Evening star., 1953-07-19
ey the A.soeiesed Press

BERLIN, July 16.-COmmun1SL.
newspapers still wrote glowingly
today about the new course" Of
reform and accommodation
the East German government
adopted under the pressure Of
the June II revolt: But the new
course began to look suspiciously
like the old.
The Russians have changed
their kid gloves Of appeasement
for the iron fist Of force in
handling the rebels among their
18 million East German subjects.
Russian tank troops occupied
East Berlin. Soldiers of the
East German Peoples Army
mounted guard over factories
beset with scattered strikes and
slowdowns by sullen. hungry
workers.
Old Line i'm New World.
Prime Minister Otto .Grote-
wohl insisted his government was
continuing steadfastly on its new
course ''to make ineffective the
political agitation of enemies of
the republic" and ordered the
Communist-controlled press to
drop old methods Of propa-
ganda."
Addressing the East German
Press Association, he said:
"Show our people, in quiet and
we'll considered words, how dan
gerous it is If they step into the
trap Of Western provocateurs
and let themselves be led, out of
discomfort, to commit thought
less actions"
Association Chairman Rudi
Wetzel, chief editor of the Com
munist weekly Friedenspost, ad-
mitted the Red press and radio
have not always held to the
principle of truthfulness in the
past"
Our first task is to establish
the firm trust Of the masses in
the government" he said.
Must Spy on Each Other.
Deputy Prime Minister Walter
Ulbricht called on every worker
to spy against fellow workers to
ferret out the Fascist under
ground"
Even the factory speedup,
which helped spark the June up
rising, reappeared in a new guise.
Although officially the forced in
creases in work quotas have been
abandoned, Mr.. Ulbricht warned
the workers they could not hops
for higher wages unless they in
creased their output.
A German who won release
from an East Berlin jail by sign
ing a propaganda confession re-
ported to West Berlin police to-
day that hundreds of workers
arrested in the June riots still
are being beaten in Communist
jails and forced to sign false
statements.
/ He named specifically Werner
Kalkowski, whom Communist
officials have quoted as accusing
Western agents of fomenting the
riots. According to this police in
formant, Kalkowski told cell
mates his charges were false and
he signed them only to escape
further torture.
There was another change in
the East German government.
Josef Hegen was appointed to
the new post of State Secretary
for Inner Affairs.
The Anti-Communist League
of Free Jurists, which keeps close
tab on all East German officials.
compared Mr.. Hegen with "Red"
Hide Benjamin, the judge who
replaced the imprisoned Max
Fechner as Justice Minister.
appointment of two such rad
ical Communists, coupled with
other recent developments, proves
that the so-called new course
has been abandoned" the league
said.
Say Food Is on Way.
On the sore subject of food,
the Communists declared 10000
tons of food have been imported
from Russia in the first half of
this month and actually pro-
duced some new food supplies in
East Berlin. They promised
more.
The food shipments rushed to
East Berlin were forced by a
West Berlin relief program which
exposed the emptiness Of Com
munist food stores. About $4,000
East Berliners crossed the police
guarded sector borders this week
to buy in West Berlin "relie1
market" foods they could not
obtain in their home sector.