The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-11
Broad Reforms
May Begin In
Soviet Russia
Beria's Custer
May Be Prelude
To Sweeping Change
BY THOMAS ? WHITNEY


BY THOMAS ?. WHITNEY
MOSCOW IN Western observers
believe Soviet leaders plan 10 m.
nOunce broad reforms affecting
millions Of citizens IS an after.
math Of Layrenty 2. Beria's custer.
This opinion was expressed - the
Russian press today reported wide
spread popular denunciation Of the
formsr deputy premier as an
enemy Of the people.
The reforms were expected to
include important changes in the
administration Of Soviet law and
agricultural policies, q wen q
price cuts and moves ID Increase
The Russian standard d living.
An editorial ii The Communist
party newspaper Prayda gave sup
port 70 TIE view that some changes
we're ii ne wind. II charged IBERIA
had used his power IS hrst deputy
premier and police chief 10 block
import and urgent measures
ID agriculture and Nv reform.
Win his removal 4 seemed logical
hat he euVeFnnAent would C
nhead With these measures.
pravdt also claimed 10 entire
Soviet people warmly approved TIE
actions b the party and the GOV.
ernnIent against neria, Tired from
tie party and government IS On
agent 81 international imperial
Ism.
Millions and millions q Soviet
people .'wrathfully condemn the
criminal actions IL the inveternte
enemy Of the people and the party,
IBERIA. and call for intensikicatiOn az
revolutionary vigilance" the news.
paper declared.
Western sources here expressed
the view that Beria's custer did
not indicate any policy reversals
BY Premier Malenkov's govern
ment, but rather strengthening Of
those policies.
lWestern European diplomatic
sources also specnlated that the
purge nf the former police car did
not indicate any change in Russian
foreign policy. But the Big Three
foreign ministers, meeting ii Wash.
ington. repeatedly agreed that Il
might foreshadow turnabOut a
the kfemlin.s recent conciliatofy
attitude 10 the West.
Uniformed officials said the for.
eign policy ehielsSecretary 81
State Dulles, Actine British For.
eign Secretary Lord Salisbury and
French Foreign Minister Georges
Bidault based this tentative con.
elusion on the belief that Beria
favored an olive branch approach
70 the West and 10 the peoples d
! the Soviet satellite states.
Gas police chief, Beria had the
Job Of keeping the satellite states
ii line and presumably win b
made the seapegOat for the unrest
that has been sweeping the peoples
Of those nations.
I'm Vienna, the newspaper WI
denske Ssohodne Listy-puhlished
hy cxeehosloyak exiles d tie Aus,
trian capital--Suggested yesterday
that 4 struggle for power similar
to the Kremiin battle that led 4
Beria's downfall IS now going o.
ii Communicated CSechoslovak.
ID.
THE newspaper said the fight iCr
personal power and Soviet suppor,
was being waged between Presi
dent Antonin Zapotleky and Pre-
mier Antonin Novcty, first secre
tary and virtual boss Of the C1ecl
Communist party.l
Although IBERIA vas official,
accused Of attempting 10 under
! mine The Soviet state Al the inter
est Of foreign capital. Prayda sail
little on this theme.
! Calling for I Strengthening q
leadership ii all Inks q II.
party and state apparatus" Ii,
editorial repeated most az TIE orig
inal denunciation IL ReRia and add
/ Cd long quotations from varicul
speakers at workers raIlin
throughout ~ Sation.