European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 27, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse Post 4 the stars and stripes tuesday. October 27. Im4 stepping aride from Moscow i to m rights have history czechs of free Enterprise plan of Losin at the polls Preston Grover Prague Cap with an Al most astonishing show of Independence Czechoslovakia i shaping up a new modified free Enterprise economic system and at he same time objecting to attacks on Elk la Khrushchev. The communist party has already approved a new economic plan going far beyond any program the soviet Union or other slates have approved. But on top of this came a new show of Dar ing for Czechoslovakia in a comment on the ouster of Khrushchev. In the face of official soviet press criticism of the record of the ousted soviet Premier the czechoslovakian party Central committee adopted a Resolution expressing Surprise and Emo Tion at the removal. Then i approved a statement of us presidium saying our parly and people thought highly of Comrade Khrushchev s work connected with the implementation of the general policy of the soviet communist parly in the Strug Gle for the Rea Izalie of the policy of peaceful coexistence As Well As with the exposure of incorrect methods of the cult of personality this latter referred to Stalin. Other communist Parli shave made vehement protests at the m r i h o d of removing Khrushchev. The czechoslovak Tan leaders Long considered both in Prague and elsewhere As the least Independent of Moscow did t go so far. Bat it was considered almost revolutionary in Prague that the Par by Central committee wit president Antonio Nokolay la charge should imply thai i would understand the removal Only if it were for health reasons As first stated. But even More impressive to observers in Prague was the new economic plan already approved in principle by the Cen trial committee giving Industrial managers Many of the pow ers exercised in the free enter prise Western countries. The new plan was forced on the czechoslovakian Economy by a steady slide in rate of increase i production has Shrai Down in most other socialist states including the soviet Union but in itt production in Czechoslovakia actually declined below 1m1.professor Ita Sik director of the official economic research Institute in Prague gave an oat me of the new Industrial program in the party policy Magazine new thought a digest that was widely acknowledged to be the official a Lann Liuji. He said will be greatly limited and local factory managers will have vast new authority. They will within certain limits fix their own production quotas establish their wage scale order their own raw materials fix their own prices and even import new production to now. This has always keen handled by Central author this correspondent Laa it Day tear of Czechoslovakia interviewed a aamber of officials and others about the proposal and Fouad almost Mut Inous eat Haslam for u. But there u More to the scheme than just better goods and More of them. Most of those interviewed also concede that with the Rise in authority and influence of the business factory managers the authority and prestige of communist party officials would be correspondingly lowered. When one unofficial but Well informed source was asked whether the new plan would substantially reduce the author Ity of the party he replied of course it will but Why Tell them about an important provision of the plan is that in the event some of Tho Plant managers try to exercise their new Freedom by raising prices too High competitive goods will be imported. An Loden Nodolny forcing them to compete not Only with foreign prices but with foreign is a step that no socialist slate has yet dared to have operated under communism with a carefully protected Home Market where Domestic prices and Quality had no real relationship to foreign prices or Quality. The new plan is to be acted upon finally by a Central com Mittee session tentatively Setfor late november. The plan itself is to be put into effect step by step beginning with the new year. The Central authority Wilt still keep a governing hand on May major sources of raw materials cd u haste food items fuel Power rent an Basic raw materials. But silk added gradually with the Progress of the new system the number of centrally fixed prices could he further the scheme represents Challenge to the older communist theory that a planned socialist Economy operates belter than a free Enterprise himself hinted of this by saying the changes necessary in the whole system of planned management in Czechoslovakia Are of such u fundamental Char Acter that a practically com plete transformation of the economic thinking so far Preva Lent is needed. Economic plans must not by their directive character stand in the Way of the Initia Tive of Washington up of the political past can foreshadow the future civil rights propos als will get the Short end of the ballot count on election look at the records shows Why. When he has been asked to decide the voter has said no More often than he Hassid yes to local civil rights propoi11 ions where he lives has made no difference. Propositions were rejected in Tacoma wash., As Well As Cambridge. the proof of whether the so called White backlash is fact. Fiction or a Little bit of both will Sci another test on nov. I. Four rights propositions will be m the ballots. In California the Issue will be called proposition m. This is a proposed constitutional amendment which in effect says no state Law should bypassed to Block the right of the Homeowner to soil his House to whomever he wishes. If approved it would repeal the