European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 13, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 tin stars and stripes tuesday augus 13 s so Prospect for change problem in Kremlin indecisive leadership off a Ltd v o t v a no at atae a a f 1%1 t1 is fun Tav i a in c?.ctw�i.n  k nation m a it 2 my of f t Ima 1� 1 f a of 4 it Sil tit to Tom re a a we. _ by Henry s. Bradsi1er Moscow a the soviet Union is groping its Way through a period of harmfully indecisive leadership. But there is no immediately visible Prospect of Amajor change in the Kremlin  Messy soviet handling of the czechoslovakian situation is Only the most obvious example of costly indecision. Many aspects of soviet Domestic policy especially agriculture provide other bad examples. Nikita s. Khrushchev was kicked out four years ago by the present Kremlin collective leadership because of an accumulation of examples of erratic inefficient unsuccessful policies. The most notable one inthe foreign Field the 1962 cuban missile crisis did not immediately Tell against Khrushchev but was important in the final assessment against him in 1964. Now diplomatic observers i Moscow Are wondering if the blustering menacing perhaps unsuccessful soviet Effort to control czechoslovakian intern Al policies might eventually be used against the current soviet leadership. In particular it could Hurt the top Man communist party general Secretary Leonid . Brezhnev is the Man ultimately responsible for soviet pol icy because he Heads the con Monist party and the party controls the nation. Premier Alexei. Kosygin has major influence but not final Power. Besides Czechoslovakia there Are other problems that might Hurt Brezhnev and to varying degrees various com rades directly involved wit them. Some problems have simply been pushed under the Krem Lin s red Rug because of indecision. A new soviet Constitution to replace the Stalin Constitution of 1936 has Long Bee promised. But it raises awk Ward questions about the theoretical role of the government As compared with the real Power o5 the communist party. So it simply goes  and modernization of collective farm rules has Bee promised the soviet Union s most underprivileged exploited group the 54 million collective Farmers. But years have gone by without action. Congresses on the subject have been announced and then forgotten Brezhnev began his regime after Khrushchev the same Way Khrushchev had begun his after Joseph v. Stalin died. Both condemned previous farm policies and promised More investment in the nation s backward inefficient agriculture. But Khrushchev then Cut farm have failed to get proper implementation. Too much Bureau Cracy hampers them because old stalinist centralized econ Omic planners refuse to  Basic problem has been a reluctance of the communist party to relinquish its Power to oversee and interfere in Al aspects of National life Down to the local party Secretary Tell ing the local factory manager what to do. This has brought some Sharp reminders from Brezhnev s party to Kosygin government of who really exercises  there is no sign of it Here. The intellectual dissent has been met with repression and a Campaign of ideological  who challenges the party s Power is labelled a renegade and a traitor. The vast majority of the so Viet population is apathetic. It accepts what it is told eve when As often happens this is completely different from whatsit had been told a week earlier. This has advantages for the leaders. But at the same time they Are worried about the Apa thy of the younger generation. Soviet youth shows no sign of accepting the tenets of communism with the dedicated Devo Tion that the Kremlin feels is essential for holding the system together. There Are these problems an others China excessive Mili tary spending failures to hold workers on siberian develop ment projects foreign policy re verses. Foreign policy troubles raise the question of Hawks and doves in the Kremlin although often the difference is More one of party oriented ideologists being Tough and government oriented technicians trying to live wit the facts of International life. Nations live on problems problems come and go and per haps these will ail pass away to be succeeded by new ones which the same collective leadership will try to master. But perhaps also some of these will be used the Way Khrushchev s problems were use against him As a reason for his removal. That would require some fun to Khrushchev v s oust a is not Suslova St Lel to7 front Man. To be a the third a Nev s closest be a Strong Over in an change Sueh As solely by  ther