anaheim-gazette 1952-05-05

When Moscow Needs Money, Workers Give PARIS — Stalin waits for the time of conquest to ripen, and the money rolls in for his legions abroad. If takes money—much money—to feed Stalinism. Where does the money come from? Even the salaries of communist members of parliament are tapped to well the party coffers. From communist journalists and professionals come regular remittances—the member's income less a living allowance on the scale of a skilled worker. From constant subscription drives on behalf of the communist press come the francs and lipstick and marks of working people persuaded that their lot can be bettered. But from Moscow comes the bank of operating revenue. Cominform couriers scurry about Europe with remittances doled out to parties according to their needs and importance. Some parties, in Scandinavia for instance, get virtually nothing. Others, particularly in France and Italy, are literally aided so long as Moscow sees results forthcoming. A SOVIET Diplomat, immune from customs regulations, transports gold to be used to buy the Banque Commercial Pour l'Europe Du Nord. A peculiarity of this bank, which is a French limited company, is that its capital is divided into 100,000 shares, 97,000 of which belong to two Soviet governmental banks, the National Bank and the Foreign Trade Bank. The remaining 3000 shares are distributed among various French and foreign communist leaders. “This French facade, therefore, is hiding a purely Soviet reality.” THE BANK IS still operating. French government sources say the total accounts of communist organizations are overdrawn by 15 million francs ($4,260,000). In one month, August, 1948, the total overdrawn was 68 millions, without so much as a wince from the bank. In addition, large sums come from countries of Eastern Europe, either through transfer to the Banque Commerciale Pour l'Europe du Nord or through the transport of gold under diplomatic cover. Moreover, the communist party spends millions on its press in the cities and the provinces. Again with France as the example: there are some 20 communist dailies, 83 weeklies and 26 magazines. The rightist newspaper l'Aurore has estimated the red bellwether paper, l'Humanite, needs more than 30 million francs a month for printing and editing. Aurore says l'Humanite runs on a deficit of millions monthly, and the communist Ce Soir loses even more. Communists in various coun- subsidize the communist party. Tons of literature for the par- are sent out under the frankk privileges of communist leg- lators. Parliament must pay distributing communist orders a communist propaganda sent o under the name of Jacques Dujos, who is a parliamentary secretary. Ten or 12 bags of mail day go out from the assembly under the communist frankk privilege. THERE IS YET another source of communist funds. The enterprise fund is contr- led by the communist-led genera- confederation of labor in Fran- with remittances doled out to parties according to their needs and importance. Some parties, in Scandinavia for instance, get virtually nothing. Others, particularly in France and Italy, are literally aided so long as Moscow sees results forthcoming. A SOVIET Diplomat, immune from customs regulations, transports gold to be used to buy francs or lire or marks on the black market. The black marketer in Paris or Rome or Frankfurt who sidles up to the visitor to offer local money for American dollars may be indirectly in the employ of the cominform. The cominform assiduously gathers American dollars for its own ends. Every possible source is tapped, even to raids on the treasuries of the unions which are dominated and controlled by the communists. The money pours in under the impetus of rigid party discipline. But the operations of a communist party are highly expensive, particularly in the key areas of Europe. No matter how extensive the resources of the party domestically, Moscow must kick in. THERE IS A striking example of this. In an address to the French National assembly in November, 1948, Jules Moch, then Interior minister, gave this explanation: "The French communist party and its various branches have the great advantages of having accounts at one single institution, FROM SALARIES paid to red representatives in the national assembly alone, the communists received in 1950: a total of 166 million francs. These salaries were collected by the party fund. The national assembly members concerned receive only the salary equivalent to that of a skilled metal worker—with a few exceptions in the upper levels. This system also is extended down through journalists and professional workers. In another way the French government, in spite of itself, helps with France as the example: there are some 20 communist dailies, 83 weeklies and 26 magazines. The rightist newspaper l'Aurore has estimated the red bellwether paper, l'Humanite, needs more than 30 million francs a month for printing and editing. Aurore says l'Humanite runs on a deficit of millions monthly, and the communist Ce Soir loses even more. Communists in various countries did well by themselves during the wartime