The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-05-08
STAINS
!. COLONIES
BY WILLIAM L. RYAN
APP FOREIGN News AnalYsf

"A CO0OAh anu NFCh uio ALAC w hNCP
the spark aglow. Many a city
dweller takes a long chance to
give expression to his contempt
for the Communists who are Mos
cows willing tolls.
Against the might of Soviet
arms, against an army run by
Russian officers and a secret po-
lice system which honeycombs the
nation with spies, the Polish re-
sistance is pathetically weak. But
it is there-and it lives in hope
that some day it will have help.
For more than seven years Stall
in has been twisting the screws on
Poland, Transforming it into a So
Wet colony. The Kremlin has in
stalled Soviet marshal with dou-
BILE Russian and Polish citizenship
as its viceroy. But with each new
indignity, the ancient enmity of
Poles for Russians burns more
fiercely.
Even the kids in the streets of
Polish cities reflect sullen, bitter
mockery for those who are Mos
cows willing tools. They sing:
81 tylu laty, przodu laty,
"Jestem synem demokraty."
It's one of their own jibes di-
rected at Communist promises. It
means: Some patches in front,
some patches in back, I am the
son Of a democrat"
Kids still initiate American
ways, to the rage of the party.
They go to extremes to try to
dress American style and act like
Americans, and the party rants
about Western decadence."
There used to be American
movies in Warsaw. Now there is
nothing much but Soviet propa-
ganda. The movie houses showing
the Soviet films are almost empty,
except when mass attendance is
ordered by the party. Even then,
from the darkness of the movie
house comes jeers and catcalls at
Moscow propag anda.
They are still resisting on the
farms. The stubborn Polish farm
ers shy away from collectiviza-
ton. The government, fearing the
consequences, must proceed slow
ly. To make a collective, old
houses and buildings are destroyed
and the peasants forced into the
system.
They are resisting in the forests
and in the factories. A guess is
that 10000 persons are actively
engaged in underground work in
Poland. These include members of
the PAX (Polska Armia Kraiowa
or Polish Home Army and the
R0Ak, movement which makes
armed stabs against Communists.
There have been arrests, trials
and executions, but still the cells
of resistance go on. working in
units Of three in attempts to eS-
cape detection.
Humiliation of Communists is a
ROAK weapon. In one instance.
ROAK fighters seized a Commu-
mist official and stripped him.
They sent the clothing TO the local
Communist leader with a letter
telling of the incident. The story
spread.
Many partiSans have escaped
from labor camps. They live off
the land and peasants help them.
Enraged, the UB, the dread Sc
cret police. stages frequent round
ups, frequent inyasions of homes
IN the dead of night.
But the secret police fear enc
mics in their own ranks. UB
agents spy upon one another.
Many other spies are hired, some
of them youngsters under is.
The system is one of terror. II
chief weapon is a chain of prisons
and concentration camps.
The UB and its companion 20
lice organization. the KBW. or Sc
curity force, are not responsible
TO The government Like the army
of 500. 900 or more. the police units
come under honstanun ROkSSov.
SKY. Soviet army marshal who
IS now Pdand'S defense minister
and MoScow's viceroy.
Rokossovsky's right hand man
is reported to be Marian Naszkow-
ski. vice minister q national de-
Tense and head Of the armys Po-
ltical Division. About ~. he
served IN the L, S. S. Il. in the
var.
The newly adopted Constitution
IS virtually carbon copy Of the
Soviet Union S Communist con.
troll goes down 10 the smallest
village.
The nominal heads Of govern
meat are Boleslaa Beirut. Presl-
dent and Joseph Cyrankiewlcz.
Premier The actual boss behind
scenes Of the party. has been a.
COB BeFman- Exile sources in the