European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 8, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse Fage 4 the stars and stripes wednesday february 8, 1950 West relations Aid i i n n i n v tas Stromboli a was completed i eyed Yarb Korrot Belgrade of if you ask yugoslav whether his has moved Westward the answer will always be she same a firm communist Wen grounded a his marxism leninism and conscious of the unrelenting attack Sand accusations from Moscow hat Tito has sold out communism will angrily reject any such Sug Nan communist hopeful of Western interference which Woal soften inc drive toward socialism and conscious of the Ever increasing encroachment of the communist government on his Lamorand Leisure will also voice a Dis appointed the Plain truth is that Yugoslavia has moved a Long Way since that hot summer Day in june 1948 when the the expulsion of the no. 1 satellite the Plain truth is that the survival of the Tito government i dependant upon the survival of capitalism itself that. Relations with the West have improved immeasurably that hitherto diver gent Points of View Between Bel Grade and Washington have been reconciled and that the enemy Isno longer the a e s t e r n imperialist but the Moscow in Choice not voluntary the Choice has not been voluntary for the yugoslavs. At first it was strictly a Case of turning away from the blockading East to the West for survival to find Good necessary to keep factories work ing to earn hard currency wit which to Purchase machinery and equipment to make a Success of the tremendous five year plan. Gradually the extreme suspicion and hesitancy gave Way to in credulous disbelief then to co operation and to willingness to Deal with Western companies an countries. All this is a far cry from the Days when american and Yugo slav soldiers faced each other with guns drawn on the Trieste Frontier when yugoslavs shutdown two . Planes in 1947, and when the state department stamped every . Passport with not valid for travel in Yugo change is attributed in largest measure to the skill an restraint of . Diplomats and their superiors in Washington who accepted the recommendation coming from Belgrade. The . Has kept a strictly hands off attitude As far As the internal affairs of this communist nation Are concerned. Yugoslav. Outlook changed this policy has wrought won Ders among yugoslav communists arid they still Are very much communists should there be any doubt. In just 18 months the entire yugoslav Outlook has changed. Take Industry for example. Injure 1948 Russia and its satellites were taking anywhere from so to 100 per cent of Yugoslavia s Rich store of nonferrous metals. In re turn the yugoslavs were receive it if ars vol. 7, no 29 editor in chief managing editor sports editor. Ing very ii13le in the Way of heavy Industry equipment needed for their five year plan which Moscow was later to denounce As grandiose much of the equipment ordered from the user Poland Hungary Czechoslovakia and romanian Ever was delivered or was below , although the yugoslavs Are finding it difficult to produce enough exports to earn All the hard currency needed to Purchase the machines they want they Are getting their deliveries on time and in general of far Superior equipment. Moreover instead of wiping out reparations d its from Hungary Bulgaria and Romania instead of extending Largo credits to Albania and Hungary instead of sharing direction and profits of some industries with Russia the Yugo slavs Are receiving Loans from the capitalist West. Food supplies improve in contrast to the empty shelves and very sketchy distribution of rationed items in 1948, food sup plies Are 10 to 20 per cent belter today and consumer goods show even More marked improvement. Although the Day to Day business of jiving is still very expensive very drab and very difficult ration Book is now a guarantee that the poorest yugoslav will get his subsistence. In agriculture the whole face of the la offset the increased malice of the peasant toward the government. But weather Condi i years ago. Feb. 8,1946president Truman orders . Pork be used for world food Aid. Feb. 8,1941the democratic party announces president Truman will be a candidate for a second term. Feb. 8,1948 Secretary of state George says the . Will continue its dismantling and reparations program in Germany. Feb. 8, 1949 Neucom announced that Al German cafes restaurants bars and hotels Are off limits to All Neucom personnel and called for strict enforcement. 1twpe1 wednesday february to 1951 it coi William m. Summers Ken Zumwalt Phu Taylor executive manager chief of distribution Maurice r kirhwood., Louis h Brown news bureaus Frankfurt 3218i-3z36l Darmstadt Iso Berlin 84 b6s1 84-6680 Vienna. B 47ib4bremerhaven 21044-21363 Munich 4s1520 toe european edition is published Dally at Darmstadt. Hesse Germany or the occupation forces under the auspices of the army air forces troop information and education division Frankfurt 3414the stars and stripes. Darmi Tadt correspondence sriou3 tie addressed to the Starr and stripes. Apo 175. . to he new York office should be sent of 841 Washington stripes n v this is Noi an official our Ifa Tion of the Arm re entered As second Weiass Maiter sept 22. 1h-1 at the Post office Ai new Voth n a. Under the act of March 3, 1879 Lions indicate that crops will be plentiful. The break with Moscow has revolutionized Yugoslavia s of concentrating their forces along the Trieste Frontier the army has been shifted to Cen trial and Southern Serbia along the bulgarian romanian and albanian Borders. Internal production of arms has been a priority target of Tito and soon there will be a steady flow of standardized arms of Light Power for the strongest army in the Balkans. The size of the standing army has been in creased to about 500,000. Communications switch yugoslav communication has undergone a Radical switch. Prior to the split the Only yugoslav air out let was Prague and soviet czech and bulgarian planes were the Only ones to land in yugoslavs together with their peace Loving allies were planning to exclude the West fro the Danube and to restore heavy traffic there. The Hub of All Tele phone and Telegraph outlets from Belgrade was , planes of the co inform nations Are being barred from flying Over Yugoslavia. The , has signed an air agreement for yugoslav planes to land in the american zones of Germany an Austria. Similar consultations