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likely is going. The official paper
of the Russian military govern
ment predic'ed that the Russian
east' mark will be adapted ‘very
soon” as the sole Berlin money.
“It means heavy defeat and ca
tastrophe for the entire anti-Soviet
policy in Berlin,” said the news
paper, Taegliche Rundschau.
Newspapers of the dominant
Socialist party agreed. They pro
tested that the western allies
should resist adoption of the Rus
sian money as the only currency
for the city.
(MOSCOW) — Persons at the
American embassy in Moscow
said they were convinced the sud
den death of Col. Gen. Andrei Z.
Zhdanov will mean no change in
Russian foreign or domestic pol
icy. He headed the cominform,
spoke for communists the world
over and was exceeded in power
in Russia only by prime minister
Stalin and perhaps foreign minis
ter Molotov'.
(PARIS)—French Socialists de
cided to stay out of Robert Schu
man’s new cabinet. He said he
would form a government with
out them, if necessary. It won’t
be very durable, however, because
Schuman’s margin is paper thin
j in the assembly.
(MADRID)—Neighboring Spain
ordered the first city elections in
1 12 years. •
(PRAGUE) — Former president
Eduard Benes of Czechoslovakia
j sank closer toward death.
(BUENOS AIRES) —Both Ar
gentine and Chile rejected U. S.
! proposals to internationalize the
Antarctic, which some day may
yields metals and be a short cut
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(AMSTERDAM)—The advisory
section of the world council of
churches in Amsterdam condemn
ed both communism and capital
ism. The council represents about
150 churches in 40 countries, but
not the Roman Catholic or Rus
sian church.
The report said communism is
“a force that endangers new
forms of injustice and oppres- ,
sion.” It asserted capi'alism has)
failed to meet human needs and
had concentrated on materialism
and produced “serious injustices.” ;
(WASHINGTON) — The U. S.
air force disclosed that Russia has :
the secret of the B-29 superfort- j
ress bombei and is building re
plicas now appearing in numbers j
over eastern Europe. One B-29
was shot down by Russian fight- ,
ers during the U. S. war with Ja
pan and five others were seized
when they landed in Siberia with !
fuel shortages or damage.
(BOHN) — German politicians
worked at Bohn on a constitution :
for the new Western Germany
state in the three western occupa
tion zones. A communist effort to i
break up the meeting fizzled.
—
Friday. September 3. 1948
A Western Germany press serv
ice said today the Russians are
making technical arrangements to
lift the Berlin blockade.
The western powers appeared
to be surrendering on the cur
1 rency issue to the anguish of the
■ dominant Berlin Socialist party.
The press service, British spon
sored, said the Russians sum
moned the director of German
railways in the Soviet zone for
instructions.
An American transport official
said there is no indication when
the Russians intend to reopen the
Berlin-Helmstedt railway to the
west, which they stoppered 72
days ago, forcing the U. S. and
Britain to maintain an expensive
air lift.
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“It is unlikely they will do so
• reopen the line* until they are
satisfied with the results of dis
cussions here and in Moscow,” the
U. S. official said. “Nor will they
get any coal or iron trains from
the Ruhr to feed their zone’s in
dustry until they lift the blockade
and restore normal communica
tions to our satisfaction.”
(BERLIN)—A British informant
said the Russian military gover-'
nor of Germany, in conferences!
here with the American, British
and French governors, is insisting
on an even one for one exchange
rate between the Russian and
Western mark. This is snagging
the Berlin talks, since German fi
nanciers say one Western mark
is worth four Russian marks.
Moreover, the Russians will have
control of the printing presses.
The Western* powers were re
ported insisting on joint control
with the Russians on the volume
of currency, credits and discount
in Berlin if, as expected, they
yield to Russian demands that the
Soviet mark be the sole money
for Berlin.
Communist newspapers glee
fully said the military governors’
conference is turning in‘o a Sov
iet diplomatic triumph. These pa
pers attacked the anti-Communist
German leaders in Berlin such as
Socialist Franz Neumann. He ap
pealed to a mass meeting for the
western powers to stand firm on
the currency issue or be accused
of “another Munich.” The govern
ors meet for the fourth time to
day.
Death removed another high
Russian from the Kremlin. He was
Sergei G. Lukin, minister of light
industry. Prime Minister Stalin
and foreign minister Molotov
were conspicuous yesterda^ at the
funeral of Andrei Zhdanov, whom
they alone outranked.
(SANTIAGO) — Chile joined
Brazil and Pafaguay in outlawing
the communist par y in South
America.
(STOCKHOLM)—The last Chil
ean ambassador to Moscow, be
fore relations were broken last
October, said in Stockholm he was
in virtual house arrest in Moscow
for ten months.
(PARIS)—Robert Schuman ap
peared to be failing in his effort
to form a new French cabinet.
(NANKING)—The Chinese ar
rested Tu Wei-Ping, a privileged
son of a Shanghai banker, for
making a killing in s'ocks with,
the Chinese said, advance knowl
edge of new economic currency
reform.
(AMSTERDAM) — The world
council of churches, which con
demned capitalism and commun
ism at its session in Amsterdam
yesterday, hit out against anti-Se
mitism today. The council, repre
senting 150 churches in 40 or
more countries, said it recognized
the establishment of the new Jew
ish State of Israel as a threat “to
complicate anti-Semitism with
Benes. Czech
President Dies
(By A. I. Goldberg)
PRAGUE, (A*)—Eduard Benes,
who helped found Czechoslovakia
and was twice its president, died
today. He was 64.
The statesman who rose to
world acclaim from ranks of the
peasants was stricken early Tues
day and had been unconscious
since. Coughing spasms weakened
his tired old fighting heart, which
finally gave way. He died at his
country home at Sezimovo at 6:10
p.m.
, Benes had a stroke a year ago.
His arteries had hardened.
His last year of life was doubly
saddened by the coup through
which communists seized power
in his republic and by the d£ath
plunge soon afterward of foreign
minister Jan Masaryk. The for
1 eign minister was the son of Tho
mas Masaryk, with whom Benes
helped to form the Czechoslovak
Republic in 1913.
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j (JERUSALEM) — A spokesman
i for Irgun Zvai Leumi, long a Pal
estine Jewish underground force,
said that group again is going
out of existence.
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