resistance to the Nazis. Often they seized large sums of money as the Germans withdrew, and converted the money to their own purposes. On France—and probably elsewhere, since France is the prototype—every communist deputy in the national assembly must pay into party coffers the difference between his salary and that of a skilled worker of the metal trades. This also applies to members of municipal governments and departmental assemblies." THERE IS YET another source of communist funds. The enterprise fund is controlled by the communist-led general confederation of labor in France and Italy. This is a fund assessed against workers, nominally to pay for such things as entertainment showers and other facilities for the workers. But it is controlled at the top. The enterprise fund of Renault plant in August, 1937 used a million francs to send 1 French workers to the youth festival in Soviet-controlled East Berlin. In the waiting game Stalin plays in Europe, money is important. Moscow is not profligate with its disbursements, but when there is an immediate or long-range objective to be gained, money is no object. JAPANESE RUBBER ESTATES SOLD KUALA LUMPUR, Malaya — Sales of Japanese rubber estates in Malaya brought $10,666,230 last year. The custodian of enemy property reported 16 enemy-owned estates remain to be sold. Proceed go to pay war damage claims. Total of 112,675,979 pounds of rubber has been produced on the enemy-owned estates since their liberation. 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HERE IS HOW NUMBERS OF FAMILIES ARE DISTRIBUTED ACCORDING TO INCOME. 21 MILLION FAMILIES $2,000 TO $5,000 8.7 MILLION FAMILIES $5,000 TO $10,000 1.3 MILLION FAMILIES ABOVE $10,000 RECEIVE the communist party, of literature for the party out under the franking ges of communist legislParliament must pay for titing communist orders and minist propaganda sent out the name of Jacques Duco is a parliamentary secreten or 12 bags of mail a out from the assembly the communist franking e. RE IS YET another source munist funds. enterprise fund is controlthe communist-led general ration of labor in France Russian Must Work 16 Hours To Get Money for Pound of Tea WASHINGTON (AP)—A Russian industrial worker must put in 16 hours to make enough to buy a pound of tea. He must work two hours and 12 minutes to buy a pound of beef, 4½ hours to buy a pound of butter and an hour and 50 minutes for a pound of sugar. These figures were released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The bureau has collected data on countries in Western Europe, Russia and the United States. Its conclusions: "But I think in general they show conditions pretty well," Miss Williams told a reporter. "Certainly they show that the Russians still are low by our standards, for all their bragging to countries in the Far East." FIGURED IN MINUTES, here is the time needed in each country to make enough to buy one pound of each product: U.S. *Russia* Tea ... 49 960 He must work two hours and 12 minutes to buy a pound of beef, 4½ hours to buy a pound of butter and an hour and 50 minutes for a pound of sugar. These figures were released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The bureau has collected data on countries in Western Europe, Russia and the United States. Its conclusions: 1. The American worker has it the best of all. 2. The Russian worker has it the worst of all. The labor bureau says it thinks, with the same amount of work, an industrial worker in this country can buy more than five times as many groceries as a Russian worker can buy in a Moscow state store. A word of warning: Miss Faith Williams, who headed the group that rounded up the statistics, says some guesswork had to be done in many cases. Furthermore, all figures had to be the official figures of the governments, and figures can be used to hide facts as well as reveal them. LIVES TO BE 105—THEN IS HIT-RUN VICTIM TEL-AVIV (P) — Aharon Man surer had just celebrated his 105th birthday in good health when he was knocked down and killed by a hit-and-run bus driver. Four of every five automobiles made in Britain are exported to countries overseas. FIGURED IN MINUTES, here is the time needed in each country to make enough to buy one pound of each product: U.S. *Russia* Tea ... 49 960 Beef ... 31 132 Butter ... 30 270 Potatoes ... 2 56 Bread ... 6 14 "I don't know why bread is comparatively cheap in Russia," Miss Williams said, "I guess it must be subsidized." Working conditions vary greatly from country to country, and from product to product. But, as a sample, here are the number of minutes needed in each country to make enough to buy a pound of sugar: U.S., 4; Austria (Vienna), 29; Denmark, 5; France (Paris), 21; Germany, 21; Ireland, 9; Italy, 37; The Netherlands, 26; Norway, 7; Switzerland, 14; Russia, 110. For DRIVE... For The 19 is the " QUESTION: Part of my foundation and chimney are cinder block. I have been informed these are porous and should be plastered over. What mixture should I use, and what is the best way to apply it? - A. D., Marshall, Mich. 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