have begun with Britain France and on the Danube has dwindled to almost nothing wit the co inform enforcing its strict blockade of Yugoslavia. And new Telegraph lines Are being Laid to London Rome and other Western european Capitate. But the most amazing trans formations have taken place in the yugoslav leaders is the attitude that Moscow is always right Washington is the notion that imperialism can Only come from the capitalist West. The intellectual release fro these preconceived notions have produced thoughts which May be revolutionary in their Impact upon the world historic decision the yugoslavs now have Cometo an historic decision that the tendencies of the soviet govern ment toward greater and greater centralization of Power Lead to atop heavy bureaucratic Pyramid to intellectual slavery Lowe production and a spiritless nation of drab yugoslavs have boldly re versed the soviet direction. Under new blueprints All Light Indus tries mining electro Energy part of the chemical Industry and Al local transport will be. Decent yugoslavs have adopted a similar attitude in education. So Viet textbooks Are being with drawn from the social sciences end greater Freedom to think i being allowed within the marxist concept. In the physical sciences nationalism will be shunned and the achievements of inventors willbe taught without regard to a is proving the adage that More travels with Trade than goods. Where it will Lead is difficult to say at this time. Certainly there is no real fear of invasion from the East either overt or Covert As Long As the International situation remains fairly stable. Tit ism will probably continue to gain strength causing further difficulties within the russian Hegemony and perhaps Belgrade eventually will compete on More equal terms with Moscow for the spiritual leadership of the left. The changes in the educational an Industrial structures May give an answer to the marxist theory of the withering away of the these possibilities belong to the future. Today Tito is stronger than Ever. Adress Ingrid Bergman and director Roberto Rossellini drink a Toast upon the completion of Stromboli the my thai brought them together. Imp Rossellini film hailed for religious Motif Rome up the pro Deo University of Rome has named Strom Boli the film which brought actress Ingrid Berg Man and director Roberto Ros Sellini together As the most important italian film Ever made on religious Rev. Felix a. Morion president of the University said Stromboli which will be released in ital under the name of god s Earth is a new kind of film the decisive Start of a profoundly tragic realism an ideological fact which for intelligent readers is More important than the worldwide gossip about the persons who worked at the president said he first me Rossellini in september 1948, when he told the director that his film Amor entered in the Venice film festival was not acceptable for judging. Instead of arguing about it he said Hossel Lihi started questioning and so we came to series of very thorough discus glue maker stuck with piano suit Chicago firm Chicago ins a Chicago musical instrument firm is a broken up about the pianos i makes. So Are the pianos. What s More Gulbransen &co., while not Overly stuck up " about its reputation is hot on the frail of glues in the Case of the disintegrated instruments. The piano manufacturers filed a$250,000 damage suit against Swift & co charging that faulty glue caused several of their pianos to fall apart and jeopardized their reputation. The firm asked Swift manufacturers of the glue to pay $45,026 for repairs on its pianos and the remainder As damages for projected losses. Checkup changes Crocodile s name by Cincinnati up Mark an Tony the Cincinnati zoo s Man eating Crocodile has been renamed Cleopatra. Alter the Crocodile swallowed a pop bottle three weeks ago or. Carl a. Pleuger zoo veterinarian was called in to determine whether he would have to operate. Pleuger reported the patient is a embarrassed zoo officials said they bought the reptile 12 Yeara ago As a male. But after All commented Nisi Hastings zoo representative Only another Croc Odile would be by Aldo Forte International Sions which gave birth to a revolutionary Conception of the Stromboli film for which the title god s Earth has not Bee chosen by he said Rossellini soon admitted his shortcomings 1 in his world prize winning film open City and another Success paisan where priests were portrayed. Since completing has begun work on the film of the life of St. Franci. Miss Bergman is aiding him i technical preparation and the dialogue but will not appear inthe film. Morion said the religious theme was the dominant Factor in the film tells the Story of a refugee who marries a Young Fisherman fro the Island of Stromboli in order religious theme dominates to escape from a do Camp. Her failure to Cope with the Back Ward islanders and her eventual pregnancy Lead hero thoughts of suicide. Morion said the most difficult problem to solve was finding dramatic Force deeper than words to make possible the Union be tween human life and divine Force there is nothing deeper in human life than the mysterious Call of motherhood which is cooperation in the creative act of god. In the film Karin miss Bergman turns Back to her husband and her Vil Lage for the Sake of the highest rights of her unborn child Morion said that aspect of the movie stressed the religious belie that accepting the responsibilities of motherhood is a jump in the dark with higher Faith than human calculation. Who has this courage finds there is no fall but there Are the arms of the Good god at the other end to lift the soul into greater Security and peace than can be dreamed sincere said that Ingrid Berg Man interpreted this sincerely and faithful up to the Point of remaking for me tens of times the most difficult religious parts alter the shooting had finished at Stromboli until at last the riches modulations of the human voice could be mellowed Down from tragic cry to the most intimate whisper of the soul finding peace in up the value of Strom Boh As a picture of religious strength he said the film is Noi it perfect in a its parts but i profound enough to show that religion is not just a part of lifer a psychological and social trend of a part of the people but the ultimate reality of human destiny itself the presence of god who Kes to hide himself and wait for his moment in the heart of \
