud and plaintive.
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WASHINGTON W) The first,
great. Immediate benefit to the
United States from a Korean
truce will be an end to the killing
of Americans there so long as the
truce lasts, which may be a long
time.
But when the long-range effect
of a truce Is examined realistical
ly, the outlook can be very gloomy
In the long run the truce may
cost the United States more than
If the fighting had continued. .
This is an outlook upon which
the Eisenhower administration is
fully Informed. Apparently Presi
dent Elsenhower felt there were
only two choices in Korea:
1. Keep on fighting, with the
killing continuing Indefinitely, and
in the end perhaps wage an all
out offensive which might bring in
Russia and .tart world war III.
But even if continued fighting
did not lead to a world war. it
would be trading American lives
for Chinese lives, and lives are
something of which the Chinese
Communist regime nas a greater
and more expendable supply than
the United States.
2. Agree to an armistice, an end
to the slaughter for now anyway,
and hope that somehow the results
might turn out well, or at least
better than the gloomy picture
given In this story.
This question nas been discussed
inside me Elsenhower administra
tion: ,
Do the Chinese really want peace
now?
Among those who have been to
Korea and who also know the Chi
nese and their problems, this is a
viewpoint tnat nas been expressed:
The Chinese do want a truce.
The Chinese Communists already
have obtained the most they could
expect from their fighting In Korea
at mis time: they have Increased
their prestige in Asia and the world
by stopping the United Nations
forces.
But the Chinese economy has
been badly damaged by the ef
forts Ine Communists had to make
to light the war; they are depend
ent upon Russia for 70 per cent of
their supplies: their five-year plan
for China, announced when they
wok over five year, ago, has been
SAM DAWSON
NEW YORK IjB ' Financial clr-
cles are wondering if the admin
istration win find a way to saulrm
out of asking Congress to raise
the legal limit on the federal
debt.
If the debt rises above Its pres
ent legal ceiling of 275 billion dol
lars, bankers fear further Infla
tionary pressure, and another road
block In tne administrations an
nounced purpose of stabilizing the
purchasing power of your dollar.
The debt nas lust taken another
lump higher and is now within
about 2 1'? ouuon dollars oi tre
limit set by congress in June 1945.
Its peak, as a result of World War
n spending, was 278 nuuon col
lars In February of that year.
The U. S. Treasury in facing the
unpleasant task of raising more
money before the end of the year
unless some way is found to cut
soendlnff. ; . '
The Treasury aeticit is mourn
ing steadily, so far this month,
Treasurv receipts .have trailed
Treasury ' spending by about 1 1-j
hilllon dollars.
Congress can do something about
cutting spending in muite years,
hut can't do much about slowing
down spending for the rest ot this
vear. That is because most gov
ernment departments and agen-
naa have lsrse sums from iett
nvar annronriatlons. A total of
.hont an hilllon dollars ot this mon
ey appropriated by previous Con
gresses is available. .
Bankers point out that the Pres
ident could older the various de
partments to slow up on spending
for the rest of tills year, until the
Treasury car. get out bice on its
feet next spring during the heavy
tax season. Just how much sav-
lng wouM, or could, be made this
US Population:
159.473,000
WASHINGTON W The Census
Bureau said Monday the nation's
population was about 150,473,000 on
June l.
This estimate Indicated an
increase ot a,73u,oun, or 1.7 per
cent since the date of the last cen
sus. April 1, 1950.
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badly set back by the drain of the
war. -
- All those are good reason why
they should now want ., truoe, but
there are ottiers: benefits "the
Chinese can visualize . for them
selves a. a result of. a truce now.
Undoubtedly one of the prices
the Chinese will try to exact, and
probably will obtain even though
we united States rnay not like It,
is an end to the embargo on trade
with China; another Is a seat on
me united Nations Security Coun
cil. :
The feeling in this country at the
moment lsvln tense, particularly in
Congress, against letting Comma
nlK china have seat on that
council where it can team up With
nussia. nut me pressure on mis
country, from its allies to let China
into toe U. N. undoubtedly will
also be intense. '
- Of all the countries which have
played ball with this country in
not trading with- China, coopera
ting the best perhaps were Japan
ana Canada. Japan'. M million
people are starved for trade with
cruna, which has raw material,
that can be finished in Japanese
lactone, and sold throughout Asia.
iiuna want, trade.
Even during a truce th Com
munist, can, under truoe terms
rebuild their shattered airfields for
use at once if th. armistice breaks
oown. And they can use the, tima
taken up in talking to rebuild their
military machine for use again in
Korea or elsewhere in Asia if nec
essary.
But armed force by China may
not be necessary, for l the Com
munists get free world trade again,
get In the United Nations, and
build up their, military machine
even larger, the countries of South
east Asia, a far greater prize than
n-orea, may lall easily, and natur
ally into China', orbit.
This is not a pretty prospect.
But it is one that must be con
sidered even before the peace talks
begin. Doesn't the United States
have some- plans, some trading
points, which it will Insist upon
oeiore me Chinese get concessions?
If so, they haven't been revealed
yet.
