Evening star., 1952-05-07

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citizenship as its viceroy. But with
with each new indignity, the an.
cient enmity of Poles for Russian.
burns more fiercely.
Even the kids in the streets Of
Polish cities reflect sullen, bittel
mockery for those who are Mos.
cows willing tools, They sing:
~ tylu laty, . przodu laty."
JeStem synem demokraty."
It's one of their own jibes al
Communist promises. It means
Some patches in front, some
patches in back. I arm the son O.
a democrat"
Propaganda Is Jeered."
Kids still initiate American
ways. to the rage of the party
They go to extremes to try to dres,
American style and act like Amer.
leans, and the party rants abou
western decadance."
There used to be American
movies in Warsaw. Now there i.
nothing much but Soviet propa.
ganda. The movie houses showing
the Soviet films are almost empty
except when mass attendance j.
ordered by the party. Even then
from the darkness of the movie
house come jeers and catcalls al
Moscow propaganda.
They are still resisting on thu
farms. The stubborn Polish farm.
ers shy away from collectiviza.
tion' The government. fearing the
consequences, must proceed slow
ly. Only about S per cent o1
Poland's peasants are on collec.
tive farms and 10 per cent more
on state farms, which are bigger
Most Of these are in former Ger
man territory. To make a collec.
tive, the old houses and buildings
were destroyed and the peasant,
were forced into the system.
They are resisting in the forest,
and IN the factories. A guess /.
that 10000 persons are activel,
engaged in underground work il
Poland. These include members O,
the PAX (Polska Armia Krajowa
or Polish home army and tn,
ROAk. a movement which make.
armed stabs against Communists
There have been arrests, trial,
and executions, but still the cell,
OF resistance go on, working il
units Of three in attempts t.
escape detection.
Humiliation a Weapon.
Humiliation of Communists 1,
a ROAK weapon. In one instance
ROAK fighters seized "a Com.
munist official and stripped him
They sent the clothing to tn,
local Communist leader with :
letter telling of the incident. TIL,
story spread. In another instance
partiSans invaded the home of {
Communist village mayor, LOCKED
his family in the cellar and bea
him up.
Many partisans have ESCAPED
from labor camps. They live of
the land and peasants help them
Enraged. the UB, the dreat
secret police. stage frequent round.
ups, frequent invasions of home.
In the dead of night. Part,
|activists also are sent out on spo'
checks and similar missions tt
root out partisans.
But the secret police fear en-.
|emles in their own ranks UB agent.
spy upon one another. Many othel
spies are hired. some of then
youngsters under 16.
The laison department of tn,
Foreign Ministry is controlled b,
the secret police, and so is tn,
special school for training lowe
personnel and officials of the For
eign Ministry.
The system is one of terror. It
chief weapon is chain of prison
and concentration camps.
Communist Control Complete.
The UB and its companion DO
lice organization. the KBW, O
security force, are not responsible,
to the government. Like the arm,
OF 10000 or more, the police unit
come under Konstantin Rokossov
sky, a Soviet army marshal VIII,
is now Poland's defense ministe
and Moscow's viceroy.
Rokossovsky's right hand mai
is reported to be Marian Nasz
kowski. vice minister of nationa
defense and head of the army
political division. About AZ, h
served in the USSR in the wal
He is a protege of the woma,
Communist leader. Wanda Wassi
lewska, a trusted envoy O
Moscow.
The newly adopted constitution
is virtually q carbon copy of tn
Soviet Unions. Communist con
troll goes down to the smalles
village.
The nominal heads Of govern
ment are poleslaw Beirut, presi
dent. and Joseph Cyrankiewicz
premier. The actual boss, behint
scenes OF the party, has bee,
Jacob Berman. Exile sources i,
the United States and abroad sa,
he is still the leader but in DANCE