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Sunday, March 2, 1958
THE MICHIGAN DAILY MAGAZINE
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RumaniaToday
Party and Government Relationship
Observed in Communist State
By CAROL PRINS but of the legislative work is ulation votes. Don't you know would upset the economy and the lution" as stated by Harrison Sal-
Daily Magaine Editor performed by the Presidium of the world smiles at you" was the security of the ruling party. The isbury to a recent New York Times
RUMANIA, tucked away within the Assembly which is elected professor's query to the Ru- "new-economic course" introduced
the confines of Central Europe, from and by the Assembly. The manians. in 1953 features an attempt to in- article which predicts Rumania as
has been the scene of invasion and 17 man group is the "collective The pattern of a one party to- crease agricultural production by most ready to revolt after Hun-
conquest from the time of the president of the R u i a n i a n staltarian dictatorship is revealed direct government payments to gary, Yugoslavia and Poland, Pol-
Emperor Trajan in 101 A.D. People's Republic." Actually the in elections for the President of farmers. The government realized lock pointed out that as an official
through centuries of subservience Presidium is completely subservi- the Presidium of the Grand Na- its dependence on the peasantry 'uest he hsd seen no evidence of
to Goths, Vandals, Turks and ent to the Party w hose wishes it tional Assembly of Rumania held which includes a large portion of such a movement.
Russians to a more recent con- faithfully carries out. following the death of President minority ethnic groups for its Pollock concluded with a com-
quest by Russian Communist coup It was the relationsip between Grodza. Party First Secretary economic welfare. ment on U.S.-Rumanian relations.
in February 1945. the Rumanian Worker's Party and Gheroghui-Dei simply tot up and E c o n o m i c a l1 y the country In response to criticism of the
Conquest came as a result of the government of the Rumanuan proposed then Foreign Minister doesn't seem to be hurting too U.S. he often pointed out, "diplo-
SMaurer for the post, Formally it much, Pollock noted, saying he matically of course," that the U.S.
was an extremely democratic did not see any distress. People only wishes to be friends with the
process. There were seconding appeared well-clothed and well- Rumanians. There are more Ru-
speeches and a very, very secret fed. He did note quenes at food manians living in the U.S. than
ballot. The delegates dropped stores however, which usually in- in any other country beside Ru-
written ballots into a deep closed dicates shortages. Shop windows mania.
box. The result, of 470 voters, 470 were not filled and such luxury "I said Russian, German and
ballots were cast for Maurer. items as women's nylon stockings Turkish troops had invaded and
Pollock pointed out though sold on the black market for $8 occupied the country in the past.
" ..r a. there is a certain amount of ron- dollars (U.S.) a pair. The U.S. is only too anxious to
sent in the electoral process, it is mend relations and aid Rumania.
a case of a small well organized WHEN questioned about Ru- He smiled "we are often too gen-
sminority dominating the situation. mania's "ripeness for revo- erous in our offers of friendship"
This minority constituting about
.10 per cent of the total population
-.- of the country is in the main
youth group leaders, one workers,
privileged bureaucrats and hard- '
core party members.
RUMANIA is definitely a police
tioned there although not visible
tthe observer. Larg'e numbers
- - of Rumanian soldiers are seen in
the cities and esunstryside how-
ever.
THE STYLE MAJOR LAUNCHES
The miinority policy of the gov-
ernment was discussed at some NEW STYLE WONDERS IN
length by Pollock. German minor-
s r ~ ities numbering well over 400,000
THE ATHENAEUM-Situated on the Calco Victosjei in Bucharest of the total pulation of 17 mi-
this structure is the scene of many concerts. lion have existed in Rumania since
the 13th century, "Marks of Ger- ..
man civilization are evident in
an ultimatum delivered to King Pepesuch towns as Sigisoara or Chers-
Mihat, the reigning monarch, and ed Pollock while in the small na- burg which reminds one a little
an impressive display of military tion. of Nuremberg," Pollo'k comment-
force by Russian troops. The ul- NILLUS T R A T I O N of the ed.
timatum placed umania and scholar's study of government The Hungarian minority exists
Besrabian Communists in con- and power relationships is seen in in an autonomous region in the
trolling position. in government, nominations for local and regional center of Rumania and numbers a
A puppet government inder Ens- counclis. one and a half million. Jewish,
sian stooge Groza marked the be- Polloc smiled "e v e r y t h i n g Serbo-Croations, U k r a i n i an
gmni of Rumanian enslavement clicked during the nomination Greeks and Turks make up small- s " '
to Russian authority. of candidates." The nomination er ethnic groups.
The internal and external work- 'as made and unanimosly ac-C
recive Nad POLIC ofnioul tacv-n cus
ings of a country under such all- cepted. Put to the vote it received THE POLICY of the governmetnaura
em racrg, domination by the - all of the votes of those present. at the present encourages and
viet government has been the sub- Pollock questioned, how is it pos- attempts to preserve the ethnic
ect of inquiry and discussion by sible to gain a percentage of af- minorities. The reason, Pollock to smartness
W'stern scholrs assd others ii firmative votes such as this? says, is that the country despite
the free world. "E ven in Belgium where men must its attempted industrialization is
James K. Pollock, chairman of ote or get fired from their jobs still dependent on agriculture. U a T
the political science department, only 92 per cent of the total pop- rest among cultural minorit ie
recently visited the small island ------- ------ -------- ---.-------- - ----
of Latinity among the Slavonic
peoples of Czecoslovakia, Bulgaria
and Yugoslavia, at the request of
-the State Department of the
United States, and as the guest of
the Rumanian government.
His "revealing experience be-
hind the Iron Curtain" resulted C a e r
from an exchange of American
and Rumanian political scientists
investigating political and govern-
mental problems in the two coun-
tries. In 1956 three Rumanians
visited the U.S. to observe the to
--presidential elections,!I
presdental eectins.Its trim, natural shoulders
The Rumanian, government is and straight body lines
patterned after the Russian Soviet are accented with authentic
state. It is a one party state in
which the Rumanian Workers detailing of lap seams,
Party - the Communist Party - hook vent and Ihe proper
as in effective control of both na-
;tional and local government ap- expression of three
paratus. perfectly In
The front organizations, the se- paced buttonoI
curity and armed forces are com- bright-with-Spring appropriate
pletely under Soviet and Ru- patters and solid tonet.
-manian Communist control and
their primary function is to ad-
vance the program of the regime to denht Bicycle S op
and to maintain it in power.
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ernment is composed of legis- NO 8-6927
lative, executive and judicial
branches. The unicameral Grand STUDENT OWNED AND OPERATED
National Assembly is the sole ON C A M P U S
legislative body of the Rumanian
eople's Republic. However, the -
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