than in smooth hire Leader to attack the Brezhnev regime with its problems. At the moment it is difficult to see who this might be or when if at  can Only consider the possibilities of a leadership change after first noting that the very nature of soviet communist party Rule Means that the current top men choose those just below them on the ladder to Power. It is a self perpetuating system. So Long As but it is a Shurn T the masses remain apathetic or change that might Keur a flowed change has to come from time in lie next few w within the Kremlin leadership and then the Man to wait which includes elements of the Alexander n. She Lenin soviet military machine. Kremlin Waturs have by eyeing Shulepin for years As possible top Man. And so a Brezhnev. Apparently  of him. Brezhnev Hai slowly and steadily whittle Down Shell pin s a wer sync pm u u i. Khrushchev left him in key  frail backroom Man of a Power behind Brezhnev old stalinist Mikhail a. Suslov 65, is an unlikely possibility for the top Job. He probably could have had it after he personally delivered the indictment which led at the age of is with history off heart trouble and other health problems Aad a re ported illness during the talks in Czechoslovakia Brezhnev re Mains the top Man. Stars and stripes to columns comment Happy group posing together for the firs time these six people All have had heart trans Plant operations at St. Luke s episcopal Hospi Tal in Houston. Standing from left Are Louis j. Fierro Elmont . George h. Debord he lots Tex. Fred c. Everman Alexandria va.,and Everett c. Thomas Phoenix Ariz. Seated Are Henry w. Jurgens Beatrice neb., and  w. Brunk Houston. All Are reported Mak ing Good recoveries. A photo computer credits Homer As sole poet of classics Edinburgh up electronic computer has swered the question which class investment and failed to reach Leal scholars have been Squab his agricultural production bling Over for centuries were goals. Now pressures in an Over the Iliad and Odyssey actually Orr of Prtrt kj1r 1 a a a vim. . _ v an Sis Tency through All of Homer san work. It would be statistically to and government  former communist youth league Boss and Ihen head of the soviet secret police Shole pin had the reputation of a Tough Man Vicli matches his grim appearance. Of late How Ever he seen. To have turned up on the Liberal consumer oriented end of some discus-1 Sions. Most interestingly the newspaper which so Cpin controls trud Labordiz no con duct the kind of hard threaten ing Campaign against Czecho slovak Liberali action that Brezhnev s parly paper pravda an others conducted. This was very Small perhaps unreliable indication that Slu Lepin might i have dissented from the Soufl Campaign. If he did. Shulepin might be in a position to use the czechoslovakian situation against Brezhnev some Day. Shulepin can wait. He will50 years old on aug. 18, the youngest member of the Krem Lin collective  Brezhnev seems to have tried to eliminate Shulepin As a future threat. Some Kremlin watchers have tended to write him off As his Power slipped Aphis supporters were removed from key Job but she Lepin remains the mow fascinating Lonn Tenn Poss Wity in the always incipient so Viet leadership simple. Strained soviet Economy have caused a cd in Brezhnev s farm investment promises. Again goals look doubtful and the so Viet diet remains starchy unsatisfactory and not very healthy. Tha widely advertised soviet economic reforms which introduced a limited communist form of profits into a system that lacked proper incentives seem to have bogged Down. The ideas of the reforming economics characterized but not Jed Jay  i. Lib Nan written by Homer and not Sev eral poets the computer says yes.  Rev. A. Q. Morton and John Chadwick of Cambridge told the International federation of information processing con Gress in Edinburgh that a com Puter analysis of a Quarter Mil lion words of Homer had proved that they were All written Byone Man. By analysing sentence length Sand structures the computer  showed a remarkable con european edition col James w. Campbell a a it. Col. Fat. Michael jr., up meet Procto Relmer d. Frank Menthy it. Up Tutein editor i "1 do a  production a  impossible for several authors to have been involved said Chadwick a joint discoverer of the linear b script. We now have a completed set of indices and concordances for the works of Homer for an scholar who wishes to do further textual analysis. Our methods will identify inconsistency of style Inland Ages " a w m v or Wpm i if i it few part Lilly v ton said. 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