Evening star., 1945-07-22
Poles Want 10 Put
Boundary on Oder
And Control Sfettin
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, July 21.-Establish-
ment of Poland's western from
tiers on the Oder and Neisse
Rivers in Germany, within 60
miles of Berlin and including
the port of Stettin, Berlin's out
let to the Baltic, was defined as
the country's No. problem to-
day at a Warsaw meeting of
the Polish National Council.
The Warsaw radio said Premier
Edward Osubka -Morawski told a
plenary session of the council that
the new frontiers must be estab-
lished "as soon as possible" together
with Polish administration of the
acquired territories.
The Premier specifically included
Stettin, although that ancient Han
seattle city of more than 270, 900 lies
on the west bank of the Oder
estuary.
List B Main Projects.
Three other projects of the new
unity" regime at Warsaw were
listed as:
l. The return of Polish emigres
dispersed all over the world as a
result of the war, as we'll as those
who left the country before the
war in search of work and bread
2. The holding of parliamentary
and municipal elections.
3. Agrarian reform and the re-
construction of industry and the
country's economic and political
life.
Free and unfettered" elections
were promised in return for United
States and British recognition of the
new, broadened Warsaw regime.
1885 Constitution Abolished.
The broadcast quoted PremierI
bka-Morawski as declaring that
the broadening of the government
had CLOSED debate on different po-
litical conceptions" and had
abolished forever the Fascist con-
stitution" of 1935-under which the
repudiated London Government in
exile operated.
In support of his appeal for the
return of all Poles abroad, including
the 250,000 men of the London Gov
ernment's armed forces, the Premier
called Poland now "a free nation"
which needs all its citizens for the
task of reconstruction"
(The Paris radio quoted the
Premier as declaring, in a passage
of his speech not included in the
broadcast heard in London, that
Polish troops now wherever they
may be must submit to the au-
thority of the Government and the
Supreme Command of the Polish
army"
Urge Return of Poles.
(The Paris version also quoted
him as saying many persons jailed
for minor crimes have been released
under an amnesty, that martial law
will be revoked shortly and that
"the quicker Poles return to their
country the sooner the elections will
Idhc pldCc.
Premier Osubka -Morawski said an
independent Poland is "one of the |
conditions tor peace in Europe and
in the world and "one of the ne
cessities of strong and independent
Poland is the establishment of our
legitimate frontiers in the west on
the NeisSe and Oder-with Stettin
as Baltic port"
Meanwhile tension appeared to be
rising between Poland and Czecho-
slovakia over the disputed Teschen
industrial area along their common
frontier"
Claims to Teschen.
Spokesthen for the Warsaw and
Prague governments both tied .
closely to Moscow by long term
treaties and both apparently witt
eyes on the Potsdam Big Three
meeting-voiced conflicting claims
concerning the little district, rich
in coal, which was divided between
the two countries after the World
War.
The Warsaw radio quoted Premier
Osubka- -Morawski as declaring at
the Council session that all $50
square miles of the Teschen area
should be Polish, on the Just" basis
of elf-determination of population.
But Dr. Hubert Ripka, Czech Min
lister of Trade, was quoted in an
interview with the London Sunday
Observer as saying Czechoslovakia
would refuse to cede to Poland any
Of the Teschen Territory she holds,
and if the Allies decide otherwise.
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