European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 6, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes monday May 6, 1961 diplomacy coalition dealing setbacks to communists in Laos referendum May 71 wheat control Battle heats Uja a abthtj1i Dommen Vientiane up the com Mun Liti have suffered several setbacks in Laos in recent weeks and the United states is in the unusual Poult in of having engineered More than one o them. Admittedly the communist position is a Strong one. But this is to be expected with such natural advantages to subversion and indirect aggression As geographical proximity and racial what is significant is that the communist position two years ago was relatively stronger than it is communists have lost out badly in their attempt to use a weak coalition government to put their foot in the communists appear to have been outfoxed at almost every turn since the coalition we is due to three main actors a smooth and dexterous Job of diplomacy by american ambassador Leonard u n g e a who has known How to use the few cards la the hands of the Watt. With maximum changes in the cold War balance. The most significant of these is the psychological Shock of comm units China s attack on India last All which had a effect on the International control commission Here. Tot Oom Kukson to made of to from poland., a a i Date i Indira b etab.�. The Factor of chime also by Pla de role. The april assassination of communist leaning foreign minister Quin pm Polsena removed from the scones powerful agent of communist influence into the which is the key to the Experiment in coalition. Tetri a signs in Laos today that leaders a the communist Patett lao Art suffering from Ettta just Ramon this u Man to titty by the Mdden reappear Ofutt Tufty and the us of crud anti an Wracan propaganda. Tim communists appear upset and Abott Lett it a pfc Mcrobi american t foe the coalition govern Oen Phoumy Nosavan. Farrr hats Isth a lot More than it does the right Wing royalist Force under the control of Gen Phoumy no Savan Deputy Premier and de Fenie and finance minister of the to la firmly controls the largest single armed Force in Laos about s army is the Only one of the three armies that is Bee paying it too put regularly. The Patchet lao obstruction to integrating the paramilitary forces also has Hurt because Vientiane the capital has been Leftin control of a police Force either controlled by or sympathetic to Phoumy and the rightist faction. The Patett lao had hoped to Fain a head Start in preparing the ground for general election called for in the Geneva agree ments by having one of their men installed As minister of information and propaganda. No Progress had Ben made towards holding thus elections. Vhf a that lao also had hoped to to in a Poat ton to out vote the rightist to the Poali Stoa of Taring the we Anler neutrals but ttys a a not of Washington a a grass roots Battle Over a grower referendum May 21 on the Kenned administration s new wheat control plan is taking on the characteristics of a bitter political Cam backers and opponents have lined up for the final two weeks of a debate that Narendj tins act a tempers Rise and charges hurled at the conflicting forces. There s a these break out into incidents attracting wide attention. Without doubt he nationwide farm vote will a the most or Elf cant Ever held on n crop control program a lure such programs first were authorized in 1938. The results could Well determine the future of government farm policies with Broad implications not Only for formers but also for consumer. To be decided at the referendum is the question of whether Farmers want to a rept a tighter wheat production control pro Gram employing a two Price system giving food Whent and some Export wheat a higher producer Price than wheat used for feed and other uses. For approval the plan mus twin the support of it least two than off of those groups have been working on individual Farmers for their vote. On the one hand there has been a wheat referendum committee made up of the National Farmers Union the National Grange the National Farmers organization und some Tim pit flt leu have watched their apparent plans tuft traits. Tuba til of the a Mut of the three factions pro it Date Jar in the Geneva agree in Naa not Taka place this probably Hurt the left. Right Wing Leader Phoumy has avoided controversy and Edge closer to Premier Prince Souvanna Houma or vice withdrawal of american military advisers from Laos which the communist apparently had been counting on to haste the collapse of Thoumi has not had such a serious effect. They were there Long enough to help give Phoumy s army some of Thefield leadership it Long had needed. Peace corpsmen in Bolivia baffled by reds9 charges Washington n working hard to get the Small formers eligible Atli the theory hut most of Tiv vote against the plan. Foes go up against oni precedent established by control re Ferenda since since Thiol time the depo Ihns conducted 127 control tons and Only 20 have been have never t turned Down by growers Cotton wheat and peanuts Only once on the major types Olmut co Hurley and flue cured observers believe Russ May toughen policies Washington said Russia s internal and foreign policies May Well turn tougher after the forthcoming Moscow session of the communist party Central committee. The meeting beginning May 38, is to Deal with ideological prob lems. U is expected to ratify pre Mier Elk la s. Khrushchev s re cent crackdown on the revolt of the intellectuals in the soviet Union. There Alto Are signs. Russian affairs expects said that a Gen eral tightening of internal control will be ordered although there is no Prospect of a return to anything even approaching the terror of Stalin s if me. On the International front rus Sia s diplomatic offensive on Ber Lin and other issues May become More aggressive these expert said depending on two factors the outcome of the current policy reappraisal which obviously in going on in the in the is no soviet feud which May be tackled at a May 15 Moscow meeting that Russia has suggested. There has been no Public disclosure of whether red China has accepted the invitation to meet at that time to talk Over differences. The impression Here is that she has or will other members of the presidium Are believed to support Khrushchev s coexistence policy As opposed to red China s de Mand for More militant act ton. However the View of Many . Experts is that the Kremlin Slid within the coexistence artime work May resume u More aggressive approach to Kail West problems to Stop the erosion of us influence within communist parties elsewhere in the world. U u believed that Moscow s major concern in the dispute with red China revolves round the fact that peking s hard Lino is gaining favor with communists in latin America and other undeveloped areas. The soviet Union is believed anxious to do something to halt this trend. Khrushchev has been treading water on the International front since president Kennedy forced him to Back Down on the Cuba missile Issue. But . Authorities believe this cannot last much longer and a More vigorous so Viet diplomatic offensive will be undertaken to try to regain the initiative lost last october. And once on Rice. The other i feint a were on minor Tobi types mainly a Cigar filler 1grown principally in pen in Iii and a Maryland Type. However this year s program for wheat barely i wheat vote will have t Prend repercussions because involves the heart of the " Nedy farm program that of farm stability f k r o w e rap proved governor managed commodity Supply _ by Nix. The president himself t Bald the referendum will be Tel of his policy. Victory on to other might Well influence the t in ration and con gift to in control to include not crop not now covered Bat i rattle hog poultry and " product a Well. Except Tor some very re Ferenda in the late 1930s Early 1940s, the wheat Dum May Well provide the 1instance in which a majority the affected growers cast r in recent years. Controls of i crops have been established the vote of a minority of growers. The Small Farmers had not eligible to vote in recent re Ferenda because they were .1 subject to us excess penalties a Tang As they i under the 15-Arre limit. The contest is not without political overtones. Most Means in Congress opposed wheat plan when it was last year and they also the administration s farm 7u n Hatcil to Lulu u 774ici sm1 i. Ici fso-75.73, a a uixiss1 a i Hwy of Sai 1c 1 11 of Maht c 7oia, pc 45u1 1c 7um 411c my 01-7047 1c 5117. 1c s714q2 Mikk. 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