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their methods at every possible
opportunity"
He said that Austria was bas-
ing it's hopes for salvation from
the Communists on the Mar
shall plan, and that the govern
ment would not dare to attempt
an offensive against the Com
munists without at least the
moral support of the Western
powers, notably the United
States. The Russians, through
their occupation forces, control
Austria's bread basket and
most important industrial
regions.
In Berlin Western military
government officials predicted
that the Communists would
launch strikes and demonstra-
tons in the Ruhr to- be timed
with the scheduled dismantlings
of German factories for repara-
tons.
The officials said such an at
tack would have the two-fold
purpose of undermining British
American efforts to put West
ern Germany on its feet eco
nomically and by a German
collapse jeopardize the success
of the Marshall plan.
The coal mines r a key fac
tor in European recovery, the
officials said. In some mines
more than 40 percent of the
workers are Communists.
British Plan Study
The British Foreign office
said the new Communist organ
ization would be given "close
attention and study" In Wash
ington Michael McDermott,
press officer for the State De-
partment, said the department
was studying Every carefully"
the declaration issued by the
Communist leaders disclosing
the setting up of an interna-
tional bureau in Belgrade to CO.
ordinate their activities.
There was no indication from
either British or American
as to whether the docu-
ment would draw any official
protest on the grounds that it
carried signatures Of Commu-
mist party leaders high in the
councils of governments within
the Soviet sphere of influence.
There was speculation in
Western European capitals
over what effect the declara-
ton would have on the United
States Congressional COM
mittees studying approprla-
ton of huge funds to bolster
the Western democracies.
Still another question which
awaited an answer was wheth-
er the Communist attack on
fright wing Socialists" sig
nailed the beginning Of an all
or-nothing campaign In Europe
for a choice between the ex-
IRENE right and left.
Moscow newspapers failed to
carry any comment upon the
Communist declaration.
In Warsaw reliable inform
ants said that the top Commu-
nists of Poland, Russia, Yugo-
slavia, Bulgaria, Romania,
France, Czecho-
and Italy drew up
their proclamation secretly in
lower Silesia, presumably in
Wroclaw formerly Breslau) in
territory Poland took over from
Germany as a result OF the
war.
A Polish government spokes-
man viewed the development as
a party matter" and
said his country's foreign pol
icies would not be affected. The
Communist supported newspa-
per Clos Ludo said the aim OF
the new Communist organiza-
ton was to protect world peace,
and charged "big American
capital" aiming to dominate
Europe had become a threat
ening danger to the independ-
of France and Italy"
In Prague government
spokesmen refused comment,
but editorials prepared for to-
morrow morning in Socialist
and on-Communist organs as
sailed the move.
Signed Editorial
Two Duchacek, deputy for the
Peoples Party, which GORE
spends to the Centrist MRP in
France, said in a signed edi-
torial that it appeared an
eastern Marshall Plan" h a d
been organized, and predicted
would have economic roper
c~ussions. Duchacek, chairman
of the Foreign Affairs commit
tee in parliament, criticized the
Communists for their attack on
such Socialist leaders as Leon
Blum of France and Prime
Attlee Of Britain.