Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-11

luton" said Senator Corvalar
during 9 private interview
When We come TO power, We
shall come with majority sup
port Of the electorate. The
democratic conscience of the
country and the weight Of ii
traditions will prevent the re-
dictionaries from m aktn 6
trouble which would demand
energetic measures against
them"
Representative Democracy
He spoke In the stone barn
Of a building which is Com
munist Party headquarters in
downtown Santiago. Up on the
faded walls were the usual
larger-than-life photographs Of
Marx and Lenin. Over the
mantle, . rather sober frofile OF
Fidel Castro sat next to q stud
ious and kindly Nikita Khru-
scheV.
Would q TRAP government
respect all the constitutional
freedoms now in force? OF
course, said Senator Corvalan
I'VE shall have a representa-
tive democracy, a popular
democracy with parliament and
elections. But 1t will be q truly
representative democracy, not
the type certain gentlemen
speak Of in the north and here
also"
It would mean drastic re-
forms, including extending the
vote and popular participa-
ton" to some Is million Chile
ans currently excluded because
Of illiteracy. he added.
Some Of the most sophisti-
Gated anti Communists, let
alone their less sophisticated
followers, show O curious tend
ency to take these soothing
assurances at face value with
out attempting to define the
reality that may lie behind
them.
They point to everything
from the firmly conservative"
traditions Of the country and
government bureaucracy to the
budding honeymoon" between
washington and Moscow to
prove that a Communist
Socialist government could not
possibly tamper with demo-
cratic institutions.
COmbustible Atmosphere
Candidate Allende himself
Is the best possible embodiment
Of this rosy picture. He is con-
servatively dressed, fine
spoken. Of medium height. q
little portly, with heavy
trimmed glasses and incipient
jowls which hint at his we'll
known penchant for good hv-
ing.
Almost like o broken record,
the inquiring visitor hears the
stock testimony to compulsive
moderation: How Senator Al
lende comes from q wealthy
family, how he has q seaside
mansion near the fashionable
resort of Vina del Mar, how
he loves sailing on his own
yacht, how he and his wealthy
supporters would not dare to
upset the social order from
which they have sprung.
But more sober observers 60
beyond the man and his rather
fuzzy declarations to the po-
litical situation his election
would inevitably produce. They
find the odds Overwhelmingly
in favor Of q disaster brought
on, not by one man, but by an
explosive chain Of action and
reaction In q combustible at
mosphere.
After. all. communism here
as anywhere else in the world
is more than Just q doctrine.
said one leading politician. 1T
is q technique OF administra-
ton. And the Socialists here
talk even more about using the
state for revolution than the
Communists.
This is the coalition which
would take over a government
which already controls so pei
cent Of the investments in this
country. This is the group who
would take charge Of the mos
efficient and disciplined polict
force In South America (the
famed Chilean Carabineros)
and which would also contro
one Of the most obedient mil
itary establishments"
He and others conclude tina
the pressure for totalitarianisn
would become irresistible ever
If the prediction for it were
not there already. The FRAF
government would begin life
with over two.thirds of tbs
present electorate in opposi.
ton, with all the democratic
parties actively hostile.
In this atmosphere all of The
vital reforms facing Chile
land, tax and constitutional re-
formS-would be approached
with suspicion and recrimina'
ton and the eventual use o
police power TO quiet the tur'
MOL. -.--. .-.s."f
To make the nightmare still
grtmmer, deep frictions with
the United States would alrnos
certainly keep the domestic po
boiling. The one thing abou
which Senate Allende and com.
pany are explicit is national
ization Of all "lmperialist mo-
nopolies"-in everyday terms
the American-owned copper
mines. These represent q $75l
million United States privatt
investment, accout for 80 pc
cent of all Chilean copper pro
duction and so per cent Of al
Chilean foreign income.
Everyone here recognizes tina
a socialist" naturalization o