Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 January 1948 — Page 28
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©" By FRED SPARKS, Times Foreign Correspondent AT A GREEK ARMY CAMP IN THESSALIA, Greece, Jan. 9 —An fverwhelming majority of Greeks are firmly convinced that the United, States wil. ey wir with the Soviet Union. I believe this conviction is reducing the interest of the Greek armed _ forces in putting an end to the activities of the Communist-led guerrillas. Military men particularly feel that the Russian-inspired “revolt wiih
not. be settled in the mountains of Greece, but—like Cgnmunist “inva-! sions” all over the world—will be
eral war, Accordingly, many have adopted a “wait and see” attitude. Members of the British military mission who have _ trained the Greek army and navy say this attitude is a primary reason why so many offensive opera-
Mr, Sparks tions fizzle, In the past three months I have spoken to .people of all types in|
Athens and In the provincial, war- {vent the Russians from occupying
“torn towns. Here are a few typ-:
ical ‘examples:
The other day I was on & long|
march with a Greek infantry unit. We “took ten” and the sturdy | peasant soldiers - squatted in the mud. They had no field rations and each man pulled a chunk of hard,’ half-frozen bread out of his mu-! sette bag and started “chewing “lunch.” Through my interpreter _X asked one lad: “Where will all
Waste Called Shame He replied: “It will end when either Joe U. 8. or Russia is de-
1 walked into the. wardroom of an. “English. style LST — now a Greek naval craft — which was loading troops bound for the Peloponnes There I spoke to a naval a. who said, in- perfect English. “It is really a shame we have to Jase what little strength we have -left battling the guerrillas. By the time you go to war with Russia we might be too exhausted to help.” . In the lobby of the Grande
" Bretagne Hotel in Athens I met a/lLand.
rich merchant. who had just re-
settled in a gen-|
— from a trip to the United !States, He asked me: “How much longer before your special fleet of planes with atoraic bombs make the attack?” 4 Laughs in Disbelief * When I told him I knew nothing about any .such special fleet of planes he laughed in disbelief.
above reflect Greek public opinion. Most conversation in Greece today is not about “will there be another |war'—it's about “what kind of. war will it be.” The Greeks are as depressed about the early stages of “the war.” They fear that, despite the atomic bombs they place so much faith in, the {U. 8. cannot at the beginning pre-
most of Europe. Greece, they are | certain, has a high priority on the Red Army's time table, For it is a {fine jumping off place for attacks on American’ and British oil in|terests in Arabia. i Navy Ready to Bolt They have accepted the terrible {fact that when “the war” begins Greece will be overrun and occu|pled for. a long time before the {U. 8. can again invade the -continent. | I khow IT am correct in saying that the Greek navy has already made plans for sailing out of their snug harbors to join the British land American Mediterranean ‘fleets je moment “the. war” starts,
The Greeks were amazed at the oui that the average American in-
{UN ‘Ithey blame “directly on the United | '| States. They think the U, 8. made a military mistake in urging the British to drop the mandate. Palestiné is only "an early morning's plane ride from Athens. Now the Greeks are worried lest ‘Russian. troops be made part of a UN “peace patrol” in the - Holy
These three opinions expressed |
THE INDINAYORLS TIMES
TJoe Russki Works 8 Hours Longer, |Earns Third Less, Livivg Costs.Doubled
— USSR Foreman’s Wage g
Can't Feed US Poor By 5. BURTON HEATH NEA Staff Writer
NEW YORK, Jan: 9—Any American family living on charity would) consider itself starved, if it had to exist on what a Moscow shop foreman can buy with his entire wage {for a 48-hour week. | Detailed information .is hard to get through the iron curtain. But
‘ithe recent deflationary decrees did|
.|give some new data, On their basis, it is’ possible to say that if Joe Russki, Moscow factory worker, took his entire pay envelope to a Soviet store he could take home: ; 2 pounds of good veal 2 pounds of sole~ 7 pounds of macaroni 6 eggs 7 pounds of rye bread 7 quarts of milk
kopecks, or 3 cents; in change. The shop foreman could do better. He could buy three pounds of veal, four pounds of sole, a full dozen eggs, a pound of butter, seven ounces of tea, a pound of sugar and a pound of apples, plus his macaroni, rye bread and milk. He would have three rubles 12). kopecks (39 cents) left over. That would not be enough to buy a cake of soap. Buying Power Low
“The buying power of a worker under communism - appears to be less than one-sixth as great as that of a worker under American capi talism. His wage for a 48-hour week is Jess than a third of what the Americal worker gets for 40 hours. Every-|. thing he buys averages to cost around twice as much. Contrasts of money wage and money cost are deceptive for many reasons, even’ if they are made on the basis of a single exchange rate, —But t-is- not misleading to point
dustrial - worker received $5583 in |September for an average 40.25-hour pay week. Out of this he would have paid only. $6.41 for what cost the Russian worker an entire week's wage—only $9.81 for everything the Moscow “crew foreman” could buy with a week's pay envelope. The market basket priced above
3 ounces of tea — and 24!.
would cost | less than $10.
ily, a pinch of tea—no sugar, no! butter, no condiments, no fruit or desserts. Likewise no rent, no. transporiation money, no lunch money, no doctor or entertainment or reading matérial, Not even anything for, clothing, Nothing but small quantitles of a few basic foods.
Joe Russki has to work 30_.hours and 50 minutes to pay for a cotton dress that the average American can buy his wife with five hours and 50 minutes’ pay. If Joe got notions, and wanted his wife to be warm in wool, a dress would cost all he ‘earned in four weeks, plus one day and a Ball. oe His ' American counterpart could walk into one of Fifth Avenue's name stores and take away a woolen dress with the “new look” for less than 22 hours’ pay. ° For himself, Joe Russki would be even harder hit. A worsted suit, such as any New Yorker can get for a week's pay or [less, would
contains only essentials—a bit of meat and fish, some” macaroni for
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starch, one loaf of bread and one
could earn in two months, three | weeks and two days.
