BERLIN TWICE OVER

...The first stand* j ard of fudging • teacher is the I intensity of his political ac-!, twines...

...They will, ostensibly, be directed against racketeers and black -marketeers, but actually their purpose will be to harry the people of the Western sector...

...But -even this use of police is insufficient to seal off the two sectors of Berlin...

...organization) "which the teacher has to support and, if possible, to lead...

...Not only does this strengthen industrial production in the Russian-controlled regions, but a large part of the product of these regions goes directly •to the Red Army as reparations...

...The Soviet Union started angling for a four-power conference on the German problem, with lifting of the Berlin blockade as the bait...

...The rest of the directives consist of anti-religious slogans and the relation of the teacher to the FJ>J...

...This leeek, Germany moved two steps forward...

...Every dsy thousands of persons, most of them women, travel into the Eastern sector to trade either .goods or the highly valued West marks for potatoes, .eggs, meat or sausage...

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...There will be three stages: all teachers receive the salary base, the < politically very active ones receive a higher salary, and the most actire ones receive the highest salary...

...Every teacher must be primarily and mainly a functionary of the 8.E.D., and therefore active in politics...

...Nothing could better show the difference between real democracy and the "people's democracy" of the Communists than the controls involved in the use of such an identity card...

...Their control of intersectional trade has been constantly increasing in...

...The regular police, in order that they may take countermeasures, have been furnished with radio-equipped patrol cars...

...In many households there has not been enough electrical current to cook regular meals...

...But despite the fine performance of the airmen and the unprecedented mildness of the winter, the hardships of life In Berlin have inevitably worn the people down...

...For a long time •they have had their sector heflnetically sealed...

...What stands in the way of' their getting a better deal is political hesitation and bureaucratic red tape...

...To fight against Reaction Is the primary and most noble task of ' the teacher...

...Nevertheless, this sort of a police organization is absolutely required by the Soviet authorities in their struggle to maintain the barrier across Berlin...

...Therefore, schools In the Eastern Zone have to be run according to the educational principles of the Soviet: Union...

...In order to prevent the movement of trucks from the East Zone or the Eastern sector of Berlin into the Western sector, highways are frequently . torn up and roadblocks of different sorts are erected...

...There has not been enough coal, and industries have had insufficient raw materials...

...And many of the homes have been cold, dark, and uncomfortable...

...Their author is one Dr...

...They do not demand anything...

...ONE CANNOT BLAME the WestBerliners if they look with troubled . gaze into the political sky and pray for a miracle...

...Communist Party 1 claims political leadership, and this party alone is entitled to this claim: the other parties have to follow lis command...

...Since the document bears the title, "The Educational Policies in the Eastern Zone" (of Occupation), it may be assumed that it has been handed down by the Soviet Military Government to be applied in all its spheres of domination...

...Innocent passers-by are often injured in the fracases which ensue...

...These are precisely the persons who stood up with-courage and defeated the efforts of the Russians to, take ail of Berlin...

...7) Every teacher has primarily to think and to teach in political terms...

...W. Enul Schroeder is Th* New htmier correspondent In Berlin...

...Norbert Muh...

...There;, is no word about academic standards or goals in the directives...

...i "(12) In the future, the salary el a " teaches shall be determined by his political activities...

...This fact naturally rouses apprehension and opposition in the ^western sector of Berlin...

...B14 until recently, valuable products of factories in the Western Zone have been flowing to the East...

...The wages are low and the supply of Westmarks which go into the workers' pockets is inadequate...

...Now, finally, the Western Allies have .stopped these goods from going east-ward, and the effects on the economy .of the Russian Zone are already being felt to a catastrophic extent fit;'is .reported that their lack of steel is' so pressing that Soviet authorities 'are forced to secure it in the West by -Underground methods in hundredweight :lots, where they , formerly bought it openly by the ton...

...The Soviet leaders go about their business differently...

...Now and then these police go about this business with such brutality that even the Soviet soldiers intervene on behalf of the citizens...

...Eichlepp, a leading official in the Administration of Saxony and a State Commissioner at the University of Halle...

...citizens of Berlin's Western Zone that the Western Allies are so Slow to reply with decisive means, that they sometimes take action only after losing months of precious time...

...Isn is a frequent contributor...

...the Communist-controlled monopolistic youth...

...published its new directives...

...It seems aid to the...

...To break up this sort of blockade-running, the "people's police" descend to the .lowest means, even taking from the ooorest people small amounts of money or food...

...I) The S.E.D...

...IS) We have to expect the coming of Reaction [non-Communist i and anti-Communist thought < and movement — N.M.1...

...AFTER A MILD WINTER.^spring now sprouts buds of hope in Human beings everwhere, even In those most cowed by fear of war sitd the atom bomb...

...I have learned from reliable sources that the Communist police plan raids to tighten up the line between the two sectors...

...It is easy to picture the reputation which these "people's police" enjoy among the people—especially as many of them have been recruited from among the criminal elements, and it is known that the food which they confiscate is put to their own use...

...The faith in the air-lift has not been exhausted...

...No human being Is free, for everybody depends on his needs...

...In this situation the working-class has been hardest hit...

...The way in which this police force conducts itself gives a foretaste of what life would be like when and if the Russians finally get supreme control...

...The technique by which freedom of thought is to be killed at its very roots—by the intimidation of reluctant teachers as well as the promise of material gains for docile teachers, until they are nothing but propaganda agents of Moscow, is shown in the following directives: "(1) It is necessary that education In the Eastern Zone be run according to purely Eastern standard...

...This illicit traffic Inevitably leads to violent border incidents with gunfire, dead, wounded and arrests...

...THOUGH THE LEGAL POLICE of Commissioner Stumm are very careful in the use of arms, the illegal Communist police, are very easy on the draw...

...They are, in fact, demanding positive policies to offset the growing Soviet pressures...

...They apply to4'all schools, from kindergarten to university...

...According to the last report of the British, '11 percent of the production of their zone has been going to the Eastern Zone...

...Similar situations are reported in other fields of production, especially electric light bulbs, chemicals, optical and pharmaceutical goods...

...2) All educational work in the Eastern Zone has to be based on the materialistic-Marxist Ideology and philosophy...

...They are prepared for,action...

...6) It is nonsense to talk of freedom...

...Almost daily in the Eastern Zone there are prosecutions of the "people's police" for bribery or other misbehavior...

...And German leaders arfd the Western Powers reached agreement on ah occupation statute for Trizonia...

...They are given special assignments, the "nature of which can easily be guessed* if one recalls that these "people's police," despite the provisions 'of the Potsdam Agreement, are trained as soldiers even to the point of being taught the use of hand grenades...

...But they do Hope for understanding and generosity from those who control their fate...

...This "little book" requires one to give his name, address, trade, relatives, changes of residence—everything...

...In order to cut off communication between the two sectors, new identity cards have been ordered in the East sector which provide information little short of complete...

...10) The political activity of a teacher Is also decisive as to his employment in general...

...More and more the "people's police" are being infiltrated into the Eastern sector of Berlin from the East Zone...

...But despite the mood of the season, democratic persons here show signs of weariness and are forced, to ask more and more often: How long, must we go on living in this indeterminate limbo...

...And there is no need to conceal the fact that, despite the rigid rules with regard to segregation, goods are being shipped*, into the "Western Zone from the Russian-controlled territory either •by force or by deception...

...This does not mean West-Berliners are getting weak-kneed...

...The East— "Freedom Is Nonsense" By Norbert Muhlen IN SAXONY, one* of the German laender behind the Iron Curtain occupied by the Red Army, the Ministry of Education has...

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