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way, bankers don't knw. ... -
The treasury is in Its present fix
because l. Spending coutinues at
a great ra'e in spite of congres
sional economy drives; 2, Tax re
ceipts fell below expecUUi.n.
Wherever men know and appreciate fine
whiskey, they call for "cheerful" Old
Sunny Brook, famous since 1891. This
growing demand has made it the "World'a,
largest selling Kentucky whiskey."
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For First Time in Years, Soviets
Thiaking About Average Russian
EDITORS NOTE: For 11 years
Eddy Ollinor ot Selma, Ala., wa
AP correspondent in Moscow. He
married a Russian dancer In 1943,
at a Urn. of wartime amity, and
found out lata In the 40. that the
Soviet government would not al
low her to leava that country with
their two children. Only recently
wu this nil. relaxed, and OUmore
was able to bring his family out.
While they are en rout, to the Uni
ted States. OUmore Is writing a
writs ot .tori, about Russia and
hi. experiences there. This is' the
tint of four article, to appear this
week. ':
PARIS OtV-For the first time in
years the Kremlin stems to be
showing aome concern tor Ivan
lvanovich, the average Russian.
- It's too early to say if this is
because the party and the govern
ment sincerely want to do some
thing for the people: or because
they are afraid of the people, or
for both reasons.
But things are happening. And
if Oeorgl Malenkov and the others
can hold the galloping Russian
troika in the road, and resist go
ing for one another's throats,
tiiuigs are going to continue to nap-
pen ... I mean things that win
make life far easier for the Rus
sian people. . ;-
Maienkov Is pledged to raise the
standard of living. The Russian
people have heard that one before,
but this time the party and the
government are behaving as if it
matters somewhat how the people
feel about things.
Take the recent cltywlde panic
In Moscow. I do not believe this
story has been reported to the out
side world, for the censor was
very active with his big red pen
cil when I left Moscow.
Toward the last day. of June
the rumor got out in Moscow that
the money was going to be changed.
again. we heard it everywhere
we went and it' got so serious the
foreign embassies sent people out
to look around. Moscow had had
one . devaluation since the war.
Czechoslovakia had just had one
It was at the half year, a logical
time.
Siskiyou 4-H Revue Held
MACDOEL The Siskiyou county
4-H Dress Revue was held at
Yreka, Calif., Wednesday, in the
high school building with a goon
representation from .11 over the
county. .
Awards' won by trie Butte Valley
Club were:
First Phase J ante Craddock,
second place, blue ribbon; Novella
Kolden, fourth place, green rib
bon. Second phase Marguerltte Chal
rez, first, blue ribbon; Susan Abell,
first, blue ribbon and a medal for
best In second phase In county;
Barbara Abell, first blue ribbon;
Olenda Johnson third, white rib
bon. Third phase Twyla Johnson,
third, white ribbon; Loretta Purdy,
third, white ribbon.
Fifth phase Shirley Dixon, first,
blue ribbon.
The Danish system of Judging
was used with Mrs. Ed Mathews
and Mrs. Al Frotsman acting as
judges.
Others attending from here were
Mrs. Wilfred Dixon, Mrs. C. A.
Abell. Mrs. Francis Purdey, Mrs.
Jess Craddock, Faye Wells; Jua-
nlta May and Mrs. Clarence Oross,
Slothing and food leader who,
along with the other leaders and
Mrs. Dow, were presented with
corsages by Sedge Nelson In ap
preciation of me work tney are
doing.
Hazel Ross Buckner,' All Star
1953, was mistress of ceremonies,
with program as follows:
12:30 Registration, Jean Silva,
Geraldine Johnson.
A favorite from coast to coast
devaluation, or reform
a. uiey caUod it. happen before in
Moscow. Th. symptoms were the
same. The people knew about sev
eral days m aavancc.
I did some mw -
v. a and tne DU&ca -
Seet car. had no metal money.
During the last
money was nu
people were clinging to ".
u..tt armiments took place ou
the subway. .The conductor -
mantled metal money, - --v-,
paper rubl or
Maybe mat was
ine commission stor?s s,.
pawn shops) were packed and buy
PJ Crisk All sorts of things
were going. The food shops were
m anere seemed to be a run on
everything, and everwtoe the
Z US deviation hurt Ivan
...r...,,i, r,ioh, Never a banker
t. hrart. he kept . his precious
rubles at home. When the govern
ment devalued, Ivan got 1 ruble
lor 10, a poor batting average In
any league. '
t iir.ri t two banks. Long lines
of depositors before the savings
account windows. At the last de
valuation, the folks who had their
...ki.. m the hank cot the new
... .i i new ruble for 1 old
invito -. - - .
mble. . ' . .
tnvr., indication was that de
valuation lay ahead. Yet It didn't
read right. It was inconsistent with
everything me juaicnau.
ernment was doing.
rtoitniiiatinn would be highly un
popular with the people, for the
people don't like governments to
monkey, with their money unless
it Is to give them more of it.
It was a panic, all right, and
finally the Ministry of Finance had
to come out with a communique
In all papers denying all Idea of
devaluation, or a change in the
monev.
