European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 23, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes thursday july 23, 1959 flood drought closing communes troubles plaguing red China s leap Forward drive by Roy Essoian Hong Kong a the Barracks Type people s communes into which communist China herded the bulk of its 500 Mil lion peasants last year Are in serious Trou , drought official mismanagement and peasant discontent threaten the Anthill society piping created in an Effort to boost production for its great leap for Ward Campaign. A few of the communes in the swat area of South China have been dissolved according to reports reaching others in Kiangtung province re being retained in name Only their communal mess Halls nurseries and old folks Homes have been closed Down according to other reports. Independent and anti communist news papers in Hon Kong have reported food riots in communes in Kiangtung Tiangsi Honan Hunan and Kansu provinces. According to these reports hungry peas ants have stormed state granaries attacked military Grain convoys and assassinate government and party officials. There is no Way to corroborate these re ports immediately and some of them May be exaggerated. But observers Here fee they present essentially a True picture. Even the official communist press has admitted food shortages mismanagement and peasant discontent in communes. Piping has taken drastic measures reflecting the Gravity of the situation. It has ordered 37 of China s biggest cities to Start growing their own food a admission the communes Are not producing Tzu Hui a top party official who Heads the Central committee s Rural work department recently acknowledged Andin effect condoned the abandonment of some communal mess Halls. He said people should be allowed to eat at Home even if i meant closing Down some mess Halls. The communists have also admitted the flight of millions of Farmers from com Munes to addition piping has indicated it probably will no achieve its ambitious 525-Millioh-ton Grain target for 1959. It has abandoned last year s Basic farm policy of intensive cultivation and now Calls for expansion of China s cultivate areas to include every available scrap of land even River Banks paths and court Yards around our it has reintroduced the incentive motive. It now promises that peasants Whit Sowin their own backyards will be Able to reap their Harvest and not have to hand it Overto the state. It also promises that Kiangtung prov Ince s Grain production will go to the peas ants first and then to state granaries. Yank captive of reds said living on Hope Hon Kong a John Down by of new Britain conn., serving a life sentence in a red China Pris on is living on Hope his brother William said on arrival from Pei Ping. But the chinese he talked touring the week he spent in the red capital gave him no Indica Tion that John will be released William told reporters. He said that despite request through the chinese red Cross no chinese government official would receive him or listen to his Appeal. The communists jailed John Down by in 1952 on espionage charges. But my brother shows no Signor despair William said. He is quite cheerful was very Happy Tosee me and appears to be in very Good health he is living in Hopes that he will be William said he asked permission to visit Richard g. Fecteau of bos ton who was sentenced to 20 Yea sat the same time As John but the request was refused. He said his brother sees Fecteau occasionally. Plane crashed Fecteau and Downey both Civili ans were captured when a Force plane in which they were travelling crashed on a flight from Japan to Korea. William saw John three times Tor two hours each during the week he was in piping. The were forbidden to discuss John s life in prison or the circumstances of his Case and talked mainly about personal and family affairs. William said he gathered fro the conversation that John shares a cell with two chinese prisoner Sand gets adequate food. He spends most of his time Reading gets on hour of exercise daily and is not subject to harsh discipline. Mail and food parcels from Home Are delivered promptly William said. Newbie puts it on the line a news Vendor in Sao Paulo Brazil has taken to hanging out magazines and newspapers on a Wash Liziie for quicker perusal by customers. Draw ing prime attention Are a series of Magazine cover concerning the South american country s entry in miss universe contest. Up photo literary group appeals for hungarian writers Frankfurt up write Sand poets from 35 countries have appealed to the hungarian govern ment to release imprisoned writ ers. The Appeal was made in Frank Furt in a Telegram from the annual Congress of pen poets essayists and novelist International liter Ary organization to the hungarian Beecham now to first love London a sir Thomas Beecham the testy grand old Man of British music is coming Backoo covent Garden opera House at the age of 80. The famed conductor who spent$5 million half a Century ago try ing to get the British interested i opera has t Browbeaten an or Chestra or an audience in opera House for nine years. Ambitious program Beecham comes Back aug. 17heading an All Star cast in one of the most ambitious programs the opera has staged in years. F Tito , appear. 80, to return Royal opera government. Italian novelist and new pen president Alberto Moravia pen vice president Erich Kaestner of Germany and general Secretary David Carver of England signed the Appeal in the names of writer Sall Over the world. At the moment when the Hun Garian pen committee recovers it membership in the International pen we urgently beg you to con Sider an act of clemency toward imprisoned writers in particular to tiber Dery and Gyula Hay the Telegram said. Dery was sentenced to nine an Gyula Hay a playwright to six years in prison after the Hungar Ian revolution. The pen Congress monday lifted the suspension of the hungarian pen Center and recognized it apart of the organization. After the hungarian uprising pen had suspended the member ship of the hungarian Center. Sidney Chaplin dancer plan to be married London a French dance Noelle Adam said she and Sidney Chaplin son of Charlie Chaplin will be married in London or hawser decapitated Seaman London a a steel hawser snapped from a Windlass and decapitated German Seaman Carsten Rockendorf 44, As the Hamburg motor vessel Eduard tired London docks. Becker in Sophia Loren in first Rome visit since 57 Rome a screen Star Sophia Loren came Back to Rome for the first time since her 1957mexican proxy marriage to pro Ducer Carlo Ponti a marriage which is not recognized by did not accompany her Here from Vienna where she has been making the picture the breath of italian Law does riot recognize his mexican divorce from his first wife Giuli aha Piastri. A crowd of photographers wait ing at the Rome railway station for their first pictures of miss Loren in two years was disappointed. She left the train outside Rome and came to her old Rome apartment by automobile. Reporters barred police held Back another Battery of photographers there. Sophia said she was tired and did not want to talk to reporters but paused Long enough to deny re ports that she was writing the Story of her life. Sophia said she would go to Taormina saturday to receive the italian film Industry s David of Donatello prize for her acting in Black she will return to Rome monday to shoot inside scenes for the breath of scan dal then return to Vienna to finish the filming. she has not been in Rome since her marriage Sophia was in Italy once before. She came to Venice for a Day or two last september to attend the film festival. European edition the my army Navy air Force col John d. Nottingham Usan Usa managing editor Homer a Takii. Sport editor Elmer a Mank. Fet ure edit8r d. Frank. Production manager directory of news bureaus England South Ruislip a c Wallow 4300 ext 471 or 472. France Paris Balzac 5400 c ext 468 Germany Darmstadt newsroom c 75366 ext 16 Stuttgart c 84215 Spain Madrid. 123 Fluenc arral bldg. 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