REDS' 'LOW' LIVING COST—This Minsk housewife ‘could take home, in her basket, all the food a Russian’ could buy with his wages for a “48-hour week, even at the new "low" prices decreed by the Kremlin. In the U. 5. the same items
quart of’) milk a day for the family, less than an egg a day for the fam-
|sian national
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‘straw boss"
will ‘see & new attack on a killer that takes an American life every
{pertension and hardening. oI the, ling
‘luntil the association is better or-
$500,000 Proposed For Research Plans
By PAUL F, ELLIS ; United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, Jan. 9—This esr
This killer is heart disease, with its affliated ‘gangsters, such as hy-
arteries. : The new attack will come in thé] form of a drive of the Heart Association to raise a budget of about $840,000, of which $500,000 will be allocated to research proThe modest sum, or “go#l,” was ‘explained as all that is necessary
[sanized to conduct a more wide-
Units Somé of the funds will be used to finance the organization of reglonal- heart associations, in regions where today there is no such organization. Heart disease and afliated ail-
New-York ‘stores nave been “ad! vertising~ good 6-tube radios, ‘with! automatic record changer; for $10, Which the average “American fac-| "tory workers. earns in 50 hours. It would take Joe Russki five full 48-hour weeks to pay for a five-
tube radio without record player. | Under American inflation totlet!
soap has skyrocketed tH 15 cents contiiue from Feb.
a cake, and ice cream to 40. cents a. pint. An. American must tend his machine seven minutes to pay for a take of the former, and 18
mintues to buy-a pint of ice cream. | The Russian must work four
hours and 25 minutes to pay for an equivalent cake of tollét soap, and 3 -houts and -40 -minutes- to ‘pay for a pint of ice cream. Maybe nothing ‘emphasizes the contrast more thian vodka, the Rusdrink. Any New Yorker can call the neighborhood
{ments are the nation’s No. 1 killer, yet smaller sums are being spent in this field than in any other fleld of medical research. The nation contributes about $18 million foy infantile paralysis; {$17 million for tuberculosis, and $20 million or so for cancer, includ-
Conservatory Orchestra in its long history, an experience which the|
second violinist declared to be “a
complete novelty, but_also._charm-/_
«AS far as novelty is concerned,
er is in complete agree‘ment. She hi her own orchestra .n the
U. 8. and ‘has appeared as a guest conductor fob the New York Phiiharmonic and & major radio symphony, but she discovered the busiess of “conducting
itself. Direction Confused Her French is somewhat sling and she and the 80 Paris Conservatory musicians found themselves all at sea during the first rehearsal because they were misinterprating her directions, which she gives without benefit of baton. “Unquestionably,” said the second violinist after the signal system
a fine musician and that is what counts, after all.” A rarity in the U. 8. pp Prance, Miss Kullmer was a violin-| ist. with the Indianapolis symphony!
ing large grants from “the U.S. government. For the 1948 drive, 8 to 14 Heart Association has been
the, re-
prominent lay members as well as some of the top Medica) men in the | |country. Include Research Study The new attack will include ‘research programs into the cause and treatment - of rheumatic fever,-
{
-|disease-that-strikes-down-thousands
of children’each year. It also will include work in public health, such as the establishment of standards! for diagnosis, clinical care of | patients, nursing, home service!
package store and have a quart of 100-proof vodka delivered for $424,
‘which he can earn in 3 hours.
But Joe Russki must think several
education of both public and phyIs
which will
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at i. Debuts at 21 She studied at Leipsig Conserva{tory for several years before Worid 'War II, and made her debut as a
organized and now includes many .ongictor in Berlin when -she as 21. The war silenced her music.
She worked with the American Embassy in Germany until she was
Embasey and when she was 1Iepatriated, worked for two years in Washington on psychological o tare duty. ~ After that she formed! her- own -chamber -music--orchestratsupervisor of - the ..-kndianapeli
War‘with 30 women handling the assorted woodwinds and strings.
had to contend with antagonism in ® field dominated by male talent!
muysic-is—not-as; international a language » music|
had been straightened out, “she isa
Miss Kullmer says she’s “aever
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BRAVO — Anne Kullmer: After the Paris symphony, 3 “Paris bonnet.
she" sald, “ru find someone who will create a conducting gown for me. I've tried many ideas, but g far always go back to a simple, long black skirt and white blouse, also long so it won't bunch or come She is dlso going to buy & new hat
luminating Engineers ‘To Hear C. A. Pollack.
Charles A. Pollack, Chicago, w:|l speak on “Cold Cathode—Its Pust.Its Future” at a dinner meeting of the Indiana Chapter of the Illum: nating Engineering Society Monday in the Warren Hotel. ‘Mr. Pollack is president of the General Illuminating Corp, Ch. cago, and chairman of the Color Tubing Standards Committee of the National Electric 8ign Association The meeting will be in charg ‘of Ross M. Brown, lighting division
‘Power & Light Co.
ARMED FORCES SAVED FAT NEW YORK (UP)—The American Fat Salvaging Co tee re-
jane temperament. Her big problem ported that an average “of 422000
is typically feminine: What to wear.
Spokesmen for the association {She has to dress to allow complete times before he decides to get oiled. said that a scientific council will | freedom of movement and, at the
take all the Russian proletarian His vodka, in Moscow, will cost him pass upon all grants, and that most same time, remember that her back
45 hours and 25 minutes of work— of the funds will stay where they'is always turned to the audience.
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