, That ,wa. a rare step. Under
1:08 Flag Salute and 4-H Pledge
Joan SUva.
1:06 Welcome, Mrs. Evanglyn
Dow.
l:10-Slnglng, Hazel Buckner; Ac
companist, Josephine Tschlrky.
1:30 Introduction of 4-H Club
leaders and judges. Sedge Nelson,
I; 60 Posture Makes the Cril,
Table Rock Club. :i
2:00 Junior Leader Confer
ence, Shirley Eastllck, Barbara
Miller, Oail Foster, Mary Louise
Machado.
- 2:20 All Star Conference, Hazel
Ross Buckner.
2:25 Diamond Star National
4-H Club Camp, Patricia Tutt.
2:30 Dress Revenue, Commen
tator, Shirley Kunz, -
3:00 Presentation of Ribbons,
Mrs. Ed Mathews.
3:16 "Share the Fun Break
fast." 4-H Club Film in Library.
Committees were: decorations,
Willow Creek and Table Rock
Clubs; punch, Shirley Eastllck and
Joan Silva: dress review modeling
tips, Beveriy Foster.
Leaders are Mrs. Louis SUva
Big Springs; Mrs. Phayes Kays,
Etna; Mrs. Kay Luce and Mrs,
Patricia Tutt, Fort Jones; Mrs,
Leslie Flock, Gazelle: Mrs. Harvey
Origsby, Oranada; Mrs. Clarence
Cross, Macdoel; Mrs. Esther Kir-
by. Sawyer. Bar; Mrs. Clifford
Ross and Mrs. H. L. Miller, Table
Rock; Mrs. Burton Hoyle and Mrs,
Earl Parker, Tulelake; Mrs. John
Foster and Mrs. Keith Severn.,
Willow Creek.
Shirley Kunz of Fort Jones, won
the top honors in the county.-
sir jCbrano 4
TUESDAY, JUL? 21. 1953
Joseph Stalin it would not have
happened. The people would have
been left to panic: mey aion t mat
ter. But the Malenkov government
assured them, Did It have to? Was
It having to answer to a public
opinion for the first time since
Stalin got his steely grip on the
nation? Or was It behaving a. any
normal government, would under
the circumstances of cltywlde
panic? .
You guess. I don't know.
Then there was the day of stni. '
ln's funeral. The boys took no
chances. Hundreds upon hundreds
of trucks filled with soldiers moved
Into the city in the early hours
of the morning. They parked
bumper to bumper at hundreds ot
street intersections. To get throueh
was possible only if an officer gave
an order and a truck was pulled
out of line. Then It rolled back
Into barricade position.
Out in the suburbs the govern
ment was simply taking no chances. '
There had been some ugly scene.,
scuffles with the police, during the
period Stalin lay In state. A lot
of people were killed and Injured.
Did Malenkov think that mavbe
Beria and the political police might
try to seize government? The polit
ical police were out in numbers,
but there were far more soldiers.
Friends of mine told of seeing
tanks in the suburbs.
After Stalin's death in March.
the first big holiday was May Day.
always a big affair in Moscow and -the
other cities of the Soviet Un- ;
ion, but rather hard on a lot of '
people. For years it had been the
custom to hold a military parade
in Red Square. Then came a
"demonstration of the people." It
was about as spontaneous as bug
ler's reveille. The people from fac
tory, office, department, workshop
and collective were told where and
when to be present. A check wa.
made to see they were there.
This entailed standing ' In line
from early morning, sometimes
several miles from Red Square,'
then marching often very slowlv
through the streets to Red
Square. Then It meant parading
through Red Square and shouting
greetings and waving to the lead-
ers atop Lenin's Tomb.
But mis year Stalin was Inside
th tomb. The word got around
that this was going to be a peo
ple's May Day; that the spontane
ous demonstration would be much
smaller than In years past; that
the party hacks and the factory,
directors, and the foremen and
superintendent., would do most of
the standing In line and marching
uiiuugn uie square. .
And that was what. nnpimmA In
happen.
The "spontaneous demonstra
tlon" got over hours earlier than
those In previous years.
The authorities opened the foot
ball season that afternoon, instead
of waiting until May 2 as In years
gone by. There was dancing In the
parks, boating on the Moskva
River and a great deal of laughing
and carrying on,
I never saw such a relaxed at.
mosphere in Moscow. The people
actually seemed to be, enjoying
themselves.
Malenkov could make his gov
ernment more liked If he would
do something to cut down the gov
ernment bite that comes once a
year in the form of a "voluntary
subscription" to government loans.
The precinct heelers come around .
to every apartment. They approach
every adult and put him down for
buying such and such amount in
the government loan scheme.
It 1$ naturally always oversub
scribed. . '
This has led to a Russian story:
The police found the body of a
man in the Moskva River. They
searched through the clothes. In
a coat pocket they found a govern
ment bond.
"There were no other sign, of
violence,' says the story.
(Tomorrow;
censored.)
The Stalin funeral id-
because it's.. .