slate s Rumford housing act a controversial and hard fought Bill which forbids discrimination by real estate fight Over the Amend ment is every bit As bitter us was the Battle Over the act. No Chance parties still get vote the Constitution up Wil Liam Marcy Tweed America s most notorious political Boss once said you May elect who Cever candidates you please to office if you will allow me to select the Tweed s words of a Cen Tury ago still have meaning for900,000 or More citizens who will cast ballot for presiden tial candidates who have no Chance to beat Lyndon b. John son or Barry m. Goldwater. If the last election b reliable Galde Lane a Faar Masr party pne Mesial Caa Dada Tea we Lead a Field of a dozen a More Hoa Feals. The aha Raas Nawy will draw slug Ketly Man rotes to the 71 Mbura or More thai we g. To or. Johnsoa Aad Goldwater. A Maer party candidate is Likely to draw rate Sippert to capture aay state s electoral votes. The minor party candidate Sand most of their supporters know All this. But to them it Ismore important in take a stand on principle than win. This year the leading minor party candidates Are Eric Hass St. New York nominee of the socialist labor party in three de Berry a new York first negro nominee of the socialist workers party. Earth Harold Munn . Mich., the nominee of the prohibitionist of these parties were on the ballots of it or More stat Sand Drew 40.000 or More votes in Imi. This year. Hass is on the ballot in it states. De Berry in u Stales and Munn in 10slates. Behind these front running sure losers Are John Rasper of Nashville Tenn. Candidate of be National states rights party and Joseph Lew w.va., nominee of Kasper is on the ballot of three states ugh Burn appears Oaly on the Texas ballot. Lady the slates rights parly ran Arkansas gov. Orval e. Fau Busas us candidate a g a i n s i his wishes. The ticket Drew 44,177votes. The Coall Turkia parly la it received 18.u3 votes. There will be other Parli Sand candidates drawing votes on nov. A but they won t sur face until the final official vote tallies come in. Some will Goon the ballot As write ins. But the socialist labor. Socialist worker and prohibitionist candidates Are the big thereof the minor parties. In it. Hass led the Fiel with 47.mj votes Hist about 14 million votes behind John and Richard m. Nix on. The prohibitionist ticket led by Rutherford l. Decker Fol Lowed with my. Munn was Decker s vice presidential candidate. Faubus was third an Farrell doubt. Who had been the socialist workers Candi Date since 1mb. Got 4t.u5. The so called third parties have been on the ballot almost As Long As the first and second parties. There has been a prohibition party candidate in Thefield since 1870. And the socialist labor party has been trying since 18tl. Other third parties have command gone with Little Trace. The bar burners of 1848, the know nothings of us and the anti fusion St populists of 1900 Are Only footnotes in election tables some left their Mark and one stepped into the major party class. That was Theodore Roosevelt s progressive or Bull Moose party in Mil which Drew 4.118.000 popular votes and81 electoral votes. That was t Good enough to beat Democrat Woodrow Wilson but it outdraw the regular Republican ticketh.?a, a incumbent president Willuam Howard tall. Taft got3,486.000 popular votes and Only the eight electoral votes of Utah and Vermont. Other Strong showings by third parties were made in 1924, when Robert m. La Toilette progressives pulled 4.831.289 popular votes but Only Wisconsin s 11 electoral votes and in ims when the state rights party led by sen. Szrom thur mond got 1.1m.ooo popular and electoral votes and Henry popular votes without carrying a single state. Backers of the amendment Saurit simply is a matter of prop erty rights. But gov. Edmund Brown denounced it As an Effort to legalize last report the Oddi Wera that the proposition would car if it does it would not be ins first defeat for a civil Righta proposal in California in rectal years. In 1w the City of berts Ley vetoed a City Taw Banning discrimination in housing. In Maryland the Issue a Public accommodations Law or rather. Its it Maryland passed a Public accommodation Law but it cot Rcd Only h counties and tha City of civil rights rioting erupted in the exempt Eastern Shore area of the state the legislature passed a new la putting All the state under tha. Public accommodation it was the turn of the Law s opponents. They took advantage of a constitutional privilege to petition for a statewide referendum on the controversy the final decision will be made in the voting Booths. In Akron Ohio the voter basically Are going to decide whether the local legislature will have any jurisdiction Over open housing. The City passed Law Banning racial discrimination in the Sale of voters will decide whether to repeal the Law and let tha people decide on any future fair housing is a Touchy Issue. Bui ii is not the Only civil right controversy on the ballot. In Omaha neb., voters will decide a Mulller to strengthen a human relations boar which operates in the civil rights Field. If the voters approve the amendment tha Board will get new subpoena Powers to require the appear Ance of witnesses and the production of records. The civil rights commission says that in recent Yean nine popular referendums have Deal with civil rights issues in cities across the seven cases the voters rejected them. In Only two cart did civil rights legislation sur Vive a direct teat of popular vote. I curo Pian edition i Luis o. Frank he nov s. Epstein directory of news Cable. Not pm 70 two run Ahtl m3u. A �. Ult i qom of civil Lin Ait Wim Ahai "
