Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 59, Number 168, Decatur, Adams County, 19 July 1961 — Page 12

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East Germans Are Gripped By Despair

By PHIL NEWSOM UFI Foreign News Analyst A current political quip in West Germany says that the first words of a baby in Communist East Germany are “mama, papa, Marienfelde.” ’ MOE The true force of this bitter commentary on life under ths Communists is lost unless it Is realized that Marienfelde is the great refugee processing center in West Berlin to which East Germans have been fleeing in ever greater numbers. , As the Communists have stepped up ti>e shrill tones of their threat to seal off West Berlin, one of the last remaining escape routes from .communism, so, corresponding!* has the number of refugees J increased. Last week the number | was running nearly 1,000 per day. Their numbers hot only indicate the depth of the despair gripping East Germans, but also illustrate a massive problem which faces 1 the Kremlin empire builders in meeting the twin demands of Communist ideology and economic • reality. In neither department can they claim complete success. Hie Red. Chinese commune and the Soviet-style cooperative not only destroy freedom, but both ig- ? nore man’s ingrained desire to possess something for himself and to improve upon his present j status. « ' '' “*" | Artificial state-run competition between factories or individual workers and the heavy sacrifices demanded of the individual for the * benefit of the state have encouraged less desirable characteristics such as shown by the black marketeer, the dishonest official or the ordinary drunk. In East Germany, whose agriculture is almost completely collectivized, the Communists themselves have disclosed that the farmers are close to revolt. Controls over butter rationing are about to be tightened and there is a potato shortage. The first East German farming district to be collectivized now rates lowest in production. EdiforsSeek Johnson To Be Chief Speaker By EUGENE J. CADOU JWteti Fress International UmtoPOI.IS (UPD — Vicelyesßent Lyndon Johnson may be the chief speaker at the fall meetjjrjf/i the Ind|aMa Democratic ' Assocjhpon in French Ucßlllg. 26. £ A committee of editors planned to invite President Kennedy but it was learned that he is unavailable. Now, the target for banquet speaker Aug. 26 is Johnson, who has not yet accepted. Johnson delivered a number of speeches in Indiana during the campaign last fall and was received warmly by the Hoosier Democrats, of whom many preferred him for the No. 1 spot on the Democratic national ticket. Sen. Vance Hartke and Governor Welsh also are expected to speak and there will be the customary introductions of party celebrities. Strangely, French Lick probably will be the scene of the kickoffs of the 1962 campaign for both the Democrats and Republicans, inasmuch as the famous spa will entertain the Indiana Republican Editorial Association a few weeks later. Candidates Busy Rep. Birch Bayh, Jr., Terre Haute, former Indiana House speaker and his party's floor leader during the 1961 legislative session. may seize the opportunity at French Lick to announce his candidacy for the senatorial nomination. Bayh already is speaking frequently in various parts of the state and his publicity organization is handling releases on his addresses. . Sprightly Marion Mayor M. Jack Edwards threw his hat in the senatorial ring many months ago and is sure to shake hands right and left at the French Lick gathering. The occasion likewise may bring a decision from Rep. John Brademas. South Bend, as to whether he will run for senator. The odds are against it because of his bright prospects for reelection to the House. \ The Hoosier Democrats are not overconfident about the 1962 senatorial result, because their nominee will have to face one of the state’# most effective campaignners. Republican Sen. Homer E. Capehart, who is a cinch for renomination. Welsh Could Choose If Welsh should choose to wield the potent Statehouse patronage weapon, he could select the senatorial nominee. At present, however, he contends he is not taking sides. Both Bayh and Edwards were pioneer Welsh-for-Governor advocates. ■ ~ 1 ~

Only a few days ago State Sen. Marshall Kizer, Plymouth, a possibility for senator, told a party leader that he does not desire to live in Washington. A similar sentiment was ex-

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pressed by another party leader, Roger D. Branigin, Lafayette, former president of the Indiana State 'bar Association, some time >»<w, States Benefit NEW YORK (UPD — In fiscal 1960, the federal government paid out $6.8 billion in grants-in-aid to state and local governments — about triple the 1950 total of $2.3 billion, according to Tax Foundation, Inc.

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Red Traveller Will Attend Tokyo Parley By LYLE C. WILSON United Press International WASHINGTON (UPD — Be of

good cheer, fellow citizens, Corliss Lamont on your side. Or is he? A press release from New York relates that Lamont will be a delegate to a world conference against atomic and hydrogen bombs to be held next month in Tokyo. So, this selfless citizen will be a delegate! Delegated by whom, representing what? Those are fair questions. The dictionary defines a delegate as one sent and empowered to act for others.

Let the record 1 show that whoever or whatever delegated Corliss Lamont to the Tokyo conference is most likely tied somehow to the Communist party f line on resuming the testing of atomic weapons. Corliss Lamont is tagged by the House Committee on Un-American Activities as a notable and long time Communist party liner and fellow traveller. The committee explored the fellow - traveller swamps many years ago. It listed the Commu-

nist front organizations then and previously active along with the Americans who contributed the time and money to make them tick. There were thousands of them. Communist Front Record Among these thousands, few were more frequently cited than Lamont for association with Communist fronts. His Communist front record is as long as your arm. The committee took special note of Corliss Lamont who next

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month will be able to cite the U.S. passport in his jacket pocket as proof that be is appearing and speaking as an American delegate to a conference which will consider the most elemental question of U.S. national defense. “Corliss Lamont," the committee reported in 1944, “is probably the most persistent propagandist for the Soviet Union to be found anywhere in the United States. Trade in a good town — Decatur.