The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1947-11-27
Comment On World Events


economic disruption which may be
threatened by extensive exports to
Europe.
However, if serious shortages de-
velop in grain or other commodi-
ties, or if groups refuse to abide
by voluntary regulations necessary
to the success of this undertaking
our government must be prepared
to act to conserve our resources
and to check speculation and in
flation.-From report delivered to
AFL convention at San Francisco
by AFL Committee on Internation-
al Labor Relations, Matthew Woll,
chairman.
Passive resistance is an old and
tried weapon of the Baltic nations
against foreign oppression. 1t was
effectively used against the Ger
man occupants in 1913 and caused
much trouble to the Communists in
1940-1941. During the German oc-
cupation in 1941-1944 the passive
resistance movement developed in
to large organization and the Ma
tional Committee proclaimed itself
the supreme power in the country
regardless of the arrests of it's
leading men undertaken by the SD,
the German Sicherheitsdienst.
According to Soviet Estonian pa
pers, the present rules of the Bal
tic area seen to be harrassed by
the same passive resistance. 1t is
manifesting itself in various forms.
A. Karotamm, first Secretary of the
Communist party of Estonia, often
upbraids the Estonian farmers for
non-fulfilment of the spring SOW
ing plan and negligence in road
mending. Even the timber falling
plan has not been fulfilled and
Karotamm said in one of his
speeches that the farmers are TAX
ing recourse to all kinds of pretexts
to shirk their duties.
From the report of the secretary
of the Communist Party it appears
further that the various admins
traitors, particularly in the coun-
try, also have been neglecting their
duties and even establishing friend
ly relations with so-called "bour-
geois elements, presumably the
owners of large and better-cared-
for farms. This lenience, the sec
retary says, has brought it about
that "enemies of the people" have
attained leading positions in many
localities. The secretary demands
that steps be taken to crush the
activities and the pas
sive resistance of the bourgeois
Karotamm, who as first secre-
-ary of the party is among the big
gest bosses in the country, also re-
veals another dangerous phenome-
non, the evergrowing hate of the
towards the Russian ma
Lion. Although the party function
aries have been directed to promote
Russo-Estonian friendship in every
way, such a friendship can be said
TO be non-existent. On the contrary,
even the Estonian Communists have
become possessed by a purely ma
tionalist hate of the Russians.
This enmity is a fact and the
reason is that multitudes of Rus
slams have been brought to Estonia
and now occupy all the responsible
positions. Their main job is the
of the local Commun-
lists, even the Prime Minister and
al the other Ministers have Rus
sian deputies.
According to Colonel Bulinsh, a
Soviet repatriation officer in Ger
many, Estonia now has a total of |
2.5 million inhabitants. The over
100 percent increase is due to the
influx of the Russians. Seeing their
country inundated and ruled by |
even the truest Com
cannot help feeling angry |
and diSappointed